*Official* "Please introduce yourself" thread

[Golgotha]

Welp here goes:

My name is Bryan and I live in Ohio. I'm 26 years old and have been married 2 years. My wife and I currently have a child on the way (2 more months!). I have always been a HUGE star wars fan but my collecting heart has always been into Horror masks/Busts. Nice "Sandman" Lemos! . I actually own one of those. ANyways.

I got into the SW costuming when I attended a con with some 501 buddies and ever since I wanted to do it. I really didn't want a canon character because I was sick of seeing 5 fett's and jangos at the same con so I decided to do a custom. Well anyways heres a couple pics!
JUST ME

MY ART LEMOS SANDMAN

MY CUSTOM

 

[FANGS]

My name is Angela and I'm 32. I'm married to the most tolerant and understanding man around. We've been married for 9 years and together for almost 17. We have pets as children.....two cats and a boa.

I've been a huge Star Wars fan all my life, but it wasn't until a couple of years ago that I did anything more than watch the movies over and over and over again. I love to sew so I've always been very popular around halloween with my friends...but lots of years I ended up with a crappy costume because I ran out of time for my own. Last year I decided enough of that and made Boba Version 1.0. I was pleased with how it turned out.....however now that I've joined the 501st and belong to the Badlands Squad (with Jodo_Kast) every time I wear the gear I hate something else about it. So many things I've learned just from the experience of building the first one, to meeting and talking to Jodo_Kast to reading boards like this one has taugh me all the things I'd like to do different. Boba Version 1.0 has had several upgrades.....but Boba 2.0 is now underway. I decided this time to buy my armor from Jodo_Kast since his templates fit together so much better than mine. I picked up the new armor this weekend at a 501st event so I'm all set.

I'm also in the process of making a Jango, a Tie Pilot and probably a Scout Trooper. For others, I'm currently making two Darth Mauls, a Darth Vader, two Tie Pilots and two Aurra Sings. Eventually I'll add Zam Wessel to my collection and perhaps a Royal Guard.

I'm a Legal Assisant with the Crown Prosecutors' Office. I also make jewelry and have my own company for that....although I haven't done much of that as of late. I'm currently also making a wedding dress for a friend. I'm also looking into learning how to make latex masks and how to vaccum form.

 

[sithlord23]

Hey all, this is a really cool idea, gettin to know our TDH community:cheers Well, my name is Luke, I'm 24 years old.
I live in Seattle, WA. such a rad city!
I work for a skateboard shoe company, which is DVS shoes, I'm one of the sales reps. for them up here. And I'm also a sales rep. for Paul Frank clothing. I love my job, its pretty sweet, I've got no complaints!
As you may have guessed from my job, I love skateboarding, I've also grown up snowboarding, is my life! I love to draw, more comic bookish stuff I play in a punk band(well, kinda early David Bowie meets Sex Pistols....yeah punk).
And I live with my girlfriend Liz, who thinks my Fett fanatiscism is pretty cool which is awesome!
I had got a DP 95 or 96 Fett for my b-day, in like 8th grade, and always knew I wanted the unnattainable...a real life size Fett suit, accurate at that....Then years later, 2001 I think I found this site, its talented members, archives of knowledge, and quest for accuracy! I am amazed all the time by people and their talent on this site, truly awesome! Well, here are some pics to better speak for themselves....
here's my Fett-

Here's my rad girl Liz-

jammin'-I'm the bass player

and here's one of me up at Mt. Hood, gettin lame on a small rail

Well, thats me in a nutshell! Great idea BTW

 

[phantom viper]

My name is Blake Fowler. I am 21 almost 22(June 30th) I live in Marysville, CA(near Sacramento) and I am currently single and always patiently looking for that special girl I am not working at the moment due to back problems and I am thinking about going to school. I have no idea for what yet but it will probably have something to do with computers or photography or both. I have a 14 year old chiwuawa named princess and I love all animals. I have always been good with my hands. From a vary young age I was taking things apart and putting them back together. So I love prop making and costuming. I have only been in to costuming for about three years. I have only one finished costume at the moment witch is a stormtrooper. And I am a yet to be active member of the 501st central CA garrison TK6210. Currently I am working on a custom and have a long way to go before I am finished. I am a fan of Star Wars, All startrek, and pretty much anything scifi and sci fact.
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[natty15d]

Hi, im Nathan Duncan, 31 years old & i live in sunny Scotland.
Ive been married to GREAT girl for just over a year.

