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Author:  mw4kerensky [ Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:10 pm ]
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Has anyone officially ID'd the shirt and trousers worn by Gorman in the Aliens film?

I'd like to get something up together but info is scarce (Harry has a nice picture in his Archives) and I need to know if it was modded from a 'found' item.
Author:  Outcry27 [ Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:43 pm ]
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A LOT of the gear used in the movie is Vietnam Issue surplus - for example, the marines' boots, and the green caps worn by Gorman, Drake, and Apone at different times in the movie. Gorman's uniform is most likely a set of the olive drab BDUs worn by the troops in Vietman with some minor modifications.

Gonna have to take a closer look at some of the footage to be sure. Anyone else care to check me on that?
Author:  Harry Harris [ Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:12 am ]
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I can't get to the collection until the beginning of February at the earliest as it's all in storage at the moment, but the shirt looks bespoke. There's no army label in it and the stitching inside looks rough enough to suggest that it was made for the film.

If someone reminds me in a couple of months I'll take another look at it and post a couple of photos if necessary.

Harry
Author:  mw4kerensky [ Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:08 pm ]
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Nice 'charlie' and well presented too!

I was looking more towards the OD version worn on the Sulaco and during the ill-fated mission on LV 426 though.
Author:  springer69 [ Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:30 pm ]
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Chris
Author:  stephen210 [ Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:51 pm ]
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Here is a jacket I made from a vintage M56 field jacket. I took off the epilets and with the material I covered the ripper and added the velco and sewed the lines in the collar.
pretty easy.
Best
Steve
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Author:  mw4kerensky [ Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:34 pm ]
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Nice conversion on the Jacket, friend, but you do realise that Gorman is seen wearing an unmodified one in the film?

Check out the special edition - the bit where Gorman leaves the APC to enter the colony.
Author:  TECKNO VIKING [ Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:13 pm ]
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Nice work with the refitted M65 jacket,looks the part indeed.

As for the Gorman shirt seen above from Harry`s collection.
It certainly has the ripstop sort of look, of the Nam style shirts with collars altered to mandarin collars.

I dare say a Nam issued OD shirt with alterened collars would really work well then an OD M65 to round it all off (for outside work as he wore exiting the APC & entering the WY building on LV-426.

Jason
Author:  Thedus [ Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:05 pm ]
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Harry Harris wrote:
I can't get to the collection until the beginning of February at the earliest as it's all in storage at the moment, but the shirt looks bespoke. There's no army label in it and the stitching inside looks rough enough to suggest that it was made for the film.

If someone reminds me in a couple of months I'll take another look at it and post a couple of photos if necessary.

Harry


Harry, as it is now Februrary this is just a gentle reminder to check your storage when you get a chance. :D I'm also interested in Gormon style fatigues.
Author:  Harry Harris [ Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:45 pm ]
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Harry, as it is now February this is just a gentle reminder to check your storage when you get a chance.


The job I'm away on has been extended so I now won't be home until the 20th February, sorry folks! :)

Harry
Author:  Tarim-rex [ Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:01 pm ]
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I think Gorman's OD shirt and pants are Sateen cotton
Author:  Glenn [ Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:01 pm ]
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So if i was to do a 1/6 scale Gorman i could use a Vietnam figure and convert the uniform a bit?
Author:  Piraten [ Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:46 pm ]
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hi again,

making a search on the database, I found this post, and answered some of my dounts about Lt. Gorman's uniform.

As somebody mention, part of the "look" of the uniforms on the film are "NAM" look .... and we could find a 1/6 uniform from vietnam era, to customize Gorman on 1/6 .... but, what about the cap he's wearing; it was used in Vietnam too?

And what about the battle coat ....?
any idea of 1/6 suppliers that I could use?

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thanks guys!
david
Author:  Glenn [ Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:56 pm ]
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If it come to it you could use Drakes cap? its close but not 100% plus if you do a search on E-bay there is always tons of 1/6 scale clothes ..so who knows?
Author:  Piraten [ Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:03 pm ]
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hi,
thanks for the quick answer ...
Drakes cap it's not diffcult to find on ebay as loose part, but it's quite different, specially on the front ....

but it's better than nothing :idea:

thanks
Author:  Tarim-rex [ Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:09 pm ]
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Probably is Cap, Field, Hot Weather OG-106
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go here look under head gear. pretty much any vietnam stuff is there
Author:  Adonis [ Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:30 pm ]
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I did a quick and dirty LT 1/6th custom a few years back. Lt Dumas (who the troops would of course call Dumbass). Was a Dragon "Christian" body with vietnam era bdus from another Dragon figure. I had a hard plastic od baseball cap... don't know the make, model, etc about it. It's still in my garage somewhere with the rest of my Marines.
Author:  shadowscout [ Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:23 am ]
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I am working on this costume now.

I have the hat that Tarim-rex posted. I am using a Vietnam Era Cotton Sateen fatigue shirt and pants. I will take pics of it tonight. It does not have the patches on yet though.
Author:  shadowscout [ Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:09 am ]
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Here is my work-in-progress.

Opinions?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/shadowscout/sets/72157604263846590/
Author:  Adonis [ Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:34 pm ]
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Looking good. The obvious comments being fix that collar and paint that sidearm.
Author:  Outcry27 [ Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:46 pm ]
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Tarim has the hat correct. It is a Vietnam-issue "Hot Weather Field Cap," same as Drake's.
Author:  shadowscout [ Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:24 pm ]
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AdonisSniper wrote:
Looking good. The obvious comments being fix that collar and paint that sidearm.



:lol:

Yeah, I ran out of fusion so I couldn't paint my VP. I will be doing that this weekend. I also see that I need to get a different belt. I need a green one with a black buckle. Gorman wears that with his field jacket. Otherwise I need a basic black belt for when he is on the Sulaco.

About fixing the collar. Does it need to be a madarin collar? If so, how do I fix that?
Author:  101Radioman [ Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:37 pm ]
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I think there is a nice tutorial on the USCM charter site.
Author:  shadowscout [ Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:01 am ]
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101Radioman wrote:
I think there is a nice tutorial on the USCM charter site.


Stupid noob question, but what site is that?
Author:  101Radioman [ Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:12 am ]
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www.colonialmarines.net

Click on the eagle to enter then click on Armor, then the Accessories scroll down it's on that page.
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