As a supplement to my engineering radiation suit tutorial, I wanted to offer some tips for keeping your costume budget under control while making one of these elaborate costumes. Nearly all the required materials and supplies for this costume are…
As you’re probably aware, I recently had the privilege of studying a screen-used engineering radiation suit, courtesy of Ray Minarcik. In addition to thoroughly documenting the costume’s dimensions and construction, I actually extrapolated a sewing pattern from it, using a…
Among the many brilliant costume designs by Robert Fletcher were the movie-era engineering radiation suits, primarily worn by Scotty, his engineering crew, engineering trainees, and the anonymous assassins in The Undiscovered Country. These incredibly detailed costumes gave a genuine sense…
I recently had the opportunity to study a screen-used engineering radiation suit (courtesy of Ray Minarcik), and in doing so I developed a whole new appreciation for these amazing costumes. I’ll be posting all about my detailed costume examination (and…
As you may have seen in my previous post, a while back I had the privilege of examining a screen-used TNG admiral uniform from season 2, courtesy of Angelo Cifaldi. In addition to thoroughly documenting the costume’s dimensions and construction,…
With only two brief appearances, the TNG admiral uniform from season two is perhaps the most niche Starfleet uniform from the entire show. Admiral Nakamura had just over a minute of screen time in the fan-favorite episode, “The Measure of…
My updated TNG medical smock sewing tutorial is now available! Although I did polish the text a bit so a few things were clearer (etc.), the major updates are primarily the tutorial photos. I used to use the raw photos…
As you’ve probably seen from my TNG medical smock analysis and detailed costume examination, I got a lot of mileage out of the screen-used Dr. Pulaski uniform I examined recently, courtesy of Angelo Cifaldi. In addition to thoroughly documenting the…
As I mentioned in my TNG medical smock analysis, a while back I had the opportunity to examine a screen-used Dr. Pulaski medical smock, courtesy of Angelo Cifaldi. As a supplement to the broader costume analysis, in this blog post…
The Next Generation’s second season introduced some new recurring characters, including Guinan, Chief O’Brien, and (of course) Dr. Pulaski, whose costumes we’ll be examining in this analysis. Season two also incorporated some new talent behind-the-scenes, including costume designer Durinda Rice…
