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[Marshall77]

Hello!
Hardcore StarWars fan here. Found out about this forum a few months ago, when looking about assembling a Darth Vader costume to get into the 501st. Being a bit discouraged by the investment, I had to "downgrade" my rank and went for a Stormtrooper kit from Anovos, which I'm eagerly waiting to assess overall quality. Still hope one day to be able to follow the path of the Dark Lord... but since then I think I'll serve the Empire from a White plastoid shell....
I've got to say that you guys are well beyond my humble craftmanship. Hope to learn a bit from you...

best

Niccolò

 

[Arnianor]

Hi everyone !
So, it looks like my old account, dating before all the hack issues, is somehow lost in the mists.

I'm a Star Wars fan, member of the 501st with two valid costumes (Vader ESB and Royal Guard ROTJ). At the moment, I'm working on a Kylo Ren to be followed by a Line Officer (yeah, we're all lazy at times.... and the Officer is way more comfortable to travel with than my over 30kg Vader box).
I came back to those forums in search of material and information on Kylo Ren, and I must say there's some awesome stuff around.
My personal experience in prop making is quite limited. My main works are some aging of pieces, belt and strap making with heavy duty leather, and some painting. It's been ages since last time I used a sewing machine, but I hope I'll be up for the challenge with Kylo.

Best regards,

Arnianor

 

[Lady Stark]

Hi hi all, a good friend of mine pointed the site out to me when I started asking him questions about a prop I'm looking into, so here I am! Anything I've built has been pretty terrible, but everyone has to start somewhere I suppose! Looking forward to getting to know folks, and learning a thing or two!

 

[Grimusaur]

Howdy! Been dabbling in props for some time, but only recently been trying to get serious about it. Hoping to start a long career with them here. =D

 

[enrico1979]

hi all.
great to be on board!
build a couple of iron man suits myself but want to improve with your experience of building

its very addictive!

 

[Mad Monty]

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Howdy from Nashville TN, I have been interested in costuming for awhile now but, never got the courage to actually do it. I have been a big fan of Star Wars and Star Trek since I was young and also some other sci-fi/fantasy things as well. I came to this forms to get help in costume making and to meet some like minded fans. Side note I also do historical reenacting.

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Howdy from Nashville TN, I have been interested in costuming for awhile now but, never got the courage to actually do it. I have been a big fan of Star Wars and Star Trek since I was young and also some other sci-fi/fantasy things as well. I came to this forms to get help in costume making and to meet some like minded fans. Side note I also do historical reenacting.

 

[Cheville2005]

Hi All,

My names Greg, I go by the name of Kenny Baker Figure on facebook and interested in getting my Star Wars figures signed by a lot of the actors and extras in the films. I`ve found a lot of new people from the films and have got them to agree to signings. Some of them include Hugh Spight, Poppy Hands, Mike Stevens, all first time signers. I`m currently in the process of building a Ree Yees costume for Celebration London and close to finding the actor who played Bo Shek and and also Alfie Curtis.

 

[Reverend Smeg]

Howdy. I'm Mike Allred. I'm not anywhere near pro-am status; I just help my friends out with their projects and I was mostly just hoping to see some tips and suggestions to make our work easier and higher quality.

Thanks

 

[adiemilio]

Hey guys, i'm new here, but love making and owning movie props and replicas since a teen, started with a stars wars ANH lightsaber, making stuff from Marvel, TRON Legacy and whatever stuff is popular but cool at the moment.

 

[BondChick]

Yet another from Nashville, TN. I've been reading thread after thread getting more and more amped up with each one. I've concluded that y'all are crazy, messed up and completely weird. It feels like home. :cool

 

[MaddyLikesProps]

Hi guys! I joined because I'm just starting to make replica props, and I hope to use this site to learn and share.

 

[ajmarsh]

Hello,

I have lurked long enough, it was time to make an account and join the fun.

 

[SamNYC69]

Hi,

Completely new to foam fabrication and while doing research on how to build the armored version of Go Go Tomago for my 5yo daughter. I came across this forum. It's going to be tough because I live in an apartment in Brooklyn with no work space and very few tools. But I think I can get this finished by this Halloween. Also she's small, so it should be easier. Anyway, glad to have found this site and I'm sure it'll be a big help. Already some nice Big Hero six costumes being made.

If I manage to build her costume, I'm planning on being and Armor Baymax, though, probably scaled down... not full height. Though, if it fails, might have to go Fred in street clothes.

 

[cheifprofanity]

Hey!

Im Chris, a long time costumer but if just started on a new project which I could do with some help bouncing ideas off (Check out my Army of Two thread!)

I started costume building and prop making whilst at uni though paintballing of all things, I wanted to build a decent sci-fi paintball gun so ended up converting a toy Lancer from Gears of War into a marker! (please excuse the poor quality pictures)



From there I moved very eagerly into making costumes, my first major costume was a Colonial Marine from Aliens. I started with a scratch built monstrosity from cardboard and fiberglass but after a few years saving and my wife joining in with me we bought ourselves proper armor and a few other bits.

We are now working on costumes together! we already have screen accurate(ish) Gotham City PD costumes and are now working together for our Army of Two project.

Any help with be gratefully received!

See you on the ready line!

Chris

 

[nxn21]

Hello everyone! I'm new to posting, but I've been following this site for about four or five years now. I've made a few things here and there, but I'm just now wanting to get more involved and to start building more.

 

[cjberg]

Hello All,

Met people from the RPF at Star Wars Celebrations in Anaheim this year. I work in industry creating props for different companies and projects. I've build replicas of Pixar pieces all the way up to 20ft tall mechs. I start with digital models and then go into fabrication with whatever gets the job done, there is never the right procedure. The only caveat is that almost everything I make has consumer interaction so has to be over built.

Cj

 

[ogrotesque1]

Hey everyone,
My name is Damion and I am an Artist/Musician/Sci-Fi/Horror fan and collector. I am a new guy to this forum but have been collecting mainly Star Wars OT and 70's KISS stuff for my entire life. Let me start off my introduction to the forum by answering a lot of inquiries I've seen on here about the SW Rebels E-11 Blaster. I recently got one super cheap on eBay and gave it a little make over and I have to say, it looks pretty good! Way better than it did originally.... I say for all the troopers out there that want to use a blaster that they don't need to worry about, do it! I hope I can add pics? I'm on my iPhone and am new, so bear with me please?

 

[ogrotesque1]

 

[kentrass]

Hi everyone. Ken here from New Zealand. I made a free had starlord helmet and guns before I knew pepakura existed...nnow I'm hooked...but how do I get files and how do I best use the programs?

 

[HuronBH]

Hey guys my name is Jay though I have been known around the web as HuronBH for many years. I have lived most of my life on the East Coast of the US, bouncing around the state of Virginia for most of that time. I have been building, paintings, sculpting, and playing Table Top miniature Wargames for 25+ years. In that time I have played countless games, worked at several different hobby and game stores, run several commission Building/Painting services full time, been a hobby blogger, been a podcaster, and playtester for several different companies. My school background is mostly Art and Multimedia Design focused and I am currently studying CAD Design and Architecture.

I have lots of design and construction experience, but not very much prop and costuming experience (I made a few foam weapons and a few costumes 15 or so years ago). I have wanted to do some prop making in the past but never knew where to start. Thanks to a friend I was recently exposed to costuming using EVA Foam and the relatively easy methods used to produce good quality costumes and weapons. 400ish hours of Youtube and additional research later I now feel ready to give it a go.

I look forward to reading and in the future commenting on projects here and sharing with you guys my builds as I gain experience building my first props and costumes.

See you on the battlefield...


-jay