My Half-Baked Militia Loadout

[Shelegelah]

I've always been a fan of that gritty mercenary look, particularly because it's so damn easy to put together. Here's my half-baked attempt at it (emphasis on the 'half-baked'):

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The jacket is an austrian field jacket I bought cheap off some surplus site online. I dig it because the pockets are just big enough for my G3 mags to fit in. The holster crossing my chest is an actual Vz.61 holster from the Soviet Union. That's right, I'm wearing a piece of leather older than me. The boots are just scuffed up work boots, and the raggedy bits of leather on my hands are old motorcycle riding gloves. The kneepad/elbowpad are Blackhawk Hellstorm pads, got 'em from MrSquishy at a very reasonable price. The jeans are... Well... They're jeans.

So what do you think?

EDIT: I guess just copy/paste on the links. Couldn't figure out how to put pictures directly into the forum without violating the 800 pixel rule.

[Lobo]

I love it!

As for suggestions, I think a different pair of pants would do it good. Old OD or BDU pants are cost effective and easy to find, but more exotic camo patterns such as Tiger stripe or Flecktarn might be more up your alley.

Maybe some camouflage facepaint?

[Dr. No]

If you wanted to go the MW2 direction, you could get a bright yellow lakers jersey and some bling!

Or maybe some flip-flops and a walkie-talkie.


All joking aside, I think it looks fantastic. If you're thinking about adding more gear, you might consider creating a simple backstory for the character to govern what kind of specialized equipment he'd need.

[Shelegelah]

Honestly, I'm really partial to the jeans. Sure, the blue might not be the best camoflauge, but goddamn they're comfortable and easy to move in. As for camo patterns, I'm not a big fan. Sure, it's tactically sound, but plain old OD is good enough for me. I seem to be decently sneaky as it is, provided I don't start wearing bright pink.

Camoflauge facepaint would be pretty damn neat. I might experiment with that in the future. Thanks for the suggestions.

Edit: I do have a wicked trench knife that I carry on my belt, but it's always under the jacket so it's not really visible. I'm not wearing it in the picture. It's obviously just to make me feel like a badass, maybe whittle down a stick. I'd never whip the thing out in a game. I'm not sure what other equipment I'd add, honestly. I've got my sidearm, I've got my primary, I've got my little protection doo-dads, my jacket holds enough mags for me... What else could I really use?

[TheMightyMoe]

Hah I was right on the loadout =p I'd agree that something other than blue jeans would be quite suffice. Grey/Faded black jeans, or even cartharts.

[Shelegelah]

I do have a pair of dark grey jeans that I wore for a long time, but unfortunately the crotch blew rather explosively in the middle of a very impressive dive roll... I plan on getting another pair, no worries.

[Saber]

(/Russian accent) In soviet Russia, Levi's are opulent luxury(/end Russian accent)

I'm thinking a faded pair of khaki pants would be the epic militia pants, that's just my opinion though.