Re: ** New Members: Please Introduce Yourselves Here! **
Greetings All,
I am an amateur costumer and prop builder, passion for which I blame mostly on "Mr Dressup". My first ventures into costuming began with emulating my favourite TV show personages like 'Jimmy' from "H.R. Puff 'n' Stuff" complete with 'Flute' and 'Danny' from "The Partridge Family". I began making my own wooden rifle props using scraps in my father's garage at age 8. I used to love Westerns and War movies starring Clint Eastwood or John Wayne especially. I created my first costume when I was much older which was a Star Trek Original Series Klingon Officer's Uniform for my position with the Klingon Assault Group (KAG) Kanada fan club. I am currently working on reprising that costume complete with Original Series Disruptor and Agonizer created from paper models downloaded from the internet. My wife, who is the real sewing genius and clothing designer will be guiding me through the reconstruction of the clothing portions of the costume.
In past years I had begun costume props and armour of my own design for a Sisters of Battle Sister Superior costume and both Space Marine and Dark Eldar costumes for myself.
Last year, my wife and I attended Anime North as Kakashi and Hinata (we have photos... somewhere).
We also made our own fantasy medieval costumes to wear to Medieval Times where we announced our engagement formally to our friends and family. Getting drinks was difficult because staff believed we worked there.
I have an obsession with paper modelling which led me here while searching for Pepakura files and such of Space Marine armour. I am a fanatical Games Workshop games player and even worked for the company in retail for a couple of years.
I hope to become a very active member and learn from the more experienced people here, perhaps make some friends and share my triumphs and designs with all of you as well.
My interests vary widely those mentioned above only being a small sampling. Battlestar Galactica (new and old), Star Trek, Star Wars, various anime and manga, Pirates (particularly pirates!), Samurai, Ninja, Ancient Rome and Greece, both World Wars, Steampunk and the list goes on.
I do have photos of the Warhammer 40K props for the Sisters of Battle and Space Marine props I have begun as well as having my original Klingon costume boxed up around somewhere. If any are interested in having me post these let me know.
For now I look forward to getting to know everyone and learning and growing as a costumer, prop maker and modeller.
Baz aka "Brother Experimentus"
