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2020 Roll Call - AUCM/NZCM members where are you?
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Author:  Rocko [ Sun Jun 07, 2020 10:54 am ]
Post subject:  2020 Roll Call - AUCM/NZCM members where are you?
Following Coronavirus lockdown and most of us being scattered, isolated and out of contact for months now I figured I'd check in and see where everyone is.

For the AUCM I know many are in Melbourne and Sydney. I'm in Perth; unsure of numbers or battalion status here. Kit 90% done without body armor.

Following on from my last post about this four years ago, here's everything I've gotten to date with it based on Private Tim Crowe and Corporal Dwayne Hicks with some personal choice flair:
* M41A Pulse Rifle from Hollywood Collectable Group ("Brown Bess" standard edition, #383 of 1000)
* M240 Incinerator courtesy of Marco from GERCM (convention safe prop version)
* M1911A pistol with wooden grip from Denix
* Canadian Browning Hi-Power pistol from Denix
* Yang Kai Rifle Shotgun (airsoft/gelblaster) with custom-made leather shoulder holster
* US Army hip holster, belt and two-magazine pouch (Vietnam war era, bought it from a retired soldier; using it for the M1911A)
* US Army helicopter pilot shoulder holster (Vietnam war era, bought it from a retired soldier; even had field repairs; using it for the Browning Hi-Power)
* USCM Military patches (official, from Aliens: Colonial Marines)
* Official US Army helmet, Vietnam era with correct forest camouflage style
* Headset built to mimic a Racal Amplivox Minilites (impossible to get genuine article from 1980s) that has USB connector for linking to a Rasberry Pi when I'm ready for live stream/webcast
* Common t-shirt of correct dark green color
* US army pants, correct forest camouflage style (army surplus)
* Panasonic WiFi digital video camera with night vision to fit into the "Pentax" camera cover so I have a working video I can live stream/webcast
* Two GoPro cameras to eventually put on the armor
* Motion Tracker from Hollywood Collectable Group released last year
* Motion Tracker software to use on a portable device for live stream/web cast fun

Work in progress stands at:
* Life monitor overlay software to use with my Panasonic WiFi digital video camera (experimenting with an LG Lifeband Touch; may change sync device) for the live stream/webcast
* Obtaining correct army boots (easy enough to get on surplus)

And still to obtain:
* Pentax helmet camera cover (need to build it due to Panasonic custom job I'm going to try; can buy on eBay when ready)
* USCM armor (need to build or outsource; I want it to be armor-grade and am prepared to pay for it)
* Shoulder lamp (need to build)

And I've opted to skip grenades and a torch-welder for now.

To explain choices, for the pistols I had to compromise on staying true to the movie because getting a Smith & Wesson 39 (Vasquez's pistol from Aliens of course) here is impossible unless I get my gun permits. So Denix pistols for now.

For the shotgun the Yang Kai Rifle Shotgun is the closest "convention safe" match I've found to the Ithaca 37 that Hicks used, but you've got to cut down the barrel length to be more accurate. With my "Brown Bess" not being "convention safe" and having trouble getting a Aliens Stunt Pulse Rifle from HCG through the customs, getting the M240 Incinerator courtesy of Marco from GERCM that is completely convention safe was the only alternative. Now I'm flamethrower/shotgun for conventions and pulse rifle/shotgun for everything else and can lead my flamethrower to others with no weaponry.

My aim is still to go for the most accurate USCM kit in the southern hemisphere.
Author:  septic [ Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:03 pm ]
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Hey buddy, good work to date by the sounds of it - This thread needs PICS :D

Excellent goal to aim for too btw - "most accurate USCM kit in the southern hemisphere", but boy, you've got some stiff competition in Oz already (and maybe here in NZ too - greeting from Wellington, NZ 8) ).
Author:  Rocko [ Sat Jul 03, 2021 12:07 pm ]
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I’ll get those photos!

