Somehow it has become STORMTROOPER WEEK here at dyers.org! Not that you mind because you know that Stormtroopers are awesome. They may even be more awesome than ninjas.

And all these Stormtrooper posts have awakened that secret childhood desire to dress up like Stormtroopers, haven’t they? It certainly has for Kerry and Johnny Wadd, and it probably has for you too. No one should have to deny their inner ‘trooper, but with Stormtrooper costumes starting at over $650 on Ebay, getting your trooper on will probably require that you sit down and make the costume yourself.

Of course if you spend all that time and money on your new obsession, you’re bound to try to get your money’s worth. You’ll probably start slowly by wearing your costume to designated events, but that will eventually give way to you wearing it on special occasions like “Saturdays”. You’ll soon be wearing it on errands and out to dinner because the armor feels so natural against your Imperial skin. Eventually you’ll run out of places that you haven’t worn it.

I figure that that’s about the time that you’ll start wearing it to work. And while most of your co-workers and former co-workers will think that you are the most completely awesome LAN admin in the galaxy, your boss probably won’t. And that’s when you end up like TK822, The Unemployed Stormtrooper.

For you’re own good, maybe you should skip the following section and just go directly to the video at the end…

Stormtrooper Costuming Resources

• The 501st Stormtrooper Legion
• Garrison Carida Stormtrooper Resources
• Studio Creations Stormtrooper How To
• TX-899’s Stormtrooper Armor building
• TK560’s Stormtrooper armor reference
• Star Wars Helmet Archive
• Vacuum forming demonstration videos
• Stormtrooper tutorials and reference from TK300 Blast’em

Video: The Unemployed Stormtrooper

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