Darth Vader Costume...

never hurts to remind someone. lol

 

Cape, robe AND cod were mailed from L.A. today.
Anyone know how long it usually takes?
I am in NY.

 

somewhere between 5 to 10 days i think. could be up to 14. mainly it depends on how long it takes in customs before its sent on to you.

 

just bumpin the thread back up.

gettin settled down in the new house, and can soon start gettin myself all ready for the defcon in tulsa in August. the 501st will be there, so im excited to finally meet some fellow members there.

 

con posted the pics, alot were taken of me but heres a few of them, a couple i really like myself:
this pic has my wife and a friend of mine in it:
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there were few more but these were the best he took.

 

Hey Lan!

Great pictures. Your costume is looking great in these photos I have to say. Its nice to see the lovely lady who suppports your endeavours too! I hope she didn't mind the slave girl snuggling so close!

Cheers and - in advance - Happy Independance Day!

Dave

 

nope she didnt mind. she was taking pics of us for me too. so i got a few more of them.

Wolverine made me a new sig i will try and post later. its a animation sig. sorta.

 

If anyone is interested in a good quality bodysuit, rope and cape, check out EBay and look for Customsprops. I got mine from him and they are; "Impressive, most impressive!" I have had several compliments on mine. As far as price goes, for the entire outfit, I think I spent $1445.00 and that is not counting the helmet and light saber. All total, I think it was a little over $1700.00. Helmet still needs some work, but I am very proud of it.

 

yeah i know CP. bought a few things off him. i am actually thinkin bout a good cape and robe right now, and waitin for a reply back from him on a question i had.

 

Hiya Folks...

I need a passable pair of boots for Vader. I don't have $500 for Motorcowboy, so something cheap but decent.
Any ideas?

Thanks!

here is a pic from my last appearance...
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Do a search on ebay for "officer boots" or "riding boots". I scored a pair of brand new, all leather English riding boots for $65 shipped. While there are some cheap vinyl boots available at some costume stores, they will fall apart on you. I bought a pair and they didn't last an hour before tearing and falling apart. Whatever you do, go leather but don't pay more than a $100 if you can help it. Certainly not $500. That's just a rip-off.

 

soon as i get the pics uploaded, i will post them up. slow goin, as netzero, and dialup givin me a hard time right now.

but, i had a complete blast at defcon. my garrison was there, and they had been tryin to reach me to appear there, and they were very impressed with my vader, and even moreso with that V2 unit.

sunday, while in jedi gear, i got on tv with chanel 6 news, it airs tonight at 10 pm. kotv.com should have it in video links section afterwards. so anyone can go there look it up and watch it.

i got a few shots with my garrison too. i even got another event to go to next month locally here. a request for a 501st vader and according to my work schedule im off, so im doin that event.

 

ok guys, here they are, and before you say it, i didnt know the wife stuck my buckle on backwards agasin till i got home and saw the pics.

noone seemed to even notice, not even my own garrison, lol so other than it buggin me, i guess alls good. lol

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As always, great pics and the costume looks great too Lan! Man, you get all the babes! It must be your aftershave! LOL!

Huzz

 

good one bro! must be that ode to sith clogne. lol

 

heres a few more that others took of us. and some also in my J gear, ya cant miss which J i am, i got the brightest green saber, lol luxeon V drove off 2 700mah buckpucks.

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far right, is my wife with the double sith saber i made, shes a J.
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order 66 initiated:
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closer shot showing how cool the led is on my double saber, no photoshopin done
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another of my J.
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Looking for DarthVaderNut7.

Nut, your e-mails have bounced. Write me when you get a chance, or visit the progress thread on the Den with respect to your custom mask... and armor! ;-)

 

Our garrison (ECG) recently made an appearance at McDonald's to help with a fundraiser. Perfect timing
with the Happy Meals for Clone Wars being out.

MAN...Was I HOT!!!!!

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Well now those are just great pictures! Its great to see a great Vader costume - and a sense of humor to boot! Speaking of boots, I really laughed out loud at the picture of the Vader and Stormtrooper boots outside the kid's play area!!! That was inspired photography!

I hope you each got a Vader and Stormtrooper bobblehead for youe efforts - some of these toys are really neat!

Huzz

 

Folks, I now have a Don Post Classic Vader helmet.

Those of you that have one, what mods have you done to it?
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I was thinking of trimming out the eyes to make the openings bigger but wasn't sure.

 

Has had a few more refinements since this picture but its finished being painted then next pics will be full costumed![image=http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8929/va1tt7.jpg]

 

Does anyone know if Hyperdyne is still making/selling V2's? I've checked the site for what seems like 7 months now and the availability status hasn't changed from "Temporarily out of stock" at all. I'd like to try and get one for Halloween before it's too late.

 

Assuming you are referring to the Hyperblade (both 1 piece and 3 piece), I just checked their website and they are not out of stock. It says that they are in stock and it will let me add them to my cart.

 

Actually, I was referring to the Vortex 2.

 

Ah, sorry, I had sabers on the brain. I was thinking you wanted to make a red blade for a Darth Vader lightsaber. That voice changer seems neat though. Too expensive by far however (at least for me).