Here is the link to my Alien Nostromo Costume Album:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v625/los...umes/?start=all

An here's a link to the man who made Ripleys A2 in Aliens

http://www.ekmpowershop4.com/ekmps/shops/w...amp;productid=1

The Intergalactic Trading Co. Sells the Nostromo pin and the light blue shirt patch online.

http://www.intergalactictrading.com/frame.html

Nostromo Pins - $20.00
http://www.intergalactictrading.com/cgi-bi...02ALPI01_2fF_01

Nostromo Shirt Patch (Lt. Blue Bkgd) - $7.00
http://www.intergalactictrading.com/cgi-bi...02ALPA59_2fF_01

Now THAT... is an IMPRESSIVE collection of pics!

Here is a fan made replica of the white crew shirt Parker, Dallas, and Kane wore in the film:







Nice work MacGyver!

Thanks Dan

Here are some patterns I drew up for the pockets, epaulets, and other shirt accessories

Front Pockets w/ two pleats


Pocket Flaps & Eps


Sleeve Pocket (1 pleat) & Shoulder panels (L/R)


Nametape holder and Pen loops



-Mac


... And here is another closer view of the shirt front.

The Intergalactic Trading Co. revamped their site so the links changed:

Here are the current ones:

And the patches and pins can be found at The Intergalactic Trading Co.
http://www.intergalactictrading.com/

Nostromo Pins - $20.00
http://www.intergalactictrading.com/product.cfm?pid=ALPI01/F

Nostromo Shirt Patch (Lt. Blue Bkgd) - $7.00
http://www.intergalactictrading.com/product.cfm?pid=ALPA59/F

And WY Wings - $6.00
http://www.intergalactictrading.com/product.cfm?pid=ALPA64/F


The base shirt I used was a short-sleeve Dickies twill workshirt (#1574). It won't wrinkle much (which is bad), but it should last a long time (which is good).

You could find those here:
http://www.dickies.com/wc2/product.asp?sty...=101&type=B
Or at any local store that sells Dickies stuff.

The shirt then has to be shortened and of coarse modified with all the pockets, patches, piping (Lt. Pink), epaulets and assorted do-dads.

This pic is minus the front snaps, which should be silver/nickle, in place of the buttons.

I found lt. pink piping thru eBay; one source is here:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?f...ght+pink+piping

How about the green T-shirt?

For those still interested in the NOSTROMO costume, there is a very good thread here (at Aliens Legacy), which talks about the shirt, pants, and jacket -- lots of pics and info.

http://forum.alienslegacy.com/viewtopic.ph...asc&start=0

enjoy,
-Mac

The green tee is a hard color to find; the one I'm wearing was a fluke purchase at a t-shirt store.

The next best available shirt can be ordered on-line here:
http://www.blankshirts.com/Gildan_2000.htm...9664.4996527778

Look for the 100% cotton tees by Gildan, style 2000, the color is Pistachio.

-Mac

Ah, great I needed that. Never could find that color...I always suspecrted they got OD surplus t shirts and bleatched them.

Now, have you got any sources for the Racal headset (or copy therof?) Also, somebody did jackets by modifying a military coverall...but which one?

It is very possible they bleached some OD green (or other green colored tees). I have been trying that experiment with some other tees I've found, but so far have not had success achieving the "Alien" green.

As for the Racal Headsets, they are a popular item with costumers (Alien, Aliens, Star Wars, etc), but being old technology, very hard to find. I snagged one when a group purchase was made by friends over at Alien Legacy several years ago, but I am unaware where they made the find? Sorry.

For the Army coveral to jacket idea. Yes, several folks have done that conversion (I have one myself, but never finished). The only label in mine was a neck tag saying "Large 8415-753-6485". We speculated it was a OD green/brown Koren War era coveral, with a green lining, but had no specifics on them. I found mine at a local Military Surplus store. Friends found similar ones by doing the same.

The RAF MK-3 jacket is the true way to go, but they can be pretty pricey and sizes tend to run small. But once you have it there is a lot less work involved in order to make a "Nostromo' jacket.

I hope this helps -- Good hunting!!

-Mac

All right, then how about this: WHICH surplus store did you go to and do they still have them?

Can you post some photos with measurements for the headst? I have a leg up, I have an original racal headset without the bow that goes over your head or the triangular piece for the other side.

I live in the San Diego area and there are some surplus stores called GI-Joes, but I don't think they are on-line. There also a few in downtown Oceanside, near the pier, but I cannot remember all their names. The stock in these stores always varies, and I'm not really looking anymore, since I've already got my costume finished.

For the headset, I don't have a camera right now, but you can find pics and some good info about mods at this link
http://forum.alienslegacy.com/viewtopic.php?t=4538

The Aliens Legacy is a great place to poke around for all things Alien -- you should check it out.
http://forum.alienslegacy.com/index.php

Check out The Ready Line for the most current topics, there are a number on the subject of Alien & NOSTROMO.

-Mac

I just saw a thread on RPF the other day about this. Someone is putting together a complete Nostromo space suit.

Personally I would go for one of the easier to assemble "light duty" costumes, but ya gotta admire that kind of cosplay propping!

At DragonCon Richie's Armor had the helmet and chest piece for the Nostromo space suit. It was ginormous, but cool.

They are doing it on the RPF...they say they will sell the helmets and armor there too. Hotcha! i love spacesuits!