Darth Bane; EWIP
Good afternoon,
Still working on this, and several other projects. I rather suspect/hope that shall be the case for a long, long tyme. Thank you to TDH for your support. I'd like to share some images of my Darth Bane costume as recreated by others;
Darth Bane, Star Wars Legacy 5
Dark Horse Comics
illustration by Jan Duursema
costume modeled by Thomas Spanos
Darth Bane, Fan Days III Sketch Card
sketch by Tom Hodges
costume modeled by Thomas Spanos
Darth Bane, Custom one/sixth scale action figure
Created by Nick Gagnon of "The Underground Studio"
http://theundergroundstudio.net/darthbane.html
Based on my costume.
As to the inquiries about reproductions of these pieces being made available I'll comment that I hope to be able to. I am still working on the hard masters. For instance the form of the helmet is there, but closure mechanics need to be engineered. At some point I'd like to make a new mold and produce a shatter resistant version of the helmet. When I achieve this goal, I will have ability to offer reproductions.
Sigh. I have wanted to offer my costume work, but lack of studio space, start-up funds, and not wanting to jeopardize my standing with LFL with license violation has proven to be quite an obstacle.
I almost had a licensed deal with one of my other costumes, the
Imperial Knight armour from
SW Legacy.
The company--let's call them Mr.--holds a license to do high end SW costuming. After much research and initial soft-goods development, Mr. contacted me with a fabulous offer, expressing interest in producing my Imperial Knight armour as their first EU product. However, before this project could occur, they need to get approval from LFL.
After the initial presentation, LFL was quick to point out that Mr.'s contract--while covering all characters from SW movies, video games, television series, animated movies--did not extend to comics. For this reason LFL canceled the project.
No matter. I have costumes to build and refine.
Be well,
Thomas