The Creeping Spleen

You're not missing out on much. They were of vastly varying quality. Of the ones I bought, "Halcyon" was the only one I kept after I had a major clear out. It's notable for capturing the humour of SGA. Particularly in a scene where Carson Beckett head butts a Wraith drone and immediately has a "what the hell did I just do?" moment. 🙂

This is one of the SGA novels I'm talking about, the ones from Fandemonium Press. The ones that were like three steps away from self published/vanity press fan-fiction. It was definitely UK special forces of some kind that were on Atlantis. Now I think about it, they might've been SAS.

Wasn't a squad of Royal Marines assigned to Atlantis in "Halcyon" by James Swallow? I remember them referring to the Goa'uld as "growlers" (because of the deep voices) and Wraith as "Bozos" (because they look like clowns).

Ok. What sort of price should I be asking for it? A rough estimate will do.

I know just the place. ☺️ The former HMS Gannet, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm search and rescue base which is attached to Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire Scotland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Gannet_(stone_frigate)

Back in my SG-999 days, the team's kit was basically variations on a theme of olive green. But it was always a matter of each member's personal preference. I went with an OG army shirt with long sleeves and epaulettes with a plain black t-shirt underneath, a pair of OG BDU trousers, and a pair of Magnum combat boots. A couple of the other guys had short sleeve shirts. One guy had a pretty decent replica of the modded Wep 8 jackets that were used on the series. We got a dozen or so Earth symbol patches from eBay (I think), and our bossfella Nick got some custom SG-999 unit patches made.

How about under Glasgow Central Station? There's miles of old rooms and tunnels etc. that aren't open to the public.

I kind of feel SG-23 would be multi-service, drawn from Army, Royal Navy, RAF, and Marines. Kind of like the way Combined Operations was run during WWII.

Would I perhaps be better off trying to sell it?

Damn getting old and fat! 😡

Apologies for the delay. A few things came up.

I'll get right on that.

Hmmm... This could be a problem. At present, my budget is so tight it practically squeaks. Can you give me a rough estimate of costs?

Ok, forget about the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent patch. I'll work something out for that myself. Height - around 5 feet 5 inches in my bare feet The crucial thing is I've a bit of a belly, and am a 52 inch waist.

Fair enough. Overall, I'd say the vest is in very good condition. Other than test fittings when I first bought it (back in 2001 or so), I wore it at two Stargate cons, maybe a dozen or so meetings of my local Star Trek/sci-fi/fantasy group, and two or three "evening with" events. The last time I wore it was in 2009, adapted for use with a modern era UNIT trooper cosplay when the travelling Doctor Who Exhibition was in Glasgow. Myself and a few of the guys were asked to entertain the crowds etc. At various times we had a Fourth Doctor, an Auton, a Clockwork Android, a Slitheen, a Judoon Trooper, and one or two others. Since then, it's been hanging up in a corner of my wardrobe.

I can still zip it up, just and no more. So the replacement just needs to be a little bit bigger. As for the radio pouch, as long as my phone fits it'll be ok. I've a 2017 model Samsung Galaxy A3, with the dimensions 136 x 67 x 8mm. Next question - can you adapt the back of the vest so I could mount a "S.H.I.E.L.D. AGENT" tactical ID patch without having to resort to MOLLE clips?

A straight swap is fine with me. ☺️ PM me your details, and I'll get right on it.

Ok, here's some pics of my vest. Front, back, left side, right side.

I'll take a few pics and get back to you. 😃

Cheers mate. This is the artwork on the back of my flying jacket. It's based on a piece of artwork that belonged to my late father. He served in the Merchant Navy during WWII, aboard something called a "Mac Ship" - a Merchant Aircraft Carrier. Unfortunately, I don't know anything about it as my father never really spoke about his war service in any great detail.

I can't afford to go to many cons these days. My one major "Away from home and staying in a hotel" type con is Edinburgh Comic Con in early April. Other than that, there's Glasgow Comic Con at the end of June, Film & Comic Con Glasgow in mid-August, MCM Scotland in September (which is a maybe at this point in time), plus a couple of local-ish one day mini cons here and there. Haven't worn my SG gear in quite a while. These days if I cosplay, I'm either a sort of Battlestar Galactica/WWII pilot mashup, or my own take on a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.

Thanks for the advice guys.

The name's not familiar, sorry. We might have bumped into each other at a con back in the day though.

I was thinking about doing the following. Undo one of the side strings and remove it from the vest. Measure it a couple of times. Adding a few inches. Double that. Buy the required amount of black paracord from an appropriate source. Cut it in half. Re-lace side strings.