Helmet 2

same one, different pose of course

Helmet Front

Still getting it together here, the helmet is not yet finished.

Side View

First official testing of my suit. So far so good.

Rear shot. Why not.

With the helmet on

Kids had to get in on the action. Suit is pretty warm, even with just the lycra swim suit, though it was 50 degrees outside.

Few more shots, this time with the Pauldron.

And finally the gun.

Just a front view. I'm a little tilted due to the driveway. oops.

Shin Armor Description

Quick shots of some of the materials and methods used to put together the kit. This is the "Shin Armor"

Shoulder Bell Mod

This just shows the method I used to connect the shoulder bells and biceps together.

Thunder Thighs

Snapshot of the snaps and how the inside of the thigh was put together.

Hand Sewn Thigh Belt

Oh yeah. I didn't do this, my wife did, and it works great. Heavy duty webbing, you can pick up at just about any fabric store. Sewn together with Parachute clips, and industrial snaps added in. Very secure.

Thigh Armor

Backplate 1

Backplate 2

Belt Shot

Belt Shot 2

Final Belt Shot

Inside Helmet

Still working on this. The interior was sanded down with a very fine grit, then wet sanded, the primed, and spray painted a satin black. Probably about 3 or 4 coats. I also tore apart a construction helmet, and as you can see, temporarily placed it inside the helmet for a test fit.

Inside Ab Plate

Backpiece

Quick view of shoulder strap

Elastic and snap

Space Age Jock Strap

Thermal Detonator

Making Templates

My first prototype attempt at building an MG34 out of wood and PVC. I didn't have a camera around during the entire build, so only a few shots are available. The rifle is almost done. This was a great tutorial found on-line from Darthvaderfan.

Finished the templates, now its on to cutting!

BOOM! gun is done!

Not really. This is several days, and agonizing hours later. It actually wasn't that difficult to put together, I just made some errors that forced me to try new things. There is still some work to do, but its almost finished

Barrel

Yes. . . another shot of the rifle. It's very long, and hard to photograph properly

Main components. More details, greebies and metal will be added later.

The entire gun is close to 5ft long. A very neat prop that I am looking forward to trooping in.

4-2-06

Me and the MG, still a work in progress

4-2-06

Kids and me posing in the garage, needless to say we are BORN for modeling! :)

4-2-06

Watching kids beat each other with bats.

4-2-06

4-2-06

5-14-06

I need more pics of the finished gun, this is the barrel, accented with window wiper blades. Here I've at least painted it with a second coat, added weathering, and details. It's hard to capture it all since its bathed in black gloss, but I hope to get some better pics up soon.

9-16-07

Actually a picture from last year, for my sons birthday party. Thought I should post it.

9-16-06

another old pic of my sons guns. Vinyl holsers, with elastic webbing, and a belt clip. The guns are made with the same material as my larger guns. Mainly wood. Above is a double holster.

9-16-06

Quick shot of one of the guns. This one had a piece of wiper blade on the top to make it different from his brothers. Cuts down on arguing. Once again, wood cut to their hand size, glued together, with particle board glued to the sides and painted with a quick and easy template to give it some character.

10-7-07

Backpack nearly finished.

10-7-07

Close up of the pipe warmers used as a "cushion" to make wearing this hunk of PVC bareable during Halloween

10-7-07

Basic black pvc frame that was used.

10-7-07

A quick test fit, using zip ties to temporarily hold things in place.

10-7-07

Gluing all the PVC together. Used black plumbing PVC for the main thrusters.

10-7-07

Another test fit. Usually when building something like this, I have the kids run around outside, hop, skip, jump, pretend to shoot, just so I can see how it holds up under the torture, and if they can still pull off a cool shot.

10-7-07

Simple backpack right on top of his Fett uniform. More painting and weathering needs to be done, but for 2 days work, not bad.

10-7-07

Just posing, without a gun. . .oops.

10-7-07

10-9-07

New jetpack, this time going for brown.

10-9-07

Almost done, just need more webbing and a sowing machine. . .or something.

10-9-07

10-9-07

The sprikler type missile head worked really well, and I was able to incorporate it into my first backpack without a hassle. It screwed right into the top on both units. Just gives them something to do with their packs, pretend to refuel, repair, or re-arm.

10-27-07

Quick Fett guns out of PVC. Had no time to try and do accurate replicas of his gun, just tried to capture the general shape of his weapon. I've never seen Fetts gun sold as a toy, so had to compromise. Still fun to build.

10-27-07

Side view of the weapon. These guns and jetpacks serve two purposes. One, to just have fun and resemble Fetts weaponary. Second, I'm building a huge spaceship club house that I wanted to stock with kids "weapons". So, many of the guns/packs only resemble the originals, but were never intended to end up like them. I wanted general guns for them to use when they play "space", not just Star Wars

10-27-07

End of barrel. The foam called "Cool Foam" is my new padding. I'm going to see how it holds up this halloween against rain and everything else. So far, so good. You should be able to find it at "Michaels".

10-27-07

New gloves, nothing special.

10-27-07

Vader's gloves are so nice and comfortable.

10-28-07

Jetpack done. Gun complete, and costume on. This one is ready for Halloween 07. And yes, he's wearing Vader gloves.

10-28-07

Posing. Uhm, crap, still need to paint that one spot on the scope.

10-28-07

10-28-07

10-28-07

Final shot.

10-31-07

A quick PVC gun in the likeness of Jango Fetts blasters. Once again, not replicas, just going for that general feel of the gun. They were fun and cheap to build. yeah, it could have been easier (and more expensive) to buy the real thing, but this was more entertaining.

10-31-07

The foam (grips) has held up well so far, even with rugged use.

10-31-07

Both guns together. One is slightly longer then the other. . .impatience got the best of me.