Hey Hunters....I was thinking about what all I need to do before SDCC in July and started making a list. One of the things was a convention repair kit. Had a couple people ask me what they should bring and thought I would share what I bring with me.

My travel case.


The supplies.

Black paint: Pretty much for any small touch up.
Various Paint brushes: For paint, glue, etc.
Super Glue: Regular stuff then some thicker stuff I get from a local hobby shop.
Super Glue Activator: This is a spray that when sprayed on the super glue it acts like a catalyst and sets it almost instantly. Great for quick on floor repairs.
Needle and Thread: Attach almost anything together.
Wire: Just in case.
String: Just in case.
Scissors and Small Pliers: For obvious reasons.
Diff. Size Popsicle sticks: Spreading glue, poking things, holding things while gluing.
Velcro: Various atachment uses.
Q-tips: Various uses.
ZipTies: Your best friend. Too many uses to post. All else fails....zip it.

If there are unique aspects to your suit, pack materials for those special needs as well. The suits I build, I could fix almost anything with this kit. I usually ship this kit to Damon before hand cause I usually dont check luggage on the plain. If you pack it in your luggage make sure to put it in a couple or three plastic bags incase something leaks out.

Just FYI.
Thanks
Bovine13

Scott,

Great kit!

I have to get one together, and this will certainly help

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Ei'luj


note to myself, don't forget the AAA's

hey scott would you make these and sell em ? i need one lol

oooh, what a cool little kit but come on Big Bad Wolf, surely you can put a kit like that together yourself, you lot have walmart and i bet you can get it all there. now the better idea would be to have that all mounted within your pred backpack, medikit style

tooo lazy man lol

probley will tho, always at walmart, my sec home lol jk

only ever been into one once and it was amazing, i could have spent a week and a fortune in there on everything

The only thing that you may have trouble getting is the super glue activator. I have only found it at the hobby shop.

Esdain - I'll give this a shot. Why the hell not. Couldn't get any heavier with the rest of the costume. Build it into my Bone-Hunter Backpack which I'll design someday

Bovine/Scott this thread will prove to be a lifesaver. Esp. for me since I've never been to a Con in full Pred gear.

Scott, you da man--- on not only informing folks about what to expect at cons (in last year's "convention companion" post,) but now adding frosting on the cake with this great little addendum. Gold star on the forehead! Hubba hubba!

If you made it properly in the 1st place it would not fall apart pinky !!




joking aside , great idea to carry some repair stuff.

Sure, I can control a mob of three hundred screaming predator fans all with gift bags with lovely long handles to snag things, those crazy anime kids with there sugar induced controled spasm picture sessions, the overdoers with there 12 foot 70 lb. swords, and my all time favorite the smart ass im going to make fun of the Con nerds and grab on their costume so I look cool in front of my prebubesent hormoned enraged lacky friends. My suits are tough but damn, ya never know!

Is the weather nice in your perfect world? Oh, i finished your bubble blower cannon...it came out just like you asked and hoped for.

Scoobley doo!

cool.

what about the feather bladed guantlet?

It jams when extending. Feathers wad up.

FFS !

My Pred kit is fairly similar, but I also include silver paint along with the black paint. Plus I always bring a tube of contact cement along with the superglue.

Good points. I will probobly reduce the velcro amount to fit in a small thing of silver paint as well and an exato knife. Cant believe I forgot that.

Oh yeah, Exacto knife. I always got one of those in my kit. If it's a large multi-day costume fest like Dragon Con, I usually carry extras like spare exacto blades, full size scissors, a hot glue gun + sticks, a larger amount of velcro, a multi-head screwdriver, extra 9v battery connectors for helmet CPU fans, Black Sharpie marker, electrical tape and duct tape, etc.

I've also seen other costumers with big loads of repair stuff in their costume tubs. All the above mentioned stuff plus things like snap guns and snaps, rivet guns and rivets, dremel tools, power drills, all sorts of electronics wiring, battery packs, extra fans, all sorts of stuff.

can you imagine making that to fit into the backpack like a medikit? fixing yourself up in the middle of the convention

Con in 2 days - - just bumping this for those hitting the road tomorrow.

E-O

Elder-One,

You must have E.S.P., I just did a search on this and printed it out

...going over list, and will make a stop at the store tonight...

chuckling over the zip tie comment in the list, I remember a certain emergency repair last year... done right on the walkway between the hotel and the con

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Ei'luj

Lol! I pascked up my stuff so fast forgot half of the stuff....ON MY OWN LIST! What a tool.

Bet you packed your Pink nail varnish 1st though didnt you.

I couldn't have described them better my self, and they're everywhere. Around here they got their own "monopolio" 'kuz you bearly see another costume (other than anime character) win a costume contest.

Yes i did. I wanted to finish up your hands while I was in SD. Was that the color you wanted.....flaming butt pirate pink right?

u guys are killing me


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Ei'luj

Yellow Scott, you know the colour grrrrr, i told you the same as on your gay pride pred suit you showed me.

I won't venture far from home for cons. So a small kit in my backpack will work out good.

What a great thread!

Oops, did I just bump it?

Yes you did you necro poster. lol.

Scott,

But this one will live on, can't keep it down

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MasterAnubis,

Do you realize you just resurrected a classic exchange too! Look right above your post

you're not really Lee posting from an Internet cafe while main PC is on moving van, eh? J/K
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Ei'luj

Oohh, yaa.
Scott directed us to this thread from another and I thought it just needed a good bumping about now with the Cons on people’s minds. The rest of the thread was icing on the cake.
No, I'm not Lee in disguise. Why, what'd ya hear?

I hear nothiiiiiing, nothiiiiing, I tell ya....


OK, back on topic before somebody comes after me

It was mentioned upthread, but don't forget these

http://www.batteriesandbutter.com/page/bb/...CFQtfagod-ROeXg

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Ei'luj

Bump by request.

Here you go Uratz.