https://mikebranski.com/tags/star-wars/ Recent content in star wars on Mike Branski Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Mike Branski Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:48:23 +0000 https://mikebranski.com/building-an-empire-knowing-when-to-call-it/ Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:48:23 +0000 https://mikebranski.com/building-an-empire-knowing-when-to-call-it/ Finally a (long) update! I spent a lot of time sanding down the excess bondo and working on the shape. Following that I applied a coat of white paint to see how it looked and took a step back to evaluate the project as a whole. When I started this crazy (awesome) project, I didn’t know much going in, and I made a lot of mistakes that I can now avoid going forward. https://mikebranski.com/building-an-empire-id-just-as-soon-kiss-a-respirator/ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:18:01 +0000 https://mikebranski.com/building-an-empire-id-just-as-soon-kiss-a-respirator/ Let’s see, the last time I talked about my stormtrooper project was almost a month ago. Despite not sharing my progress here, I *have* been hard at work on it (okay, okay, I’ve had my bouts of laziness and procrastination with it, too). I’ve been keeping friends updated through chat, and keeping The RPF community updated in my build thread over there. I can’t stress enough how awesome that community is and how instrumental they’ve been in my inspiration for and knowledge of this project. https://mikebranski.com/building-an-empire-stormtrooper-helmet-pepakura/ Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:55:41 +0000 https://mikebranski.com/building-an-empire-stormtrooper-helmet-pepakura/ I recently began working quietly on one of my better-kept secrets: I want to build a full set of stormtrooper armor. I’ve never really built a costume before – just your typical stuff in grade school, nothing crazy – but I’m tackling the creation of screen-accurate stormtrooper gear. How cool is that‽ (Strangely, I think that’s the first time I’ve used an interrobang here.) So, what does this entail? Well, it’s quite overwhelming at first, to be honest.