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Age: 30
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[11 Oct 2006 | Wednesday] 12:48 AM

Current mood:  surprised
Category: Fashion, Style, Shopping

With Halloween right around the corner, I thought this was especially appropriate.  My friend Aidan recently alerted me to a stunning development.  A Star Wars character I created has inspired some fans to bring her to life!

 

Ailyn Vel was a character I developed in one of my Star Wars projects in 2005.  I can't take all the credit, of course.  The original illustration was done by my homeboy Joe Corroney, who in turn used model Anastasia Heonis as his inspiration.

 

 

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Joe Corroney's official depiction of Ailyn Vel (modeled by Anastasia Heonis)

 

Over at Cosplay.com, a foxy fan from Austria with the handle "SpaceInvader" has done up her own costume version of Ailyn.  The amount of labor she put into not only duplicating the character's look but expanding it (with fatigues, boots, and a cool gun holster) is pretty impressive.  I give it up to this girl.  Now I'm half tempted to pack my bags and attend the Star Wars celebration in Europe next year.

 

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Cosplayer "SpaceInvader" as Ailyn.

 

In Star Wars, Ailyn is the daughter of a bounty hunter named Boba Fett, a second-tier character from the movies who's basically "the cool one" to like for closet Star Wars fans.  Likewise, the term cosplay is the cool word for playing dress up.  I dressed up as a Star Wars character for two Halloweens in my day, once as Wicket the Ewok when I was four, and later as Obi-Wan Kenobi when I was 17.

 

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Double take.

 

Well, after checking out the link my friend sent me, I couldn't help myself.  I did a search on Google for Ailyn Vel and it gets even more interesting.  Someone over at Cosplay Lab apparently already beat this girl to the punch, albeit in a borderline 8mm homage.

 

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"MysticDancer" does her best bounty hunter impression.

 

Another interesting thing I found was that a gamer by the name "Pahricida" at PCgamemods also made a playable "skin" of Ailyn for the Star Wars game Jedi Academy.

 

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Ailyn's digital glamor shots from Jedi Academy.

 

Ailyn recently played a big role in the Star Wars novel Bloodlines, so it seems like the character is taking off.  She even has her own Myspace page!  (Add me, damn it!)  It's a strange feeling to see something you create take on a life of its own, but it doesn't serve any useful purpose to stay stunned forever, so you get used to it.  Now I can't wait till she gets her own action figure! (w/limited edition bandwagon) ~ Abel G. Peña

 

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Sigh... why Austria, schlechte Mädchen?

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O.J.'s Guilty of Photography™
O.J. Goldstein

 
Wow, that's awesome!
 
Posted by O.J.'s Guilty of Photography™ on [11 Oct 2006 | Wednesday] - 8:22 AM
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The Philodoxer, Abel G. Peña

 

Right?  Wooo!


 
Posted by The Philodoxer, Abel G. Peña on [11 Oct 2006 | Wednesday] - 6:20 PM
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jSarek
John Hazlett

 
Austria *is* only a border checkpoint away from Italy, you know . . . alas, her profile indicates she's already found her Mando.

It's an impressive job SpaceInvader has done in duplicating Herr Fett's daughter, that's for sure.  Ailyn seems far and away to be the creation of yours getting the most attention, which surprises me, because I thought for *sure* the drooling fanboys would be all over that hottie, Ronderu lij Kummar.

 
Posted by jSarek on [11 Oct 2006 | Wednesday] - 9:45 AM
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The Philodoxer, Abel G. Peña

 

Austria *is* only a border checkpoint away from Italy, you know . . .

A return to Italy was in my plans for next year...

alas, her profile indicates she's already found her Mando.

Until I saw that, I was actually doubting how old she even is.

Ailyn seems far and away to be the creation of yours getting the most attention, which surprises me, because I thought for *sure* the drooling fanboys would be all over that hottie, Ronderu lij Kummar.

I really like Ronderu.  But you know, Boba's been such a giant icon for so long, it makes sense people would latch onto his offspring.  The fact that it's a girl makes it a even more unusual/enticing.  Women can now identify and men can now fantasize.

The female action star, brother.  The way of the future.


 
Posted by The Philodoxer, Abel G. Peña on [11 Oct 2006 | Wednesday] - 6:33 PM
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jSarek
John Hazlett

 
The female action star, brother.  The way of the future.

But . . . but . . . Ronderu *is* a female action star! ;-)

 
Posted by jSarek on [12 Oct 2006 | Thursday] - 4:10 PM
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The Philodoxer, Abel G. Peña

 

Less screentime, though, and less inherited hype.  Ailyn's got Ronderu beat from an immediate impact angle.  As MysticDancer puts it, "She's Boba Fett's daughter ...how cool is that?"


 
Posted by The Philodoxer, Abel G. Peña on [12 Oct 2006 | Thursday] - 8:24 PM
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Wari

 
This is amazing. She's very beautiful and the BackGround is off the HOOK!!
 
Posted by Wari on [14 Oct 2006 | Saturday] - 7:51 AM
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The Philodoxer, Abel G. Peña

 
Preaching to the choir brother. 
 
Posted by The Philodoxer, Abel G. Peña on [14 Oct 2006 | Saturday] - 8:19 AM
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