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I wanna hear your stories and see your photos and videos of DIY modifications, creations, and more in the BASE environment. I want to see the home-built containers, canopies, pc's, wingsuits, tracking gear, leg pouches, and all that fun stuff.

Just thought this would be a fun thread. Hope you guys give it some good posts.

I DIYed a pair of crotchless G string panties out of some Saran Wrap I found in a dumpster.

I wear them on every jump.

Mmmmm...

Whats awesome is that when I opened this thread I was pretty sure I would see a post by stinkydragon about something g-string related.

Made a tracking suit and dyed my rig. Don't have video of the dye job, but it's pretty easy to do. Take apart the rig and throw it in a bucket of warm water and dye.

Here is the tracking suit..
http://youtu.be/rheJL5_q_4E

Can you go into more detail regarding the bucket?

Absolutely man.. anything to help out a fellow jumper in need!

For those who don't know.. a Bucket, sometimes called a pail, is typically watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone, with an open top and a flat bottom. They are typically used to hold water or some other liquid. Some have a carrying handle called a bail. No you can not substitute this handle for a lost handle on your sky rig. Well.. maybe, but I didn't do that mod.

Buckets can be purchased new in a variety of colors at almost any home improvement store or superstore (Walmart, Kmart). Mine was white in color. I think this made a huge difference actually. No that is not a racist comment. Not only is the dye job much more vibrant than what would come from, say an orange bucket, but I believe that now my container opens faster as well. If you poke around, as I did, you can sometimes find them readily disgarded in the trash cans. This is where I found mine. Free=more money to pay your BD registration, beer, pot or Nutella... if that's your thing.

By the writing and pictures on the side I think mine was originally used to house pool chemicals or some shit. After that I believe it was either A. A fish live well that didn't work or B. a homeless persons composting toilet project. None the less, much to the envy of my "Crew", I was miraculously able to turned it into a critical BASE gear fabrication mod tool.

I hope this helps a little.

p.s. Come to think of it my bucket had a bullet hole in it or a really big dog bit it i'm not sure. I taped it up with a piece of duct tape. I recommend this instead of gaffers tape or blue painters tape. That is all.

Thanks for your info! I can't seem to find any buckets in the local dumpsters. Any tips on where to get a good one used? I'm on a budget, here.

the only things ive made are closing loops, a CWY static line, tailgates, and a fingertrapping tool.

i also made a mess in the back of my pants once on a real scary BASE jump

The OP wanted pictures of your " creations ". You can't just claim to have made something.

No buckets huh.. Hmm.. well fuck the bucket. If you're on a really tight budget as I completely understand let me suggest you forego the entire dying scheme and just use spray paint. Dye is actually more expensive, takes longer, and isn't as strong in color. You can pick up a cheap ass can of paint at any of the before mentioned shopping locations and not only can you color your rig, but also all your hardware and canopy lines. MUCH cheaper option to buying a silly black lineset.

One time I bought what I thought was going to be a black pilot chute but when it arrived it was grey. This pissed me off so I covered in spray paint and just let it set in the hot summer sun for a few hour so it dried really well. BAM.. it was black until I folded the bastard and most of the paint flaked off. FYI paint doesn't really sick to ZP nylon that well but it will work just fine on your rig i'm pretty sure. Best of luck!

Side note 1: I don't think spray paint will increase your container opening, but I don't know because I have no experience with this.

Side note 2: I got that damn pilot chute to turn black. It's a lot of work, but a big ass sharpie works wonders!

Thanks for the info, but I got impatient and started trying to get creative. There's a chemical plant nearby and my brother went swimming the effluent once and he changed a really cool shade of green.

