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Team Kosh
Been meaning to scan this one for a while. A few years back, we built a vorlon for the Eastercon masquerade (Intervention in 1997). We got "Best Alien" (we might have been happier about that if there were any other aliens) and a huge round of applause (which is what we were really after)
Left to right: Mark WINOLJ, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
morningstar_lj (in the suit), Elaine WINOLJ, blufive and calatrice.
To make your own Vorlon Encounter Suit, you will need:
Acrylic paint (various colours), aluminium rod (4mm diameter, approx. 1 metre), aluminium sheet (2mm thick, 75×100mm), black thread, bubble wrap (lots and lots), cable ties (several), chicken wire (approx. 1m²), clear lacquer (aerosol, 1 can), corrugated cardboard, cycle helmet (cheap, 1), electronic components (assorted), fabric paint (various colours), filler foam (1 Large Can), foil plates (4), gaffer tape (of course), glittery black velvet (11 metres), gold paint pen, gold ribbon (approx. 3 metres), insulating tape, LEDs (large yellow, 12; ultra bright green, 60), lining material (black, 6 metres), masking tape, milk bottle (plastic), newspaper (approx. 100m²), PVA glue (approx. 1.5 litres), red primer (aerosol, 1 can), roller towel (approx. 3 metres), screws, Sellotape, shower gel bottle (brand unknown, 1), rolled steel (8mm×2mm rectangular cross-section, 2 metres), safety pins, steel screw-thread (300mm, plus nuts to fit), super glue, thick card, toilet roll tubes (8, plus 1 Sacred Toilet Roll of Antioch), Velcro (approx. 1.5 metres), water (approx. 1.5 litres), wire (lots), wood (25mm square cross-section, approx. 5 metres)
(Some assembly required. Batteries not included)
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