Oya Manda!
Below: Dune Sea Garrison, 501st Legion, plus
custom Mandalorian armour by Ray Ramirez.
The Arizona-based Dune
Sea Garrison of the 501st Legion has some of the finest costumes
in the stormtrooper world. But they don't just do stormies - they
do all kinds of superb Star Wars costuming, including the most lovable
psychopathic mercenaries in the galaxy - Mandalorians! I had the
privilege of meeting the Mando'ade of the Dune Sea Garrison,
and here are some of the brilliant sets of armour seen at CELEBRATION
IV in Los Angeles in May 2007.
With thanks to the DSG's XO, Lance Dworshak, aka TK-2035,
whose pics these are - so don't mess with his copyright. Admire
and aspire...ain't they the best? Some of the suits of beskar'gam are hammered metal. An enormous amount of work has gone into making
the suits not only uber-cool in appearance but also practical -
you can really move in this stuff! Ori'kandosii!
 
Pic 1: Mando gals are as tough as the men
- don't mess with the ladies, okay? L-R: Joanne,
Jen and Courtney.
Pic 2: Okay, so you didn't listen, and
now you've made the guys really mad. L-R: Lance, Robert (in
spendid Berserker rig) and Scott.
Behold the full variety of Mando beskar'gam. L-R: Courtney,
James, Bill and Reed.
Now, my good buddy Ray Ramirez, who's given me such great
technical support on Verps, armour and sniper ops, unveiled this
stunning suit of beskar'gam at Celebration IV too. Ray is
costumed as the Mandalorian sniper character named after him in
BLOODLINES -Ram Zerimar. Note the neck plate. Hey, everyone learned
from Jango's sorry end - do your worst, Mace Windu! This is beskar!
 
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