An old Scout ball cap I made

[Spenser TR]

A while ago I ran a campaign set in the Trojan Reach, where the players were all Scout S3 operators deployed out of Cyan. I imagined one of the characters saying that he spent time in XBoats before applying for S3.

Maybe it was true and maybe it wasn't... but this was his hat.

 

[Fovean]

Most excellent!

 

[aramis]

Almost makes me want one. Sadly, I wouldn't wear one - I hate hats. Except in the rain.

 

[Spenser TR]

Like some of my Traveller material, the hat spends about 99% of the time on a shelf where I can see it. Sometimes hats aren't just for wearing.

 

[Gray Lensman]

Like some of my Traveller material, the hat spends about 99% of the time on a shelf where I can see it. Sometimes hats aren't just for wearing.

I worked for a guy one time that had EVERY Baseball team cap. (EVERY)
College/Minors/Majors and all previous editions. Had a very large room added to his house to display ALL of them.

And he wore a different one to work every day.

 

[Graham2001]

Nicely done, makes me think of the ball caps in Alien.

 

[Supplement Four]

I love caps. Heck, I'd buy one of those, if I could find one.

 

[Spenser TR]

Maybe that should be my dream licensing convo with Mr. Miller - one-off deep genre caps, each one lovingly crafted and commemorating a particular archetype.

Hmmmmmmmm.

 

[Supplement Four]

Maybe that should be my dream licensing convo with Mr. Miller - one-off deep genre caps, each one lovingly crafted and commemorating a particular archetype.

Hmmmmmmmm.

I'll be your first customer. I just bought the hat that Brett (Harry Dean Stanton) wears in the first Alien film.

Love that stuff.

But, I'm picky and eclectic. "One-off Deep genre" is perfect for me.

 

[whulorigan]

Maybe that should be my dream licensing convo with Mr. Miller - one-off deep genre caps, each one lovingly crafted and commemorating a particular archetype.

Hmmmmmmmm.

Don't suppose it would be possible to do some Imperial Forces berets with sunbursts . . .

Imperial Star Marine - Maroon
Imperial Army - Black
Sylean Ranger - Gold

 

[Spenser TR]

Don't think I'm not making notes... crafting one-off hats, little works of art that spoke to individual diehard fans and were items to value seems like an amazing, unique way to connect with Traveller and its fans.

 

[JimMarn]

Interesting. i was talking to a group of Star Wars folks at a sf convention earlier this year and they made most of their costumes. Except for the body armor, and they were looking at a thermal vacuum forming machine that would help them make that.

We had one of those at university, back in my theatrical desgin days, that was used to form things like columns and face masks for Greek and Roman plays.

 

[Dolphin in a Robot Suit]

That is really well done. Did you do the embroidery yourself?

 

[Spenser TR]

That is really well done. Did you do the embroidery yourself?

I did not. I found and acquired the cap, selected the logos and the colors, did the design work... and then had someone much more skilled and with equipment do the embroidery at my direction.

Which I'm sure was a little annoying, but lucrative for him.

 

[coliver988]

Like others, I don't wear hats but that one could throw me over the edge. I like that it looks sort of well-used as well.

 

[ShawnDriscoll]

Looks like a movie prop from an old Traveller film. I want to say that it's that cap that Jeff Bridges' character wore.

 

[Spenser TR]

Heh... that's definitely the vibe I was going form - a keepsake that looked like it had seen more than a few parsecs, something a Scout decided made it into the bag every time there was another move, transfer, or paring down of items carried.

 

[Supplement Four]

Heh... that's definitely the vibe I was going form - a keepsake that looked like it had seen more than a few parsecs, something a Scout decided made it into the bag every time there was another move, transfer, or paring down of items carried.

You should seriously get an OK from Marc to make these. I'm serious about buying one.

 

[Hyphen]

Nicely done, makes me think of the ball caps in Alien.

Marketed in the 80's by the Thinking Cap Company, who went on to design and produce the caps from Outland (Sean Connery's sherrif's logo, and the mining corp cap - Con-Am?).