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Indeva,

What did you use for the paint? And how did you do this? It looks great!

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"Bear" high gloss, deep base
from home depot. I had a BDU (battle dress uniform) that I got from the surplus store and I simply painted it with a bunch of coats. The paint doesn't come off, you can scratch it pretty hard and nothing. So I can sit down and stuff and not worry about it coming off.

Thanks!

Where did you get or what did you use for the helmet and the gun??

I got the helmet at the surplus store also. It was a "steel pot" helmet from WWII/Vietnam cost me about $20.

The rifle on the other hand was harder to find. I got a training/drill fake wood rifle off of craigslist.

Heres the paint I used and a few pics of my foot board. My feet will not be attached to it but Ill simply stand on.

That is awesome, really.

Great job.

Your costume really is fantastic. I hope you don't overheat inside your latex jacket. Those cheaters at Disney have ventilation slits hidden along the sides and I thought I heard a fan noise coming from his utility belt...although it was 95 degrees outside.

Did you do a paint color match or just pick one out? I am giving this costume a shot too but the paint color I am using is much darker. I think it looks good but I can't decide after looking at yours. I will try to post a picture on here later.

Now - what about the "Cowboys and Indians" toys!?! The possibilities are plastically endless!! Bravo and watch out for ant hills and magnifying glasses!

I'm sure it will be warm. Really there will be no air flow but like you said I will be wearin it at night and I don't plan on running around dancing.

As far as the color I would have liked to do something alot darker, closer to what the toys were. I started my search for a material I could sew together a uniform with kinda like the first post did with the tarps. I found green vinyl pretty cheap so I I color matched the home depot paint to the vinyl. I ended up not using the vinyl cause I can't sew and I had already started paint.