Battlestar Galactica Jersey Design
UPDATE: Now Available until January 19th, 2012. Sorry the item has been removed from the offer, due to legal reasons.
After a failed attempt to make a Princess Zelda jersey for the girls, I went back to the drawing board. Aimed with the goal of making a kick-butt design for the geeky girls out there, it took me mere seconds to think of this jersey, as the words “kick-butt” and “girl” immediately brought to mind Starbuck, BSG’s tough-as-nails-yet-extremely-messed-up Viper pilot.
Initially I made a navy blue with gold trim jersey (and may do that one at a later date) to match the military uniforms of Battlestar Galactica, but then I felt a design modeled on the Viper Mark II would work better. Not only did the red striping translate well to a hockey jersey, but this allowed me to use the call-sign banner (located by the cockpit) for the name plate. I also got to implement the squadron logo and gold BSG logo markings seen on the Viper.
To complete the look, I added Starbuck’s Viper tail number to the tail of the jersey. Sadly it doesn’t get much more brilliant than this here at Dave’s Geeky Ideas.
Originally the Primus 1st Squadron logo was the primary front crest, but that Pegasus kept bugging me to no end. I also felt it might offend some girls, despite it being the actual squadron logo. The logo is parked on the front nose of the Viper and is barely visible, so I decided to make it a small patch instead.
Posted on December 1, 2011, in Hockey, Jerseys and tagged Battlestar Galactica, Fashion, Hockey, Jerseys. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
Nice, would love to have one.
Yup. Gonna have to get this one too.
Are these NHL grade sweater material?
No these aren’t Premier or Pro NHL-grade authentic jerseys. They are 100% Polyester, with Twill crest letters and numbers, and embroidered front crests. They are made entirely from scratch.
These are merely for show, and some light-use hockey (street hockey or shinny), but actual full-contact ice hockey? Not recommended! These don’t have that double-sided polyester stretch fabric.
I did look at putting my crests and patches on uncrested NHL jerseys (for the Direwolves one: 90′s LA Kings), but that would drive up the price. A few teams have bought crests from Rinkgear and slapped them on Reebok jerseys, so Rinkgear can help in that regard.
Maybe in the future a pricier option will be given, but so far people have been happy with the price point, though it is still on the high end for geek attire.