BUILDING THE MANDALORIAN SPEEDER

Via Starwars.com:
Tired of Rebels and Imperials getting all the cool vehicles? The Mandalorian Mercs heard you loud and clear, unveiling a full-sized Mandalorian speeder at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim. Dubbed the Shriek-Hawk (Jai’galaar-class light military speeder, she carries the galaxy’s most feared warriors into battle. This is her story…

The project started out as a challenge to me by members of the Mandalorian Mercs Costume Club, in response to a much smaller speeder bike prop I had built for MMCC’s exhibit area at Celebration Europe in 2012. While members wanted something bigger, there just wasn’t any information on large Mandalorian-specific speeders, so my initial plans hovered around building a converted military version of either the V-35 Courier or V-19 Gian landspeeders from the Star Wars films.

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