Even though I think that I could one day be happy with a extra small. I am pretty happy with my small. If you were able to see my previous posts then Hopefully you know where we have been and where we could go. So even after what we have learned, I was stuck with weither to go medium or smaller. My gut told me to go small yet, nerves told me to go medium. Well my gut won and I took a chance on a small. Here was my thinking, I made thie decision because the size chart for a large is 46 for chest I am only a 45 chest when measuring my chest with the jacket on. The waist is 40 and a half I am maybe a 40 to 41 inch waist with the jacket on. so I needed to have a 42 inch chest and a 36 1/2 waist. I was not there three months ago, and in many ways I am not there now as I would love to have a 34 inch waist. Dave was meaning well:) yet was was saying "I will say now that I am more than a lil surprised you say you have ordered a small... and I don't want to add to your possible nerves, but as your friend, I worry the small is going to be opposite of the large and you won't be able to get it on at all. I'll wait till I see you wearing the one you have, but it's so weird to me that after we took all your measurements and consulted UD David, it turns out to be heroically huge in the shoulders :P.
Yet I reminded him that ".... if you remember I wanted to order a medium. So if you think of it this way I am really only going from a medium to a small. for now I can only guess David went bigger as he wanted it to fit and not be small.
Maybe this will change your mind?
...... I made this decision because the size chart for a large is 46 for chest I am only a 45 chest when measuring my chest with the jacket on. The waist is 40 and a half I am maybe a 40 to 41 inch waist with the jacket on.
So the moment has come. I apologize for the not so perfect pictures, but you know we did our best. I look forward to getting better pictures, and working on videos when Dave comes to visit!
Yet I reminded him that ".... if you remember I wanted to order a medium. So if you think of it this way I am really only going from a medium to a small. for now I can only guess David went bigger as he wanted it to fit and not be small.
Maybe this will change your mind?
...... I made this decision because the size chart for a large is 46 for chest I am only a 45 chest when measuring my chest with the jacket on. The waist is 40 and a half I am maybe a 40 to 41 inch waist with the jacket on.
So the moment has come. I apologize for the not so perfect pictures, but you know we did our best. I look forward to getting better pictures, and working on videos when Dave comes to visit!
So here is my large G.I. JOE: RETALIATION COBRA COMMANDER – LEATHER TRENCH COAT. This was taken on the same day, as my small G.I. JOE: RETALIATION COBRA COMMANDER – LEATHER TRENCH COAT. I do like how the collar lays in this size, and picture. The section below the belt looks as if it lays in the right part of my body but you can see even from this not so well picture it does not hug me anywhere. Looking at this picture, I hope when it comes the day to complete this costume i will regain my more chiseled jaw:)
we will get to more sharing, when I have Dave's help during his visit.
we will get to more sharing, when I have Dave's help during his visit.
Now when it comes to my small G.I. JOE: RETALIATION COBRA COMMANDER – LEATHER TRENCH COAT. I think we got lucky with a better picture. Also was able to hide my double chin:( boo never had a double chin:( but enough of that... I didn't get the collar to lay as well as it did in the other picture. Yet Michael did a great job, as this picture is not only clearer, it also more close up. Once I am able to get this jacket to lay on me more loosely I will be able to re-position it, as here you will see it is not centered on me. Another thing that I think will come to be, either from being worn more,or "once" the leather softens? The "right" shoulder pad will lay back more. | We will show this better when Dave is able to help us, but I think what is very noticeable in person. If not coming across in the pictures is the shoulder pads are larger than, and less round than they appear in this and other promotional images. |
Also remember as was brought to our attention by another UD Replicas customer and as we shared here The "Armor" here is at least to me made to look like because of lighting like it is made out of a harder plastic or something stiffer. when it is actually as well as the shoulder pads made out a more dull, and softer rubber. As well it might just be me, but the other reason I would think I would like to be able to wear a extra small small is I would think the shoulder pads would lay more and hug our shoulders better? As maybe they are meant to be? but they are less shoulder pads and more of Deltoid pads?
So once I can slim down more. You can see where the waist will tapper more in. As the belt "Buckles/Velcros separately on both sides . So there you go, Me in my Jackets:) Thanks for those of you That at least according to what I know have come and liked my posts, have shown your interest, and likes and comments on Facebook. Special Thanks to my Best buddy Dave for giving me some comments Here:D Thanks to David and his crew at UD Replicas for making this jacket available for those of us lucky enough to own this Jacket. I learned lots because of this. Spent lots of money I in someways wish I could have avoided spending on the first jacket, but I learned from my mistakes, and I hope I will have been a help to others learning from my mistakes. |