Hey guys. I’m going to be reviving my Ghostbuster Luigi. I’ve reworked my suit (new patches coming soon), I always had the vacuum, but I never had time to work on it. I have this one, painted it red in the right places, working on the wheels, and added a handle on the top:
I’m trying to get it to look like this:
My question is, what type of frame would you guys recommend I mount it on for me to wear it like a pack? So far I was told to try what the Rocketeer prop people use, but I can’t find anything on it. Any help would be appreciated
Christphern is working on a Poltergust 3000 and Luigi-styled uniform right now; he even designed a “No-Boo” patch for his flight suit (I believe he commissioned it from Katarra8). You might want to get in touch with him:
Sadly people might mistake me for the bad Mario movie. Before they saw my patch some drunks from the Red Bull Flug Taag asked if I was Luigi from Mario Kart lol. Also I changed the nametag to say Luigi, because even though Luigi’s last name is Mario (being the Mario Bros. and all) people kept asking why that name was on my suit last time.
As Demon Vice Commander said, this is a project I too am working on. Great timing all around. I’m going with a title of “Boo Busters” for the “organization”.
Speaking of, I actually just picked up the vacuum I’m going to use for the Poltergust.
Going to add the extra handle to it, and paint it red. Should look pretty decent, though, not exactly the same. Then, I’ll remake the shaft with the attachment on it.
I picked up a clear Game Boy Color which was exclusive to Japan. I scanned the screen and made a new overlay for it, if you’re interested.
Do they make replacement shells? I kind of looked, and couldn’t find any. But, then I found a clear GBC on eBay for $35, shipped from Japan. Figured it’d work out the same, even if I could find a shell, since the GBC would have cost me $20 locally. May even have cost more to get a non-clear one and mod it.
Also, since I forgot to mention my idea for straps (which was the point of your initial post), I figure I’ll take a page from the Real Ghostbusters book, and run the straps through the back of the vacuum. I’ve got an extra pair of cammo ALICE straps (replaced them with OD). I figure I’d paint them Brown with fabric paint, and run them through the shell. A bolt run through the loop of fabric, with a nut on the end (to hold it in place) should secure it fairly well, I think. May add a bit of wood, too, to keep it from slipping over and popping loose.
Yeah this one site has Japanese color GBC shells. I was thinking of bolting straps, but I’m worried about it being secure. Its kinda heavy. I added my handle with plumber’s epoxy. It was really cheap @ Ace Hardware since they were closing.
Still gotta paint the wheels. Thinking of putting an E. Gadd logo sticker on there somewhere.
Very nice! I figured I’d use some wood to fab a handle. Just bolt it to it from the inside of the shell. Don’t figure it’d look too out of place if it’s separated, rather than blended, though I may just have to bust out my can of Bondo, and make it pretty.
I, too, thought about the E. Gadd logo. Something like what was on the F.L.U.D.D. boxes in Mario Sunshine. But, I may leave it off.
Also, since, DVC brought it up, here’s the No-Boo logo for anyone who may be interested.
That’s actually one thing I really like about the Eureka I bought. It’s only about 10lbs, even with all of the innards intact. That’s about 1/3 the weight of my Proton Pack, which suits me just fine.
Very nice. Do you mind if I ask where you got the Horror logo? I couldn’t find any clear reference for it, so I redrew it from the highest rez screen shot I could find. It came out all right on mine, but I’m not particularly happy with it.
Yeah, I’ll probably start my own thread here in a few weeks, once I get everything together. Currently waiting on everything but the flight suit and vacuum. lol
So, if you’re interested, I attached the straps (and painted) my Eureka. Only catch was that I ended up having to gut it, which I hadn’t wanted to do.
Anyway, reason I’m posting, is I found that the best way to attach the straps was to use my Dremel to cut slots into the plastic, two for each section of strap (so, 8 in total), and loop the straps around the plastic. Seems to hold pretty well, especially since I gutted the vacuum. I’ll try and get pics later today to show what I mean.
Okay, I’m not sure how much these will help you, since I don’t know how similar or different the two vacuums are in size. But, you can at least see what I did to attach the straps, which might help you with yours.
