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Roger (Campbell River, BC)
as Sauron from Lord of the Rings

The armour is made out of 18 and 20 gauge hand-hammered steel. Painted with a flat black and accented with silver highlights and fully felt lined for comforts. The mace is made out of wood for two reasons: solid steel is just too heavy to carry around, and I need to gain entry into the conventions. The helm is half steel and have bondo; full steel is just too heavy on my neck after hours of wear. The armour is fully-articulated, hand-riveted, and fully-functional. It weighs well over a hundred pounds and I made every ring of the chain mail. The gauntlets are also fully-articulated with 71 rivets in each. The process of designing and building took over a year… and yes, I made everything.

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Sam Maggs

Sam Maggs is a writer and televisioner, currently hailing from the Kingdom of the North (Toronto). Her first book, THE FANGIRL'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY will be out soon from Quirk Books. Sam’s parents saw Star Wars: A New Hope 24 times when it first came out, so none of this is really her fault.

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