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TwistedZen

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    TwistedZen got a reaction from Duchessina in How to Carry Stuff?   
    I tuck my phone under my pants belt.  That's about all I can carry though.  I know someone else who was sewing pockets on the inside of the tunic, in between the snaps.  
     
    Something like this might work too.
     
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0199S7IUS/ref=twister_B0199S7FRE?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
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    TwistedZen got a reaction from lantern2745 in How to Carry Stuff?   
    I tuck my phone under my pants belt.  That's about all I can carry though.  I know someone else who was sewing pockets on the inside of the tunic, in between the snaps.  
     
    Something like this might work too.
     
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0199S7IUS/ref=twister_B0199S7FRE?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
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    TwistedZen reacted to DarthFunk83 in How do you transport your gear?   
    I have a giant duffle bag/suit case that I put everything in. Otherwise, if I am trooping with my TIE pilot too, I'll shove my officer stuff in my tote with my TIE as well. 
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    TwistedZen reacted to Steven in How do you transport your gear?   
    I mostly use a suitcase where I use my Tetris Skills to get all my stuff into it. On the bottom I put the riding boots, then the uniform (very carefully folded) on it and in a little box I carry my belt, rank bar, code cylinders, blaster, etc...
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    TwistedZen reacted to lantern2745 in How do you transport your gear?   
    I also use a basic garment bag.  I picked up an extra tall one on Amazon for like 8 bucks.  And (like you) I'm looking into getting or making a boot bag so I can sling it over my shoulder to free up a hand.  My accessories go in a back pack with my extra under shirt, deodorant and what not.
    Sometimes I put everything into my TK tote (50 gallon Husky bin).
    I also bought this little number.
    Folding Garment Rack
    For troops that don't have anywhere to hang stuff, it works great!  Other people can hang stuff on it too, and it's foot print is the same as a Husky tote!
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    TwistedZen reacted to wedgenbiggs in How do you transport your gear?   
    I have a garment bag dedicated to each of my Officer uniforms. I also have a 25 gallon Husky tool bin that I use to store my boots (which I wrap in a thin layer of foam for protection), my cap (which I keep on a styrofoam head for keeping its shape), and a smaller plastic bin which I've lined with specially carved foam to store my blasters, rank bars, code cylinders, and belt boxes. Everything else - my belt, gloves, trading cards, glasses pouch, comm link, etc. goes into a small carrier in the bin. I even keep an emergency sewing kit, glues, boot hooks, boot remover, and such in a small container. It may seem a bit intense for an Officer,  but it's so nice to roll up to a troop and have everything in one, easy to transport place and to have it protected. I feel like these costumes are a massive investment and I want to take the best possible care of them. I also keep checklists for each of my uniforms in the box and those have helped me to never miss a single piece of equipment or clothing for my troops.
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    TwistedZen reacted to Trovo in How do you transport your gear?   
    I like the looks of this. Myself I'm planning on getting a bigger one I can fit my boots and hat in.
     
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    TwistedZen reacted to Cosmic in How do you transport your gear?   
    It's almost exactly what I use for my Officer stuff
     

    Tetris skills are really practical here
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    TwistedZen reacted to kman in How do you transport your gear?   
    I have a garment bag for the tunic and jodhpurs, and a large boot container from the Container Store for everything else.  So I roll up to a troop carrying just the two things.
     

     
    The boot bin is large enough to hold my Hessens (barely!), with plenty of extra room for the various costume accessories, including belt(s), the boot jack and boot hooks and blaster.  Your standard plastic tub with a latching lid, but larger and flatter than usual, to accommodate the tall Hessen boots.  I'm toying with picking up a cheap folding hand truck, then I can wheel everything out very easily.  None of it weighs a lot, though, so to date, it hasn't been a huge hassle to transport.
     

     

     
     
     
    I made a "tool roll up" out of soft polar fleece, wrapped in leather (laying across the boot above), to hold my various dosimeters, rank badges, and belt boxes, to keep that all nice and shiny.  It fits in the boot box as well.
     

     
    My hat I carry by wearing it on my head.  Boxes tend to be too bulky, if you're going to protect it well!
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    TwistedZen reacted to kman in How do you transport your gear?   
    Added some pics to my post above.
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    TwistedZen reacted to Aurabesh in How do you transport your gear?   
    For my Krennic I use a 35gal Husky rolling tote. My boots go in a Wally's Custom boot bag, my DT-29 has it's own bag as well. All of the soft parts get folded, and laid on top of the boots and blaster. All of the other bits and pieces plus various repair items go in the tray.
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    TwistedZen reacted to KDBott66 in How do you transport your gear?   
    I got a Large Plastic Tote with wheels on it from Walmart. It didn't come with a handle on it like the big Husky Totes the Trooper use for their Armor, so I'm having my husband make me one to attach to it.  I'm using a Garment bag from a Bridal Place for my Uniform, Boot bag & hat box for the boots & hat, to keep in the Tote. Also a Boot Horn to help take off my boots, when I don't have help getting them off after a long Troop.
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    TwistedZen got a reaction from KDBott66 in How do you transport your gear?   
    I like that tool roll up.  Might have to make one for myself...
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    TwistedZen got a reaction from kman in How do you transport your gear?   
    I like that tool roll up.  Might have to make one for myself...
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    TwistedZen got a reaction from trencher in How do you transport your gear?   
    I found this on Amazon, which would be nice since it has rollers. 
     
