Not sure where to put an introduction thread, so if this isn't the place then I ask the board moderators to move it to the appropriate section.
Like the subject line said, I am new here. Was turned onto this site by a buddy of mine, A08/TQ0.0.42136E1 Cpl Scholl, D Grimm Oregon-USA. Just tonight I ordered all the parts to be a uniformed pilot. To make a Star Wars reference, I executed an order and the costume parts cost me a whopping $66! The rest of the stuff I already had from other costuming items.
I am looking to do a mere pilot to get my foot in the door, here. Since I'm new, I didn't want to come off saying that I'm a colonel or something like that. I figured since I am a pilot, I should have some sort of officer's rank, but not something so high that it just sounds ridiculous. I figured I would just say that I am a simple Warrant Officer. So, Warrant Officer John K Williams, at your service.... "you call, I'll haul!"
So, a little about me... I am from Oregon. I am currently an in-home caregiver for a disabled friend of mine. I'm also an Oregon State licensed unarmed security guard - still have the license, just not working in security now.... maybe I should have gone with a Weyland Security costume???
I am no stranger to costuming. I started out with Star Wars. I've been an Imperial Officer and a TIE Pilot on the 501st Legion (retired), as well as a local independent Star Wars club called Darkside Troopers (also retired). I've also done CorSec (Corellian Security - the police force of Han Solo's home planet) and a custom smuggler who seems to have a Harrison Ford identity crisis (the costume had both a Han Solo and Indiana Jones theme to it) as independent costumes. Currently, I am a Mandalorian Merc and am also finishing a custom Sith costume for The Dark Empire.
I am also an avid fan of GI JOE and as such I do have a Cobra soldier costume, as well as a couple of JOE costumes. I am a member of The Finest - A GI JOE Costume Club (retired), as well as being the Founder of GI JOE (A Real American Hero) COSTUME CLUB. For the JOEs I costume as Chuckles and what we in the JOE community refer to as a Greenshirt - the non-descript soldiers in the background who offer support to the JOEs in the field. I call him 'Greenshirt Hardy', because that is the name I chose for my own custom JOE character. JOE pilot Wild Bill, a costume that I will do someday, is from Texas and his "real" name is William S. Hardy. It seem to appeal to me, since my paternal grandmother was from Oklahoma (meh, close enough) and her maiden name was Hardy. My real name is William J Kohlleppel (call me Bill). I chose to change it up when creating a character name for this Colonial Marine Pilot costume.
Other costumes on the horizon are original Battlestar Galactica Colonial Security (Starbuck referred to them as 'Blackshirts') and a Colonial Warrior / pilot. It would seem I have an affinity for portraying pilots - I was a pilot for the Empire, a pilot here, and have plans to do pilot costumes in GI JOE, the Mandalorians and the Rebellion!
I am also going to do Colonel Sharp from the 1980's cartoon series for GI JOE, and there is also possibility of doing Muskrat. I like to do obscure costumes that aren't popular so I can bring more focus to them, hence why I am Chuckles and Greenshirt Hardy in my JOE club.
I wouldn't mind doing an old school Visitor costume, as well. Might go Visitor Security on that one, not sure yet. And I still have plans for a couple more Mandalorian builds, and clone builds, too - thinking Republic Commando Fixer and maybe a green clone (442nd Seige Battalion), as green is my favorite color. But a lot of these costumes are further along down the line.
At any rate, I am glad to branch out and do something else. As you can see, I have a pretty extensive costuming background, over nine years. I love sci-fi, so I think I will like it here. I've ran into Alien costumers at conventions and was always impressed with how they looked (and acted toward the crowds). I'm really looking forward to suiting up and becoming a Colonial Marine pilot.... and foot soldier!
Rock on, people!
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