Newest hassle I have is the gel blaster ban in Western Australia: it might force me to surrender my Yang Kai Rifle Shotgun to the police. :|

And I’ve gotten prototype USCM armour with shoulder lamp from Neil with the GERCM crew, but I’m too tall to fit in it. So the mission continues.
Author:  septic [ Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:30 am ]
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Nice dude, you shouldn't have any issues re-selling that armour.
Author:  Rocko [ Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re:
septic wrote:
Nice dude, you shouldn't have any issues re-selling that armour.


No chance! It's very awesome, was very expensive and one of my mates who's 5'6" fits it perfectly. High chance I'll just cough up for Terry English's metal armour before he officially retires instead.
Author:  Kitty [ Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:37 am ]
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Members are here. We just actively chose not to participate in the rollcall/elections as we run our own show. K
Author:  septic [ Wed Aug 04, 2021 11:28 pm ]
Post subject: 
Rocko, can you give some more details on this please "Panasonic WiFi digital video camera"? My Google-fu has failed to find anything useful.
Author:  Trigger happy [ Fri Aug 20, 2021 11:55 pm ]
Post subject: 
Welcome. Post up pics of your progress
Author:  Rocko [ Wed Jun 01, 2022 4:10 am ]
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Kitty wrote:
Members are here. We just actively chose not to participate in the rollcall/elections as we run our own show. K


What show is that and is it east coast only?

Curious to catch up sometime. :)


septic wrote:
Rocko, can you give some more details on this please "Panasonic WiFi digital video camera"? My Google-fu has failed to find anything useful.


I’ll get that information for you.


Trigger happy wrote:
Welcome. Post up pics of your progress


Will do!
Author:  Rocko [ Mon Jun 13, 2022 7:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 2020 Roll Call - AUCM/NZCM members where are you?
Starting to get the photos sorted out. More will come after Supanova Perth 2022.

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My HCG Aliens Pulse Rifle in one of the rare times I've opened the original box until I get some place safer to store and display it.
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GERCM Marco Schulze's flamethrower I bought from him in October 2019.
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GERCM Marco Schulze's flamethrower when it arrived after I got it out of customs.
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GERCM Neil Storey's armor that I bought from him in October 2020 as it was on display at his place before shipping.
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Back of Neil's prototype armor with the local commissioned shotgun holster and plastic shotgun prop inside.
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Back of Neil's prototype armor with the shotgun holster removed to better show the awesome metal clip system he used for accessories.
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All credit to my mate who is the correct height of 5'5 to 5'6 to wear the USCM armor. I'm just too damn tall at 6' so when I go to Supanova Perth I'll be wearing my base kit only without armor, since I have nothing yet for my size except the helmet and hip holster.

He gets to wear the USCM armor. 8)

More photos later of the rest.
Author:  Rocko [ Mon Jun 13, 2022 7:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Re:
septic wrote:
Rocko, can you give some more details on this please "Panasonic WiFi digital video camera"? My Google-fu has failed to find anything useful.


It's a Panasonic HX-A1M. I have the black version.

https://www.panasonic.com/au/support/pr ... hx-a1.html
Author:  septic [ Mon Jun 13, 2022 10:26 pm ]
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Excellent collection Rocko! Loving the pauldron graffiti. Is that flamer the one with the metal front nozzle?

Also, cheers for the info on the cam 8)
I was hoping it was a DVR unit, but this just records to SD card, yeah?
Author:  Rocko [ Sun Jun 19, 2022 3:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 2020 Roll Call - AUCM/NZCM members where are you?
1. The flamer is made of plastics and wood with a metal core. The front is wood.
2. The Panasonic saves to an internal SD memory card and video is streamed to a controlling smartphone or PC. DVR is possible with it, but not easily with the Panasonic HX-A1M proprietary software. It is one of the things I am still software “programming fu” with.

And all of the graffiti on the armour was done by GERCM Neil Storey to customise it to his preference past the base camouflage plant. :)
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