Re: FunCostumes.com Frock Coat

liarr Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:14 pm

I'm looking forward to more pics and Mojo's receipt of the coat - I'm thinking about this now. I completely butchered the CB coat. unwearable.

Mojo Turbo Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:43 pm

Costume came in the mail.... just a few more hours and I will be home

capt.J.j.sparrow Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:47 pm

liarr wrote:I'm looking forward to more pics and Mojo's receipt of the coat - I'm thinking about this now. I completely butchered the CB coat. unwearable.

how bad is it? I might be able to do something with it...

liarr Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:35 pm

capt.J.j.sparrow wrote:
liarr wrote:I'm looking forward to more pics and Mojo's receipt of the coat - I'm thinking about this now. I completely butchered the CB coat. unwearable.

how bad is it? I might be able to do something with it...

nope. nope. it looks like Batman Returns' Catwoman/Jack Sparrow coat.. Stitches everywhere! SNITCHES GET STITCHES Shocked

capt.J.j.sparrow Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:04 pm

Mojo Turbo wrote:Costume came in the mail.... just a few more hours and I will be home

and?

Mojo Turbo Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:02 am

And here is the video, pictures to come....

LongJonSparrow Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:07 am

Isn't it confortable!

liarr Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:14 am

answer - YES, so long as I could get the proper size. That fits you good, Mojo. I was a bit worried cause Longjon's looked so oversized

Cap.cristianSparrow Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:19 am

im really surprised by the color of the coat.. looks really good..

but i dont like the cuffs .. there is something weird about it...

100% better than CBase

Mojo Turbo Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:27 pm

cuffs

http://mojoturbocostumes.wikispaces.com/file/view/buycostumescoat1.JPG

inside cuffs

http://mojoturbocostumes.wikispaces.com/file/view/buycostumescoat2.JPG

pocket flap

http://mojoturbocostumes.wikispaces.com/file/view/buycostumescoat4.JPG

(btw, pocket flap is lined and works)

front

http://mojoturbocostumes.wikispaces.com/file/view/buycostumescoat3.JPG

fabric inside lighting

http://mojoturbocostumes.wikispaces.com/file/view/buycostumescoat5.JPG

fabric outside lighting

http://mojoturbocostumes.wikispaces.com/file/view/buycostumescoat7.JPG

backside

http://mojoturbocostumes.wikispaces.com/file/view/buycostumescoat6.JPG

adenry Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:37 pm

The fabric DOES look great and that's the most important thing. Everything else is more or less fixable. The lining looks quite white-ish, that's the OST style, right? The AWE/DMC lining was tan, I liked that much more.

The pleats here are four separate pieces, the real pleats are separated only in the back middle, right? Are you planning on stiching those together?

I'd say a good buy, Mojo. By the way what about the rest of the things? The sash didn't look bad on the stock photo.

Mojo Turbo Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:55 pm

the real pleats are separated only in the back middle, right?

uh? what? show me. Oh the sash is horrible. It looks like the pre-viz sash before POTC 1. In fact the whole costume is the POTC 1 costume from the pre-viz mannequin.

adenry Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:45 pm

This cut does not exist in the real coat, that's what I was saying:

https://2img.net/h/i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/jedi_vader/buycostumescoat6p.jpg

There shouldn't be a cut, it should be one piece.

Same for the one on the other side.

Captain McCool Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:44 pm

That coat is AWESOME!!! Are they still selling them? Because I'm seriously considering getting one. WAY better than I ever could have expected!

As for the side vents, yes they were open in the movie coat, but there was a considerable amount more fabric there than in this coat, so it hid the split. The skirting was fuller, and it was all held together with a string going through all the layers of pleating (Christian has some great photos of this) which held all the pleating together. Because of these details the split in the skirts never really showed except for in the back. But yes indeed, from what I understand, the side vents were in fact split. This was also done on real, period coats (though I think the string was something from the costume dept.).

Mojo Turbo Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:01 pm

ooh, I would love to hear Cristian's and the other Sparrow's input on this now that the pictures are up

Cap.cristianSparrow Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:25 pm

As for the side vents, yes they were open in the movie coat, but there was a considerable amount more fabric there than in this coat, so it hid the split. The skirting was fuller, and it was all held together with a string going through all the layers of pleating (Christian has some great photos of this) which held all the pleating together. Because of these details the split in the skirts never really showed except for in the back. But yes indeed, from what I understand, the side vents were in fact split. This was also done on real, period coats (though I think the string was something from the costume dept.)

NO they are not open.
Looks like is open but in fact is sewed.

FunCostumes.com Frock Coat - Page 2 Coat10

Captain McCool Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:39 pm

Woops! I stand corrected! That's exactly the picture I was thinking of though. Thanks for throwing that up here, Christian!

Mojo Turbo Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:05 am

nice picture Cristian thanks! yea, I was thinking I could also paint the "inside track" of the button hole stitch with a white paint pen

adenry Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:49 pm

Mojo, could you tell me what the tags on the inside of the coat say? Types of materials used perhaps?

Mojo Turbo Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:08 am

it's wash care instructions and the dot com

Jinkxed Jack Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:50 am

I was just thinking that if you were unable to find similar material, one could buy 2 of these where you could hack the second coat up to make the pleats in the 1st coat and it would STILL be way cheaper than some coats out there. Then just add Button's buttons to the thing, voila, done.

I was also wondering, although you've said everything else is basically crap in this costume. Are the pants passable or is CB better than the pair provided?

Mojo Turbo Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:47 am

the pants can be seen in my ebay listing... they certainly don't have much of a but and crotch area. Certainly costume grade. My CB's feel like jeans and are very tough.

ebay listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jack-Sparrow-Costume-Pirates-Caribbean-NEW-/190578243194?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5f59367a#ht_1528wt_1185

Captain McCool Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:42 pm

I find it amusing that the design of the frog on the baldric is almost exactly accurate, while pretty much nothing else about the costume is, heh. The waistcoat seemed passable though.

Capt Jag Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:26 pm

For the cost that's a mighty fine coat...mighty fine indeed...

LongJonSparrow Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:45 pm

Captain McCool wrote:I find it amusing that the design of the frog on the baldric is almost exactly accurate, while pretty much nothing else about the costume is, heh. The waistcoat seemed passable though.

The belts and baldric completely suck (ripped after like an hr), the pants I liked for now, the buttons had to be sewed on better, but I am going to buy CB pants soon. The waistcoat is alright, but it's first movie, and rips quite easy.

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