Saber Forum

Okk so heres the deal... i'm a huge starkiller fan and Im thinkin about going as starkiller to Con Carolina this june. the thing is, I dont want to go as the typical starkiller uniform. Instead I wnt to go as the costume on TFU 2 when he steals Vader's ship and lands on the planet to save General Kota. Ive been looking everywhere but i havent been able to find any website or anybody who knows where I can get a jacket like that. Anyways , if anybody can tell me where mite be a good place to look besides goodwill... I'd be most appreciative.

Hereswhat the jacket looks like..

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heres another view...

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Do you know anybody who can draft patterns?  You're gonna need it.  It looks like you could use an Underarmour shirt for the base of it, but I'm not sure about how one could craft the jacket.

good luck to you. i looked forever for someone to make me that outfit, i never found a costume maker willing to try  :'(

Right? I would love to have that flight suit!

This store might be able to help you out.

http://www.legendarycostumeworks.com/index.html (http://www.legendarycostumeworks.com/index.html)

The actual store can be found here:
http://www.corellianimports.com/index.html (http://www.corellianimports.com/index.html)

I've personally met with the people from this business on multiple occasions, mainly from Comic-Con 2010 and Wonder-Con 2012, and even had the opportunity to purchase 2 products from them in their store, in particular 2 custom leather sleeves which I will try and show someday when I present my make-shift Jaden Korr outfit.

I can tell you first hand that they are very talented and can work with designs such as sketches and drawings.

They can be a little bit pricey, even for little things like maybe boot-gaiters, but despite that, they are very willing to work with you especially if you supply your own leather and whatnot.

I wouldn't be surprised if they could make you your Starkiller jacket right of the bat, or if you supply the base-leather jacket with them adding on all the little additions and whatnot; or they can probably just make the jacket altogether, I'm not really sure, you'd have to ask them, but I'm willing to bet they can do it.

They do, however, have the Starkiller saber-harness seen in FU2, you know, the one where he clips the sabers along his chest?  I saw it first-hand at the store, it looks incredibly authentic and very durable.  I can't seem to find any photos as proof, but I'm sure if you ask about it they'd bring it up.

Their Jedi / Sith tabbards with the custom embroidery are truly unique, as well as their belts which I also had the opportunity to witness firsthand.

Someday, I hope to purchase a Jedi outfit from them.

What I like about it is they are not just mass-produced items like the Jedi boots or robes you see on Museum Replica's or something, they're made pretty much from two people, a guy and girl and they really take sincere consideration into your preferences, much like Ultrasabers I suppose.

Anyways, I hope I'm not being too inappropriate bringing up another company, albeit not a saber-company (although they do sell prop-saber hilts mainly of the steam-punk variety), but a company nonetheless.

I always loved that outfit, totally badass.  The idea in-game is that it's an TIE flightsuit, although it's much more fashionable looking than the stuff worn by your average TIE pilot...

Along those lines, you could look into modifying a black jumpsuit, or otherwise find a similar looking jacket and do some modding.  Personally, I might try the latter (perhaps with some kind of cheap pleather jacket).

EDIT:  Here's an option for you:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Mesh-Padded-Level-3-Armored-Motorcycle-Jacket-Ships-WorldWide-in-24hrs-/110773850484?pt=US_CSA_MC_Outerwear&var=&hash=item19caa2d174 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Mesh-Padded-Level-3-Armored-Motorcycle-Jacket-Ships-WorldWide-in-24hrs-/110773850484?pt=US_CSA_MC_Outerwear&var=&hash=item19caa2d174)

i really like that jacket actually

hrm nero you should get that yourself for your Jacen Solo GAG outfit, combined with the black combat pants i linked you a while back, the right glvoes and boots and you would be set

I was thinking that as well!  I'll keep it in mind...

I was thinkin about geting an empire strikes back han solo jacket and modifyin it a bit thoughts
???

That's one option, although you'd end up with a blue jacket instead of black... which would bug me personally.

Not to mention that whole getup looks as though it is made from leather. So Han's jacket wouldn't really do the trick. You could get close, but yeah that small detail would bug me.

We need to get Dave from UD Replicas to make that as a motorcycle suit. lol

I jst bought a jacket off ebay for like 20 bucks and it kinda has the same look to it as th starkiller jacket does. All i gotta do it take off the hood and line up th collar. But ill bost some pics of it.
Like i said though it dOsent have to be perfact, i jst want it too look good enough for me lol.

