Recent content by Bossk

I posted some images of my Jar Jar Binks costume here some years ago, but this past weekend at the ICCC Sci-Fi Fan and Collector's Convention held at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Lebanon, I saw, and posed with part of the original Jar-Jar costume which was on display there. The owner...

Great image and many thanks! This is the first "contemporary" photo I have seen of an actual surviving "yellow version" of the Windak pressure suit, as opposed to either period photos of RAF personnel wearing it, or film stills. However this one is of the front as well, like nearly all images...

Great job on your Bossk and I KNOW how much work it is to build a 501st approved one basically from scratch from my own experience. The only part I didn't make on my first version was the mask, though I am now making a "moving mouth" mask so my Bossk will be able to more realistically talk and...

Ah, so on the Windak suit, that also has cables coming out the bottom of the chest box and go around to the legs to the back actually go all the way back up to the helmet to stabilize it when inflated? With no clear images showing the back of these suits that was a mystery. If you know how...

I think really think you need a Dilophosaurus "Spitter" to ride inside a JP Jeep #12! I made a complete one for my jeep starting out with just a latex mask, which I added taxidermy eyes, teeth, tongue, etc., and the rest of the body out of those green foam sleeping mats that the army uses. We...

Thanks again for the great information. I "upgraded" my flap front briefcase to a real 1930's small traveling suitcase that looks nearly the same as the screen shop. I saw the Cherry Pat Hat site, after I already found and bought a pretty good, original grey houndstooth tweed bucket hat that...

Great information! Many thanks! With your knowledge of real astronaut suits, I recall that a similar chest box to the Windak one was on the Mercury astronaut suits, with cables going up to the helmet ring and down the legs and to the back. Do you know what the lower cables activated? Having...

Really looking GREAT and I know how much work it has been firsthand! I built my #18 from a 95 too, which I have heard were the best YJs made from a mechanical perspective. #12 is the biggest challenge, but by far the most impressive when finished. Hopefully we will have another Jurassic Jeep...

Thanks, Imgill! No, I wasn't aware of it but glad you informed me. One of the images on the blog finally shows a feature which has alluded me for the decade I have been portraying Bossk -- which is a good view of the curiously "baggy posterior" of at least the older, yellow version of the...

I thought Jar Jar Binks was a very innovative and entertaining character and was genuinely surprised by the many fans that claim to have hated him. I believe that those who do are mostly the younger fans who take the Star Wars franchise far too seriously and simply do not understand the concept...

Six years later and I still haven't seen the back of an original Windak suit to understand the whole "butt-pack" set up that can be briefly seen in the Cantina panorama scene where's Bossk's iconic suit is being worn by a regular human complete with its helmet. Although it was mentioned that...

Great job! I built what I think is about a "half scale" Jurassic Park Arch/Gateway to go behind my Jurassic Park Jeep when I display it at conventions and other activities. Each block is three sides, made of plywood, with hinges so they will fold down and lay flat when traveling. Like you, I...

Could you tell me something about the pocket and vest welting, like if it is the brown satin lining material, or something else? Could you also give me the name of the Etsy shops that made your hat and tie? I wrote down what I thought you said on YouTube, but nothing came up. There might be...

Many thanks for all of the great information! I had not seen the YouTube videos before, but watched them both after following the link. This was actually the first time I did anything with my Henry Jones impression, so I will take full advantage of all of your advice and source material. I...

Since growing out a beard for my "Spanish Conquistador" impression of a soldier of the Hernando de Soto Expedition (second to last image) for programs I do at various regional parks and historical sites, I have started looking for fun "cosplay" costumes suited to the "new look". The first...