So I started on my first Mando.
I'm going for a kind of heavy gunner style, heavy armor with T21 blaster.
here's what I have so far:
Commando helmet from Headshot - in progress

This is pretty much the colour scheme I'm going with, still debating on the chest pattern and the black as I tend to do a black wash for weathering and I was hoping to do some blaster charring so we'll see.

The initial design of what I'm aiming for, it'll still need to be tweaked and I've decided to go with the right one piece shin with an enclosed calf.

Picked up a pair of these off ebay for $20, they're more comfortable then I thought they'd be. I'll be armoring them as well

I'm still debating on what boots to order myself and what style of elbow to go with
I want to do an animal pattern on the helmet but I'm undecided on which one. I like the simplicity of the rancor and it leaves the rest of but the mytho is just classic. If I did the mytho on the helmet I probably won't do one on the pauldron. What do you guys think?

also trying to decide on my flight suit, I like the foilage but I think it might be too much green and blend with the armor?

Can't wait to get started on the rest and I know I'll be bugging you guys on the plate sizing for the chest lol
UPDATE:
I ended up going with a Strill design, needs a few odds and ends but it's almost done.







Build Thread:
http://mandalorianmercs.org/forum/index.php?topic=96339.0I also went with a khaki flight suit
EDIT: Ok I enlarged the stomach plate (may have to trim the sides), trimmed the breast plates and adjusted the chest plates up. My tshirt isn't quite stiff so some things shifted when putting them on, they also are a little crooked and not shaped so I had to hold it down for the close up. I may come back to these again after I have the vest made.



Update Aug 02:
So after talking to Naasad Tal about my armor and how much coverage I want I think I've decided to go with legacy style plates for my chest instead. It'll provide more armor for the heavy look and better cover me.
Here is the paint scheme I want to do on the plates.

These are the boots I picked up:

And here is the template for my knife:
Update:
Got the KD30 pistol done. Built a scope mount out of sintra, an old button and an ear bud




Update: most of my links are now dead (thanks photobucket) but found a new hoster and made some decent progress.
The base coats are on everything and I even started aome of the secondary designs.


My blasters are complete, i'm about 95% done my soft parts (working on how to mount my hand plates), painting is about 35% done, needs the designs and then black and brown washes to get it dirty. Been slow going but i'm on the final home stretch.
Update: some more secondary colours added


Update:
I started on the weathering and did the last secondary colour on the gauntlets

The boot covers have more brown to simulate dirt as well as the lower portion of the shins.




