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[Ryi'nock]

Thought I'd start up a WIP here as I'm now getting somewhere.

 

Helmet is nearly done, still need to install the LED strip, touch up the paint and weather the thing (tape on the helm was just holding the strip down)

 

 

 

First set of plates primed, hopefully should get a decent amount of paint on them this weekend when i get home.

 

 

Knees and gauntlets on order so when they get here I'll start work on my backplate and boot armor.

My Vok'Chi thread: http://mandalorianmercs.org/forum/index.php?topic=103520.0

[Echo Darklighter]

Good looking helmet and trauma plates, vod.  How does everything stack up for size?

[Ryi'nock]

Cheers Vod
My Ruus'alor has given me the go on my plates, if you have a look at my Vok'Chi thread you can see the many attempts  of me sizing them up

[Echo Darklighter]

Cheers Vod
My Ruus'alor has given me the go on my plates, if you have a look at my Vok'Chi thread you can see the many attempts  of me sizing them up

I'll take his word for it.

Keep on keeping on.  I like seeing a good thing become great.

[Natan Vizsla]

I like the asymmetrical trauma plates on your collar piece. Very nice detail that could go into favoring one side over the other.

[Ryi'nock]

A nice sunny weekend last couple of days so I was able to get a nice amount of work done... till I ran out of paint and my local halfords didn't have what it needed XD

2 layers of silver on
 

Then my dark grey  (which I ran out of) and masking fluid on

 

I ended up adding this on to my righthand side thigh plate. It a door chain and I'm going to add the end of the chain bit to my sidearm so I can just place and slide my gun onto my leg.

 

Masking tape on for my highlight paint.

 

Shin plates painted

And my chest plates

 

I added in another touch of green to the back of my helmet as it was looking really plane as well as fixed the EL wire down to my helmet, velcroed it's power pack down and fixed down the inside of my hardhat for my head support

 

 

 

 

Picked myself up a small nerf gun when I have planes for, as well as some children's bubbles which I'll turn into grenades or something interesting
 

And a summery of what I got done


 

 

Aannndd rest
 

Hopefully when I get home from work on friday halfords will have all the paint I need so I can continue then weather all my plates together. Going to start my soft parts this weekend as well

[Avidem]

What are you using for the LEDs? Armor look good btw.

[Ryi'nock]

Thanks.
It's EI wire that I was given when I bought the helmet.  It's one led that is reflected down the wire all the way around. Think fiber optic cable but make the sheath clear and not as lethal when your look down it (i maybe wrong)

[Arno Kal-Torra]

This is awesome! I'm
Planning on doing similar colors and trauma plates for my next kit!! Can't wait to see more of this!

[Bowfanny]

this kit is going to be really nice Vod, I like your trauma plate shapes and how you did your placements.

[Ryi'nock]

Thank you vode

How I did the placements was I covered up the whole plate with masking tape. Then got myself a plastic ruler and protractor that I could bend around the plate when I applied pressure so I could get that straight line, even though the plate is curved. I then measured off the distances I wanted between each of the stripes, then got the angle I wanted and drew my straight lines from point to point. Then very carefully with a Stanley knife I scored the lines and rubbed the tape off.
If you look closely on the pic you can see my original plate with the design on it and lengths, then on my finished plate you can see the lines drawn

[Ryi'nock]

Another weekend over, another task complete... ish

Now just my gauntlets, boots and back plates.
Just need to clean then scrub these baby's up.

Tailored my flightsuit today with the help of my mother and hopefully should get my vest built and finished this next week as well.

[Ryi'nock]

A very productive weekend I'd says this week.
Finally got the chance to sit down and get some help.
My flight suit is now virtually finished all nicely tailored to me.
My vest is about 50% complete, got the sizing right so will be padding that out  (didn't help that I decided that I wanted a neck collar after we cut it )







Backplate shaped and then trimmed down at the bottem as to add more room and comfort.
Then got two layers of primer then sliver of it.









Started work on my gauntlets, thinking about not going over the top this time, just coz of time constraints.





Have a nice 4 day weekend coming up this week so looking forward to getting as much done as possible for my deadline. Middle of June in time for CE3

[Bowfanny]

Why does your back plate flair out at the bottom?

[Ryi'nock]

I have very large hips. My Ruus'alor says it's fine
If you have a look at my Vok'Chi thread  (new merc) you can see it a lot better.  I didn't tape it down properly in that pic as I was just showing the change from the trip and if it would brush against my pouches.

Edit: I forgot I started trying on templates for my hood




The bottem of the hood will be netting so you can still see the neck plate.
What I'm basing the hood off (remove the leaf)

[Bowfanny]

Your clan does have a ton of great kits and I didn't realize at first your body type until you mentioned it.

[Ryi'nock]

Haha thanks. Yeah you can't really tell with the shirt I'm wearing. But the back plate sits really nice and snug on my back, I can't even feel it

[Bowfanny]

Have you considered trimming off those tabs to prevent further questions or what not?

[Ryi'nock]

As ive already trimmed them once, I think I'm gonna wait till everything is on and attached, then see if it still stands out.

[Bowfanny]

Okay then.

[Ryi'nock]

Well seeing as I had a four day weekend, I feel like I didn't get as much done as I had planned which is slightly annoying but oh well.

Vest is nearly done, had quite a few problems but still trotting on. Haven't got any decent pics of me in it to show unfortunately but we decided on integrating a neckseal into it saving me from wearing a baleclarver.

Got a decent amount of work done on my hold-out blaster. Filling and sanding it in. Not done yet, I sprayed one layer of primer on so I can see what stands out where and if it needs altering.












Getting slow work in on my gauntlets bet they were really getting on my nerves.
(The darts have been heavily filed down so they aren't sharp anymore!)




Backplate now painted and in line to be weathered. I had hoped that my snaps would have arrived that week so I could start attaching them to the back of the plates but unfortunately not.

[Ryi'nock]

A message to the wonderful yet slightly scarey  members of the approval team.

In order for my kit to pass I'll have to repaint my helmet to have the same level of weathering as the rest of my plates won't I?

[Redness]

Wow, that's a great design right there. I love it, vod! Great plates!

[Bowfanny]

A message to the wonderful yet slightly scarey  members of the approval team.

In order for my kit to pass I'll have to repaint my helmet to have the same level of weathering as the rest of my plates won't I?

I'm not app team (as of yet but I'll keep trying)
But I can say that without a doubt you'll need the same amount of weathering across the whole kit to tie it together properly.

[Avidem]

Looks good vod. Color scheme is almost the same as mine.