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Post by Falconer on Jan 2, 2010 16:52:37 GMT -5
I’ve always pooh-poohed the idea of playing D&D in costume, but for Star Trek I’m thinking it just might be simple enough that the fun and ambience it adds may outweigh the nerdiness factor. You can make your own, or you can just buy ’em: Gold ShirtBlue ShirtRed ShirtGold DressBlue DressRed Dress |
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Post by finarvyn on Jan 6, 2010 14:21:53 GMT -5
You can also buy t-shirts in the command (gold), science (blue) and support (red) colors. Clearly not as cool as a full shirt, but easier to wash in between gaming sessions. :-) I think I bought mine off of Amazon but I know I saw some other sites with them.  |
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Post by Falconer on Jan 6, 2010 14:38:35 GMT -5
Yeah, definitely less cool than the real deal, but gets the job done for a group that prefers to keep it more casual and/or less expensive!
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Post by coffee on Jan 6, 2010 14:53:17 GMT -5
I went even cheaper than that: When I was running FASA, I photocopied the character sheets onto the appropriate color for each character. That was as close as I've ever come.
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Post by finarvyn on Jan 6, 2010 15:12:32 GMT -5
I photocopied the character sheets onto the appropriate color for each character. Hey! That's an awesome idea!  (I'll have to EXALT you for it when my hour is up...) |
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Post by slortar on Jan 6, 2010 15:45:34 GMT -5
Yeah, definitely less cool than the real deal, but gets the job done for a group that prefers to keep it more casual and/or less expensive! I also like the idea of just being able to randomly hand out appropriate t-shirts during a game. "Bill, you're a red shirt now. Dress up." |
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Post by Falconer on Jan 6, 2010 16:55:39 GMT -5
Yeah, that was kind of my original idea, that it would be soo awesome (but probably prohibitively expensive with the more complete costumey shirts and the dresses) to own a closet full of uniforms that could just be passed out as needed in a game.
A good compromise might be to just get simple long-sleeve shirts in the right colors, sew on ship’s insignia patch and rank stripes, and wear it over a black t-shirt. That gives you affordability, customizability, and comfort. (And if a girl wants to buy or make her own dress, by all means, let her!)
It would also be fun to have communicators, phasers, and tricorders as props!
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Post by Falconer on Jan 13, 2010 10:16:34 GMT -5
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Post by finarvyn on Jan 14, 2010 19:59:00 GMT -5
I also like the idea of just being able to randomly hand out appropriate t-shirts during a game. "Bill, you're a red shirt now. Dress up." Better yet ... sorry, Bill, but you just died. I need that red shirt back now. ;D |
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Post by Falconer on Jan 18, 2010 1:51:08 GMT -5
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Post by finarvyn on Jan 18, 2010 13:15:50 GMT -5
I've been watching Star Trek: TMP and reading about Phase II and it seems odd to me that they planned to use the old style uniforms for a TV series, then switched to the boring ones for a movie. Seems like bright blue, gold, and red unis would have been outstanding on screen.
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Post by aramis on Feb 3, 2010 14:33:23 GMT -5
Except that the Gold were actually a light green. And on-screen, it would have been more evident. They were not the tenne the TM shows, except in The Cage/Menagerie
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Post by finarvyn on Feb 3, 2010 15:52:12 GMT -5
Except that the Gold were actually a light green. And on-screen, it would have been more evident. They were not the tenne the TM shows, except in The Cage/Menagerie I suspect that different batches of material were of different shades. Some of the dress unifroms were clearly a different "gold" than the regular duty uniforms. You can see the difference if you compare my avatar  to Falconer's current one  . Mine is clearly a more greenish shade, while Falconer's is more tenne. |
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Post by Falconer on Feb 3, 2010 16:45:32 GMT -5
It’s not that the material were different shades so much as about how the light reflected off them, so I understand. The dress uniform actually looked green because it was satin or something, and really reflected light. The duty uniform definitely looks yellow. I think in the case of your avatar, finarvyn, it looks green because that was a photograph, whereas my avatar is a screenshot. I think they are the same material, or close, in either case.
Anyway, if I were to go out and buy a uniform I would want it to be yellow, i.e. match what we saw on the screen rather than what it really was.
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Post by aramis on Feb 3, 2010 20:30:55 GMT -5
I've seen full spectrum lighting photos and video of the later uniforms. They're just as green. It's a yellowish-green, kind of mintish, velour. The tenne appearance is due to the lighting used. (Photos would have used a flash most of the time.)
The command wraparound also is very clearly green... it wasn't the velour material.
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