2015 Year In Review
Hey Everyone!
It's been almost a year since I completed my suit! This year has brought many great memories, from parades and conventions, to my favourite highlight of the Battlefront release at EA Headquarters. I had the opportunity of meeting many amazing people, and made great friends with members of my local 501st garrison. Even my partner joined our ranks and is now trooping with me in her Boushh costume. This hobby truly opened many doors. I am so happy to have met so many people that share the same passion for Star Wars that I do.
I'm currently getting a TK built as a backup costume. We've since seen an increase in about 3 Fetts in our garrison, so I figured it would be a good idea to have a secondary costume to spread the Fett love around. Costume-wise, I'm working on stretching the smoke in my jetpack. I'm also toying around with the idea of adding electronics to my blaster. Over the months of trooping, I've mainly focused on increasing my comfort. I noticed very quickly that being costumed for 2 hours was approaching a breaking point for me. I added a cooling headband and fans - this helped immensely! For audio, instead of the wired mic to my aker in my right side pouch, I have now gone wireless. Along with a permanently attached mic in my helmet, I have a transmitter that connects wirelessly to a receiver and my aker in my left thigh pouch. This allows my voice to be directed
forward instead of to the side - a big improvement in clarity. I have also removed the voice changer, as I have been able to deal without it - plus it's one less item to setup.
Over the 16+ troops this year, my suit up time has gone from 45 minutes down to 25 minutes. Special thank you to my squires who put up with me being a diva
I'm always the last one costumed while all the others are done in about 10-12 minutes.
Here are a few shots from some of my favourite troops. Thanks again to everyone for their encouragement and guidance. I look forward to what next year brings!