The codpiece is from Scott Steeber. The chest box is again from Galaxy Trading, and this is how it came to me. Well, okay, I already attached the belts that connect to the horizontal belt. That was about the most difficult thing for this piece...trying to figure out how to rig up the belts! Assembly is required, Dale will tell you that, but there's nothing to it. A little glue (epoxy in my case) here, some sticker placement there, four AA batteries, and voila--a perfect working replica of the Dark Lord's chest control box. Unfortunately, I don't have any decent pictures of the finished product (friggin' camera focusing doo-hickey).
Don Post's Classic Action Darth Vader helmet. Awesome piece. Better than the standard, and not expensive as the Deluxe. One of those "just right" deals. The helmet is made of a sturdy vinyl material. Great for painting, which I plan to do soon. I also added the billet aluminum sensors from Galaxy Trading. Didn't do much else to the helmet, but I'll probably also be replacing the mouth screen to the more authentic one that is recommended by other costumers out there. Just some simple venting screen from a hardware store, painted black. Looking back on the various pictures of me in the costume, I think I need to do it...too much of my skin can be seen through the mouth area. Ack.
Gloves, belt, and lightsaber hilt. The gloves I used this time around are rubber chemical-type gloves, obtained from Home Depot. Primarily used for painting, or as the name implies, handling some chemicals. Very inexpensive, I think they were under $5 for the pair. I was thinking motorcycle riding gloves for next use. The belt was a custom job mostly. Using ideas from Jayse's site, I created the boxes out of Radio Shack project enclosure boxes, LEDs, some plexiglass, nylon hose, and wooden doweling. I cut 1" square tiles out of the plexiglass and painted it green, then attached it to the box. Nylon hose was cut to length, then positioned and attached. Then came the buttons. Hm. I thought of using Jayse's idea again, but couldn't find enough of the same size of socket-head screws. I thought of using actual buttons, but up to $10 for a button assembly wasn't quite economical. So, I came up with an idea. 5/8" diameter wooden doweling was cut to quarter inch lengths, then wrapped in chrome tape (also could have painted it), and attached to the boxes. Not bad. Not bad at all. Next time I may use speed screws for computer cases, filling them in with some putty and painting them silver. The belt buckle is from Scott Steeber. The above picture shows how I mounted the buckle and boxes to a belt...just used some more elastic belting.
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