Category Archive: 501st

The Old Electrobinoculars Tutorial is BACK!

Way back when, I made a do-it-yourself tutorial for Star Wars Electrobinoculars that I hosted on my other site, freakengine.com. Since then, I’ve turned FE into a movie review site and haven’t had this tutorial posted anywhere. Well, what better …

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I was a Tusken Raider in an Official Lucasfilm Promo Spot

Yeah, it doesn’t sound quite as good as “I was a teenage werewolf” but it was a lot of fun.  A short while back cable network Spike TV had the exclusive rights to air the Star Wars saga.  They came …

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Master Replicas UK Exclusive Stormtrooper Helmet Review

It’s most likely the last Master Replicas Star Wars product to hit the market and it’s also one of the most affordable. This stormtrooper helmet, dubbed by some the CE, is a UK exclusive but there are plenty of folks …

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Helmet Fans

So you like being a stormtrooper on the Death Star, but you can’t see a thing in that helmet, and the whole thing gets a little too hot for you? Or maybe you just moved into the Jundland Wastes and …

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Dressing a Stormtrooper

In this tutorial, I explain how I don my Star Wars stormtrooper armor and fight for the forces of the dark side. My armor is what is commonly referred to as “FX” armor. It originated as a fan sculpt, so …

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