fifthrider
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Fifthrider, from San Diego. Been building props since I first saw Star Wars back in '77. About 30+ years later and I still enjoy it as a hobby but would never want a job in the field. I like to try different prop/costume techniques until I've done at least one of each. ( Scratch build, resin, fiberglass, latex, electronics kits, pepakura, armor, fabric costumes, movie car replicas, etc. ) My specialty is in coming up with ways to motorize, light, sound, or otherwise make a static costume more dynamic. This pursuit has helped me win a few prizes in costume contests over the years.
I mark my progress by what new prop-building technique I've learned. As a child I scratch built a Boba Fett costume, Darth Vader, and made an 8-foot long cardboard Battlestar Galactica in the livingroom. Over the years I've gotten progressively worse. I've built about 9 proton packs, 1 slimeblower and 1 each of all other Ghostbuster props. I deconstructed and rebuilt a Robocop armor suit from the pieces of an original Bruce Hansing cast and added a better interior harness system along with a sound system for the wearer to hear better and project his voice. I've done group costumes like Blues Brothers, Hot Fuzz, Resident Evil groups ( both game and movie ) made some video game costumes for some of my female friends ( Lara Croft, Nova, Night Elf, Aphrodite IX, Wonder Woman, etc. ) and every year at Comic-Con I can be seen onstage as part of a friend's costume group.
Currently I'm doing my first full-body fiberglass dummy sculpt to turn into a latex hero suit. I'm also working on an Ecto-1 on the 59 caddy I have in my side yard. In my "free time" I grab 30 minutes of sleep and then go back to building props or going to work at my job. I exchanged my sanity for prop-building skills around 2002 which is when I really got serious about this hobby. The voices said to do it.
Fifthrider, from San Diego. Been building props since I first saw Star Wars back in '77. About 30+ years later and I still enjoy it as a hobby but would never want a job in the field. I like to try different prop/costume techniques until I've done at least one of each. ( Scratch build, resin, fiberglass, latex, electronics kits, pepakura, armor, fabric costumes, movie car replicas, etc. ) My specialty is in coming up with ways to motorize, light, sound, or otherwise make a static costume more dynamic. This pursuit has helped me win a few prizes in costume contests over the years.
I mark my progress by what new prop-building technique I've learned. As a child I scratch built a Boba Fett costume, Darth Vader, and made an 8-foot long cardboard Battlestar Galactica in the livingroom. Over the years I've gotten progressively worse. I've built about 9 proton packs, 1 slimeblower and 1 each of all other Ghostbuster props. I deconstructed and rebuilt a Robocop armor suit from the pieces of an original Bruce Hansing cast and added a better interior harness system along with a sound system for the wearer to hear better and project his voice. I've done group costumes like Blues Brothers, Hot Fuzz, Resident Evil groups ( both game and movie ) made some video game costumes for some of my female friends ( Lara Croft, Nova, Night Elf, Aphrodite IX, Wonder Woman, etc. ) and every year at Comic-Con I can be seen onstage as part of a friend's costume group.
Currently I'm doing my first full-body fiberglass dummy sculpt to turn into a latex hero suit. I'm also working on an Ecto-1 on the 59 caddy I have in my side yard. In my "free time" I grab 30 minutes of sleep and then go back to building props or going to work at my job. I exchanged my sanity for prop-building skills around 2002 which is when I really got serious about this hobby. The voices said to do it.
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