Tuesday, February 20, 2007

The Dark Side Beckons


My friend in the 501st, shown above in his custom made Mandolorian armor painted in the original white Boba Fett was going to be until the day before his scenes were shot for ESB, has all but talked me into joining him in his dark crusade. We're working on my Stormtrooper armor right now, well I should say he is; I don't know my hydrospanner from a motivator, and we're hoping to have it done in time for me to march in Denver's St. Patrick's Day parade (along with around 50 other troopers) and a visist to the Denver Children's Hospital afterwards. I think I may have just joined the Empire!

I'll post pics of yours truly in my 'white's' when I get them taken.

Posted by Wander at 1:43 PM

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is an understatement to say that I am jealous.

2:06 PM, February 20, 2007
Swany said...

Is there a Rebel Alliance equivalent? Seeing a street full of Stormtroopers is pretty cool, but what I'd really like to see is a parade of Wookies!

How much does Stormtrooper armor run these days? Do you wear any underwear in that thing? And what do you do if you have to pee? Is their a built in door in your codpiece? Don't even let me get started about a Stormtrooper with lactose intolerance and what he must have to go through to get all that armor off in an emergency--should have considered making the armor brown.

11:28 PM, February 20, 2007
Anonymous said...

I am also curious to know where the original color of white came from for Mandalorian armor?

8:02 AM, February 21, 2007
Dutch said...

Don't even let me get started about a Stormtrooper with lactose intolerance and what he must have to go through to get all that armor off in an emergency

Blow away back panels.

9:26 AM, February 21, 2007
Wander said...

Actually, there is a quickly growing group, called Rebel Legion (www.rebellegion.com), which does the same things as the 501st, except as 'the good guys'. They had a very strong prescence in the Rose Parade earlier this year.
You wear a surfer style body glove under your armor. I'm not sure about the bathroom logistics yet, as I haven't faced them, but I guess it would be par for the course.
As for the cost, do an ebay search, keywords star wars armor, and you'll get a fair idea. You can buy do it yourself kits, where you have to trim the armor yourself after the molding process, and build your own helmet, or you can get ready to wear armor directly from armorsmiths, that take incredible pride in their product. Many of the members of the 501st have turned the armor making into a full time career.
As for the white Mandolorian armor, Boba Fett was going to be all white until the day before shooting Irv Kershner, the ESB director decided to make it more like a beat up mercenary instead of the avenging angel Lucas always pictured. Many people now make the white mandolorian armor in tribute to what could have been.
And Crackah, you be the only trooper needing the blow away back panels, otherwise you'd blast your shoes off in that body glove!

10:13 AM, February 21, 2007

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