2014 was the first year Wizard World opened in Minneapolis, and was the first large pop con in Minnesota. Wizard Worlds guest list for its first year was very impressive, but when they announced that Robert Englund was going to be appearing I was ecstatic. I have been a huge Nightmare on Elm Street fan for many, many years. My first introduction to the franchise was Freddy's Revenge A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, but Dream Warriors was and always has been my all time favorite.

In August of 2016 my Robo3D R1+ showed up and everything changed. I had been interested in the 3D printing world for a long time, but the technology and pricing just wasn't in the realms of possibility for me, until now. A good friend of mine had been printing for a couple of years and had used a couple of different printers, but once he found the Robo3d line of printers he was hooked. He now has four of them. I was fortunate to get in on a sale they were having in the summer

Well it's been a while since my first blog, so I thought it was time to share that Stormtrooper build with you all that I promised. This was my dream costume and the one that got me started to even think about putting together a costume in the first place. I found a set of used armor for sale on E-Bay and lucked out. It turned out to be a nice set of Authenticprops (AP) armor, just terribly put together. For the record I would not recommend E-bay for armor, I was very lucky a

This is my first blog ever, so bare with me. I’ll start us off by giving you a peek into my back ground; who I and am, when, and why, I started this crazy journey and what keeps me motivated to continue. Let's turn the clocks back - way back - to the first time I saw Star Wars IV. Remember that scene where you see the Stormtroopers for the first time storming the blockade runner? Like many others, I’m sure, that was the first time I decided "one day I will be a Stormtrooper".