Ive been a prop collector for a few years now. The thing that got me started in the hobby was that i had always wanted a Stormtrooper helmet every since i saw ANH all those years ago.
Thats when i discovered that there was a huge amount of different helmets out there.

After i found my Trooper helmet i HAD to have a Fett ESB helmet. Couldnt find what i wanted so with a little help from my friends i put this together.

So far that all i have for my suit, but its a nice starting point.

One of these days im going to join Braks & Dean0 at DC

Nathan

 

[Dustin Crops Boy]

dallas - 32 y/o - married (been w/ wifey for over 13 years), 2 kiddies (11 y/o daughter Madison, 2 y/o son Franklin)...

<ul>[*]We live in St. Louis Park, MN... hometown of the Coen Brothers (YEA!) and Al Frankin (BOO!)

[*]Spent much of my time, from high school to now, collecting/selling nostalgic kid crap - like lunchboxes, vintage toys, cereal boxes, etc... Owned my own shop called LaLaLand about 7 years ago... closed it to sell on eBay only.

[*]Got into this whole SW prop/costume replica stuff about 10 years ago... bought a Marco stormtrooper (it was HUGE - I was swimming in that thing)... Coolest damn thing ever - but now itÕs just laughably bad/inaccurate looking IÕve got pix of it somewhere....

[*]Made my first Fett about Ô97-Õ98.... pre-tdh, pre-MOM, pre-oodles of reference, pre-anyone else out there making one, pre-everything

I guess itÕs not bad looking for an early attempt. :facepalm

[*]Attempting to finish my Zam (IÕve got TONS of money into her, and not a lot to show for it.... yet). And toying (back nÕ forth) w/ doing another Fett... itÕs a struggle in my life I just donÕt know if IÕm ready to put that much $ and time into something else right now.

[*]IÕm also concentrating on getting my new partnership business venture up nÕ running... ( www.mrfrothy.com )... so far itÕs going pretty good... just not good enough yet for me to quit my job.

[*]Oh yea, my job.... where I spend 1/3 of my life I do graphic/layout for a mail order catalog... iÕm sure most of you know what kind of product we carry here :facepalm Eh, IÕm not thrilled with it either... but the money is good and the job SUPER easy.... thus the reason I have SO much free time to goof around on the ÔNet and work on personal projects.

[*]What elseÀ I drive a Ô71 Beetle and I have a Ô63 Vespa that I used to drive - but itÕs in need of some serious repair. I have an unhealthy obsession w/ Twiggy, Audrey Hepburn, Audrey Tautou and Rasputina. And I like raspberry iced tea and sammiches.<ul>

THE END!​

 

[E2K13]

Hello,
I am Eddie. I have been a huge SW fan since I was just a pup. I had the pleasure of meeting Darth Vader in person at a signing in Lansing Michigan when I was 5 and lucky for me that year my mom made me a really cool Darth Vader Costume from scratch. I had the original DP Vader helmet (Which I still have) to complete the costume. I have dabbled in Special F/X Make up since I was 12, playing Freddy Krueger for the Detroit Auto Show back in 1992. I just recently acquired a Marrow_Sun Boba Helmet and can't wait to get started on it. This is going to be my first SW costume as an adult and I can't wait!
Nice to meet you all and it was nice meeting those of you that attended the Motor City Comic Con this year!
This is me at 5 in my first SW Costume:

And here is a more recent picture of me:

Here are my photo albums:

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/e2k13/my_photos

 

[DarthVader1]

Hi, I'm Robert Suarez, and I'm an ALCOHOLIC! (j/k)

I'm 34 y/o, married to a really tollerable and patient wife (Martha). No kids yet, but "the practice" keeps going

I'm a Military Air Traffic Controller in the ARMY, serving (NOW in Italy), and about to be deployed to Afghanistan soon (which I hate this place also from the previous place -Fort Polk, Louisiana-), which I prefer a whole lot better. Don't get me wrong, this is a beautiful place, but at the same time really complicated (driving and living issues), as really expensive...compared to the EURO exchange to the DOLLAR. One quarter or third of my time I spend it online, checking emails, and here, of course.

