From apprentice to Sith Lord all by 10/31/08

[Darth Leximus]

So I may be jumping the gun here a little bit, but who cares! Work is boring and I had to do something!

I plan on making this a WIP thread for my Starkiller(aka Vader's apprentice), Sith Lord version, costume that I'm doing for halloween and for whatever Cons, fan films, live performances, Major motion picture role(please please please!)

So here is the ONLY reference pic of this costume that I've been able to find, besides one picture of a dude from some Con in England. He was in a big group shot with the 501st. I've scoured the 501st site looking for him and he is a ghost, nowhere to be found. Anyway here it is....



Pretty friggin sweet huh?!?

I'm going to make the hood and cape out of some sort of wool with a red silk lining.

The Vader-esque torso piece will be made out of genuine leather.

I haven't decided if I'm going to make or buy a belt, I've never done leathercrafting before so it might be fun to try.

I'm going to make all the armor pieces out of either sheet metal or styrene and craft foam. Probably Wonderflex for the boot coverings due to its ease of use.

The "skirt" will be a similar material to the cape with the under piece being silk most likely.

I already have the gloves, boots and pants picked out and i will buying them when I get paid Friday. I will post pics of them when they arrive.

Any suggestions are welcome, can't wait to start putting this together!

Progress pics to follow....

[Malaki Skywalker]

Nice, one problem though, thats was what they originally wanted him to look like lol

[Darth Leximus]

Oh I know, this was the Sith Lord version before they revamped it to the hardcore S&M version with the mask and spikey armor.

Personally as far as a costume goes, I like this version better

Plus my decently sized gut won't look very good in this get up...



Black is slimming

[Wolverine]

That's an EU Sith, did you try the 501st EU site, the flagship eclipse?


http://www.flagshipeclipse.com/

[Darth Leximus]

yes I sure did and I got nothin! I went through the whole roster, plus Starkiller isn't even listed as an approved costume yet, but the pic I saw he was clearly standing with a large group right infront of a large 501st banner.

[Malaki Skywalker]

I nicked this one off of Drichar That should help with the costume

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...2&pictureid=59

[Hasid Lafre]

Shoulder pads look very mando ish.

[Darth Leximus]

This is the pic I was talking about, it's the same dude Malaki

http://www.flickr.com/photos/irms/96...7600954360727/

[Malaki Skywalker]

This is the pic I was talking about, it's the same dude Malaki

http://www.flickr.com/photos/irms/96...7600954360727/

Ah lol I met the dude (And neophyl ) at a local Star Wars event (National space centre) And its a pretty impressive costume, I would have no idea how to go about the armor (thats if you want it metal of coarse).

[Darth Leximus]

Yeah it looks pretty impressive and with him being a member of the 501st I would never doubt that it is.

Doesn't mean I can't make one as good or better.

I've worked with sheet metal in the past and my metal cutting skills have only gotten better (Thanks TCSS!!) so I'm not too worried there.

I'm hoping to have a slightly less *shiny* look to mine, I want it to look clean, but not polished.