Gestapo Major Toht

[Tk-Devo]

You look just like him! Great job!

 

[Bossk]

Dan from the moment I met you I knew this costume had to be done...You are perfect for it. I guess I need to get off my duff and finish a costume from Raiders to join you for next years DragonCon.

Yep Tambo, we definately need to do some precoordination with more "indy" costumers for next year and plan some activities. This would be a good forum to do so, when it gets a bit closer to next year's DragonCon.

 

[Blondie]

For years people have told me that I "look like the Gestapo guy in Raiders of the Lost Ark", but stationed with the Army in Germany for years, and unaware of costume cons, I never put the outfit together, though did do historical costuming/reenacting for a multitude of periods from ancient Celts and Romans to modern Soviet troops for OPFOR classes with the Army.

But since coming back to the states and going to Dragon-Con and joining the 501st, I've bcome interested in film, sci-fi, and fantasy costuming as well, so put together my Major Toht this year and debuted it at Dragon-Con where it met with a lot of favorable comments. I didn't get any pictures of it though, but was contacted to be a Gestapo officer in a new film being made about WWII called the Red Rose of Normandy. It was filmed in the old Tennessee State Prison. I also played a German paratrooper and brought my Opel Blitz radio truck for the filming.

As with all of my historical costumes, I have tried to copy the film Toht as accurately as possible, and luckily there are some good film stills and even a highly detailed 12 inch action figure. The Overcoat is an old German original found at the Frankfurt Flea Market, and I never had a use for it until now. When I found the vintage, broad brimmed black fedora at the Nashville fleamarket, and since I had the P-38, and German wire rimmed glasses from doing WWII German reenacting I decided to do Toht and found the double breasted pin striped suit on Ebay. In one pic, I hold the Gestapo officer I'D. disc, though for Dragon-Con, I had the Toht's 'hand scar' made from taking a latex impression from the metal Staff of Ra prop supplied by fellow RPF member Tambo Fett. (I didn't take it to the film shoot though but will post a pic later on. )

I also made Toht's famous coat hanger, but didn't get a photographs of it in action yet.

Since the costume went over well, I am expanding it now with Toht's passport, gestapo ID card, and other props. I'll add more pics to this thread as I get them.

I'm also working on a near perfect Toht wardrobe. Colors aren't perfect. I have a dark brown European style vintage Fedora with the cloth bound edge, I have an Italian made dark gray, double breasted pinstripe 1930s,1940s style suit jacket w/ matching pants. inside the suit jacket I added a replica German clothing label. I have vintage large round metal frame eye glasses, vintage style black Stacy Adams caped high top dress shoes, I have a very dark grren Toht style leather overcoat. I have a Toht style red handkerchief, a Toht style neck tie. I took 2 thrift store shirts & crafted a Toht style gray & white stripe shirt with a white collar. I'm also assembling a complete set of near perfect mid 1930s German documents (Reise-Pass, kennkarte, Ausweis, Nazi party card, pure blood document, 1930s German bank book, mid 1930s German driver's license & mid 1930s German pistol permit). I have a replica Gestapo ID disc attached to a replica quartz pocket watch with chain. I have a non firing HSc 7.65 replica hand gun & a vintage convertable German made leather holster (converts from a shoulder holster to a metal clip on belt holster. I need some help crafting a more authentic Toht movie screen authentic coat hanger. I would like to have a copy of the Toht Gestapo ID card, John lost "Somewhere In Time" Lenza

 

[Blondie]

I'm also working on a near perfect Toht wardrobe. Colors aren't perfect. I have a dark brown European style vintage Fedora with the cloth bound edge, I have an Italian made dark gray, double breasted pinstripe 1930s,1940s style suit jacket w/ matching pants. Inside the suit jacket I added a replica German clothing label. I have vintage large round metal frame eye glasses, vintage style black Stacy Adams caped high top dress shoes, I have a very dark grren Toht style leather overcoat. I have a Toht style red handkerchief, a Toht style neck tie. I took 2 thrift store shirts & crafted a Toht style gray & white stripe shirt with a white collar. I'm also assembling a complete set of near perfect mid 1930s German documents (Reise-Pass, kennkarte, Ausweis, Nazi party card, pure blood document, 1930s German bank book, mid 1930s German driver's license & mid 1930s German pistol permit). I have a replica Gestapo ID disc attached to a replica quartz pocket watch with chain. I have a non firing HSc 7.65 replica hand gun & a vintage convertable German made leather holster (converts from a shoulder holster to a metal clip on belt holster. I need some help crafting a more authentic Toht movie screen authentic coat hanger. I would like to have a copy of the Toht Gestapo ID card, John lost "Somewhere In Time" Lenza

My email address: jlenza@stny.rr.com

 

[quinsen]

Very good. The best Toht, I've seen so far!