Shadow Trooper For Comic Con

[Zren Tobas]

So I might now go as a Shadow Trooper for Ohio Comic Con. But I never got the point of the Shadow Troopers. Can someone fill me in? Did they have blasters and such? If so then I might be even more badass and go as a Shadow Trooper. xp

[Luna]

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Trooper

Which one are you talking about?

[Zren Tobas]

Ah. The Shadow Stormtrooper. Yes. I just need to know how badass they were so I can be the same for Comic Con. Lol.

[Luna]

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_stormtrooper

I would put their badass-ness somewhere between terror troopers and normal stormies. Not very badass, but still pretty badass.

[Manroon]

I have a secondhand set of Black Stormtrooper Armor that I believe is supposed to be one of these, though the previous owner modded it up with a few blinkies for the ab plate and the thermal det. I can assure you Shadow Stormies are quite badass. Otherwise I wouldn't have bothered dispatching one and stealing his armor.

[Zren Tobas]

I can't be any of them not even with the economy costumes. u.u It only goes to size 44-46 and my waist isn't that big. x.x This really sucks. Amazon doesn't even have any good ones. Might as well do the Spider-Man one like planned unless I can still find something.

[Zren Tobas]

I might just have to go with a printed jumpsuit version. u.u Oh well. It'll still be a good costume either way. I'm not all into big fancy expensive costumes just as long as I getta have fun you know.

[Zren Tobas]

I found my Clone Trooper costume on Amazon so I'm good to go. xp It has some bad reviews but you can't always listen to them until you get the costume and try it yourself ya know. The one I'm getting comes with the helmet, gloves, and even belt. Its from Rubies.

[Manroon]

From what I understand, just about anyone of any size can wear armor. The trick is you have to adapt it. Most good Stormie Armor comes in a kit, so you'd have to either find a shadow trooper kit or a stormie kit that you'd then paint black yourself. I recommend looking for a source through the 501st site. Might be a little pricey, but it should be better than what you find on an ebay search. lol As I understand it, you trim the armor pieces to your size as you assemble them, and the only piece I saw on my set that really affected waist size was the belt. That would be very easy to expand with an extra piece of plastic too, or could be replaced with a vinyl or leather belt you could make yourself easily enough. I'm pretty small in the girth department, but the guy who had my set originally must have been about three times my size or more. I'm SURE you could get a set rigged up to fit you. Just a matter of a small amount of work, which would mostly be getting a black jumpsuit in your size and making the right sized belt. The rest should be pretty easy as best I can tell. Could be wrong though, but still. It LOOKS like it would work to me.

EDIT: Rubies is good for economy costumes, but if you're buying anything super expensive with their name and the words ultimate or deluxe on it you might want to think twice. lol

[Zren Tobas]

Dude. I don't really care to have a high price fancy costume. I just do it for FUN. Don't worry. The costume I'm getting is good quality. Only thing I'll be painting is the blaster to all black. That's why my Jedi and Sith costumes were simple.

[Manroon]

lol I figured, I just thought I'd toss it out there in case you might want to try the more serious ones. They're sometimes cheaper than you'd think.

[Zren Tobas]

Eh. I just do costuming for fun. Which I might get the costume early. I hope I do. I'll post some preview pics of the costume if I get it. Well, after I get the blaster and re-paint it to black. But thanks anyway. =]

[Zren Tobas]

And I can do a Clone Trooper after all. The one I found has a one size option and that usually fits anyone. I'm 5 5 at 165 pounds. So that'll fit no problem plus its way cheaper for that size option. I'll only need 40 bucks so I could get the costume ordered next week then. I hope I do. =] I'll get pics up if I'm able to get the costume early and when it comes in same with the modded blaster.

[Manroon]

Cool!

[Zren Tobas]

Getting my blaster next week. Its the one that makes lights and sounds. I'm going to re-paint the blaster to black but going to keep the light window visable so it feels as realistic as possible. xp Yes the lights glow blue so that's cool, it'll match the certain Clone Trooper costume I'm getting. I already got the gloss black spray paint tonight so I don't need that anymore. I'll keep more updates as I get the rest of the stuff for my costume. I have a 39 1/2 waist by the way. I should be able to do the one size fits all option or if I have to the standard option. I'll keep looking at the measurements though.