I was hoping someone on this forum could give me some info. I`ve been going to DC for years and want to go as Jayne this year but have never really looked at accessories available from the vendors at DC. Can anyone tell me if someone will have alot of Firefly (Jayne Cobb) items such as, the Blue Sun symbol shirt or replicas of his weapons, gloves or wrist band. I already have the orange hat and will probably find the boots,pants and belt but needed to know my options for waiting to buy at the Con. Thanks to anyone wants to help, Rob.
Most big cons will have blue sun, and maybe the "starting to damage my calm" shirt. I made my own with fabric paint (see pic). You'd have to be very fast to do that and have it dry in time (2days+) though, but you could try a tshirt transfer otherwise. The cuff you can get sometimes at leather/steampunk/armor vendors, though I got mine cheap from china / ebay. Watch out there though, the first one stiffed me so I had to escalate through paypal for the refund. The rest of items I don't think you'd find, but you can make:The boot covers I made of black fabric, nylon webbing and plastic buckles. The gloves I used fabric paint and leather dye to change the colour of hardware store gloves. The submachine gun's nearly dollar store just painted black, the pistol I needed to add a fair bit of wood filler/plastic bits/glue to reshape. The knife is layers of wood glued together, and the holster is made from leather (it's easier than you think to work with but you need a good source of leather, and a bit more time).
Solo: No prob. Come to the shoot on friday (1-2pm in Ivey Park ) if you want to see / chat about how I made mine. Anyone else is welcome too - we're shooting in 3D and it's open to all costumes, but I'll be as Jane, so if folks want to get some together in Firefly gear that would be great timing. BTW - didn't check the rules, but most cons I've been to won't let you in with a metal knife, sheathed or otherwise.Buzz: Yeah, more unique is nice.