Starwars larp

Having electronics in the guns to limit their fire rate and make “hit” and “miss” sounds would get rid of a lot of the messy vocal calls and make them more immersive. People would still have to be aware if guns are pointing at them, harder in large combats, but not impossible.

…you could calibrate the Stormtrooper guns to miss ten times for every hit. :wink:

OMG Noooo!

airsoft guns please

That’s not a bad idea either, and they already have some pretty rad scifi airsoft guns on the market.

Problem is that we’d be managing separate events for fighting and roleplaying, something very un-star-wars. We’d be limited by that I think.

Also, hard plastic armour of stormtroopers would deflect bb’s perfectly, though it doesn’t seem to deflect lasers.

Actually, why the hell do stormtroopers bother with the armour…?

Well, not necessarily. We could have it that some cantinas have a NO FIREARMS rule, so you could happily take off the goggles and roleplay without fear of getting shot in the eye, all in the same event. There’s nothing to stop you roleplaying with your goggles on, too.

The only alternative would be to investigate DIY tag systems. Something very simple would suffice - say 4 or 5 IR sensors on the body, plus a apeaker to tell the player that they had been hit. As long as everyone keeps track of their HP themselves (like we do at most other games), then there’s no need for expensive data storage systems.

I agree that airsoft wouldn’t be very appropriate for a setting where a guy sitting indoors “roleplaying” might suddenly decide to shoot someone else, under the table perhaps.

But for that, waterpistols would be fine. Not to mention cheap and easy.

We did use sound effect weapons for a while but came to the realization that it was shit.

Why do storm troopers wear armor? Because its all air tight so that they can survive for a while in space.

Water pistols is a maybe however I’m not totally convinced especially if the heavens open and it buckets it down, also most water pistols don’t look like star wars blasters and so remove from the immersion… I’m not a costume nazi but multicolored red n yellow supersoakers is always going to be a no.

The reason why there are not alot of storm troopers is the simple reason that the full storm trooper kit as worn by the 501st units across the world are REALLY expensive. We had one guy with full storm trooper gear and we came to the conclusion after 4 hours of him being the prime target in any fire fight that it just was not larp safe for him to be in. As the costumes they use for show are not designed to do stunt deaths in.

As it stood the imperials all ended up in similar costume for the rank and file which was implemented by the players and then used by the guys who ran the system when 15 of us all showed up in the same black kit.

I don’t mind how you guys look uniform as long as each unit does. There are numerous color schemes and the stormtroopers where used less and less for skirmishes and eventually became elite shock troops rarely used. Lighter armored infantry became the norm.

The serenity and Stargate larp ranged systems from the uk are similar to the dh method and work wonderfully :slight_smile:

The Serenity larp here in Auckland is modelled off the UK one, the system is near to identical I think.

Water pistols would obviously need to look right. Are there no SW ones? What did you use for your gun props?

I was chatting with a fellow larper who remarked they thought water guns were a bad idea, since getting holy watered was bad enough - they’d not be interested in a game where a gun fight would result in getting wet. And my response to this was: “Well, would make you reeeaal careful ‘bout gettin’ shot, now wouldn’t it?” :smiley:

The Serenity larp here in Auckland is modelled off the UK one, the system is near to identical I think.

Water pistols would obviously need to look right. Are there no SW ones? What did you use for your gun props?[/quote]

Thats true “too pretty to die” is based on the UK model.

Water pistols though might look good and come closer to having a glowing bolt of plasma strike your enemies, but my experiences and the comments from past game about water weapons tells me most people will get very annoyed at being soaked at inopportune moments, especially if they have spent a considerable sum on on their gear and costume.

for better or worse i still hold that point and call (inc id’ing your target) is the best method we can safely use over here.

Pretty much any plastic gun can benefit from a coat of black spray paint and a silver dry brush afterwards.

Hmmm, I’m suddenly recalling a group of force-sensitive “witches” that used to live on the home planet of the Rancors, and used to train them as faithful pets…

Sorry back on track - the other issue with water pistols (as anyone who’s picked one up in the last 6 months will know) is that quite frankly since Larami disappeared and the actual “Supersoaker” brand has disappeared, most of what you can get is quite, well, sh*t. Not only do they have a general tendency to fire crookedly but the range is arse. They just don’t make em like they used to.

Plus I’m not very keen on getting needlessly wet while in costume either, as has been pointed out previously.

Safety goggles aside (as they can be factored into any costume with a bit of effort) I’d actually be really keen to see airsoft guns in a proper LARP game, and given that most guns of the Starwars era have been portrayed as single-shot or burst fire only, it could be the perfect setting for those hold-out pistol fights :smiley:

I’d do stormtrooper armour the same way I’d do droid chassis, using fairly thin high-density foam sheets. It’s cheaper, easier (just requires craft knives, contact glue, spray paint, and an oven if you want 3D curves), and could be done in bulk from a pattern. It’s soft and flexible, so falling down wouldn’t be an issue - soft armour would actually protect you. Ten times easier than making rigid armour, and well suited to larp. Probably couldn’t do the helmets that way though.

Last time this was examined :slight_smile:
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The conclusion I cam to was, cheaper to buy a system and gut it.
Rather than building one up from scratch.

I’d do stormtrooper armour the same way I’d do droid chassis, using fairly thin high-density foam sheets. It’s cheaper, easier (just requires craft knives, contact glue, spray paint, and an oven if you want 3D curves), and could be done in bulk from a pattern. It’s soft and flexible, so falling down wouldn’t be an issue - soft armour would actually protect you. Ten times easier than making rigid armour, and well suited to larp. Probably couldn’t do the helmets that way though.[/quote]

That sounds ok, provided you can get a nice sheen to it. The precedence in the uk was that if it wouldn’t save you from grazing your knee, its not armor, if it would stop you being pinched its light, if it would protect you from a rock you fell on its medium and if it could save you from a fall off a dirt bike its heavy.

So while you may have foam storm trooper armor you might not be guarantied to have heavy armor :slight_smile:

On a side note, some of the newer DH rules will not be implemented as I feel they are slightly unbalancing in regards to game play and will wait to see how they work in the uk before i think about implementing them here.

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I’ve seen similar rules applied to heavy armour in Maelstrom. Metal plate or chain is generally seen as more desirable in such games than something lighter, so it gives greater rewards. In this case, it sounds like the lighter option is more desirable on account of safety, so the same approach wouldn’t be logical.

I agree on the sheen. It’s possible to spray a kind of plastic coating onto the foam first, but it adds to cost.

The main difference (safty wise) is that the standard stormtrooper armor is at most designd to be semi comfortable to sit down in. Not to fall over and kill yourself in like full platemail, modern platemail is specifically designed to allow the user to fall over and will (usually) only dent a little. Modern chain and plate are made from night lightweight alloys and larp specific plate (rather than re-enactment plate) is also designed to be more open at the joints allowing a slightly better movement.

Basically I want people to have fun, not hurt themselves and not be sad when they break their $1,000 replica stormtrooper gear because they took a tumble.

Yeah but anyone who wants to play stormtroopers can take the “pickle-bucket” approach and make themselves a fairly good looking suit for relatively cheap. the only catch is the helmet but theres guids out there on making good-looking ones that aren’t expensive either

oh yea totally, and I would love to see a unit of storm troopers :slight_smile: Would be great :smiley:

Are we allowed to make the light sabre noises?

(P.S. I’m super keen)

Lazy/rich people can grab a stormtrooper outfit off Trademe for two hundy.

trademe.co.nz/Antiques-colle … 454706.htm

My search for “Stormtrooper” found a few interesting pieces.