Below are photographs of the three patches available, which are presently listed on our eBay auction site.

Version 1 of the Galactica patch.

Version 2 of the Galactica patch.

Version 3 of the Galactica patch.

Version 3 of the Galactica patch. This version is smaller, measuring 2.5" in diameter, and is used exclusively on the gray sweatpant.

Kara Thrace's costume concept sketch for Season 2's "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II." (Lot 92)

My first introduction to the world of costume design sketches was in 2007 at the Christie’s Entertainment Memorabilia Auction where Christie’s auctioned off the famous Little Black Dress that Audrey Hepburn wore in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”.  It went for around $ 1 million.  What was equally impressive was that the concept design sketch for that dress brought $ 100,000. 

Fortunately, we were able to acquire all of Glenne Campbell’s costume design sketches for Battlestar Galactica for this auction.  There are some wonderful pieces, including costumes for Starbuck, Baltar, his acolytes and the New Caprica Police.  There is even a sketch used for the Final Five Cylon robes as seen in Season Three’s “Rapture”.  (Of course, there are no hints to who the Final Cylon is!  Some of these sketches, notably Baltar’s and the ones for young Helena and Lucy Cain, even have fabric swatches attached.  These are all original watercolors and will look amazing framed on someone’s wall.

Concept sketch of a costume for one of Baltar's acolytes from Season 4. (Lot 101)

I think there will be some bargain’s here, especially the Baltar’s Acolyte ones.  They aren’t major characters and so won’t draw the big bidders, but still, they are great pieces with tremendous eye appeal.  The Starbuck piece and the Baltar piece will draw the highest bids of this group because they are main characters.  When you buy a piece like this, it needs to resonate with you, and costume sketches are so cool because they combine the art of costume design, with painting.

Now you may wonder,  “where are the costume sketches for the main costumes and uniforms we see?”  Unfortunately, those were done by the costume designer for the mini-series, who did not stay on, and so we weren’t able to get her sketches.  So you better get one of these as there aren’t many more!

This costume is first seen at the beginning of the Miniseries as worn by the Six who boards the Armistice Station, much to the Armistice Officer‘s astonishment. It is in this costume that the Six asks him if he is alive and then proceeds to kiss him as a Cylon basestar above the station launches missiles at it.

It is worn later by Sixes that board Ragnar Anchorage to retrieve Aaron Doral, who Gaius Baltar—by mere chance—outed as a Cylon.

The Six in this costume proceeds to kiss the Armistice Officer in the Miniseries.

Two Sixes on Ragnar Anchorage as they discuss the fleeing remnants of humanity at the end of the Miniseries, before Number Eight ("Boomer") is revealed to be a Cylon.

In his first apperance, Zarek is seen in a red prison jumpsuit with his assigned prisoner identification number, “893893″, which is the only time that Zarek wears this costume.

This costume is a simple two piece costume, consisting of a black t-shirt that’s worn underneath and a red one-piece jumpsuit, and will be auctioned off in our first auction.

Tom Zarek's prison jumpsuit seen only in "Bastille Day".

Mathias using the handholds.

Mathias's spacewalk, note the tether in the upper right hand corner.

Now the actual prop itself is made from rubber and metal materials, with small magnets on the “bottom” of the prop that aid in the illusion of magnetism. The magnets themselves are obviously not strong enough to attach to anything and bear the weight of a person in tandem, so for those people who buy this prop… don’t hang off the side of a truck and try that Hollywood stuff. You’ll just end up injured. Or dead, like Mathias.

Handholds with retractable tether and buckle.

The belt where the tether buckles in to. The buckle is on the top, just opposite of the black patch you see in the picture.

The buckle in question, with the piece from the tether line already inserted. (This is another piece that happened to be in the belt at the time the reference picture was taken.)

Until now.

This BDU is basically a sleeveless shirt thrown over your regular uniform jacket. The silver stripe design around the neck and cuffs, as well as the general look of the vest are nods to Jean-Pierre Dorléac’s design for the blue command uniforms from the 1978 series. The 1978 blue uniforms were worn by characters like Commander Adama (Lorne Greene) and Colonel Tigh (Terry Carter).

The Adama from the 1978 series wearing the blue uniform.

The uniform’s tunic. The vest is an overlay from the standard BDU jacket used in the “contemporary” events of the series.

The collar embroidery used in the 1978 series. Picture above is of Colonel Tigh from the old BSG. Note the lack of inebriation, the presence of hair, and the lack of an eyepatch.

The neck of the sleeveless shirt.

The general cuff design from the 1978 series blue uniform.

The cuff design.

So today’s entry will focus on the helmet. As you’d note, it’s the same as the Viper helmets you’ve seen in the first two seasons of the new show (before they changed them around a bit), but with markings that are a nod to the Original Series helmet.

For reference, here’s the helmet used in the old Battlestar Galactica, worn here by Zac.

And here’s the helmet with the markings that are a nod to the old series, which young William Adama and other Galactica pilots wore during the Cylon War.

Alec was able to snap a few shots of this flight suit today. Here are those photos.

As you can see below, the functional version of the Raptor watch is connected via a remote control, which also helps to power the watch. The absurdly long modified telephone cord allows the on-set people to control the output of the watch when the watch is active, particularly during live-action scenes when it is necessary to control the output of the device. It has both a countdown function and a regular time feature. A neat addition to any flight suit!

Here are some of those pictures.