ESB Flame Thrower

Ok I know what you might think, that Iam insane, BUT, hey Iama pyro. I would like to know if anyone has any knowledge of making the flamethrower work. I found on ebay a guy made his work, and he sells the plans, only the plans, no parts or nothing, but I think I got some figured out. The basic fuel would NOT be gasoline or anything EXPLOSIVE, that would just be suicidal, but instead, why not use Tiki Torch fluid? it burns, it sprays, it works. Now I just need some help with a release mechanism and a starter, like a lighter or something, if anyone knows anything, please post, if you think iam insane and going to blow myself up, post too, Iam open to all comments and suggestions, and before you get to thinkin anything else, Ive had 10 years of experiance with fire and explosives. Safety first, expecially if any of you try this, remember OUTDOOR ONLY and play it safe, buy a fire extinguisher first.

I HIGHLY recommend not pursuing this. The topic and the eBay person you mentioned have been brought up here before and the general concensous frowns on it. Number one, it is not safe regardless of your experience. I was a firefighter for six years and wouldn't even consider doing this. Number two, most gauntlets are plastic or fiberglass in construction and not designed for this. Number three, cotton gloves and jumpsuits are not fire-retardant. And number four, convention promoters could ban anyone wearing this costume from entering their facilities if they thought there was a risk of this. While it may seem cool, it could jeopardize everyone at this forum from ever being able to wear their costume inside of a con again. I, for one, would not appreciate that.

Leave the pyrotechnics for the big screen. This is a costume, not a real set of battle armor.

Photoshop a picture and leave it at that, dont try to flame up your wrists with real flames, it just desont look very safe when your covered from head to toe in very flammable equipment.

not this topic again...................

Dude.. its cool and all but even in Episode 2 with the proffesionals at hand it was all fake.. alot of those scenes jango was a computer generatioin.. they call them digital doubles.. But hey if you wanna build something like that.. I bet some sort of air driven device would be cool.. I mean what if you took something like a fire extinquisher that was hidden in the jet pack.. like what they did with r2d2.. not for cons though.. maybe get one of those spiderman silly string web shooters... for cons....

The thing is, if its for a movie you can add it digitaly cheaper, safer, and better.

sounds like you're doing all your homeword,but I've got to agree with cal on this one....it would be easy to do in post production with effects....and might even look better as you can control what happens ...good luck and be safe with whatever you choose