TIE Pilot costume -Finished

[NAZGÛL]

Hi, heres my ongoing TIE pilot project.

Ive tried to get things I can build as much as possible. Ive also had to look for affordable options, as Im on a budget. I have a baby and a 2.5 kid, so they are my main hobby and needs my money. :lol

I love the wonky and dodgy movie used route, so wonky details, poor vision and wrinkled decals are my way to go.:love

Anyhoo heres what I got so far.

Helmet. A kit from UK. Very fun to build and great service. Tried to assemble it like the originals. Hoses from a friend in Denmark.:thumbsup

Blaster. I decided to mod the plastic Rubies DL44. Proportions and size is ok, and it goes zap zap when pulling the trigger.:love (I made a tutorial on my site if anyone wants to mod one.)

Belt. A cool guy in Finand made it. He also have custom made greeblies.

Im waiting for leather gloves, a jumpsuit, cap and armor + box.

Still need to get german jackboots, a holster and compad.

Oh, I just got hold of movie accurate vinyl cogs for the costume from a german friend. Very cool!

Cheers

 

[NAZGÛL]

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Oh, posted in the wrong section. If a mod could move it to the costume section? Sorry!

 

[RoCKo]

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IN before the move... :lol

Nice start for a Tie, keep it going! My Tie project is currently on hold for other projects...

 

[Padde]

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Hej,

nice start and looking good so far!
If you need any help, let me know as I already went through that process...

Cheers

Patrick

 

[NAZGÛL]

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Thanks Rocko!

Tack Padde, thats great to know!:thumbsup

 

[Gorgot3000]

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if you need the compad i still have my mold
here is mine , ( cast in hot glue because when i made it i didnt have latex )

 

[Padde]

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Cast in hot glue?? Dang, what a great idea - I would never have thought about that!!!

 

[MooCriket]

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Looking good Nazgul

 

[DarkCreations]

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Looks good, your off to a great start!
Looking forward to your progress.

Jonny

 

[NAZGÛL]

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Thanks MooCricket and Darkcreations!:thumbsup

if you need the compad i still have my mold
here is mine , ( cast in hot glue because when i made it i didnt have latex )

Thanks for the offer Gorgot! I was thinkig of scratching one, anf you have inspired me further.:thumbsup

 

[Trap Joe]

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if you need the compad i still have my mold
here is mine , ( cast in hot glue because when i made it i didnt have latex )

I love this helmet. Wow!
haha, my first casts were made of hotglue as well, back in the early 80´s. Why not. It´s a good solution sometimes. Sturdy, lightweight and flexible at the same time...:lol

 

[NAZGÛL]

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Thanks Joe, Ive fallen in love with it also.

 

[karr809]

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My Tie Pilot gear has sadly been setting incompleted in storage for several years. I made my compad out of styrene and plexy.

 

[karr809]

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And I made some code cylinders from chalk holders..

 

[karr809]

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And ear gribblies out washers...

 

[karr809]

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Working with a small Hobbie Budget can be a real pain if you have a time line and need your costume ready for an upcomming convention or halloween party. When I was working on mine on a regular bases I found it great fun to have to exercise my imagination in ways I hadnt before. I sent hours in the hardware stores tring to figure out how I could manipulate different things into becomming what I needed, and not what the manufacuture intended. Stick with it and build as much of it yourself as you can. .......... here is a pic of my still unfinished chest box

 

[tattoojedi]

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that is so cool

 

[NAZGÛL]

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Wow, great scratching! Im also thinking of using styrene for the commpad, as im used to working with it.

I love the other stuff you did! Very creative.thumbsup

 

[Gorgot3000]

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hehe .. yeah , the hot glue can fix when we are taken has devoid, cheap but effective sometimes

i see your Tie and make mine miss me ...

code cylinders from chalk holders... is the best thing you can do .. i had also make that to

for the 4 buttons on the left, i used this for mine http://www.dutex.ca/fr/img/teflon/844_big.gif

 

[NAZGÛL]

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thats cool and you have great imaination.:thumbsup