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Starship Troopers - Lieutenant Willy’s Death Armor (Steven Ford)

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Starship Troopers - Lieutenant Willy’s Death Armor (Steven Ford)
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(TriStar Pictures, 1997) This set of distressed armor was custom-made by the production for use by Steven Ford (son of President of the United States Gerald R. Ford) as "Lieutenant Willy". The armor was loaded with squibs, blood packs and rigged for a gruesome stabbing scene by a warrior bug as the first wave of troopers begins their assault. The armor can be identified by the unique cut outs simulating the bug's claw stabbing points. A small round white spot on the right chest strap is an exact match in the film. The armor is considered an A-Grade hero set, with upgraded accessories, including a pair of hard dense hand painted set of grenades and ammo clips and is accompanied by a rations pouch and lemon cake ration, the matching A-Grade neck ring, his gloves, pants and boots along with a bloody knife belt, properly fitted with the green and red Cyalume light stick prop flares. The pants were not only worn by Mr. Ford, a stunt man and subsequently by another Hero character (Corporal Birdie) wore the pants later in the production. The pants had extra padding added to the knees and additional lining added to the belt line. The armor consists of three dense rubber plates held together by straps and still covered in the dried studio blood from the exploding squib packs that were used on set. The tunic and Lieutenant rank epaulets accompany the set.