    I forgot that I had this one for my real life uniform, and it would definitely be better for storage of the accessories.  
     
    I should also say that along with the normal accessories, I also carry boot pulls, boot remover, lint roller, deodorant, extra rank bars, belt boxes, gauntlets, and two sets of straps for my pants and gloves (if I am wearing them). 
     
    I'll try the second one out for next week's troop and see how that goes.  I am just always paranoid about folding uniforms for fear of wrinkles. 
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    TwistedZen reacted to kman in Going to a tailor   
    Museum Replicas shut down their entire business for a few years.  They're coming back, in theory, but in a more limited way.  It's unknown, currently, as to what Star Wars products they'll be able to sell, if any (if they even get to that point), since Anovos currently holds the license.
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    TwistedZen reacted to Vanedor in Going to a tailor   
    I have done that with a Cosplaysky costume. Got a pretty good result. But after... it always depend of your tailor.
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    TwistedZen got a reaction from kman in Going to a tailor   
    Why hold the license if you aren't going to produce anything.. 
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    TwistedZen got a reaction from rattleandburn in Going to a tailor   
    If they have to take it apart, I will definitely just return it right away.  I am not destroying something like that, especially since the MuR uniforms seemed like they were sought after.  I wonder why they stopped?
     
    Thank you for the additional information, this helps a lot!
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    TwistedZen reacted to rattleandburn in Going to a tailor   
    They may not have to take it entirely apart; but will at least have to take out the lining, most likely. Its quite possible to get the majority dimensions and then do a little math and extrapolate a little.

    There is a pretty good olive drab/field grey twill that JoAnn's carries now, but they carry it inconsistently and not at every store, mostly just their big ones that carry the broader suiting collection. I know @Tentayena ordered some off their site so he may remember its name or have the link, if you can get your hands on that its a good fabric and very inexpensive.

    A couple notes on the ones you linked, since I have sampled them on my hunt for a consistent source. The TrimFabric one is gorgeous, very nice rich color, soft. It doesn't breathe well, as its full poly, and will pill beneath the armpits/belt and on the inner trouser legs after a few wears.

    The Onlinefabricstore one; its a little bit too dark to be accurate. I have used it in red for Isard; fabric quality surprisingly nice for the price, but same as the above with the pilling and lack of breathability

    The wool-poly blend from TrimFabric is a good quality fabric, has the right amount of natural fiber + manmade to be durable but not pill. Your mileage may vary on the color though, I thought it was too dark but thats just my opinion.
     
    Edit: forgot I'd posted about it on facebook, the SKU for buying online is 400157754977, and here's a relatively true to color image, although it reads a bit more grey in real life 
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    TwistedZen got a reaction from kman in Going to a tailor   
    Jo Anns didn't seem to have a whole lot on their site, but I found these other ones on this forum.
     
    http://www.trimfabric.com/k-415.html
    https://www.onlinefabricstore.net/olive-green-gabardine-fabric-.htm
    http://trimfabric.com/3f-144.html
     
    I feel like 1 and 3 would be the closest, might get some swatches.
     
    That's a good idea about the CRL though.  I saved off several stills as well to show her.
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    TwistedZen reacted to kman in Thoughts on these boots for FO general?   
    To be fair, that price IS for custom boots.  Magnoli doesn't carry FO boots in the cheaper pre-made tier, only the top end full custom.  At least you can be sure they're built exactly to screen accurate specs, and made to your measurements.  A local bootmaker will also build them to fit you, but since they're not as familiar with the requirements as Magnoli is, they might miss details that Magnoli wouldn't, in terms of accuracy.  And at these price levels, you definitely want maximum accuracy.
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    TwistedZen got a reaction from Theresnoway1 in Stirrups   
    Is that just the elastic fabric that keeps the bottom of the pants in place?
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    TwistedZen got a reaction from xAlpha in My thoughts on Solo, A Star Wars Story.   
    Just saw it last night and I thought it was really good.  Especially considering it was said that 80% had to be re-shot for Ron Howard.  Usually massive re-shoots just spells disaster. 
     
    I feel like a lot of the hate comes from those "fans" who always think they know better, the armchair quarterbacks of Star Wars.  Their "head canon" and/or fan fiction was "ruined", so they get super salty and toxic.  Thankfully their hate for Solo didn't ruin my enjoyment of it.  I went in fairly agnostic about it and was pleasantly surprised.  I loved the characters, the story, the score...just everything.  My one gripe is that the Patrol Trooper didn't get more screen time, as I really like that look.   
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    TwistedZen reacted to pm07 in Making one costume work for tie pilot, bridge crew and tie reserve   
    Credit to Matt Nelson for this

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