Man I had a major POS pack in high school. I am blessed with a great job now and I pulled the trigger on building a hero pack…
Have a look at the resin semi hero designs out there. They can be done for under $1000.
Start with an accurate uniform and grab a PKE, goggles, and a radio for this year. You won’t regret waiting…
It took me 10 months to build my pack… I started with older plans that were a cheaper alternative. A good friend of mine helped me build it just like his and we cut out MDF board, sanded it down and made every single piece of the pack except for the bumper and a resin kit for the injector tubes, HGA… N filter.
You’re either going to have to spend a lot of time building it, or spending a lot of time buying pre-fab stuff.
It’s not just something you can plug into a program and do overnight. You’re always going to be building.
Don’t give up. Start small. Get your uniform done. Flight suit, patches, belt, leg hose and connector. Then some elbow pads and some fobs. Get some boots. Boom! Look, your a ghostbuster now! Regardless if you strap a vacuum to your back now, you’ll look like a ghostbuster.
I have an idea for a custom pack too, but first I’m building my hero pack. Then if I’m not living in a gutter broke, I’ll start my custom. But my custom will still be easily recognizable by the pack itself. Small modifications. These puppies have a half life of 5000 years, there isn’t a real need to redesign the wheel. Adding spinner rims or a thicker mudder tire tread to these wheels is different. Look up the Phoenix pack. It’s very custom one of a kind. But still totally recognizable.
This is not saying don’t build yours, but at least take into consideration of the people here that have built them and have the experience. I am.
I couldn’t agree more with Jay. Get yourself started with the other parts of the GB uniform and then branch into the pack side of things.
The biggest thing to remember is that this site has many builds for people on different budgets. The proton pack index thread is your friend and within it is a vast resource of information. Take a look at the styrene and PVC builds for example. Styrene is very easy to work with as well as very affordable. The packs that some members here have created using styrene are amazing and they all started from scratch, using the plans that are available here.
Ultimately, if you want to build a pack, then this site has everything here to guide you and people here are more than willing to advise you along the way if you ask. Best of luck with your builds.
Yeah, like i said before, after thinking about it, I think I’ll go with a bunch of scanning equipment (PKE, Ectogoggles, KUD if I can find that damned metal detector or something similar) and the arm mounted pack that I showed when I want a pack. Besides it makes more sense for the guy whose fiddling with all the scanning gear to use a smaller pack, he’s busy with the scanning gear.
I cannot stress the importance of going out and getting SOMETHING started. You can plan for ages, but it doesn’t amount to anything if you don’t take action.
I highly recommend first getting a suit together. It’s one of the easiest parts of the costume to do and great practice for figuring out what your build strategy is going to be. It’s also good practice for learning how to research accurate parts and being intuitive, which you need some work on. Start slow and take your time. Work on one project at a time so you don’t get overwhelmed. When I first started all I had was my khaki dress and a pair of welding goggles I had made into Ecto Goggles and a Ghost Trap I commissioned a friend to make. It was far from accurate, but I still got recognition. Start small. Don’t get too wrapped up in getting the huge props ENTIRELY correct the first time. We all have to start somewhere. This sounds like it might be your first time building props, so don’t push yourself to hard, alright?
Honestly, nobody is going to give you a ton ■■■■ for not wearing a pack while you’re in the suit. If somebody asks, come back with a witty quip about how it’s in the shop or you lost your privilege to bring it into public spaces after “The Incident”. If you have a khaki suit, a belt, and a logo on your arm, you’ll be recognizable enough for even the most casual of fan to cream their pants over it.
And here’s a reeeeally handy graphic that’ll help you figure out how things can go for ya.
↑ THIS! This image speaks the truth!
streamlined and modern looking
has anyone seen this? its been around for a number of years
(better quality)
screenshots and behind the scenes photos
i love the modernized goggles, wpuld love to know what the goggles were made from
and finally the artist’s concept artwork
personally… i LOVE seeing a modern-ized pack, i dont like the white color for the packs in the commercial but i love the lines, curves and style. and it suprises me how a car company making a 30sec commercial stayed as accurate TO the packs at they did keeping the most iconic parts of the pack (cyclortron) and even having a ribbon-cable/bumper in the style (as one piece)
i applaud you for trying to make a modern looking pack because i feel that as the GB company would grow so would the gear.
and i think it was a good move removing the GB logo from the pack
I recognize that gear! It was part of what people thought would be GB3! That is an epic set of gear, that would make an epic modern pack
and i feel removing the GB logo from the pack was a good idea, ghostbusting kinda sells itself in this world
and i dont want to see ghostbuster suits and packs like this:
And don’t get what’s his name who did Batman and Robin to design the suits or were going to end up with nipples on the new uniforms!
I like those packs. They look cool.
