Trooper Troubles

Endor Troopers are one of the coolest costumes in the Rebel Legion. Why? Because they are all different. Some have long coats, some short... some have vests, some have ponchos... some carry armament on a bandolier... some have big-ass rifles, while others took a weapon off a dead stormtrooper.

And... you get to wear a doughnut on your head. LOL

This is mostly a point-and-click costume if you like. You can order many of the parts online, and with some modifications you have most of a costume. We started Robin's costume with ready-made pants, a long sleeve T-shirt, leather gloves, and a doughnut.

The gaiters and the jacket were sewn by me. The first gaiters were too big but they found a home with someone else!

The helmet was a whole different adventure. RL members provided a pattern, and I made a rough mock-up, and ended up enlarging it some. The cap bills were stiffened by a piece of plastic cut from the lid of a salad box. The leather trim had to be cut, dyed and glued together.

Attempts to make ear cups failed miserably, and I had to order vaccuformed ear cups from a prop builder. But he was a lucky find, and supplied mine as well as greeblies for both of us.

What are greeblies? They are the things that decorate various parts of costumes. They are widgets. They are things that are alien in appearance, but you can recognize their purpose. In this case, the greeblies are the items carried in the Endor Troopers' bandoliers. They could be grenades or ammo.

The greeblies had to be spray painted, and then decorated by hand painting. The bandoliers were made from olive drab webbing.

The most fun was spray painting the pants and jackets! Originally, I didn't put enough paint on Robin's, so we spent a couple of hours touching them up on her patio. She was even spraying with both hands. LOL I painted mine at my storage unit, determined not to make the same mistake again I used so much Moss Green that my finger wouldn't spray anymore and I had to use both hands!

I'm not posting any details here on how to make this costume, because it's already been done. If you're really interested in making one of these, I can point you in the right direction!