I started with TDH 2 years ago (Jan '03), completing my Fett in June/July of the same year, and making upgrades and fixings since then. I started my hobby (and kinda always liked it) of costuming since I was in middle school...somehow, but I've made a "scratch-built" (minus the helmet-a DP) Vader costume since 1990 that I was pretty happy with it, but it doesn't fit me anymore, and I've wanted to upgrade since then, guiding me to get and looking for a Trooper suit, most seen everywhere, but I always wanted to do something more challenging...a Boba Fett costume, based on it's complexity of the costume itself, and being one of the most recognizable characters in the SW Trilogy.

Here's me with my Vader,

And with wifey in our first anniversary, (I'm clean-shaven now, and a few pounds extra than then)...

Robert

 

[bobagoat]

My name is Jason. I'm 28 and live in Chicago with my sweet lass Erica aka DarthPerfidious/BobaFemme.

I got into the whole costuming bit in 2001 when I met Mookie at the Pittsburgh Comic-con. Its been downhill ever since . I've actually been involved building/collecting props since 1999 when I got my first Graflex.

Ever since I was a kid I always though Boba Fett was super cool. As luck would have it, I was not alone. I decided after my first Dragon-Con, thanks to the late night wearing of Dean-O's DP Deluxe, that I had to build my own Fett suit. I've been working on it ever since. It's wearable but not complete. Thanks to you guys and the never ending research into perfecting this costume. Now I'm on the path to upgrades of nearly every aspect of my suit.

I've been continually inspired by what I see the members of this forum making and doing. I am always amazed to see the work that comes out of here be it paint jobs or new part discoveries. It is very refreshing to see so many wonderful people so passionate about the Fetts and Zam.

And without further ado, here's a Mango Fett/Devo picture:

 

[obi sean kenobi]

Hi all,

In addition to having a bad case of SW prop addiction, heres a little bit about me.

My name, obviously, is Sean. 28 years old, married.

Been living in NYC since 1993 (when I graduated high school), moved here to become an actor.
Fast forward to 2004, and I'm moving back to Delaware, now an attorney...funny the way life works ain't it?

I have a beautiful wife, Dawn, {I know Sean and Dawn haha) and we have 2 cats and a 13 year old retired racing greyhound that I have had since high school. For those of you whi don't know, greyhound racing is very very cruel to the animals and there are programs now that adopt these sweet, gentle animals out to families. I'm a dog person and I've never known such a good spirited, even tempered, well behaved dog. great and patient with kids too (although they hate skunks....long story....) for more about adopting greyhounds go to www.ngap.org

I also LOVE the beach, my jeep wrangler, theatre, movies, books, writing, etc, etc.

here's me and the wifey on the beach in my old cherokee:

night!
sean

 

[DarthVader1]

bobagoat wrote:
My name is Jason. I'm 28 and live in Chicago with my sweet lass Erica aka DarthPerfidious/BobaFemme.

...........

And without further ado, here's a Mango Fett/Devo picture:

A classic Dragon*Con'03 moment to remember (or to have nightmares about it)

Robert

 

[DARTH WOLFE]

Seems as though this thread has been on alot of web pages this last year. Well my name is Scott. I'm 36 and have 2 great kids and an unhappy Star Wars hater wife. I grew up a Star Wars fan. I saw the First Star Wars movie when it came out and won a contest with my friends by seeing it 75 times. Good thing it only cost .50 back then to go to a matinee! After school i joined the U.S. Navy and became a Navy SEAL. Been all around the world and have to say Australia was the best place to go. I got out after 7 years and worked in the jail in my home town for 4 1/2 years. I am now on the road patrol for the same dept. in Lenawee County Michigan. I don't have any updated photos of my costume yet to post but it is in some of the threads for the Mich prop party held a couple months ago.

 

[jango3306]

My name is Sean im 29 been a Star Wars fan my whole life, i have 2 boys i adopted from Russia and i am trying to be a good father and show them the ways of the Force. I work as a Paramedic in North Carolina so i have ALOT of downtime to tinker with my props and play around on THD and RPF, I am finishing up my Jango and now tweaking it meaning exchanging the "hurry up so i can be Jango parts" for the quality stuff, also have a Imperial Officer,been a Stormtrooper and a Sandtrooper and i am the CO of the Carolina Garrison

 

[Jaster Mereel]

Hi, my name is Matthew Cassano, (aka Jaster). I've been apart of TDH for quite some time now, my old user name use to be 'MaTTster27', but I had it changed to 'Jaster Mereel', hence the attire.

[*] I'm 19 years old & currently live in Pennsylvania, I live at home with a pretty big family, (4 bro's, 3 sis) all my sis moved out & 2 bro's. I'm afriad of moving anywhere because of my SW collection, "Never leave a figure behind!"

