I wanted to share a little something with the rest of you guys and I figured I'd post it in here since it involves one of my Gibson and Barnes suits. Around the beginning of this year, I had asked my cousin to take a stab at making accurate GB1 patches for my rip stop suit since she works at a uniform shop, doing the patches and embroidery. I made up some .pdfs for her of what I wanted as well as sent along some reference material and let her work on them at her own leisure, since she was doing me a favor.
And in case no one knows what I'm talking about, the arm patches in gb1 are kind of "ugly". They were most likely hand made and made before the logo was finalized, much like the opening credits to the film. With the help of several individuals, I made up an image that my cousin then turned into a patch with the help of some reference material.
Here's a reference shot of a gb1 arm patch, name tags and hose connectors:
From the reference I could find, I made this:
Well, here's the fruits of that labor. . .
Here's the suit with the patches on, both the "ugly" arm patch and the name tag made with the newer gb1 font that's floating around.
Closer shot of the name tag and arm patch.
Name tag
And just for a comparison, here's a side by side shot of a screen used patch and the prototype patch I had her make me before we finalized the size and design of the final patch.
Its close. My cousin was trying to make it look "ugly" and hand made on a fully automated machine. I think she did a great job. Not that any one would actually notice or care if they saw me wearing this. Doesn't matter, I did it for myself and I'm really happy with the results. Also note, these were one off patches that she did for me as a favor, so there won't be any for sale thread for these things. Thanks for looking!