Minor Improvements

Before our departure to Legoland in Denmark, I decided to add screen accurate (but unnoticeable to the uninitiated) screws on the torso of the Stormtrooper armor.

In 1976 they made the armor so it was held together by brackets and elastics on the torso:

I only added the screws for show, and kept the elastics + snaps configuration I had from before, as I want to be able to disassemble the armor for transport.
I think it adds to the overall look. The devil is in the details.

I also got a hold of proper Detachment patches and fastened it to my helmet-bag:

And although it is jumping around a little in the timeliine, I got a small package containing several gorillapods (flexible camera tripods), that I am going to use for a project to update my mannequin:

Which will end up looking something like this:

Lydspor - A live performance of John Williams' music

The 9th of June, a small group of Imperials were present at a live performance of various pieces of music by John Williams, performed by Musikkforeningen Nidarholm at Rosenborg Skole.

We stood at the entrance welcoming guests and taking photos, for 25 minutes before the concert, which we managed to attend the most of afterwards. A cozy troop where they played music from Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Schindlers List, E.T. and more.

Backyard Birthdayparty

It's been a looong time since I updated this blog, this being due to my laptop shutting down.
It is now repaired and I can start catching up on things related to Star Wars, and it is A LOT!

First up is a childs 6th birthdayparty we did in early June for a friend of ours.
We were two tk's and a tie that came around the corner and delivered a present, a diploma, and goodiebags for the kids. Raging success.

More troopreports, costume modifications and other major and minor projects coming up!

Helping fellow trooper TK-3444 move

Today we troopers in Nidaros helped fellow trooper TK-3444 move back to Trondheim with his family.
We showed up to an empty house and soon after a movingtruck came with all their belongings and we proceeded to work like a little antfarm and carried everything inside the charming abode.

TK-3444 is also one of the lucky few to own a Han In Carbonite glass table, an awesome piece indeed!

"He's worth a lot to me..."

After everything was transported inside, we ate pizza and watched through the photos from a recent photoshoot we did in a studio, awesome photos soon to surface and spread the awesomeness of the Nidaros crew. A very nice friday evening!

Bachelortransport

A few weeks ago fellow trooper TK-8505 and me were asked to transport a coming groom from his home to his bachelorparty.
It was to be a short and effective troop, where we showed up on his doorstep in full costume, commanded him to come along (his soon-to-be wife was in on it, so she had everything ready), and we transported him on the bus into town.

We showed up early and changed into our gear on a kindergarten-parkinglot in chilling winds and drizzling rain, walking briskly to his house.

He was forced to put on somekind of a monk/priest outfit and was put in cuffs for the busride into town, which must have been one of the longest busrides I have ever been on in my own town. We got a lot of looks and smiles and comments on the way, and arrived safely at the destination where we were greeted by the rest of the party which probably had a lot of shenanigans in store for the bachelor! All in all it was a pleasant little troop.

Star Wars Trivial Pursuit

We sometimes meet up at my work to play a game of Star Wars Trivial Pursuit Original Trilogy Edition.
 Me, my boss, a politician and a comic book writer comprise the core group of players, but there are always others that join in, so much that we're thinking about buying a second game and have two games going at the same time. Making kind of a tournament out of it.
The comic book writer, Mads, drew a really cool picture of Garindan (The spy with the trunk-nose in Mos Eisley) as a prize/diploma, that hangs in the bar and everytime a person wins, their name gets added under the picture.

It's been a while since we've played now, so it's time to meet up and find out who's the biggest geek.

Star Wars-kubb!

Here in the Nordic countries we have a past-time for those sunshine days (that are increasingly few and far between..) called "kubb" (the swedish equivalent of "log").

I won't go into the specifics of the rules. but can mention as much that there are two teams (1 to 6 people on each) behind each line of logs that have to toss sticks over to the other side to knock down the other teams logs, just google it...

Anyways, you can buy a set of "kubb" pretty cheap, and they are basically pieces of hard wood cut to size, plain and simple. But I got the idea to paint one side with the rebel alliance logo and the other side with the imperial cog. Fun!