[*] I've been a huge Star Wars fan ever since I could remember, I started my SW collection back in 95' when the trilogy figures came out. A few years down the road, with collecting still going strong, I then started my SWRoom which then lead to costuming/props, etc... I first started off with my StormTrooper/SandTrooper attire. I then wanted something, 'different', so I went on a hunt looking for ideas until I played the game Bounty Hunter for GameCube & read the Jango Fett: Open Seasons comics & fell in love. So I picked Jaster Mereel from OS to be my next project. Since this day, that's all I wear, & that's how I got the nick name 'Jaster'.

[*] I currently own my own domain (www.MandalorianWarriors.com) & run a decent sized Mandalorian army, which seems to be getting bigger each day. MW.com takes up a majority of my time, but it's all worth it!

[*] Plans for the future.. as soon as summer breaks out, I plan on attending the New York Film Academy (NYFA) to pursue my dream of film making. I've been thinking about becoming a local cop, but this small towns weak.. I rather see 2 old women slap each other, rather then sit around here all day.. waiting for nothing to come my way. So I'm bringing my talent/dreams to the big apple, NEW YORK!

[*] What else.. oh yeah, love life.. well, I'm currently single just haven't had time to do the whole 'dating thing', it's hard to find a gal around here that holds the same interested. Sooooooo... if there's any takers on TDH that would like to spark up a chat, I'm mostly online; MerellFett 8)

[*] Below are some shots of me on various occasions. I even managed to find a buckets off pic, so enjoy!

-Jaster​

 

[Zam I Am]

I then started my SWRoom which then lead to costuming/props, etc...

Dang! And I thought Carida's CO had a collection! Yours is like guber fish sized compared to his guppy sized collection.Krikey~ Don't tell him I said that...

 

[snake fett]

Daaaamn...Are you planning to open up a toys r us?, lol...you have put my collection to shame big time...Only if my wife would let me do that...:facepalm

 

[Mando Gunslingerr]

Hi, i'm Sam, and i live in Northeast Tennessee(aka "Outer Rim Territory"). I'm 29 and have been slowly making progress on my ESB costume for the past year or so, but its become a labor of love, not to mention a maddening quest for perfection. I met Jeremy Bulloch last October in Gatlinburg, which was an awesome experience that couldn't be beat, but a close 2nd is meeting Fetthunter and his crew from the 501st. Up until that point i had only seen pics of costumes, but after getting to study and admire Jamie's costume for several hours, i finally got a positive feeling that i might actually finish this project before i'm eligible for Medicare.....when i'm not trying to keep this project on track, i play a lot of softball and golf, and i'm a storage unit for the most useless collection of information known to man(but i rock at Trivial Pursuit). I don't post a lot on here, mostly just read and attempt to apply, but this site has given me more help and ideas than i could possibly list, but then with all you talented people contributing, its no wonder. My thanks to all of you, this place rules.......

 

[Boba Freekk]

The guy on the left looks like George Clooney to me

 

[Baddblood]

Zam I Am wrote:
WHOT??? Like NOT! you are soooo NOT leaving. Don't gimme that crap... What's up with this not fettin stuff?

Well, not yet, but gradually I'll fade away.
Time and money are the main things this hobby requires, something I'm not going to have while I'm back in school.

- Saul Good

 

[Jodo Kast 3]

Ok,
My turn. My name is Craig, and I`m from the Chicago south suburbs. I`m 34 and I`ve been into Star Wars since 1977 when I saw it for the first time in the movie theater. I got into the whole costuming thing back in 1999 when I was researching a Han Solo ANH costume. This is when I stumbled across the OJA, where I met a ton of great people, and eventually became one of the site Admins. From the OJA I got directed to the RPF and from there....the AS YOU WISH board. Well, after completing the Han Solo outfit, I was at Wizard World Chicago, where I totally blame Turo, Goat, and TK895 for getting me hooked on the armor!! They were the first guys I ever met, and I`m proud to call them my good friends today. My claim to fame is that I was the first to do a Jodo Kast costume, and after 3yrs of research and development, I got to debut it (incomplete but I did`nt care) at DCon 2003.

There was no better feeling than wearing this armor and people constantly asking to get their picture taken with you. And goofing around with everyone from the board is always a plus to!

And my supportive girlfriend getting silly with everyone`s favorite Mango..

I love this place...And I can`t wait for DCon 04.

Jodo