So I decided to try that out on my container and just threw it in there. At first I thought there was a problem cause there was some smoking and bubbling, but shortly that subsided and, sure enough, my rig was a bright green. I am following your advice and leaving it in the sun for a bit to make sure everything sets in good. I'll let you know soon how it works.

not to stray too far off topic, but this post is reminding me of once, when i was young, we got a scotty dog. it was real cute with its short little legs and its natural goatee, but fuck if it didnt have an abnormally long tail. plus it was a strange shade of grey.
i decided to make it look alot cooler. i dipped the entire dog in a mixture of yellow and blue rit dye packets inside a washing machine full of boiling hot water, and to solve the tail problem i wrapped its tail many times with a rubber band, super tight.
the dog turned a beautiful green tint, and sure enough that annoying tail fell right off at the rubber band after about two weeks with NO problems!!!!!!!
i would definitely suggest anyone else try this because it works

You guys.. that sounds awesome!

Trans..
Two questions: 1. Your avatar is awesome.. but I notice that the dude is just licking and not using his teeth. Does the corn simply dissolve? That is corn right? Interesting. 2. Now i'm curious.. what did you do with the dogs tail? For sure I would have sewn it to a hat or something.

Mr. Nutella..
What the hell man.. your brother actually changed green! Again, not to get off subject here, but while we're at it (Trans you'll appreciate this..ur not alone) I actually shit green once. I was about 22 hours in on a binge of Popeye DVD's, spinach, and blue gatorade. Then I got this weird notion that all this would increase my strength and allow me to climb a local "too hot to jump" antenna much faster. After that I really started to shovel it all in and after my box set of DVD's ran out I went for it.

So pumped I skipped my normal pre-jump shit which in hind site was a dire mistake. I raced up the ladder as my stomach grumbled and topped out in record time. I didn't hang around long. I exited quickly and being that it was high bust I went for the low opening. I'm sure you can guess what happened, but as I slammed open my rectum couldn't handle it. (No I don't have a loose asshole ya' bastards..I just popped a few Zannies before I started the climb to chill me out. I was starting to loose feeling in my hands and feet before the jump so the spastic asshole isn't a big suprise) Upon opening I proceeded to eject a rather voluptuous quantity of warm watery feces into my pants, which.. since I don't wear underwear.. collected around my leg straps.

As I landed, half laughing and half crying, I had to sprint away which cause the whole mess to shift as one would imagine. To my luck and surprise the expelled contents of my anus didn't run all the way down my pants into my boots, but came to a sloshing rest on my lower thigh pinched off from escape by my trusty kneepad straps that were lashed to the exterior of my pants.

Evading capture I had made it into a set of dark trees and decided to say fuck the pants and cut them off with my hook knife while leaving the kneepads attached. The disgusting cesspool of steamed spinach and gatorade gushed out and I used the material from the lower legs to clean myself off as best I could. I had a hell of a long way to go to get back to my car and since I had a new stash bag at home I went ahead and cut two holes out of the bottom of my bag, poked my legs through, and synched the bag closed around my wait.

No doubt I was a hell of a sight running down the street in giant clompy boots, full face helmet, t-shirt, balled up parachute, and a saggy black diaper hanging off my ass. No matter.. I was stoked because I got a new opening and I didn't get busted. I even stopped by the McDonalds late night drive through window in my get-up and ordered a milkshake and fries. You won't believe this part, but I actually got the chick at the windows number. Hellll yeah..

Now.. I know your going to ask.. how did I know it was green. Well. I got home and jumped in the shower with my stash bag diaper still on and obviously noticed the odd color pretty quickly. The fucked up thing about it was, I guess the mixture of bile, gatorade, and green spinach pigment is pretty potent and it stains skin. I looked like some sort of fucked up inverted Bob Ross painting. It stuck around until the weekend which just so happened to coincide with St. Patties day. I threw on a matching green speedo, painted my feet orange, and hit the bars. I actually got a few high fives and free beers out of the deal. I had to laugh though when a few girls rubbed my legs asking what I had used to color my skin and I simply but truthfully told them it was ass water.

Win and win.

Sorry for that.. back to the subject. Well..should your rig continue with it's shiny green glow please inform GreenMachine because I think he will come visit you. Fully clothed with rig and all I think he would jump in and float around for a bit.

Damn dude, that's some funny shit!
I enjoy your writing... can't wait for the book!

That simply could not have been a made up story...
hahahahahahahaha!!!

*takes a bow* Thank you sir.. i'm glad you enjoyed.