My experience in the Cylon replica costumes
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 3:09 pm
My experience in the Cylon replica costumes: 2 years ago (March of 2004) I won a gold Cylon replica costume on Ebay
and was ever so excited! I actually was a little dissatisfied the fact it wasn't a chrome Cylon, I mean don't get me wrong
the gold one is cool because it is still a cylon but I always thought three chrome Cylons in their raider ships attacking
Colonial Vipers was wicked cool and vaguely remembered the gold or bronze ones.
After anxiously awaiting for UPS to deliver it, opening the boxes, wearing it, taking millions of pictures and showing my
friends it was shortly after that when I began to pay close attention to DETAIL. I thought to myself "I just spent
$2,200.00 dollars on this?!" The boots were cheap winter boots, the gloves looked obvious that they were hockey gloves,
the skirt looked like something you would find at Joanne's fabrics, and the belt was so cheap it looked like something you
would wear while lifting heavy boxes at work with the chromed pieces "taped" to it while they "dangled" off the belt, the
undersuit looked like it was rushed to be put together and only had ribbing in the lower stomach NOT THE NECK, NOT THE BACK,
NOT THE ARMS, and did not have one single patch that looked like the originals. As for the armor, well, the boot gauntlets
were in 2 pieces per leg and were bolted into the "winter boots" it looked like such a joke because they also were so small,
the backpack was so ugly it covered the whole entire back and the eye scanner just lit one led at a time. I must have spent
more money in modifications!!!! But what are you looking for? just a replica that you can call a "CYLON" or bite the bullet
and spend your money where it is worth spending on something you can say "NOW THIS IS A CYLON"!!!!
Now I am not mentioning any names but you would think certain companies who manufacture these costumes would eventually
modify their work or lower their damn prices!! But eventually I sold all my errors and started from scratch. TO ALL YOU
PERFECTIONISTS OUT THERE WHO ARE LIKE ME AND WANT 100% AND NO LESS HERE IS WHAT I RECOMMED: purchase the Cylon kit from Jim,
after you trim it, sand it, and glue it, send it to Dale to be chromed. By then you would have spent between $1,300.00
and $1,400.00 which is half the battle and IS WORTH IT. To me, it seems the hardest perfection in this project is the
undersuit. Getting fitted, finding the right seamstress who won't take 5 years or won't communicate, applying the ribbing
and patches. If you have a real good undersuit that is probably the last half of the battle. Weapons, skirt, belt, gloves,
boots, and scanner and voices are pretty much available from time to time but once you find these things after a game of
patience, you are well on your way to making a dead on replica. As for the costs of your project I would agree with Mr
William Fong whom I must thank for purhasing the Cylon voice cd's from me, for a dead on replica you will spend anywhere
from $3,000.00 to $4,000.00 on your masterpiece (including the weapons and everything else). But just like anything else
make sure you pay attention to detail, pictures, videos of the series, reference photos, and do your research before you
spend the money, and GOOD LUCK!!
and was ever so excited! I actually was a little dissatisfied the fact it wasn't a chrome Cylon, I mean don't get me wrong
the gold one is cool because it is still a cylon but I always thought three chrome Cylons in their raider ships attacking
Colonial Vipers was wicked cool and vaguely remembered the gold or bronze ones.
After anxiously awaiting for UPS to deliver it, opening the boxes, wearing it, taking millions of pictures and showing my
friends it was shortly after that when I began to pay close attention to DETAIL. I thought to myself "I just spent
$2,200.00 dollars on this?!" The boots were cheap winter boots, the gloves looked obvious that they were hockey gloves,
the skirt looked like something you would find at Joanne's fabrics, and the belt was so cheap it looked like something you
would wear while lifting heavy boxes at work with the chromed pieces "taped" to it while they "dangled" off the belt, the
undersuit looked like it was rushed to be put together and only had ribbing in the lower stomach NOT THE NECK, NOT THE BACK,
NOT THE ARMS, and did not have one single patch that looked like the originals. As for the armor, well, the boot gauntlets
were in 2 pieces per leg and were bolted into the "winter boots" it looked like such a joke because they also were so small,
the backpack was so ugly it covered the whole entire back and the eye scanner just lit one led at a time. I must have spent
more money in modifications!!!! But what are you looking for? just a replica that you can call a "CYLON" or bite the bullet
and spend your money where it is worth spending on something you can say "NOW THIS IS A CYLON"!!!!
Now I am not mentioning any names but you would think certain companies who manufacture these costumes would eventually
modify their work or lower their damn prices!! But eventually I sold all my errors and started from scratch. TO ALL YOU
PERFECTIONISTS OUT THERE WHO ARE LIKE ME AND WANT 100% AND NO LESS HERE IS WHAT I RECOMMED: purchase the Cylon kit from Jim,
after you trim it, sand it, and glue it, send it to Dale to be chromed. By then you would have spent between $1,300.00
and $1,400.00 which is half the battle and IS WORTH IT. To me, it seems the hardest perfection in this project is the
undersuit. Getting fitted, finding the right seamstress who won't take 5 years or won't communicate, applying the ribbing
and patches. If you have a real good undersuit that is probably the last half of the battle. Weapons, skirt, belt, gloves,
boots, and scanner and voices are pretty much available from time to time but once you find these things after a game of
patience, you are well on your way to making a dead on replica. As for the costs of your project I would agree with Mr
William Fong whom I must thank for purhasing the Cylon voice cd's from me, for a dead on replica you will spend anywhere
from $3,000.00 to $4,000.00 on your masterpiece (including the weapons and everything else). But just like anything else
make sure you pay attention to detail, pictures, videos of the series, reference photos, and do your research before you
spend the money, and GOOD LUCK!!