Balaclavas

I'm sewing again! This time is another batch of balaclavas in different colours.

Trooping at Torucon

A few weeks ago, we trooped at Torucon in Trondheim! 

Ceremonial Leia on the way!

A while ago I bought the necklace for my Ceremonial Leia outfit! I had the bracelet already, which I got as a birthday present from my husband last year. :)

The hairpiece is done, and I have three different pairs of shoes (one of them has to be approved, right?) so I'm only missing the dress now. :)

Troop in Karlstad!

This weekend we trooped in Karlstad, and even though it was quiet it was fun!

My hubby tried out his new Superman outfit, and of course I had to have a picture of that. He'll get a wig for it later to make it even better. :)

 I also met the cutest family! This is how I want my family to be!

Nordic Garrison appears on TV tonight!

The TV show "Ettermiddagen" av the Norwegian channel TV2 have invited Nordic Garrison as guests in their show, and we'll be there today! We will appear early in the show, some time after 17.30. Tom Egeland, a Norwegian writer that was statist in Empire Strikes Back, will also be there.

I'll be wearing my Boushh costume! :)

http://www.tv2.no/underholdning/ettermiddagen/

Bikerscout belt

Some pics of my old bikerscout belt and how I assembled it:

I used nylon webbing for the belt, and cotton webbing for the belt box straps. The nylon belt webbing runs all the way behind the plastic, which makes it easier to quickly fix it with gaffer tape if the rivet loosens. ;)

I fastened the cotton webbing to the nylon webbing using heavy duty snaps that are also my way of fastening the thermal detonator. The two pieces of webbing are not snapped together, but rather hammered together inside the one side of the snap. The other part of the snap is on my detonator.

I used Norwegian 1 krone coins as washers. Had to cut them a bit though. They are the best washers, nice and thick, and pretty as well!

Birthday present from my hubby!

I turn 30 on tuesday, and we celebrated with friends this weekend. I got lots of cool presents, and from my husband I got the Master Replicas Princess Leia blaster! Limited edition too. :) It's beautiful, and I can't wait to carry it around in my upcoming Leia costume! Thank you so much, Ole! :D

Repainting the finger extentions!

Since Aurra's fingers aren't skin coloured with blood on, I had to remove the red paint and add some white.

First I removed the red paint. I dipped the fingers in acetone and whiped off the paint. When I had got the most of it off, I used a toothbrush dipped in acetone and brushed away the paint that were left in the wrinkles and follicles.



Then I used airbrush and matte white paint and misted the fingers so that the skin coloured rubber is slightly shining through like my skin will do on the hands.


Last, I finished the nails with humbrol #21, black gloss. Always wanted to do nails with humbrol!

Aurra Sing finger extentions!

I've been looking for finger extentions for Aurra for a long time, but never found anything good enough. Today, I was visiting a costume & party shop, and they had some bloody hands for sale. They looked pretty good, so I gave them a try. The guy who sold them told me they were solid, but it turned out they were not! Happy! :D

I cut off the fingers to see if they were usable, and here's the result so far! They obviously need paint and lots of makeup around the seams, but I think it'll work!

Snowtrooper abdomen plate greeble

I have finished my snowtrooper abdomen plate today! Finally found some nails I could use for the greeble, so all I had to do was cut them and glue them in place with E6000.

The abdomen greeble with nails glued on


The rear side, added some more glue to cover the nails


The package of nails, bought at Maxbo


The nails are a little rounded

Star Wars in concert with Filharmonien in Oslo

This weekend we had the pleasure of joining Filharmonien for their Star Wars concert. Our job was to do some small stunts under the concert, and mingle before and after it, and during the break.

We worked with a great conductor, Lucas Rickman, who was really nice and fun. My job was to hunt him for a bounty, so after Imperial march (last number before the break) I grabbed his arm and shoved him off the stage. After the break, we bounty hunters dragged him back on stage, and was payed off by Obi-Wan Kenobi, who obviously digged deep in his pockets to outbid our first employer. ;)

The music was great, the orchestra was great and we had a great time trooping with them again. Hope the next one is around the corner! :D


All the troopers lined up for a group photo:


The girls!


Me guarding the door:

Boushh is ready for trooping!

Well, at least I hope she is! She still need to be approved by Nordic Garrisons GML to be able to come with me to Stockholm next weekend.

The helmet is finally done, and the only thing I need to finish now is my staff. Hopefully, it will be done by next weekend, but I haven't prioritised it because it is not needed for approval, and I'm planning to have a wookiee on leash this weekend. ;)

Here are some pics!

New workshop!

We have been working on our new workshop, and except from a few shelves it is done! The room is still the same that we have used before, but we have painted and added some nice workbenches. We are ready for armour party next week! :-D


This is how the room looked like one week ago.


Me with steel brush, goggles and mask.


Ole painting the tricky area.


Measuring, everything have to be correct!


Done!

So, what do you think?

Snowtrooper boots

I've done some work on my snowtrooper boots! This is how they turned out after I added the straps. I might redo them though, because I'm not entirely happy about the look. I don't think I'll use the inner sock, the boots look way too thick compared to the ones in the movie.

Star Wars dress

I made a dress yesterday from vintage Star Wars fabric I bought on ebay. It turned out pretty cute, don't you think?

Snowtrooper codpiece

I have been working at my snowtrooper codpiece today, and I think it turned out pretty nice! It's scary to do things the screen accurate way, because on the snowtrooper that means a lot of holes, rivets, seams and other details that you never really notice in the movies. But I hope it is appreciated anyway. :)

My codpiece



The rivets and washers up close



The reference photo

Snowtrooper gloves and shoulder armour

Got a pair of Wells Lamont gloves from a good friend the other day! Very nice of him! They are a bit big, but they'll serve me well! Thanks a lot, Ole-W! :D


My shoulder armour, ready for weathering.


I made holes in the armour for sewing it onto the duster.