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Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:02 pm**

Joe Bergmans wrote:Well, it's out the door and on the way to the hotel. After eight months of work and over $500 in expenses I'm thankful that it is coming to a conclusion. This is my first endeavor after 15 years of being dormant. I want to thank God that I finally finished it, though I am still finalizing the C-18, Vibroblade and the leather belts and pouches. But I have to marvel at the support of all of my friends that have patiently stood by the sidelines as I've reached the finish line. My friend Jon who spent several hours with the circular sander and showed me the basics of fiberglass work, Mike who kindly shot some great camcorder footage in case UPS loses everything, Matt my nephew that I have every other weekend for his patience and help with some pouches (we'll be back on the paintball field again soon), my parents who allowed me to paint it all at their home and Sonia, Tina, Kay and Michelle for your encouragement. And then two very important people - my grandmother who always believed I could pull off anything, and Kevin Siembieda, the first outsider to really tell a young man that you have some skill at this (THANKS!) All major components are finished, electronics package checked and all nick-nacks should be ready by the 5th. Wearing it isn't too bad either. So that leaves just one question: Who is my competition for the Dead Boy suit? I'm very curious

That sounds like, quite possibly, the coolest thing I've ever heard.

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:36 pm**

F****NG eh man. I think you will blow the competition away.

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:50 pm**

There had better be pictures!!

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:51 pm**

Im bringing my camera, Kudos to you sir!

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:44 pm**

Reddenedone wrote:There had better be pictures!!

I second this. Alas, yet again I simply cant afford to attend. But I'd -love- to see pictures of that suit.

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:52 am**

If you don't mind me asking, how much did shipping it cost?

I'm looking at shipping my Wolfen legionnaire plate armor, helmet, tower shield, sword, cape, tunic, bracers, gauntlets, mask, and all that good stuff to the hotel, and if I'm gonna do it, I've got to do it ASAP to ensure it gets there in time. The shield itself is nearly 10 feet edgewise, and being made of steel, the whole costume weighs well over 50 pounds - both oversize and overweight for checked baggage! Super expensive to fly with :-/

We totally need to get a photo together in costume, shaking hands like the Wolfen and CS Dogboy from Kevin's drawing. (Yes, I know you're not being a dogboy, but still).

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:46 am**

Chello!

I can't wait to see this!!!!

Tony

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:19 pm**

Joe Bergmans: Thanks for the info! Sounds like I'll definitely be shipping - that's cheaper than I had feared. Now I just have to go buy a 9 cubic foot box. Rumor has it somebody is coming as a Splugorth Slave Barge - that could be impressive, indeed!

hippie_mama: Don't be self-conscious! The trick is to have a good time, whether costumed or not. If some of us are a bit obsessive, thank your chosen power that YOU, at least, still have your sanity :-P

Oh, and I'll be happy to have a photo taken with you.

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:41 pm**

Joe Bergmans wrote:Lionheart, you are definately the one I am watching All of my friends are wondering about the other potential Coalition soldier - but he/she has yet to materialize from the shadows...

I might know who that would have been. Unfortunately, it ended up being too time and cash-intensive for them to pull off. However, they do have an awesome back-up costume in the works.

As for me, I can't afford the replicas or suit that I wanted, so I can't do what I wanted to. :-(

However, I might try and pull off something just so there's a decent showing of competitors (including some non-Rifts stuff).

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:07 pm**

WOW

I can't wait to see the hopefully tons of pictures of the Costume Contest.

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:04 pm**

Preacher wrote:WOW

I can't wait to see the hopefully tons of pictures of the Costume Contest.

Me too

I'll be in the contest, but I don't know that I"ll be able to see very well. I wear glasses normally, and I'm not sure if it will be practical for me to keep them on under the Wolfen mask. Either they'll be a bit foggy, or I'll end up mostly blind :-D

Definitely need photos!

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:07 pm**

I am going as an overweight hispanic gamer. Its gonna be tough, but I think I can make the costume look authentic.

