Hey guys!
I say Yowt-jah.
Thanks for all the comments! Sorry so long since I got to reply. My website is going crazy! THAT RED PRED WARRIOR IS AWESOME!!! HA! And the Pred-Maul! FIERCE MAN!!! HAH!!!!! That's BigGunns work, right? I was told she was going to be at the NYC Halloween Parade as an Alien Queen!
YES! YES! YES! I know and agree on just about every critic, Dark Hunter! I actually have been talking to a few people on this site getting prices on parts, Bios and feets included! I also want hands, but i think I'm going to do a mix of fingerless gloves with shaped tips. either from leather or cloth. Doin more with the gauntlet design too. I craft leather stuff, so I'll show that soon.
My dreads are made out of black flat fabric with batting to give shape! Personally, i want REAL dreads (i WILL be contacting recommended peeps). They're nice and soft and the girls like to braid them. but i also like the attention Plus they move well and aren't too heavy. I want them to glow at will. Make the glowing blood he has show thru his dreads!
The helmet is made from foam-core sheets hot-glued together over a face mask for base structure. It's then covered in batting and silver spandex. There's been airbrushed accents around it. As far as design, I think it should be a bit different, I think, but recognizable. The dreads do that, but the general shape conveys the obvious direction of the character reference (people always call at me "Go Predator!"). But the lightness of the material allows me to move effectively for stage combat. THAT THINGS IS HOT AS IT IS!
Also I will be customizing his bio to not have the laser-sight. I took it out of his character definition since he senses with the force, it's not necessary. I just got a new air-brush (Iwata Eclipse dual action) and compressor, so I can't wait to play with it! haven't used one since I was like 20.
The body suit I will try to get you more pics.... but for now, the images you see here are the steps I've taken to get him where he's at now. Now that I've met YOU guys (HA-LAY-YUGHT-JAH!!!!) I want to really trick him out for a film project I want to do. [hint: any one local to NYC?]
The saber is Bob at ALW. He rocks. We're talking about Talek's next stick. Plector sound [ insert geek flavored mad-laughter]
As far as my budget, SKY IS THE LIMIT!!! Then I'll haggle you down to as much free stuff as I can get! Did someone say Sponsorship? Exposure or barter!? Capitalist pig? ME?!?!?!
Oh, I forgot. This is my ship. The Vaapad Seven. Or V7 as she likes to be called. Yes, it's a Gunstar for a reason.
BACKSTORY FROM MY SITE:
Talek is a Yautja, or Predator as he's known is the Human-verse.
Standing at 6 feet, Talek is smaller than most of his brethren, moving quicker than most of them, thus making him a very fast hunter. However, he could never get the upper hand when in close combat with other Yautja. He thereby trained even harder, but still needed to find a different style of fighting that suited his size. He is actually 140 Earth years old, but a mere late 20-something on his world.
Talek was hunting in one of the Outer Rim planets (closer to his world than Courascant) when he accidentally discovered an Imperial ambush awaiting two Jedi. Of course as a warrior, he was curious and activated his stealth suit. Getting closer to the battalion of 25 to 30 clone soldiers, he looked at all the Imperial weaponry and found it standard boring stuff. Thier machines were interesting, though. And then they started getting into position. The Jedi were approaching.
Talek watched the attack with unwavering fascination as these two Jedi easily defeated the ambush. Using only their lightsabers and the Force, the attack was over in mere minutes. Talek was in awe of the laser sword weapon.
The Master and his Padawan didn't ease their stance however. "Show yourself," said the Master sensing another enemy still very close. Talek suddenly stood before them out of nowhere. The Jedi were locked for defense expecting another bounty hunter upon seeing the menacing warrior, but Talek did something else. He removed his shoulder gun and wrist blades, letting them fall to the forest floor. He offered his hand instead, exhibiting the human ritual for offering friendship. Master Dalen Vigue and Oni Tubari found not an enemy, but a future Jedi. They felt the Force in this creature. Not overly powerful, but holding a different strength and wisdom unlike any other.
The Jedi told him of their trainings, the Force, and the plight they've been running from, being hunted by the Empire. Talek communicated the best he could with them, and fully understood he found what he was really looking for. Not only another way of fighting, but of living, of peace. He knew it like it was a fact.
Talek working on a tip from Master Vigue, ventured into the home world of Master Yoda, Dagobah. He studied with the Jedi Master for only a few years before becoming very fluent and powerful in the Jedi ways. As master Yoda points out, "Size matters not," and Talek was more efficient than ever in his movements and fighting. He even gave up using the wrist blades and shoulder gun, but still keeps a few blades around for fun. After all, he does like his trophies.
After leaving master Yoda, he ventured to the planet where the Jedi and Sith acquire their lightsaber crystals and made himself two glowing green sabers, and has since trained with them and modified them several times over.
His training was complete. And after falling in love with his new favorite blade, Talek decided to use the art of intimidation and fashion glowing headgear for his tendriles (dreadlocks).
UPDATE 2/26/07:
After living through most of the purge by keeping his training a secret (his species was not on the regular list), his hunting often lent itself plenty of practice.
Due to the hunter instinct being so naturally strong in Talek, Master Yoda taught him the ways of Master Windu's method, Vaapad (Wiki/Wookie). His agression was then able to be channeled into a lighter focused direction, and directing the control of emotions became almost a hobby for him, directing anger and more elated emotion at opponents like force-hits. In Tibetan Buddhism, this would be compared to Tantric Method; quieting the mind and maintaining presense in every moment directly tapping into reality around you. Eventually, Talek's future instinct became so "Spidey-like" that he almost appeared to be anticiating his opponents moves in battle.
[inspired by this thread]Using Master Skywalker's methods of imbuing Force-energy into Crystals, he would switch his sabers to be powered by certain crystals which he keeps around his neck, depending upon the task at hand. From green to amber, his saber would change from hunting mood to a more aggressive, samurai-like economical defeat of an enemy. He can then almost weild the sabers as power extensions to his own force-energy.
Now don't laugh, but I've been thinking about having Talek discover a Guyer unit on a far away planet: Hehehehhhhhehe
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