| When I first saw 501st members at the opening
of Attack of the Clones, the absolute, coolest thing was that the
troopers had some sort of amplified comm system. |
They didn't just look like
Stormtroopers, they sounded like them as well. Of course I had to have this
too, but it's now been as simple as I
thought it would be. |
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For starters, you'll need some way of amplifying your
voice. I guess RadioShack used to make a perfect amp for this, but
has since been discontinued?
I started seeing links to this waist-mounted
amp, &
purchased one. |
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Wow, this was MUCH bigger than I was
expecting! It's nice that it charges the batteries for you, but
there's not a good place to stash this for a regular trooper. |
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I've taken it apart a bit, but it's still too bulky for
me to comfortably stash behind pieces of armor. Bulkier troopers may
have room behind either the chest or back pieces. My new plan is to
stash it in my Sandtrooper Backpack if I get around to building it. |
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For one of parties I attended, I just stuffed the amp in
my E-11 holster. Try as I might, I
just could not eliminate the feedback AND keep the volume high enough to
sound cool.
One of the guys over as sandtrooper.net
mentioned these "Throat Mics." They basically sit on your
Adam's Apple & translate the vibrations into sound, thus eliminating
background noise.(and feedback) There's a bunch of different types
on Ebay, & I just won a unit made by FireFox
Technologies. |
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The last piece of the puzzle for authentic sound is a Static
Box. This adds the authentic "tssk" sound the Troopers
had after speaking.
Hyperdyne
Labs makes a highly configurable model for Troopers & Bounty
Hunters alike. I've got one of these as well. |
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