brynnmclean:skitzofreak:hamillfisher:star wars gif meme: [3/7] outfits » luke’s rebel pilot suitSo I

brynnmclean:skitzofreak:hamillfisher:star wars gif meme: [3/7] outfits » luke’s rebel pilot suitSo I voiced a few professional opinions on the TIE fighter flight suit, and a few people ( @sn-4rk, @sleepykalena, and a couple others that I’ve forgotten, sorry)​ asked for my thoughts on the rebel X-wing flight suit. Sure thing. I like talking about work-related stuff.Pros: loose-fitting, sturdy material, high neck, full skin coverage (minus face), highly visible bright orange (when you crash, the friendly SAR team can pick you out), connector harness is relatively formfitting (the white straps don’t dangle wildly around), solid looking boots, the gear vest (the white/metal thing on the chest) looks lightweight and easy to manipulate in-flight (big buttons), hose connector for oxygen is simple snap-operation. Helmet looks lightweight (after several hours with a heavy helmet on, you want to cut your own head off). Multiple pen slots on the left sleeve (this is very important).Cons: Not. Enough. Pockets. (this is extremely important), gloves are white (do you know how dirty my hands get every flight? there’s a lot of grease involved in fighter craft, and that’s before factoring in things like hand sweat or pen ink or whatever), highly visible orange (when you crash, the enemy can pick you out), that strap that goes directly up his ass-crack (absolutely nothing good can come of that. Nothing.), jacket appears to be a different color of orange from the flight suit (half of being a jet jock is lookin’ cool, people. It’s sad but it’s true).???: how the fuck do those harness straps work? (when he’s hanging from them, it looks like his weight would be on his lower thigh/knee? but then the leg straps appear to take no weight at all, actually, so wtf is the point of them? all the weight is on his waist? quick way to destroy all your internal organs), why is the visor yellow? (is that a space thing? then why doesn’t it darken in atmosphere?), and most of all why is there a strap that goes directly up his ass-crack???Maverick Factor: Anything that could part-time as a traffic cone is automatically not cool, but Mark Hamill pulls it off.Overall: 5/10, is mostly functional but with some glaringly weird flaws. Would wear only in the event that I actually got to fly an X-wing. (Note: in the event that the harness was removed/remodeled to some coherent use and the ass-strap removed - or at least explained very clearly, with pictures - then the rating goes up to 7/10, would wear without excessive complaining).@skitzofreak I haven’t looked, but I wonder if there are differences between this flight suit and the one Poe Dameron wears in the sequel trilogy? Also, how Oscar Isaac also manages to make that glaring orange into A Look, I’ll never know, but I aspire to be that irrepressibly beautiful one day! XD -- source link
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