wedding – Terence Eden’s Blog https://shkspr.mobi/blog Regular nonsense about tech and its effects 🙃 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 06:48:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://shkspr.mobi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-avatar-32x32.jpeg wedding – Terence Eden’s Blog https://shkspr.mobi/blog 32 32 <![CDATA[Building Darth Vader]]> https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2017/04/building-darth-vader/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2017/04/building-darth-vader/#comments Sat, 01 Apr 2017 14:51:34 +0000 https://shkspr.mobi/blog/?p=24999 Long time readers will know that the happiest day of my life was when I got married. Dressed as Darth Vader.

The most expensive thing about our wedding was probably that Vader suit.

After nearly 10 years of marital bliss, I got bored at having that gorgeous suit packed away in a box. So I bought a full-sized mannequin and set about dressing it up.

A box full of life sized limbs

Having a box of limbs delivered is a little disturbing.

A plastic dummy's head in a box

WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!?!?

A dummy's torso - with no limbs or head

Beach Body Ready!

Slipping the trousers on the mannequin

After partial assembly, it was fairly easy to begin to dress the doll.

Holding the mannequin's hand incase it gets scared

I slipped the mannequin's arms into the suit, then attached them to the body.

The mannaquin wearing only a boiler suit.

Without all the armour, he looks disappointing.

The codpiece has flashing lights

The straps around the groin were too tight for a human, but he didn't complain. Surprisingly, after several years, the batteries still worked

The mannequin's hand is solid - there are no gaps between the fingers

The mannequin's hand is solid - there are no gaps between the fingers

The glove doesn't have any fingers inside it - that makes it look strange

The glove doesn't have any fingers inside it - that makes it look strange.

A fully clothed Darth Vader with no shoes

The costume doesn't come with shoes - his bare feet look silly.

Vader strangling me

I take it back Lord Vader! You don't look silly at all!

Darth Vader wearing a cloak, his hand raised in a Force choke

The cloak gave extra stability - the weight at the back should stop him from toppling

Vader towering ominously over the camera

Fully assembled, dominating the room.

There are a few more bits to do

  • Weight the base more - the costume is heavier than normal clothes, and that pushes off the centre of gravity.
  • Fix the fingers - hopefully in a way that will let him hold a lightsabre!
  • The cloth hangs a little loose on the mannequin - it could do with being bulkier.
  • CONNECT IT TO THE INTERNET!!!!
  • ...
  • *ahem* I mean - can I use a Raspberry Pi to make it motion sensitive and voice activated?

You can buy a Darth Vader costume and a full-sized mannequin on Amazon.

Enjoy!

]]> https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2017/04/building-darth-vader/feed/ 1 <![CDATA[Selling Out]]> https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2008/08/selling-out/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2008/08/selling-out/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:12:00 +0000 http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2008/08/selling-out/ As some of you know, I got married dressed as Darth Vader.

While we were on honeymoon, Liz and I were hounded by the paparazzi. Well, they rang while I was lounging by the pool.

The Newbury Weekly News were invited to the wedding and made us a spectacular wedding video.

Also, The Sun Terry Eden Sun and The Mirror ran little pieces.

First to offer us untold riches for our tale were Full House Magazine.

Full House Click the picture to read the article.

A few weeks ago, we sold out story to Now Magazine for their Celebrity Wedding issue.

Now Celebrity Weddings Click the picture to read the article.

It's quite interesting to read the difference between the two articles. Liz gave basically the same interview to both. Full House seem to think that UEA is a college and that we both have an IQ of 17. Now Magazine was much more receptive to the concept of our wedding - feminism, Oxfam, fun - and I think the article is better for it.

Even now, 7 months after the wedding, I still get emails from people who've spotted our story on various newspapers and forums. Our story was picked up in Romania!

]]> https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2008/08/selling-out/feed/ 2