Costumebase: Whats your though?

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Costumebase: Whats your though?

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Ive been looking at costumebase on ebay and a lot of their stuff doesnt look half bad. I know if I'm really ruffing it around in the woods then I would rather be wearing some 25$ shirts as compared to my wested one. So I thought I'd ask you guys. Those who own or know much about them, what do you think?
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The shirts alright, but does run small - I'd recommend going a size up unless you like a tight, short shirt.
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Their headpiece is perfectly serviceable especially at the price.
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I bought two of their shirts and I'm very happy with them. You can't go wrong for the price, and they are 'close-enough' to SA for me.

Here's a shot taken on my phone in the bathroom mirror mainly to show off my Wade Egan strap that I got for my 1941 MK VI bag. It's not the best shot in the world, but you can see the shirt pretty well:

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I've got the Costumebase headpiece and gunbelt with holster.

Headpiece, not so accurate (both sides have the same writing), but still pretty dang spiffy! It's real metal and very solid/heavy. I have no complaints at all about the gunbelt/holster either. Pretty impressive and definitely the right price.

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If you display the headpiece like so, doesn't much matter if the back is the same as the front. :)
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It does look good. Although I can't understand why they've made the bottom corners of the breast pockets like that, they should've just been square.
I'd spend a few extra bucks and go with the WPG shirt.
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Kredepops wrote:It does look good. Although I can't understand why they've made the bottom corners of the breast pockets like that, they should've just been square.
I'd spend a few extra bucks and go with the WPG shirt.
Is a WPG shirt that bad? From what I read they have tried to actually make it more Historically accurante instead of SA by adding buttons on the sleeve gussetts, etc. I dunno. I have seriously thought about buying a WPG IF and only IF the color is close to Raiders....

I LOVE my Azuma LC but its closer to LC color then Raiders (of course) and I LOVE the shirt color from Raiders.......
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backstagejack I think you misunderstood. I was talking about the costumebase shirt, I don't own one, but based on the pictures it's not a shirt I want. I DO own a WPG shirt though and I love it! It's very nice and very SA regarding cut, material and colour that's why I wrote that people should spend a few extra bucks and get a WPG not a costumebase. Just my 2 cents.
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Kredepops wrote:backstagejack I think you misunderstood. I was talking about the costumebase shirt, I don't own one, but based on the pictures it's not a shirt I want. I DO own a WPG shirt though and I love it! It's very nice and very SA regarding cut, material and colour that's why I wrote that people should spend a few extra bucks and get a WPG not a costumebase. Just my 2 cents.
That's actually good to hear...as I was considering a WPG shirt as my next Indy buy...er...next Indy shirt buy ( with my new raise I'm looking to get some Alden's and maybe a whip).....but for a shirt thats more Raiders aside from my amazing Azuma LC...WPG was next on my list.
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Snakewhip_Sable wrote:I've got the Costumebase headpiece and gunbelt with holster.

Headpiece, not so accurate (both sides have the same writing), but still pretty dang spiffy! It's real metal and very solid/heavy. I have no complaints at all about the gunbelt/holster either. Pretty impressive and definitely the right price.

If you display the headpiece like so, doesn't much matter if the back is the same as the front. :)
Have the same headpiece. Bought it years ago.

I agree, not bad for the price. But one of the 'crystal' pieces has since fallen off... :[
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