It was at least 90° and 50% humidity. Much Gatorade was consumed.

SandtroopingOriginally uploaded by edlitmusMy first trooping event as a Sandtrooper at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, on June 14 2007.

Sandtrooper, second passOriginally uploaded by edlitmusI re-did the dirt on my armor. Much better now…

Sandtrooper

Originally uploaded by edlitmus

I re-did the paint on my armor, but now it’s not dirty enough… I guess it’ll do for now. I have two events coming up and don’t want to mess with it too much. I finished the belt pouches, and I managed [...]

Dirty kit

Originally uploaded by edlitmus

I finally got some poster paint and got my armor dirty. It wasn’t hard at all, though next time I will try and get the color more of a brown or tan. The color I came up with came out kind [...]

Chicago Art of Play Event

Originally uploaded by edlitmus

Yesterday was my third trooping event: the opening of the city of Chicago’s Art of Play events. We totally upstaged some goofy ass clowns and other performers. All we did was stand there, two stormtroopers flanking Darth Vader, [...]