For users in: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio & Wisconsin.
By Soillgbuster
#4955769
Anyone is southern Illinois area wanting to get together and start a chapter? Me and my brother are working on our packs and hopefully will be done soon.
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By 33rdparanormal
#4955797
I've got a group in Southern Illinois. My friend and I started down "the dark path" about 20 years ago when we were in high school and broke as hell. Now that we have adult money and our heads mostly screwed on straight, we are finally close to achieving our goal. We have been rocking the uniforms, PKE, and goggles for the last decade. Now we have our packs about 60% complete, and we have purchased a vehicle with the sole intent of making a franchise ectomobile. I'm in Franklin Co and my friend is in Union Co.
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By Soillgbuster
#4955805
Well that's awesome. My bro ilives in benton and I'm in duquoin than I got a friend also now who lives in cambria who just got his suit last night. so we are close. I am wanting to ecto out my jeep also one day lol. We are probably about 40% done with our packs so who knows when they will be done though. Time is a killer.
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By 33rdparanormal
#4955823
I hear ya there. I got into the hobby at the right time, and the wrong time. When I started, vac-formed shells were the best option for a shell you could buy. So we got a couple of shells and tried to make them work, but we had no skills and it was rough. Then fiberglass shells started popping up, so I trashed the vac formed shells and started over with fiberglass. At the time they were awesome. Life caught up with me and I had to put our builds on the back burner for several years. Then fiberglass shells became the norm and I realized how inaccurate and warped our current shells were, so we started over again. This go around we are going to see completion. We have the skills and the money that we didn't have then, and the parts available on the market today are about as good as they can get. And they are plentiful for the most part, which is also a huge leap for us. Back in the day, we sat on our hands waiting for somebody to do a run of HGA's or Bumpers. Now you can just go buy those whenever you need them as easily as ordering a t-shirt online.

Side note: My friend and I are both originally from Benton.
By Soillgbuster
#4955825
Well I'm on work comp so that's why ours are taking so long haha. We are actually building game our from wood and adding the electronis and all. I'm gonna use my spengler wand for the neutrona on it. How old are you all? Have you actually registered your group yet? Haha that's a cool patch though. We got to go to the benton comic con last Saturday and that was fun dressing up for. I can't wait for Indiana comic con. I think I'm going to be able to go but not sure it's my anniversary week. Lol
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By 33rdparanormal
#4955837
We are both 38. We did register our group way back when Ghostbusters International was really active and kept track of all of that. Back in the days before Facebook. Overtime GBI kind of stopped being the hub for all of the different franchise websites and everybody has a FB page now. We really haven't kept on top of it in a long time. Haven't really seen the point TBH. We didn't register with Ghostcorp back in 2016 either.
By Soillgbuster
#4955838
This is an expensive thing to get hooked on lol. I'm 39 and my bro is 35. I wanted to get in a group or start one to do things in the community and things. It seems fun and cool lol.
By Soillgbuster
#4960238
Been awhile, but I have joined the Gateway Ghostbusters out of St. Louis, great people. I think I met one of you at walmart today had a GB hat and black jacket on.
By navarre1095
#4962185
I'm originally from Mt. Vernon and my wife is from Sesser. I was rollin' through Akin one day and saw a 4WD "Redneckto-4x4" sitting across from the school. Does that belong to a member here?
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By 33rdparanormal
#4964937
navarre1095 wrote: November 30th, 2021, 1:17 pm I'm originally from Mt. Vernon and my wife is from Sesser. I was rollin' through Akin one day and saw a 4WD "Redneckto-4x4" sitting across from the school. Does that belong to a member here?
My wife is originally from Mt. Vernon. I'm originally from Benton. We both live in Sesser now. Small world.

Not our Ecto, but oddly enough my friend (originally from Benton, now lives in Anna) sent me a picture of a car very much like that one, if not the same one, and it was in Anna at the time.
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By 33rdparanormal
#4964938
Soillgbuster wrote: November 17th, 2021, 5:23 pm Been awhile, but I have joined the Gateway Ghostbusters out of St. Louis, great people. I think I met one of you at walmart today had a GB hat and black jacket on.
Nope, that wasn't me or my friend. I have seen that guy though.

Now, if your brother lives in Benton, I'm going to assume he lives on Sheridan Dr? Saw a blue sedan with no-ghost logos and hazard stripes there a few times. If that's him, he lives across the street and one house over from my parents. Nice to have another GB living in that neighborhood.
By Soillgbuster
#4964966
You going to the salukicon in 2 weeks at siu? I can't wait. Gonna be the last time before my surgery I'll get to dress-up in full gear. I also have a toyman event in st luois with my gb group tomorrow. That's why I wanna start something around her though. We should all get together someday soon and maybe get something together for around here. Idk what but I'm sure we can think of something.
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By 33rdparanormal
#4964988
Going to events and stuff right now is completely off my radar. We are so short staffed at work that I basically live there. I didn't even know if I was going to get to spend Christmas with my family until 2 days before. It's something I would be interested in doing in the future, but I have no idea when that would be.
By Soillgbuster
#4964989
I totally understand that. If I wasn't on work comp I wouldn't have this much time either. If you ever get some time though let me know and we can do something around here.
By bauer00
#4975138
I'm new-ish for the Southern Illinois area. I've lived here in Columbia for about 20 years. I started working on my Venkman pack a few years ago in 2019 and then finished it earlier this year. I debuted my finished uniform and pack, this past October, during the Halloween Hi-Jinks, on Main street in Columbia. My wife, a seamstress who specializes in historically accurate outfits, made the jumpsuit out of the ripstop fabric and I got the patches on etsy. I bought the gloves, did the painting and then bought the boots as well. Yeah, there are some things that are not 100% accurate, but a ghostbuster now, would not be walking around with a 50 pound plus pack if he could afford it.

My pack has the fiberglass shell, but some of the parts were 3d printed in honeycomb style and some of these pieces were made from hard crafting foam. The pack weighs in at just about 28 pounds, with the Alice Frame! I also replaced the blue brick battery with a rechargeable Talentcell so I run for days on a single charge.

My history with ghostbuster cosplayers is that they hold tight the information that they acquired and learned and don't reveal their secrets. I would be more than happy to explain or help anyone in their construction or anything they need related to the builds.

I am currently messing with the sound board in my pack, to change some of the songs and I am also thinking up plans for a trap to carry around on my belt as well.

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