When you take the hood off, make sure you hem the place where it came off, or if you don't know how, find someone who can.  Raggedy seams do not look good.

See if you really want an almost exact version you'd have to find a tailor who could make it for you......for like....a couple thousand bucks.....

Nah - not a couple thou.  Like I said, if you know someone who knows how to draft patterns, they might be able to assist.  They could probably put it together, but not for a couple thousand.  Maybe a thousand - the trick is figuring out what the base material of the jacket would be, and then adding in the bits for the TIE Fighter patches, elbow pads, and those metallic looking epaulets.

you could maybe try Nocturne Armory. they do prop and costume work and could maybe do it. they could probly make the metal plates, Imp. Cog plates, metal backpiece etc

yeeahhh.... Im not looking to spend anywhere near a thousand dollars on this lol. Im jst trying to make something that looks halfway decent and could be worn to a con or costume party.

It is not a complex design, per say.

The cross chest zipper is not an issue...take a standard jacket cut the for panel out and replace with the cross chest piece...3hrs or so.  Any decent tailor/seamstress could not knock this out for $75-100.

There are issues with the design though that go far beyond any simple zipper and panel swap...it is a runway design...meaning that a regular person could not expect to wear it with any hope of tying their shoes, picking up a penny or a saber, etc.

It is the kind of tight that leather would deny movement.

Other materials that have a bit of give and stretch...but the look from a video game outfit can be a bit of impossible.

Good news is that the jacket is doable.

Did you post a pic of your purchase?  I would think that something could be done with it, maybe just an added cross panel?

If you wanted to go the from-scratch route and have a pattern drafted, you could probably build it from thick neoprene; cheaper and more flexible than leather.

Sewing neoprene is like juggling porcupines...I would rather not do it.

 :o ::) :-[ :-\ :P

Oh really?  Shame.  I've seen some cool stuff outta neoprene, didn't know it was hard to work with.   :-\

I had a few ideas of my own, my wife just told me it'd probably be too thick for her machine.  Squishy too.

You can get thin neo but I have experience sewing wet suits...but I had an industrial machine with 3" needles and a 28" arm.

There are plenty of materials that have some spring to them.

In fact most hard outfits that are tight have panels of other material allow for movement...usually in a jacket these are located under the armpit to allow you to raise your arms and/or a line down each side for bending over room.

This can be accomplished using the same material as the jacket, creating a pocket pleat or an accordion fold, but with leather this adds bulk and can lead to "that looks odd".

I can help a bunch more if I can see a pic of your jacket, tell you where to cut and how to build it back up.

:)

These guys are amazing...true masters of there craft.


http://www.twinrosesdesigns.com/Star%20Wars%20Inspired%20Clothing%20Portfolio.html (http://www.twinrosesdesigns.com/Star%20Wars%20Inspired%20Clothing%20Portfolio.html)

Indeed, these pieces are crazy cool!...and oh so expensive!

(http://www.twinrosesdesigns.com/Dark%20Obi%20Wan%20Complete%20Outfit.jpg)

(http://www.twinrosesdesigns.com/Custom%20Galen%20Marek%20Inspired%20Outfit.jpg)


At their price scale I suspect a jacket would run $750 or so...but I am sure it would look great!

I'm not so sure... something really strange and custom might be pricey (especially depending on the fabrics) but most of their stuff isn't too badly priced IMO.  My cloak was like $140 or so, with the robes being around $180.  The wool fabric they use is nice too.

Then again, who knows about a jacket... I never got around to asking about something like that.  The Luke ROTJ shirt itself is like $170 or so on its own, so perhaps it wouldn't be too bad from there.

Twin rose doesn't deal in leather. i asked them about this same outfit maybe 3 months ago and they said it wasn't something they could do for me  :-\

Some of there stuff is pricey, but if you want quality that is exactly what you get. Or if you just want just a wool Jedi or Sith robe your looking at $175...$197 with shipping. It's just like the movies. Very big hood and comes from a inch from the ground, and also the big sleeves. If you want to spend a little less you can get it in cotton and your looking at $135...$157 with shipping. Just all depends on what your after. You can have something completely customized as well.

This is what I was thinking of getting here shortly

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