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:10 pm**

Joe Bergmans wrote:Well, it's out the door and on the way to the hotel. After eight months of work and over $500 in expenses I'm thankful that it is coming to a conclusion. This is my first endeavor after 15 years of being dormant. I want to thank God that I finally finished it, though I am still finalizing the C-18, Vibroblade and the leather belts and pouches. But I have to marvel at the support of all of my friends that have patiently stood by the sidelines as I've reached the finish line. My friend Jon who spent several hours with the circular sander and showed me the basics of fiberglass work, Mike who kindly shot some great camcorder footage in case UPS loses everything, Matt my nephew that I have every other weekend for his patience and help with some pouches (we'll be back on the paintball field again soon), my parents who allowed me to paint it all at their home and Sonia, Tina, Kay and Michelle for your encouragement. And then two very important people - my grandmother who always believed I could pull off anything, and Kevin Siembieda, the first outsider to really tell a young man that you have some skill at this (THANKS!) All major components are finished, electronics package checked and all nick-nacks should be ready by the 5th. Wearing it isn't too bad either. So that leaves just one question: Who is my competition for the Dead Boy suit? I'm very curious

You're my hero! This is something I have wanted to see for a long time. Be prepared for some major photo ops!

This Open house is going to rock!!

Carl

Posted: **Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:51 am**

The Deific NMI wrote:I am going as an overweight hispanic gamer. Its gonna be tough, but I think I can make the costume look authentic.

ROFL

Ahh.. I hate you people.

Well ok not really it's just jealousy.

Seriously makes me wish I could go. These costumes sound totally awesome. Curse you lack of sufficient monetary resources! CURSE YOU!!!!

Posted: **Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:55 am**

The Deific NMI wrote:I am going as an overweight hispanic gamer. Its gonna be tough, but I think I can make the costume look authentic.

Im going as the chunky white doughboy, who games and has a gotee

Posted: **Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:02 pm**

Chello!

Greyaxe wrote:
Im going as the chunky white doughboy, who games and has a gotee

Ah, frell...now I have to come up with something else.

Tony

Posted: **Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:21 pm**

You know I bet anyone could make a pretty decent Original Juicer costume pretty cheap. The drug lines would be easy and you could get the plate armor from any place that sells paintball supplies. The hard part would be the Juicer Rifle. Muscles and a mohawk are optional and could be overcome with BDU's and the MOH from the Original Main book.

Posted: **Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:40 pm**

Preacher wrote:You know I bet anyone could make a pretty decent Original Juicer costume pretty cheap. The drug lines would be easy and you could get the plate armor from any place that sells paintball supplies. The hard part would be the Juicer Rifle. Muscles and a mohawk are optional and could be overcome with BDU's and the MOH from the Original Main book.

maybe you can go as a detoxed juicer.....

Posted: **Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:52 pm**

rat_bastard wrote:
Preacher wrote:You know I bet anyone could make a pretty decent Original Juicer costume pretty cheap. The drug lines would be easy and you could get the plate armor from any place that sells paintball supplies. The hard part would be the Juicer Rifle. Muscles and a mohawk are optional and could be overcome with BDU's and the MOH from the Original Main book.

maybe you can go as a detoxed juicer.....

Not Going...

Posted: **Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:05 pm**

Got my stuff shipped today. Thank goodness for Fed-Ex. Delivering to a business location, my 12 cubic foot box (ended up bigger than I expected) weighing nearly 60 pounds cost only $62. That's a big relief to me, as I was getting scared the cost of travelling with the gear was going to eliminate my entire book budget.

It's also awesome, because it starts making the Open House feel like it's real, and has already begun. Now I just need to take next weekend to finish polishing character sheets and adventure info, and plan my gaming schedule, and I'm good to go.

Woot!

Posted: **Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:49 pm**

I'm going as a 6' tall, 300lbs, dressed all in black gamer who may or may not need to have shaved a week ago.

Posted: **Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:34 pm**

myheadhurts wrote:
Nxla666 wrote:I'm going as a 6' tall, 300lbs, dressed all in black gamer who may or may not need to have shaved a week ago.

you better shower before the event

Err... Kinda planned on that, why?

Posted: **Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:42 pm**

Nxla666 wrote:
myheadhurts wrote:you better shower before the event

Err... Kinda planned on that, why?

