Great Lakes Garrison & Base

Hey, haven't been around lately due to various reasons. I just wanted to ask a quick question here about buckets.

I was thinking to start up a clone build, I am probably going to try and get a bucket first. I'm planning to do a EpIII clone and I have a somewhat larger head (XXL fitted cap). Well, my question is how would that (if it does) effect my choice of maker? I've trolled the ct.net forums for a bit now, so I wrote down some various makers but just wanted to get any opinions before I commit to anything and find out it wouldn't work.

Thanks in advance.

Your best bet is to ask Wags.

Yeh, I have been given that advice from CBlack as well. I guess I'll have to pic his brain then

he is on vacation....or heading home from it. If he hasn't gotten ahold of you yet, that whould be why.

Heh, I noticed that. I just posted today so I'm not in any rush at the moment. Thanks for the heads up though.

I am not "offically back" from vaca.. but you can PM me any ???'s you might have about bucket sizes. I have a big dome as well so we can see what, and who.. we can send you to!!

Remind me never to think of the term bucket as an actual bucket when it comes to stuff like this.....I kept thinking why does this guy want a bucket from here when he can get the stuff he needs from the local warehouse.....

>_<

Yeah, welcome to the colloquialisms and slang of costuming

Haha, yeh. I sorta had the same hangup originally, but it just seems more natural than saying helmet I suppose. Makes you feel cooler.

Wags, PM on the way. Thank you for the help.

If memory serves me right the JM clone helmet is the largest.

You would be correct T. But as far as I know.. good luck on getting one. I still want to get one....

Syntax3rror wrote:Haha, yeh. I sorta had the same hangup originally, but it just seems more natural than saying helmet I suppose. Makes you feel cooler.

Wags, PM on the way. Thank you for the help.

One of these days I may end up wearing a bucket due to such a mix-up

When Jeremy Bulloch's son saw The Empire Strikes Back, his only comment was "Daddy, why were you wearing a bucket on your head?" That's pretty much where the term originated for most of us in the SW costuming communities.

Durring WWII the new "steel Pot" style helmet was often refered to as a bucket.Quite often used as an actual bucket as well. Cycling helmets have been called "brain buckets" especialy in mountain biking parlance. So the use of bucket as a discription for helmets has a good long history on the US.

...and in hockey. my brothers and I have called them buckets for as long as I can remember. As did my cousin who played hockey all over canada and europe.

I'm going to get a mop and a helmet so I can clean the floor, lol....

heh, never thought this topic would have sparked such an interesting conversation...lol

They all do, if you let us loose long enough

Just wait until you get to meet us after an event in a social setting

Jaster wrote:Just wait until you get to meet us after an event in a social setting

I have an odd feeling that it becomes literally like a black hole...sucking all the wierdness/crazy stuff from the surrounding environment.