My Indy costume on a budget

indyclone25

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Ghostsoldier said:
Aww....you mean my deed to the Brooklyn Bridge is no good?:D ;)
Rob
sorry rob i was trying to show you something i saw --- sorry if i got us in trouble --- but hey if you want to sell me the brooklyn bridge i've got an extra 50 bucks ?(y)
 

Ghostsoldier

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indyclone25 said:
sorry rob i was trying to show you something i saw --- sorry if i got us in trouble --- but hey if you want to sell me the brooklyn bridge i've got an extra 50 bucks ?(y)

No worries here, friend...I appreciate the tip....;) ...thanks for looking out for me!
And yep....50 bucks oughtta buy you a nice chunk of NY real estate....for another 50, I'll throw in the old Yankee Stadium uptown!:D
Rob
 

Raider S

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If you look over at the Indy Lounge or Club Obi-Wan someone has posted pics of the lottery jacket they just got...
 

indyclone25

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i think it still looks pretty good ---even tho he didn't like it that much ---he even states that the way its made kinda resembles us wings
 

Lambonius

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I've been an Indy fan all my life; I'm 25, and over the years I've collected numerous items of clothing and gear towards a great Indy costume. Yesterday I made what is quite possibly my best budget find ever--A pretty spot on Indy leather jacket (unofficial, of course) for $1 at a used vintage shop in the City Museum in St. Louis. It's pretty beat up, but that just adds to the character! I'm very happy with it, and I feel oh so frugal.

The rest of the ensemble has been either free or extremely cheap. In fact, the only thing that I actually bought at a store specifically for the costume was the shirt, and I paid under 20 bucks for it.

Here's my cost breakdown on the items I've collected over the years:

Hat: free, birthday present from when I was like 6 years old (for my Indy Halloween costume that year, naturally--I've since grown into it.)

Pants: free, hand-me-down from one of my best friends' older brothers

Shirt: $15, got it at an outdoorsy fish & game hunting store. It's not completely screen accurate, but it IS khaki instead of white, and it has the two pleated breast pockets, so it works for me.

Bag: free, was my grandpa's from WWII, I lengthened the strap a bit with an old duffle-bag strap.

Whip: $12, got it one year at a fair when I was a kid, I've actually modified it a bit for the costume: dyed it dark brown, and re-weaved part of it with leather strips to make it a few feet longer.

Jacket: Like I said, $1 dollar at the St. Louis City Museum's vintage store. What a great find!

Gun-belt, holster, and whip-holder: the gun-belt is one of those old olive drab canteen belts. I think it was my dad's from when he was a kid; not sure though. I've had it forever. I dyed it for the costume to make it darker and less green. Holster was $3 at a garage sale. I used the metal clip from the belt's canteen to attach the holster. The whip-holder is just a brown shoe-lace off an old pair of shoes.

Belt: just your standard department store belt, approx: $10; didn't buy it for the costume, but I've found it works about as well as any other belt.

Shoes: just your standard department store brown leather shoes, approx: $35, I actually didn't buy them for the costume, but it turned out that they worked perfectly, so now that's pretty much the only thing I wear them for.

So all in all, if you only count the pieces that I bought specifically with the intent of using them in my Indy costume, I spent a grand total of $31 dollars on it. Counting the belt and shoes, which I already owned and wear with normal clothes, make that $76 dollars. Anyway, it may not be perfectly screen accurate, but it's gotten some great responses at parties, and I feel nerdily cool in it. :cool:

Happy budget hunting, troops!

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indyclone25

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vwery nice glad to see another indy in his outfit --- " soon indygear will rule the world" so far the cheapest --- great going
 

indyclone25

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yippee!!! i finally recieved my jacket that i won on ebay ---- it looks great , just a little lighter than i would like , but it gives it a lived in look. it is light jacket which is good , so in the winter if i wear a heavy sweater under it it won't be too snug . let me know what you think here a few pics of me in it ...........
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indyclone25

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yeah not bad for the price of 97dollars. cause beklieve i see what people are asking for theses jackets online
but i may still buy a todds jacket right after my bithday in early sept.
 

Mickiana

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Guys (and girls), your budget Indy costumes are admirable. When I have finally got all my gear together, I will start a thread under a different topic - The Blown Out Budget! I have spent thousands and I haven't finished. Scary...
 
Indyclone, the jacket looks great. I'm glad it worked out for you.

I thought I'd post a few more pics I took in my costume, just screwing around in the rec room I'm making in my basement. Also, a couple pics from going to see Crystal Skull at a cool old theater tonight. Sooner or later, I'm going to get outside and get some proper Indy pics!

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Patty Boh

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Here I'll jump in on this thread. I didn't quite make my outfit for as cheap as everyone else did but a lot of what I bought I can wear with regular clothes so I figured that justified it...

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Hat is the "super" Indy hat which was about $100
Shirt is from H&M for about $30
Pants from H&M for $30
Belt is maybe $20, it's a leather belt and not a web like the real one, I may change that later.
Holster and whip holder was like $25 from ebay. It had a belt to but it was ugly and stiff and I decided not to use it. I actually got another black holster that looks pretty worn from an army surplus store, might use that in the future.
The bag was $25 from ebay. The leather strap I took off a bag I got at the rennfest so it took about $2 in hardware to attach it to that bag.
The whip is the Indiana Jones Halloween whip for like $7 off ebay. I will be getting the noble collection whip when it comes out.
The shoes which you can't see are brown Doc Martens which cost like $100 I think. But I had been wanting a nice pair of Docs so I can wear them with other clothes.
 

indyclone25

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very nice --- very nice - right now target has khaki pants on sale and they have them in three different shades , the normal khaki brown and gray if i remmber correctly only 19.99 i have to buy me a pair of each just to have regular pants anyway. just figure you might want to check it out ?
 

Mickiana

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Not bad Patty. You look like you been in some action. Seeing an Indy in that modern setting is interesting.
 

indyclone25

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here are some current pics ---with my old fedora that i reshaped ( hat that my grandfather gave me ) i put a new ribbon on it and i think it came out ok let me know what you think
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with my new dorfman

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