P4r4dox86
Well-Known Member
This was the first cosplay that I ever attempted and it was for Armageddon in Adelaide, South Australia last year (2011). I managed to get all the bits and pieces together in around 2 weeks which was a pretty decent effort I thought, but that also means that it isn't exactly "screen accurate", not that I really mind to be honest I like it how it is 
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The coat is a WWII era German greatcoat, not a proper WWII RAF coat, but it's a very similar coat and at short notice it was the best I could do as finding a British RAF coat ended up being nigh on impossible at that point in time. Ended up costing me $60 from Perth, Western Australia and for that price at short notice I was really happy with it. The military rank slides I had to get separate and attach and they didn't arrive until AFTER the first con, so some pics have the slides and some don't depending on what con they were taken at . (Note that Jack isn't actually a Captain in the Army sense, he is a "Group Captain", so if you're looking for the slides search for that.)
White Bonds brand 'muscle top' underneath a basic blue business shirt I got from Harris Scarfe, basic black suspenders I got from Myer and a pair of (very slight) pin stripe black pants from Kmart. Plain brown belt from Big W and on that belt is a toy Webley holster and toy Webley revolver, which I spray painted black, from an Indiana Jones toy set. (Yes I am aware that the Indy Webley and the Jack Webley are different models but I'm not too fussed as long as it looks pretty much right)
I know his boots are meant to be brown but at the time I was strapped for cash and so I used a spare pair of black steel cap boots from work, but I think they actually make the outfit look quite good so I stuck with them.
I made up an el'cheapo basic Vortex Manipulator out of scrap brown leather and a small metal tin and put a cardboard panel inside lol. I'm planning on redoing this at some point given my increased knowledge of prop building etc that I have now. But it did what it needed to. Oh, and just a plain black bluetooth headset which, again, I'm planning on upgrading at some point to a replica of the proper one.
Pics below:
.The coat is a WWII era German greatcoat, not a proper WWII RAF coat, but it's a very similar coat and at short notice it was the best I could do as finding a British RAF coat ended up being nigh on impossible at that point in time. Ended up costing me $60 from Perth, Western Australia and for that price at short notice I was really happy with it
. The military rank slides I had to get separate and attach and they didn't arrive until AFTER the first con, so some pics have the slides and some don't depending on what con they were taken at . (Note that Jack isn't actually a Captain in the Army sense, he is a "Group Captain", so if you're looking for the slides search for that.)White Bonds brand 'muscle top' underneath a basic blue business shirt I got from Harris Scarfe, basic black suspenders I got from Myer and a pair of (very slight) pin stripe black pants from Kmart. Plain brown belt from Big W and on that belt is a toy Webley holster and toy Webley revolver, which I spray painted black, from an Indiana Jones toy set. (Yes I am aware that the Indy Webley and the Jack Webley are different models but I'm not too fussed as long as it looks pretty much right
)I know his boots are meant to be brown but at the time I was strapped for cash and so I used a spare pair of black steel cap boots from work, but I think they actually make the outfit look quite good so I stuck with them
.I made up an el'cheapo basic Vortex Manipulator out of scrap brown leather and a small metal tin and put a cardboard panel inside lol. I'm planning on redoing this at some point given my increased knowledge of prop building etc that I have now. But it did what it needed to. Oh, and just a plain black bluetooth headset which, again, I'm planning on upgrading at some point to a replica of the proper one.
Pics below:
