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Attention on deck! Happy Birthday Dan Allen! May the FARCE be with you!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kevkxCk4M5I
Happy Birthday Dan Allen, you old fart, and that ain't no hot air!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6WIMm7hqYg
D'oh say we ALL! D'oh say we ALL! D'oh say we ALL! D'oh say we ALL!
Colonials, we finally got the group discount code for the Raven from Comicpalooza! They have been very busy preparing for the convention so they just got to us now. So now, for all those Raven Members and Friends of Battlestar Raven-BFC 002 attending @Comicpalooza , email me at the following email address:
battlestarraven002@gmail.com
for the group discount code so you can save some money when registering ASAP! And we have @Comicpalooza to thank for this. So, JOIN Battlestar Galactica Fan Club Flagship Chapter at Comicpalooza this coming May 23-26, 2014 at George R. Brown Convention Center.
Check out their list of guest so far:
http://www.comicpalooza.com/guest-category/celebrities-2014/
They have many more guest to announce....So stay tuned for that!
When Ronald D. Moore Decided To Do The Re-Imagining Of BSG, He Chose To Base It On Greek,Rather Than Egyptian Mythology,As TOS Was Based On; He Chose Well, As The Historical Greek Battles Are More Known Than Those Of Ancient Egypt; And, There Are Suprising Parallels To The 12 Colonies, And The Greek City-States:
In The Ancient Greek World, There were Just A Collection Of City-States, Not A United Country; The Largest Of These Were Athens,And Sparta; The Twelve Colonies Were Not United At First, The Biggest Players Were Caprica,And Tauron.
The Twelve Colonies Did Not unite As a Single government Until Mid-way Through the First Cylon War; The Greek City-States Did Not Unite Until The Persian Invasion.
In Both Cases, Both Greece And The Twelve Colonies Suffered Many Dead, And Loss Of Territory; However, Both Were Able To Turn The Tide, And Turn Back The Invaders.
In Seeing The Films '300', And Soon, '300: Rise Of an Empire' , There Are A Lot Of Things That Can Be Taken Into The BSG-RDM World; Including, A Defector: As Baltar Unwittingly Aided The Cylons, The Hero Of The Battle Of Artemisium , The Athenian General Themistocles Would Later Defect To The Persian Empire(According To Wikipedia), Even Though He Is Still A Hero In Greece,Equal To that Of Leonidas Of Sparta.
And The Persian Forces Boasted Vast Numbers, As Did the Cylons.
So, For Those Of Us Going To See This Film, We Intend To Seize Our Glory:So Say we All!
For all you fans of the original Battlestar Galactica...the name "Bojay" instantly brings to mind a certain pilot from the Battlestar Pegasus who along with Lt. Sheba (Anne Lockhart) found themselves added to the cast of Battlestar Galactica with the two part episode "The Living Legend" starring of course Lloyd Bridges as the legendary Commander Cain.
That being said, the pilot in question...or rather the actor portraying him is none other than Jack Stauffer...for viewers of televsion from the 70s on saw this man's face over and over again...and I don't mean just vintage television either (if you can call 70s or 80s television "vintage") I myself cannot, but I digress...from his start on the soap "All My Children" (not his absolute start, but his first big turn on television...well the credits run loooong...from over 250 commercials...and do I dare do it?
Yes I dare....
I'm going to list all those television credits just to give all of you the scoop on the scope!
Arrest and Trial
Melrose Place
Lois and Clark
Viper
Designing Women
Quantum Leap
FBI-Untold Stories
Perfect Strangers
Growing Pains
DEA-The Series
Out of This World
Mancuso FBI
New Dragnet
New Brady's
Jake and the Fat Man
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Sonny Spoon
Knotts Landing
Dynasty
How the West Was Won
Highway to Heaven
Fall Guy
Hawaii 5-0
Most Wanted
Harry O
Counter Attack
Rockford Files
General Hospital
Days of Our Lives
Santa Barbara
Family
Bionic Woman
Medical Story
Barnaby Jones
Streets of San Francisco
Three For the Road
Divorce Court
The Partridge Family
THOSE are just the television shows (including Battlestar Galactica of course).
I haven't even touched movies of the week, pilots, feature films or his stage work.
And, that leads into the title..."Jack's Back" right?
Well, for the last couple of years Mr. Stauffer has been devoting his attention to the aforementioned stage (directing & acting) and has found much success with that...however it took him out of Los Angeles and the bright lights of Hollywood...till..now.
Actually the last month saw him return to L.A. to film the short 'Sons of Guns"...did he portray a pilot? nope...did he portray a scientist...no. How about a Priest...uh-uh.
How about a...a psychotic antique weapons dealer?!?
Yes believe it or not...that was the part he was playing in this this film...but who says he always has to play the nice guy.
The film was directed by Tanner Boyajian for Dark Burn Media...so you want to catch that at upcoming film festivals and hopefully online soon.
Hey if you don't believe me, here are the pictures to prove it!
I never thought Jack could look so menacing...
Go find Jack at his site website at jackstauffer.com and you can also check out Dark Burn media at darkburnmedia.com
Keep the home fires burning & most importanly KEEP THE FAITH!
This Guide will show you how I made my BDU and where to get all the parts.
Where to buy everything
Shirt:
I got the 2 pocket BDU shirt but I would recommend getting the 4 pocket one because the 2 extra pockets will come in handy when you do the pants.
http://www.acu.com/style_F545412330/
Pants
http://www.acu.com/style_F520112330/
Double Tanks
For the double tanks I'm giving you a few options so that you can decide which one you desire to buy depending on your budget. I got the ones from Thinkgeek and they are very comfortable. If you want to buy one thats not really expensive check the last two links.
http://www.cheapestees.com/giulcosht.html - Gray under layer
Boots
For the boots I just used military boots that I already had and I would also recommend that you do that but if you are looking for the boots that they used on the show they are called Gall 8" Toe Zipper Boots but sadly they stopped production on those so the link I gave you is the closest I could find.
http://www.galls.com/bates-8-inch-mens-ultra-lites-zipper-duty-boot
Conversion Kit
This is what you are going to need to sew on to the shirt. Included in this package is:
2 - Precut and formed Faux Suede Shoulder Panels
4 - 1 inch gold painted Stealth Side-release buckles
1 - OD Green Fuzzy-side velcro 3.5" circle
1 - Green or black Hook-side velcro
4 - 8" long x 1" wide straps (for pocket and wrist straps)
4 - 4" long x 1" wide straps (for pocket and wrist straps)
2 - 1" Tri-glide Buckles (optional for wrist straps)
http://www.alchemyarms.com/product_p/bsg-uni-005-bsgaccessories-020.htm
Belt
When ordering the belt get it green with the buckle painted gold.
http://www.alchemyarms.com/product_p/bsg-uni-006-bsg-accessory-040.htm
Patch
The link I gave is where I personally think is the best place to get patches.
http://www.sgpatch.com/product_info.php/cPath/81585/products_id/62514
Rank Pins
There are a bunch of choices when ordering rank pins. I'm giving several options so that you can decide which one you desire to buy depending on your budget. I got the ones from ebay because Anovos is way too expensive and the shipping to Canada for alchemy arms is also expensive. The ebay are very good and they look exactly like the ones from anovos except they don't come in a presentation case and take about 4 weeks of shipping.
http://www.anovos.com/battlestar-galactica/battlestar-galactica-pins
http://www.alchemyarms.com/category_s/48.htm
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Battlestar-Galactica-Junior-Lieutenant-Rank-Pin-Badge-/140481236374?
Dog tags
https://store.qmxonline.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Personalized-Artisan-Dog-Tags_p_21.html
The other links below are things you could buy if you ant to embellish your uniform but are not neccesary to complete the uniform.
ID Card
Pistol
Finished http://www.alchemyarms.com/product_p/bsg-prop-002.htm
Unfinished http://www.alchemyarms.com/product_p/bsg-prop-kit-002.htm
Utility belt
Finished http://www.anovos.com/battlestar-galactica/utility-belt
Some info on how to make it yourself-http://www.scifihero.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8455&hl=belt
Customizing the BDU
http://www.scifihero.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=4575 (Older version)
http://www.scifihero.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8251 (Some updated methods)
Make Sure that you read both version because there are differences between the older and the newer versions of the tutorial. Also make sure that before you sew anything on that you properly pin it down so that it does not move and make sure that they are in the right positions before you sew it down. If you do make a mistake it isn't the end of the world you can always rip it off and sew it back on.
Last of all remember that you don't need to buy everything at the same time and to take your time with it and remember that if you have any questions feel free to ask them in the comment section below and I will try to answer to the best of my abilities.
By the way here is my BDU
