clmayfield
Active Hunter
So... many firsts today. First of all, the 2017 Alamo City Comic Con is my first Con. Second, this was my first public debut of my costume. While it is not 100% yet, I deemed it "close enough." Special thanks to Lou (Darth Vorhese) for delivering my JP and gaunts on time. I painted and assembeled all of the other parts. I have to hand it to Lou. First of all, I could not paint those parts to DVH level quality as stencils just don't exist for these parts. And man, the attention to detail on the JP is top notch. Great work if you can afford it.
Here is a picture of me solo.
So this was my first Con and not 15 minutes into it, somebody starts chatting me up about my ESB Fett. He is wearing a Starship Troopers costume that it pretty cool. Turns out he is none other than Scott Kaufmann, aka "The Dent," a moderator for TDH. He's a super cool guy and lives about 30 minutes outside of my home town of San Antonio. We could barely talk as everyone around us wanted pictures, which I was more than happy to do. One of the frustrating things I discovered later is that I was craning my neck up to try to extend my short neck, but it resulted in the helmet being at an odd angle and my chin was exposed in a lot of shots. You live, you learn.
One of my personal highlights of the Con was meeting a guy in a Super Trooper costume. If I do another Fett, it will be a Super Trooper. It is really a standout. While you might see another Fett, the chances of seeing another guy in a Super Trooper costume is rare. This was a treat!
Here is a closer shot of two things: 1) Lou's Jet Pack (which, as you can see, it a sight to behold) and 2) the Fett wedgie. If you don't have a gray piece of elastic crawling between your buns, you just aren't Fetting right.
Wookie costumes are tough one to pull off. I think our relative heights are perfect here.
When a Jedi wants to go toe to toe on Tattoine, you do it. As to why the rangefinder is down, well, it helps to know when you are in range of a lightsaber...
Well I had a great time. In the future, I need to take some time to pose in the mirror to make sure I get the head tilt right. I also need to invest in some of the those helmet fans. It wasn't so much the heat that got me, but even with Rain-X anti-mist on the visor, it quickly fogged up, making my poor visibility even worse.
And the breakage! I knew to expect some breakage, but I lost a molex connector off of my EE-3 from when they chcked it in, and then the most frustrating things was having the tailgate of my Suburban take the rocket straight off of the Jet Pack. Ugggghhhh. On the bight side, I think I am going with an aluminum collar when I do my repair... so it will probably look even better after I repair it.
Thanks for reading!
Here is a picture of me solo.
So this was my first Con and not 15 minutes into it, somebody starts chatting me up about my ESB Fett. He is wearing a Starship Troopers costume that it pretty cool. Turns out he is none other than Scott Kaufmann, aka "The Dent," a moderator for TDH. He's a super cool guy and lives about 30 minutes outside of my home town of San Antonio. We could barely talk as everyone around us wanted pictures, which I was more than happy to do. One of the frustrating things I discovered later is that I was craning my neck up to try to extend my short neck, but it resulted in the helmet being at an odd angle and my chin was exposed in a lot of shots. You live, you learn.
One of my personal highlights of the Con was meeting a guy in a Super Trooper costume. If I do another Fett, it will be a Super Trooper. It is really a standout. While you might see another Fett, the chances of seeing another guy in a Super Trooper costume is rare. This was a treat!
Here is a closer shot of two things: 1) Lou's Jet Pack (which, as you can see, it a sight to behold) and 2) the Fett wedgie. If you don't have a gray piece of elastic crawling between your buns, you just aren't Fetting right.
Wookie costumes are tough one to pull off. I think our relative heights are perfect here.
When a Jedi wants to go toe to toe on Tattoine, you do it. As to why the rangefinder is down, well, it helps to know when you are in range of a lightsaber...
Well I had a great time. In the future, I need to take some time to pose in the mirror to make sure I get the head tilt right. I also need to invest in some of the those helmet fans. It wasn't so much the heat that got me, but even with Rain-X anti-mist on the visor, it quickly fogged up, making my poor visibility even worse.
And the breakage! I knew to expect some breakage, but I lost a molex connector off of my EE-3 from when they chcked it in, and then the most frustrating things was having the tailgate of my Suburban take the rocket straight off of the Jet Pack. Ugggghhhh. On the bight side, I think I am going with an aluminum collar when I do my repair... so it will probably look even better after I repair it.
Thanks for reading!
