• Several BRBU members will be cosplaying as the "Professionals" from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Anyone is welcome to join in on the cosplay, and I have provided some reference photographs and a shopping list for convenience.
  
  Reference album
  
  Check your closets for: Black/grey tie, white button-down shirt, black/grey slacks, a satchelbag, aviators, OJ gloves, and black shoes. Oh, and the vest.
  
  Clothing (bold is what I have bought)
  Eyewear: 3/5 of the models wear black aviator sunglasses. 1 of the remaining models wears wayfarers. You'll probably be fine with whatever sunglasses you have if they're neutral and don't look overly sporty. If you need links: 1 2 3
  
  Top: White button-down shirt. If you don't have one of these, then consider updating your wardrobe. Make sure the one you bring is a good fit! In the interest of uniformity: 1
  
  Tie: Black or grey ties, mostly skinnies. One of them has some subtle patterning, the rest are solid. 1 2 3
  
  Vest: Toughest part. All 5 wear (pin?)striped vests which range from nearly black to a light silver/grey. I'm leaning more towards the dark. I can't find vests on the usual sites that don't have a solid back. With this resignation in mind: 1 2 3 4 5
  EDIT: The Vesuvios come with matching ties. Whatever. EDIT2: The first three seem to have bluish backs. Let's just stick with 4 and 5?
  
  Gloves: All 5 wear black gloves of ambiguous material. They appear to have knuckleplates that are subtly red in hue, but this is such a minor detail that it took me until now to notice. I'm comfortable ignoring that. Pick what you're comfortable with, but I recommend just wearing black glove liners for comfort, cost and form. 1 2 3
  
  Pack: The bags carried by the professionals are rounded, but you can probably get away with whatever shape including what you may already have lying around, provided you avoid those with distinct and recognizable labels. 1 2
  
  Belt: The vests obscure the belts from the front. Just wear something black and nondescript.
  
  Pants: Grey to black slacks or work pants. You probably have something appropriate already: 1 *Multiple colors and sizes available. Take your pick.
  
  Shoes: Black, nondescript. Dress shoes ideal, but anything that's not clearly tennis/running shoes. Hope you've got your own already. 1 2 3
  
  Gear
  I will be talking to HeK about 3d printing some knives. More on that later.
  
  Don't make or bring a bomb. It's probably not a good idea. If we did a bomb, it will have to be the old 1.6 style (satchelbag). But, probably just don't do it.
  
  For your gun, I recommend getting an airsoft gun and disabling it. Con staff frowns upon projectiles that can still fire. If you're coloring it, you should be dismantling it anyways to apply paint. No particular advice on how to do the weapon skins, other than that basic skins (eg Radiation hazard) will be easier to pull off than intricate ones (eg Vulcan). I won't bother listing every possible gun, but here are some ones for which I found some cheap airsoft junk on amazon:
  
  Desert Eagle
  Beretta 92(buy two!)
  MAC-10 *Very inexpensive
  MP7
  Sawn-off Shotgun
  AK-47
  (There are airsoft awps, but they are invariably expensive)
  
  
  
  Should I re-skin my gun?
  What is CSGO but a gun coloring book? I think that we should try to get a broad range of the game's weaponry, and those who are ambitious should consider emulating some of the in-game skins. I'll probably go for an AK skin (predator, safari mesh, maybe redline if I'm ballsy). Pistols, SMGs, AWPs, these will all be good and variety will be fun. Don't bother trying to make your own guns, airsoft + artful painting and modification will be your friends, if you disable the shooting functions of the guns. Real guns are a no-no. I'll investigate into prop grenades/flashbangs. However, I do not think having a prop bomb is a very good idea. People going around in costume is one thing, but fake plastic explosives will not be looked upon favorably by anyone.
  
  Isn't dressing up like terrorists at a very busy convention a terrible idea?
  People have done weirder costumes than this. No oneFew will bat an eye, though IRT will probably frown at our guns and make us tag them.
  
  Who's going to be doing this?
  • Eightball - AK-47 (Redline)
  • TronPaul
    
  • Elder - Sawn-off Shotgun (The Kraken)
    
  • Dtrain - Desert Eagle (Conspiracy)
    
  • Live-Free-or-Pie - Mac-10 (?)
    
  • Something Swain* - Dual Berettas (Colony/Contractor)
    
  • Dr. Commish* - ??
    
  • Scar11 - AWP (Pit Viper)
    
  *Pending ACEN attendance. Let us know if you need help getting there!
  
  Current phase: Planning, design, and general interest. Acquisition & recruitment
  
  Post your pics!

(05-18-2014, 09:39 PM)Eightball link Wrote: I know a lot of BRBU plays PS2, but given the relative complexity of their costumes, I think I am not overstepping by proposing a CS:GO group cosplay.

(05-18-2014, 09:45 PM)rumbot link Wrote: [quote author=Eightball link=topic=7260.msg278528#msg278528 date=1400467146]
I know a lot of BRBU plays PS2, but given the relative complexity of their costumes, I think I am not overstepping by proposing a CS:GO group cosplay.

Quote:I'd have to think you'd have better luck picking a more inclusive organizing theme. Like first-party Nintendo characters for a platform launch, or CoD (inclusive of all series), or even CS (inclusive of all versions).

There is no unifying game for brbu like tf2. (second place finishers include minecraft, LoL, DOTA, PS2, diablo, and, yes, HALO).

To try to force people into a lesser played game is to make ACEN even more of an in-club than it already is.

(05-19-2014, 07:57 AM)Neptune link Wrote: I'm a fan of costumes that involve actual clothes.  I think I remember the old leet krew.  I remember always picking them, at least.

(05-19-2014, 06:32 PM)Dtrain323i link Wrote: what the hell, i'm in.

(05-19-2014, 06:12 PM)versus link Wrote: i think i remember that they also had a slightly smaller head model (not hitbox)

(05-19-2014, 07:11 PM)FlyingMongoose link Wrote: [quote author=Dtrain323i link=topic=7260.msg278558#msg278558 date=1400542347]
what the hell, i'm in.

(05-19-2014, 06:12 PM)versus link Wrote: i think i remember that they also had a slightly smaller head model (not hitbox)

(05-23-2014, 04:31 PM)HeK link Wrote: I still vote that we all get matching Black Mesa Hazard Course Triathlon tracksuits.

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