Ok, some of you may have seen my halloween thread (short) earlier.
I have gone on with the idea, and have come up with more. Tell me if this is cool, or if I’m just putting my mind to pointless useless, um… uses.
I am going to be dressed as a Jedi this year. I have a bald head, and I plan on putting a temp tattoo on my head. A variation on some Celtic stuff I’ve seen. I’m going to be dressed as a jedi, and plan on having the gear too… read lightsaber.
I also want to put up a web page with this…
Pics of me in costume. A story of this Jedi, Brood McEto. A full background like what you’d find in a sourcebook or something. Maybe even some events that happen, as if it was fan fiction. I think I’ll be a Jedi Mercenary, or a Jedi Bounty Hunter. I don’t think that’s been done, but I could be wrong.
I know that there are purists out there and would tell me that this would be blasphemy, but hey, it’s a big universe, and there are all types in it.
So is that cool? or should I just stick with the costume and have fun with it alone?
I think my girlfriend is a bit sick of me and all this Jedi stuff. But hey, she has to realize that Star Wars was my first love. Then beer. Then her. I treat her better, but I don’t let the other two know hehheh…
Anyways… I think it would be cool. Maybe I’d even make it into EP III? Who knows…
dpr: it’s chronological, man, not importance. If I’d met her before I met beer, the order would be different. Of course I’d be in jail too. For she would have been 12.
But still mate… girls are more fun than beer. More evil too, but what the heck.
I think there’s grounds for her to be moved above beer, though you should feel free to ensure certain conditions are met before she gets moved up the chain.
And she’ll have to accept she’ll NEVER get to number one. Sheesh… as if!
It is ok, as long as you do not carry around one of those shitty plastic light sabers. If you find a nice metal one without the stupid expandable plastic pieces I think it would be ok. Otherwise, leave the lightsaber out.
even if someone gave me one for free and had batteries and lit up and made the humming noise.
Nope. I’m going to have the hilt/handle machined out of probably aluminum, and I’m going to have a 30" or 36" neon or argon mercury single electrode tube that I can attach/remove from the hilt. Of course there would be a power source inside of it and it would ‘ignite’ just like the real one.
How’s that?
dpr- she already knows that there are two things in this world that make me happy. She’s one, and the other is beer. I’m not saying beer is better than her, but if she’s not around, I can have a beer, and I can also have a beer when she’s there. Also, she drinks beer occasionally too, so I can share all three at the same time if I so please…
Hey Brood–here’s a link to that fiber optic cable I suggested for the saber: http://www.svision.com/root/index.asp
I think this could work with a good, bright red or blue light source.
Hey Brood. Check out this site for Jedi costume ideas. They’re under some contruction right now, I believe, but I can’t check it because the site is banned from our office. We have our security stuff running, and for some reason this site is classified under the sex category. Anyway, hope this link still works. http://www.knightrobes.com
If I remember correctly, they’re kind of pricey, but at least it’ll give you something to look at while you figure out how to sew it.
balance: I think you are right, but will it ignite? It’s more durable, and won’t break in a fight. But for my saber of light, I need one that will ignite. Oh what a sight! On Halloween night, I pull out my saber and Pksshhh it ignites. The plasma gas is bright, and I think that’s what I’ll use, alright? The FO could work, it might, but I need for my saber to ignite.
Sorry, it just kind of started after the first line. It couldn’t stop, ok, it could have.
Isn’t that stuff fairly expensive? I can get the neon or argon-mercury for under $100.
Spider, what’s not cool? You have time to assemble your costume! It’s not too late! Come, join us. Or DIE! Mwa haa haa haa just kidding…
balance: Yes, yes. I believe we shall. Maybe at another gathering of Dopers, and I shall dress in my finest Jedi robes and we can discuss the finer points of being a Jedi. I think you’re on to something here, my Fiber Optic friend.