The Imperial Shipyards
Imperial Creative Engineering => Costumes, Props and replicas => Topic started by: ActionFigEmpire on April 06, 2011, 03:44:06 PM
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Hey yarders,
Glad to see there's a forum for costumes and props! AFE is run by none other than official 501st member TK-9849 AKA "Dirty Trooper"."I Joined the legion last summer as part of my birthday present to myself and spent 5 months refurbishing, repairing, resizing, gluing, taping, painting, weathering, and improving my armor and E-11 blaster. I have trooped a few times since then and won a halloween contest last halloween!" We still have some work to do on this suit of armor. A few more mods to make but it's wearable and comfortable and we think it looks awesome!
We're also working on a 100% scratch built Rholan Dyre costume. Now that we have a more secure financial situation we'll be able to continue with that costume. Using paper clay, an awesome very durable air drying clay, sheet aluminum, greeblies (metal/detail pieces), and elastic straps. We have 3 pieces of armor done so far. 2 back-of-the-hand guards and 1 knee guard. With another knee guard still in production.
First up will be pictures of TK-9849's armor before and after painting.
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Here's the armor after we spent a couple weeks roughing it on Tatooine. Then we picked up TK-9849 and dumped him in some Endor Mud and left him on Geonosis to dry out. Check it out! The chest plate is our favorite piece of weathering!
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Oh yeah, looks great.
I aim to own a Driver Costume one day.
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Here are some shots of the scratch build progress with the Rohlan Dyre costume. Let me know if you want a tutorial on this. It's fast, easy, and very cost effective.
The first image is of the finished hand guards with greeblies and iridescent paint.
The second image is of the finished hand guards awaiting greeblies.
The third is of the sheet aluminum pieces cut to size for the knee guards awaiting clay layering.
the fourth image is of the two knee pieces laid over each other the way they will be once clay is built up on them.
More pics soon :)
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Thanks Tamer! You'd make an awesome AT-AT pilot! Whenever you're ready to start assembling the pieces i can help you get your gear at prices only available to 501st members. Beats the heck out of eBay's crazy jacked up prices for Star Wars costumes :)
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Thanks Tamer! You'd make an awesome AT-AT pilot! Whenever you're ready to start assembling the pieces i can help you get your gear at prices only available to 501st members. Beats the heck out of eBay's crazy jacked up prices for Star Wars costumes :)
Well now that does sound interesting. Thank you.
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Yep! There's always tons of costume stuff for sale on the 501st boards only available to members for cheaper than the scalpers' prices. Even so, I'd set aside about $500 to $1000 as your budget for you costume. Let me know what you want to do or what you decide.
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Count on it. I had a great costumer I met on facebook who offered to do all of the armor work for L500, but I need to do the conversion and think that might be just a bit steep for me. His quality is excellent, but this idea sound like it might be more practical for me.
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Well speaking from a place of experience, your best bet for your first suit would be buying previously worn, or at least fabricated to wear complete pieces. Kits can be messy, time consuming, and require you to buy lots of extra stuff and if I know anything about making something, it's always nice to be able to learn with the first thing you have. Kits can run as high as $650 even. Over half of what you'd pay for a really nice previously owned set. The beauty of previously owned is that you know someone wore it at least once, and that it's at least that wearable. Ok so the AT-AT driver has a few unique pieces, and some more common pieces, You will want a tie pilot helmet (unpainted and pulled from white ABS plastic) a tie pilot chest box (same deal as the helmet) special AT-AT driver gloves, special boots and leg warmers, piloting harness, tie pilot chest armor (white), Snow trooper shoulder armor, and greeblies for your helmet, back piece, wrist mounted comlink, and a gray flight suit.
Sounds like a lot, but when you think of troopers and how every inch of them is covered in plastic armor it really isn't. and will be much more comfortable. You'll also want some decals for your helmet.
Say the word and i'll post a WTB listing on the forums.
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I appreciate it. I will let you know.
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If you were to get your costume and join the legion, i wonder what garrison you'd be in. It's decided by state and region of your state.
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Don't miss free comic book day! A great chance to meet some costumers and not just Star Wars ones! If you're in upstate NY contact me and perhaps you can visit while I'm in my armor! That would be awesome!
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If you were to get your costume and join the legion, i wonder what garrison you'd be in. It's decided by state and region of your state.
Does WV even have a legion?
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Yes they do. For the 501st they have Garrison Carida, which serves WV, PA, and DE. Check them out :) http://www.501stgarrisoncarida.org/about/
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i have to say i like that costume, you can use a soda can as thermal detenator on your back.
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Here's the armor after we spent a couple weeks roughing it on Tatooine. Then we picked up TK-9849 and dumped him in some Endor Mud and left him on Geonosis to dry out. Check it out! The chest plate is our favorite piece of weathering!
k, I know this is going to come out insulting, but I dont mean it that way. Are you a little kid or is that helmet a bit large?
I love sandtrooper costumes and I wish I could get one. Do you plan on getting the pauldron and backpack as well?
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Hey Beige, glad you dig the costume! I have a thermal Detonator, just haven't attached it yet. And to answer your question Spooky, no I am not a little kid lol. I am very slight figured. Think Boba Fett, 5'8, thin, and very little body fat. Despite that I eat like a truck driver... just can't gain much bulk lol. So nope, I'm definitely not a little kid. The helmet is a bit oversized, but really not by much. I'll have more photos coming soon from Free Comic Book Day!
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thats genes, different genes suggest your body build
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Did a test run before tomorrow's event (always a good idea!) and here are the photos we took:
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The helmet looks much less oversized! :)
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Looks good to me!
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Thanks Tamer! Pretty happy with the photos that came out! Especially since I didn't take any of them haha.