I think it was based on the fact that, sadly, many of the unshaven 300 pound gamer types at conventions seem to forget to shower, hence the notorious "gamer funk."

Fortunately, the gamers at the POH last year seemed free of funk. Hopefully that'll continue this year :-)

Posted: **Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:29 pm**

bob the desolate one wrote:me and Nxla666 have the exact same costume

When can we expect the duel to the death? I'll try to squeeze it in between games.

Posted: **Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:16 am**

..Well, I was the competition, but as Warwolf said, the cost and time got the best of me. Still, my friend and I plan to spend the next year working on building a set of molds to build fiberglass suits en mass for next year; I can't wait to see your suit and ask how it cost so much; we've priced the materials much lower than that...

..In fact, if we took our cost up by a mere 40%, which would still leave us far below the $500 you say you spent, we could actually make the suit out of Kevlar...

-Mike >8]

Posted: **Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:16 am**

J. Lionheart wrote:
Nxla666 wrote:
myheadhurts wrote:you better shower before the event

Err... Kinda planned on that, why?

I think it was based on the fact that, sadly, many of the unshaven 300 pound gamer types at conventions seem to forget to shower, hence the notorious "gamer funk."

Fortunately, the gamers at the POH last year seemed free of funk. Hopefully that'll continue this year

OH, yeah.

Its been a long time since the last time I went to a convention so I kinda forgot that. :lol:

The unshaven part is more the fact I dont like sharp objects near my throat.

Posted: **Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:53 pm**

Well, I know my buddy Morgan will be there, from Michigan Cosplayers Society, and you'll definitely want to chat with him about costuming.

And speaking of photos...

If this guy's outfit is as good as it sounds, he won't be straying more than 10 yards from the Freelance Artists who'll want photos for reference material.

Posted: **Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:23 pm**

Joe Bergmans wrote:Yes, I am hoping for a lot of photo ops - as many as I can get. That along with some really great information on everything from costuming to miniature resin molding. Before I forget though, there is one great shot that I want to get. I want to have a shot of my suit from the backside with a poorly written sign taped to the butt-plate that says 'Coalition Sucks' on it in the background as everyone who came dressed as D-Bees and other adventurers are laughing and covering their mouths in the foreground. That will be classic.
Regarding the reference material, I just copied 32 pages of my engineering notes from the last eight months (and it still wound up being a rush job). Mike and Ninjabunny were right - this type of project needs at least close to 18 to 24 months.

I'm up for the sign ::grins::

Down with the humans!

Heh, maybe if they do this again next year, I can find a way to add an extra pair of arms to my Wolfen from this year, and come as a Wolfen Quatoria from RIFTS :-P

Replace the sword belt with a gun belt, and be flexible for both systems!

Posted: **Tue May 01, 2007 12:17 am**

well, if there is ever another open house, I'm totally going to go in costume, at least for a little bit.

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2007 9:16 am**

Greyaxe wrote:
The Deific NMI wrote:I am going as an overweight hispanic gamer. Its gonna be tough, but I think I can make the costume look authentic.

Im going as the chunky white doughboy, who games and has a gotee

I'm going as the bigger version of this...the fat white doughboy who games and has a goat.

/Sub

P.S. I might go as a Crazy

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2007 9:20 am**

Yaknow, I was thinking about making a costume out of foam, cardboard, and plastic, but I think I'd have looked pathetic next to this.

I'm hoping that I can buy one next year. Maybe we could form our own version of the 501st!

/Sub

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2007 12:23 pm**

Chello!

I was looking through my WW2 soviet reenactment stuff and thinking about trying to put together a Sovietsky uniform, but decided not to...not enough time to come up with anything good...considering that there will be Wolfen and Deadboys.

Tony

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2007 10:06 pm**

Lord_Dalgard wrote:Chello!

I was looking through my WW2 soviet reenactment stuff and thinking about trying to put together a Sovietsky uniform, but decided not to...not enough time to come up with anything good...considering that there will be Wolfen and Deadboys.

Tony

Don't let that discourage you! The costumes are about having fun and dressing up as PB characters. The more, the merrier! Think of the photo ops!

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