This
is NOT an official Star Wars product. I absolutely love this
Grievous costume. It's impressively accurate and the eyes
look very life-like. It makes for an extremely popular, immediately
recognizable costume
Includes:
•
Sculpted objects including the head, collar, arms, and talons,
which are made from strong impact resistant polyurethane plastic
• Average plastic thickness: Approx. 1/6" to 1/4"
• Hand Painted Acrylic and Enamel
• Extremely Rare Fan-made Original
• High Accuracy and Detail
• Talon rings that slip over a pair of boots
• Fabric and rubber gloves that give great mobility
• Gold Paint in the Eyes
• Gloss Painted Eyes and Eye Area
• Metal folding shoulder assembly and harness
• Black under robes
• Metallic grey cape and front sash
This
is a very comfortable costume to wear.
Grievous Wins DragonCon SW Costume Contest 2006
The
General Grievous Costume
This
was a long term project. I made the head first by sculpting
all the parts in clay using several screenshots to get the
highest accuracy, and then I casted the parts in plastic.
I began the collar a few months later and cast it in fiberglass
so I could make it extra strong and capture all the detailed
grooves in the back of the collar. The neck parts were made
from metal rod and plastic tubing.
With
DragonCon 2006 approaching I quickly sculpted the arm armor
and hand pieces and cast them in plastic as well and designed
a light weight metal harness and shoulder wireframe that collapses
for transport. The day before leaving for DragonCon I finished
the fabric and made quick makeshift talons that simply slipped
over my boots.
I
had no idea that there would be such a long line to register
for DragonCon (first-timer). After standing in line with my
costume for about 4 hours I literally jogged to the ballroom
where the Star Wars contest was taking place and with a little
help from a George Lucas look-alike I got my paperwork entered
and made it on stage. Matt Wood, the voice of General Grievous,
was a judge as luck would have it, and he quickly grabbed
up the mic and did the Grievous laugh as I moved on the stage
to overwhelming applause and blinding flash bulbs. For the
award ceremony, Matt Wood slipped the medal around the neck
of Grievous and Gavin Bocquet, LF production designer, presented
the certificate. It was without a doubt my happiest Star Wars
experience ever.
Several
months later I sculpted much more professional looking talons
to compliment the costume.
It
is probably my most complicated and original costume to date.
I
hope to make a torso, legs, and a couple other upgrades before
CV in August, 2010.
