Saturday, December 29, 2007

Magnum 8" Response Boot

The standard footwear of the members of SGC and the SG off world teams is the Magnum 8" Response Boot. Most of the team don't wear the side zipper version, but if you need to take them off everytime you come in the house, you might consider that.

They come with a comfort gaurentee, and I have to say that they are the most comfortable boots or shoes I've ever worn. I love them for casual wear out of uniform as well as suited up in the rig.

You can get them in most uniform supply sources, but they can be ordered online at Quartermaster Supply

Zat Gun

I'm not that big on the Zat gun, but if you need your Stargate arsenal to be complete, you can get a very nice replica from King of Swords.

You can find a good tutorial on assembly at Hobbytalk.com

A more expensive, but fully assembled and painted replica can be obtained from Forbiddenplanet.co.uk.

Zat Holster

If you happen to be carrying a Zat gun, you need a place to put it. The Vest Guy makes a perfect fit holster for this alien side arm.

P90 Tactical Mag Pouch

Frewuently when offworld, you need all the ammo you can carry on your person. The tactical vests worn by the SG-1 Team are Blackhawk Omega Tactical Medic Vest, with lots of nice pouches but none for extra mag clips for your trusty P90. Most often you will see the team carrying their extra mags in pouches strapped to their legs.

Where do you get that?

You can find them in various online stores, but probably the best and most affordable are from The Vest Guy. Prices are under $60, less shipping.

P90 Tactical Sling

If you have been looking for a good P90 sling that looks like the ones used on SG-1, you've probably been looking for a long time.

LT at Stargate6.com used to have just about the best accessories and uniforms, but since his mysterious disappearance a few years ago, the whole shop has been taken off the web.

Today, about the best place to get a reasonable p90 sling like they used on the show is from The Vest Guy. His prices are around $50-$60 at the online store, but you can usually get them $10 cheaper on eBay. Just do a search for P90 sling.

3-Color Desert MA-1

Some of you sharp eyed watchers out there might have noticed that in the pilot for Stargate SG-1, the off world team were wearing 3-color desert flight jackets that didn't look exactly like the more familiar WEP jackets from the series run. They have a different collar without the button flap and the interior lining is a bright orange color. Above is an image from the pilot, clearly showing this style of jacket.

The style of flight jacket is the MA-1, in 3-color desert camo.You can get a very detailed history of the jacket by going to www.flightjacket.com, but they do not have it available in the tri-color camo.

After a lengthy search for this type of jacket to round out my collection, I got a heads up from Dave at Stargate6.com, who found this resource. He let me know that this type of jacket can be obtained for under $100 at Army*Navy Sales.

I ordered mine this morning. Let the stargatery re-commence!

Posting Again

I'd really hoped that I could post these in a methodical order, starting with the BDUs and going through each of the different uniform sets...but trying to be methodical has meant nearly a year of not posting at all.

I got my green and blue BDU sets all finished, then lost 20 pounds so they don't fit right any more and I have to start over...that has led to some serious foot dragging.

I'd wanted to blog about the saga of trying to dye down my WEP, but before I could I gave up completely and found a way to get a nearly perfect version of the ripstop jacket from B&G.

Anyway...I'm a little worried about Stargate6 continuing to be around, so as a back up I'm going to just do a bunch of posts out of order with info on the various sites they list for supplies just in case I should ever log in and it is gone.

Apologies for the hap hazard posts you're going to get instead of my master plan, but the labels on the side should still help you get the posts organized.

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

O'Neill Glacier Glasses

I finally got an excellent substitute for the Bugaboos worn by Jack O'Neill.

Vintage black Glacier sunglasses by BOLLE´/ France

I was really happy to see this auction from Kurzenbergers Worldofglasses. I picked up two pair for under $100 including shipping from Germany.

They are not exactly screen accurate, but by far the best I've seen anywhere else.

P90 Swing Sling

Sorry that I haven't posted here for awhile. Real world stuff has gotten in the way of my Stargatery...but I'm making a comeback.

Still searching for a reasonably priced P90 sling, and this looks like the best option available. It is not the standard sling used most frequently on the show, but if you don't need to be 100% canon because you are not trying to be a specific character from the show, this would work.

You can get it from Airsoft Atlanta but I'm betting quantities are limited.