Ming Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 And one of them is now mine :-) Link to post Share on other sites
Gadge Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Good stuff. Bit of kit not many know existed the green field uniform. Link to post Share on other sites
snowman Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Tell me you've some photos of the Cybermen from that event! Sadly, I'm rapidly looking more like this Dr... Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites
Ming Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Not my pictures - taken by a couple of other chaps who were at the game, one of whom was one of the organisers. Link to post Share on other sites
Porkchop Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Sorry about digging this up again but is one of the Unit people carrying an M41A??? Also great picture of the Cybermen ( old and new) Just wondering but where did you find the U.N.I.T. capbadge? Link to post Share on other sites
Ming Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Sorry about digging this up again but is one of the Unit people carrying an M41A??? Looks like it and I definitely got the loan of a friend's at the event I attended :-) Just wondering but where did you find the U.N.I.T. capbadge? The 70's style round grid one? As I understand it, pulls from an original prop. I traded some of my stash Battlefield-style winged globe ones for one :-) Link to post Share on other sites
Ming Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 As requested by Rhino, a clickable thumbnail of my beret badge: Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted March 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 cheers for that bud. Let me know about the badge enquiry i sent ya Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted March 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 just wanted to mention this quickly (as it concerns the 58 patt webbing pouches anyway..) UMP/UMG magazines fit the front mag pouches! Bonus. On another note, should be getting my gaiters/puttees/anklets back tomorrow with new straps (fingers crossed) Link to post Share on other sites
my_plague_666 Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 On the contrary, Billie Piper is a chavtastic failure of an actress who has absolutely no place on a TV program. Ecclescake was best doctor ever. glad to know im not the only one who thought he was actually a pretty good doctor. Link to post Share on other sites
Gadge Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Actually i thought he was very good too. My fave doctors (going from when i first started watching as a kid) Baker Eccleson Tennant They all have that anarchic 'i do it cos i can' feel about them and eccleson was even a bit 'aggressive' which was interesting to see. Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted April 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Right, managed to get a few bits and bobs together (just waiting on a new Khaki/sand beret and awaiting a reply back regarding the UNIT beret badge) Pics Wooly Pully version from 1975 era and my attempt at the Pertwee era (well, after the "Mushroom" variation of the UNIT loadout - can't see it too well, but i stuck my scrim scarf on as a few of the screengrabs i sourced seemed to have them wearing them) Link to post Share on other sites
Jimisin73 Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 I'll prob. get roasted for this, but (having not seen any of the latest series, where it may in fact occur) has anyone thought of doing an "updated" UNIT loadout? Same org, just using today's gear and uniforms... Link to post Share on other sites
Shriven Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 The new UNIT look like *albartroth*... C Magged G36Cs, single handedly using them.. it's all a bit ergh... Link to post Share on other sites
Jimisin73 Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Thats... frackin heartbreaking... the Brigadier was one of my favorite characters from the Tom Baker era... Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted April 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 I'll prob. get roasted for this, but (having not seen any of the latest series, where it may in fact occur) has anyone thought of doing an "updated" UNIT loadout? Same org, just using today's gear and uniforms... funny you should mention that. That's my next pet project. Got a red MP beret on it's way to me and i've got black combat vest et al. Just wondering whether to go for trousers and jacket look or go "cheap" and just buy a black boilersuit I'm also considering doing a "Battlefield U.N.I.T. loadout from the Sylvestor McCoy era... funds permitting (camo uniform with light blue UN beret) Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted April 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 update on this. Given up on the Milliput Badge and decide to make some "truer" badges (looking back at some of the earlier berets they wore - especially in the Pertwee era stories) they were almost the size of a small dinnerplate So, i ordered some blank badges and decided to make some laminated logos that's the reference pic from Spearhead from Space and as you can see, the badge is bloody huge! my attempt. The badge is pretty much the same size (57mm sized) front and back of badge on the beret and a spare 7 that i had the chance to make up. Basically, i printed 8 of the logo inserts and after cutting them out, laminated them and then cut slightly round the edge (to make the paper waterproof and a bit more durable) inserted it into the badge and then secured it with the plastic perspex cover. Et voila. when i get the chance i'll post up a few new pics of my completed loadout EDIT: Just some info i thought i'd share... U.N.I.T. in the new series of Doctor Who is now referred to as UNified Intelligence Taskforce as opposed to the original United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (that's what happens when the UN gets uptight about UN & United Nations) FYI Link to post Share on other sites
aitchbird Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Nice badges Rhino! OK, they're huge, but like you said, that's what they had in the series. That's kinda why we went for the smaller badges. H Link to post Share on other sites
Porkchop Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 looks great. But how did you get the centre done, or is that a print? Because from here it looks like 3D. Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted May 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 It's the perspex cover on the badge. The outer side is raised on the surface and slightly magnifies the badge picture and gives the impression that it's 3-D Link to post Share on other sites
Ming Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 very nice indeed. I really must do likewise and get some badges made up, especially as I now have the 1960 Pattern smock. Link to post Share on other sites
rhino Posted May 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 Right, finally completed what i reckon is (closest) to the 1970's Doctor Who U.N.I.T. soldier look. Pics: What's needed: Green wooly Pullover Green shirt (i actually used a German shirt i bought for a few quid from the Army surplus store) 58 Pattern webbing Set (well, the Yoke, Left & Right front Ammo pouches and belt parts) SAS Sand/Tan beret Green olive combat trousers Gaiters (WW2 style - not puttees - bandage-style - just Canvas Gaiters) Cadet short leather boots U.N.I.T. badge (obviously ) (optional) Green combat smock Scrim scarf FN FAL or Sterling SMG (pre-VCRB mock used in this instance for photo purposes) "Jenkins... Chap there with the wings... 5 Rounds Rapid!" Now if someone would only build an authentic airsoft Sterling... Link to post Share on other sites
Ingo_Sleeps Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 for a period i think the sterling must have been one of the most 'sci-fi' weapon many film directors could access...or the influence of herr lucas is further reaching than i thought, excellent impression though, brings back many happy memories of sitting on the living room carpet smearing jam about the place while daleks got mines stuck to them. yes last tuesday was a good time to be in Link to post Share on other sites
Ming Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 For anyone who fancies a variant on 70s UNIT, here's some screen shots from Inferno, showing the totalitarian parallel universe version of UNIT, the Republican Security Forces, represented here by Platoon Under Leader Benton and Brigade Leader Lethbridge-Stewart. I was looking into this for a convention :-) Remember: Unity Is Strength! Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy_Harry Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 noice! forgotten all about evil briggy- like evil spock, but with an eyepatch rather than a goatee. Also, on a side note, finally got to see the dr who episode with the modern UNIT people, and I concur with previous posters- they look like big girls blouses in their silly red berets and faux-SWAT gear. Most disappointing... Was thinking of doing (and I know this is so not milsim) an impression of how I think a modern UNIT load-out would look... Link to post Share on other sites
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