Completed Royal Guard costume and Force Pike pics

[kalkamel]

Hi guys,

I recently completed an Emperor's Royal Guard costume for my wife so I thought I'd share some pics of it here.

For the outer robe I decided to go with the doube slit ROTS look instead of the sling over one shoulder ROTJ look. It's just more maneuverable.

The force pike is a modified golf ball retriever. I cut the basket off, put in a pen top as the tip, glued some studs and finally glued a sink knob to the bottom of the handle.

Hope you guys like.

 

[Sidewinder]

Nice cossie. Whenever I see one of these I half expect a Cylon eye to go 'wom wom' across the visor. :lol

SAS

 

[RedTwoX]

Very nice costume. What helmet did you use? Is that an Altmans or a repainted Don Post? It looks great.

 

[kalkamel]

Its a fiberglass recast of a DP that I found on Ebay. The paint job is absolutely fantastic.

 

[KevVader]

Very nice. :thumbsup ...you match your curtains.

 

[Bountyhunter Niko]

Looks Great. Nice work.

 

[kalkamel]

Thanks, guys. You think its 501st worthy? I'm planning to make an application for my wife soon.

 

[builditimust]

Nice pike. i'd say your worthy

 

[Boba Frett]

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Very nice. :thumbsup ...you match your curtains.
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:lol

Nice work on the Royal Gaurd :thumbsup
Good eye Kev.

 

[Darth Kahnt]

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Thanks, guys. You think its 501st worthy? I'm planning to make an application for my wife soon.
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I'd say it would be fine for the 501st. Looks great to me, but I am not the LMO either.

 

[kalkamel]

Just a head's up... my wife's application to join the 501st with this costume was approved about a month ago. I'm planning to follow suit once my ESB Vader's complete.

 

[MarkG]

Looks awesome, top job done..

You shouldn't have a problem at all getting into the 501st with that....

 

[Benkenove]

Just out of curiosity,... where did you find those gloves ???

 

[kalkamel]

Velvet wrist length gloves I found in a winter clothing department of a local shopping centre.

 

[Darth Domain]

I'm bidding on an Altmanns Guard bust at the moment that does have some chips in the paint etc. Any one any idea what type of Red paint i should be looking for to repair it?

 

[spidermale]

:love sweeeet. Im gonna have to modify my DP royal gaurd one of these days. Tell me, did you put in a hose so she can breathe, or drill holes or a fan or something? I read somewhere that its tough to breathe in, Ive only worn mine just to show people I had one, never for more then like 20 seconds.

 

[kalkamel]

<div class='quotetop'>(MasterVader @ Jun 29 2006, 04:54 AM) [snapback]1270225[/snapback]</div>

:love sweeeet. Im gonna have to modify my DP royal gaurd one of these days. Tell me, did you put in a hose so she can breathe, or drill holes or a fan or something? I read somewhere that its tough to breathe in, Ive only worn mine just to show people I had one, never for more then like 20 seconds.
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First time she tried it on, it got very claustrophobic for her. After a while, she's fine. She trooped in it for a full hour once and didn't really have any difficulty with it on. The fact that the lower part of the helmet flared to allow some breathing space also helps.

 

[arek]

<div class='quotetop'>(kalkamel @ Jun 28 2006, 12:02 PM) [snapback]1269720[/snapback]</div>

Velvet wrist length gloves I found in a winter clothing department of a local shopping centre.
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Stores in Malaysia have winter clothing departments?

 

[GeneralMayhem]

Nicely done. I'll have to do one some day for my personal collection.

 

[Walter]

That looks great. Who would have thought a golf ball retriever could look so good.

-Bryan