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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited March 2011 in Ten Forward
Does anyone know a good quality sci-fi and/or fantasy costume shop? I'm looking for a modern-era Star Trek (circa FC-Nemesis) costume and a Xena costume for my wife (:D).
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    You can try http://www.shadowdalecreations.com/

    They do a lot of different types, including STO variants! Costs a few bucks though.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Amazon has a few too.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    shadowdale actually looks really good, and if i was ever going to buy a trek uniform, i'd chance them before anyone else.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    pr1983 wrote: »
    shadowdale actually looks really good, and if i was ever going to buy a trek uniform, i'd chance them before anyone else.

    Truth. Unfortunately, I don't have $700 to blow on a uniform.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Or you can look on Ebay and facebook. I do Klingon Costuming. And had to make my own uniforms. there
    are fan groups out there to help with this.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Or you can do what I do and make your own.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Ravenstein wrote: »
    Or you can do what I do and make your own.

    I was thinking about making a Vault Suit for Halloween. I found it amazingly difficult to find cheap, classic jumpsuits for sale. :( :rolleyes: I've only seen them in a store once, I wish I had gotten a few of them now.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Next project for me will be either:

    Estelle from Tales of Vesperia
    Natalia from Tales of the Abyss
    Youmu from Touhou
    Maka from Soul Eater
    Ilyana from Fire Emblem
    Mai from My-Hime (Already have one, but it is like 3 years old and apparently I have grown since then in the chest and so is a little tight)
    Gunner from Etrian Odyssey
    Soul Reaper uniform with a few variations
    Nanoha Takamachi's Barrier Jacket (Season 1)
    Haruhi's costumes
    - Day of Sagittarius
    - Fantasy
    - School
    Shana's uniform
    Something Warhammer related like a Psyker or Commissar
    My planned supervillainess or superheroine costume
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    If you're looking for cheap, check out Rubies costumes, I got a TNG costume, complete with resin commbadge and metal pips for about $40 from them. Unfortunately I lost the link to the site I bought it from, but they had a wide selection of uniforms from TOS, Trek 2009, TNG and DS9. The one I got isn't quite TV quality, but it's not bad, it zips up the back like the real thing (the old 90s ones were pull-over style). The fabric is not canon, but it looks good and it's breathable (another problem with the old costumes)

    If you want something more professional quality, and are willing to spend time on it, Roddenberry.com sells canon uniform patterns for about $20-40 each piece, that doesn't include fabric, but it's probably cheaper than Shadowdale.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Ravenstein wrote: »
    Next project for me will be either:

    What? No Studio Ghibli love? Where's Nausicaa? Where's Mononoke? :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    hort_wort wrote: »
    What? No Studio Ghibli love? Where's Nausicaa? Where's Mononoke? :p
    Or this, for that matter!
    :D
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