So I'm looking to build light armor, with shnees because I like those. Hoping my build will be suitable for infiltration/aquisition specialist profession. Here's my basic color scheme, I will weather and add urban type camo to it. This will be my first kit, which I'll try for OM and Brigade status


I started making my vest pattern from lightweight scrap material, it might be my liner to the duck cloth

cut out

darted and sewn - but my duck cloth vest will need a bit more on the sides to connect properly. good thing I'll overlap it to make the lining fit inside.

Started making a vibrodagger from wood, will add plastic/metal to finish the sides. Using the wookiepedia example here


Modding a Mauser C97 pistol replica - adding front grill, barrel shroud, and optics on top. It won't look like Han's DL-44 but a variant. I don't have pics of that yet. Picked up 2 colt jr sized plastic toy guns to mod as holdout blasters.
Figure I'd make a climbing hook & rope with an eye bolt, toggle bolt head, nylon spacers, and some paracord. It should turn out like the stormtrooper rope Luke used in ANH. Got a small lexan piece I'll make a slimjim, chisel knife with wirecutter/saw on it & a few "lockpicks". My friend is getting a laser cutter which will enable me to laser etch lexan to make bomb AF datapads to slice into door panels. I might cut a few more slimknives from lexan as throwers or "throwaways".
climbing gear (needs to be painted black)

and shiv, slim jim & lockpicks

I'm keeping the black visor because I shouldn't need a rainbow/mirror visor to see in the dark or infrared. I'll have a small flashlight in my tool kit and presumably optics under the visor anyways.
I have a pouchbelt with D-rings to attach my climbing hook, and I'm velcroing a black goatskin leather kama to the back portion, so it can quickly release if need be. And I made a 4' thick girth belt of black tool leather, with a saddle buckle. That should be in the back under my back plate or covered by my cape.
my belt and kama - zippers will be replaced by velcro

Any comments or suggestions?