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Re: QuchDu'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Jun 3 08:48:59 1993
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From: krenath@clubs.ece.scarolina.edu (Krenath)
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 93 07:55:35 EST
I'm not prepared, as yet, to comment in Klingon, but I thought I'd throw
in a comparison of my efforts to round up a Klingon costume...
Wig: I bought this at a Star Trek convention a while back. It cost
$39.95 and fits okay, and with the help of spirit gum and liquid latex, it
does a passable job of pretending to be a part of my anatomy.
As far as the makeup goes, I am really pale as a few of my friends here can
confirm. I managed to darken my skin and match to my forehead by using
latex mask greasepaint which doesn't damage the latex like oil-based
makeups do, and works quite well on skin.
The latex forehead and the wig came as a single unit, glued together. While
not convincing as far as hair goes, for a convention hall costume, it's
decent. And in a Polaroid, who can tell?
The armor, while still in need of refinement, is a source of pride. Made
without any pattern to start from, it's only two problems are: it fastens
in the back, under the spine plates, so the wearer cannot get into or out
of the costume by himself, and the fact that we made it a little too
long, so it's a but hard to sit comfortably in and makes me look even thinner
than I already am. the trim on the collar, both at the neck and at the edge
of the 'yoke' and the trim at the bottom edge of the uniform are 18 gauge
steel plates, and the spine plates are hand-cut, hand-hammered, hand-riveted
18-gauge plates. Enough to make a baseball bat impact into a comfortable
shove since the shape of the spines comfortably corves around the wearer's
own spine. We also managed to slip in 5 hidden pockets on the front of
the uniform that are hidden behind the gray strips where the black lines
show through. Since the pants don't have pockets, this makes it
possible to visit the dealer's room without having to carry all your money
in your hands.
For those interested, I can provide copies of the patterns we used for the
gauntlets and metal spines. Since these were created to fit my size, most
people will have to scale them up, but photocopiers can to a great job
of that. I could also make spine plates for those interested, but the
amount of effort in cutting the plates out is considerable... Mebbe 16
gauge would hold still longer ;)
Well, this message is rapidly in danger of reaching it's conclusion without
a single Klingon word, so...
Qapla'!
voDleH Qenatlh, TOS TrekMUSE (siher.stanford.edu port 1701)
