Bossk
Well-Known Member
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.
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.
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