A long time ago(1980?) in a shopping mall far, far away (in Macon, GA), I got to meet Darth Vader and Boba Fett. It was prior to the release of The Empire Strikes Back, so …
As promised, this is the first post about our Halloween costume contest winners. Ian and his dad, Robby, won with an awesome Tron Legacy costume (that’s better than the movie IMHO). Wanna know how they …
Judging this contest was one of the most difficult things I’ve ever had to do. The reason? Almost every costume is deserving of an award when you evaluate it against what the wearer was going …
And the winner is… Heidi Klum! Can you believe it? Of course she had a lot of help. The bodysuit was painted by the guy who makes the angel wings for the Victoria’s Secret models. …
What do you do when the Halloween store hockey masks just don’t do it for you anymore? When the plastic machetes no longer fit the bill? You move on to a more screen accurate Jason, …
No Myers costume would be complete without his BFK. There still is a bit of a debate surrounding exactly which real world knife was used in the film. My money’s on the big Lamson chef’s knife.
In this tutorial I show you how to make your own Lamson replica that’s safe to carry around. Just remember to drop the knife when commanded to do so by a peace officer or mental health professional.
I’m including the knife template I made HERE. Just be sure to scale it to 100% for printing.
Since Halloween is just around the corner I decided to make a series of tutorials that will show you how to put together a kick-ass Michael Myers costume. Part 1 shows you how I modified a standard Don Post Myers mask to make it look more like the real thing.
As I mention in the tutorial, the original Michael Myers mask was a store-bought Captain Kirk mask from 1975. According to a number of untrustworthy sources, problems arose when the original Halloween film became a hit and this fact was uncovered. Apparently in subsequent years William Shatner and others have tried to get a piece of the Halloween pie so the mask has been changed and changed and changed again. The same mask was only used in Halloween 1 and Halloween 2. Each of the other films (the ones featuring Michael at least) had its own take on the Kirk mask.
Don Post Studios has been fairly prolific over the years releasing Myers mask after Myers mask, even making an unlicensed one they called “The Mask”, a none-too-veiled reference to “The Shape”, Michael’s “name” in the original script. Unfortunately, they’ve always been hobbled by the Kirk lawsuits and steered clear of the original Shatner sculpt. AFAIK we’ve never gotten an accurate licensed H1 Myers mask.
There are, however, many independent mask makers who make and sell excellent Myers masks based on the original Kirk sculpt. Their beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the cost of that beauty can be quite high. For this tutorial I wanted to stick with a mask that is commonly available.
I started with a Don Post Myers mask that was first released in 2006 and is still available today. You can find it at a great many retailers and the price range is wide. I got mine at HALLOWEEN ASYLUM for around $55. I’ve seen them for sale as high as $90 so shop around.
Big news, Myers fans. Apparently Trick or Treat Studios is now licensed to produce Myers masks that are relatively accurate reproductions from H1 and H2, and at a reasonable MSRP of $59.99 each! See the video from the folks at frightcatalog below. More news as it comes in, but I plan on grabbing a couple of these as soon as they hit the street.
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 bringing them over to this side of the pond. Originally a Play.com exclusive, you can now find these on Ebay as well as sites like redfordfilms. Is it worth the hundred-or-so dollars it’s going for? Well it depends. Check out my review.
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 all the other Tusken Raiders seem cool and collected when you’re sweating your ass off. Then this is the tutorial for you!
Putting a small battery-powered fan into a mask or helmet can make all the difference in the world and allow you to stay in costume for hours on end in air-conditioned comfort. It’s an extremely simple circuit, but I try and give you a few tips that can certainly make the difference between success and failure.
There are also small centrifugal blowers that can work very well if you need to blow air up onto your lenses or if you don’t have an opening to pull air in through. I’ve never used these before, but would like to try them sometime. Maybe in my new Master Replicas UK CE helmet. Hmmmm.
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 it’s not all that accurate, but it’s a good size for us larger troopers. I’m 6′-3″ and 220 lbs. so I don’t think I’ll be able to squeeze into the more accurate TE2, AP, or TM suits, even though I own a TM helmet that I bust out from time to time. The original stormtroopers were purportedly around 5′-11″ and 165 lbs. or so. Of course they made up for their stature with giant seventies fros. Check it out in the book “The Making of Star Wars.”
I should also note that while the assembly method presented in the video works very well for me, there are about as many ways to dress a stormtrooper as there are troopers to be dressed. Online tutorials (like this one) have helped spread the info, but when it comes down to it you just have to do what you can to make your armor fit your body.
In the future, we plan to do several armor mod tutorials including one specifically for sandtroopers, the dirty brethren of the 501st legion. Until then, thanks for stopping by and enjoy the video!
If you have a question that you can't find an answer to, let me know and I'll try and point you in the right direction. Many answers are lurking in the previous comments so don't forget to check those first.
