HRG Trooper, FIN

HRG Trooper.
Sculpture for the charity auction; the As You Wish Helmet Project.
Full documentation set on Flickr.


The HRG Trooper is named in homage after the ground breaking fantasy artist HR Giger's design for The Alien. In short, The HRG Trooper is The Alien as made from the parts of Star Wars. 
1. Alien frontal skull = Vader helmet
2. Alien lower mouth features = Clone Trooper lower helmet
3. Alien spine ridge = Clone Trooper fin repeated
4. Alien ribs along side of head = Death Star hallway light features
5. Alien tubing bulge = Clone Trooper thermal detonator
6. Alien secondary mouth = Darth Vader lightsabre
7. Alien tubing along sides of head = Darth Maul and Darth Tyranus lightsabres

Artist Thomas Spanos exercises his passion for sculpture and performance art through costuming. His likeness has appeared in the Star Wars Insider, toy packaging, and the comic series Star Wars: Legacy as Imperial Knight Ganner Krieg and the action figure of the character. Thomas is the lead technical illustrator for Encyclopædia Britannica and proud member of The 501st Legion (SL1876.)