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 Malakier's Desert Ops Mk 2 - Approved! Now for upgrades

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Re: Malakier's Desert Ops Mk 2 - Approved! Now for upgrades
« Reply #250 on: Mar 19, 2018, 06:52 AM »
New armor looks really good, vod!

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Re: Malakier's Desert Ops Mk 2 - Approved! Now for upgrades
« Reply #251 on: Mar 19, 2018, 02:29 PM »
Segmented could work. Mine is a cod attached to a sintra belt by fabric so it can move. Just an idea.

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Re: Malakier's Desert Ops Mk 2 - Approved! Now for upgrades
« Reply #252 on: Jul 29, 2018, 11:01 AM »
Upgrades at last!

Made a new cod, so my suggestion from app is finally addressed (also, this cod is way more comfortable). Made new pauldrons (so I look a bit beefier), made arm wraps, and upgraded to better gloves. And I converted my gauntlets to clamshells





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Re: Malakier's Desert Ops Mk 2 - Approved! Now for upgrades
« Reply #253 on: Jul 29, 2018, 11:42 AM »
Love the upgrades, vod!

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Re: Malakier's Desert Ops Mk 2 - Approved! Now for upgrades
« Reply #254 on: Sep 11, 2018, 07:00 PM »
More updates! This time, new pouches (courtesy of Dresdon)


Started by painting them white and beating them up to look like salvaged Clone pouches


Then masked them and painted yellow (decided to mix it up a little and not paint them all the exact same)


Then it was time for green. Man, those 2 that are yellow with green accent are bright...


(Apparently I forgot to take pics of the weathering progress). Because of the size of the larger 2, I decided to put them on thigh straps instead of my belt. While I was at it, I had some Cryoban grenades I have been wanting to add, so I made my right thigh strap double as a bandolier for three of those. I used some wide woven belt I found at Joann's with 1" wide cloth strapping over the top, and used metal parachute buckles I found at Joann's as the closure.


Finished product, with belt pouches on my belt (I forgot to put on one of the cloth pouches, next to the canteen. It is on now)


First troop with them all. Thigh straps kept sliding down so I will be adding straps to tie them to my ammo belt. The left thigh strap I was already planning on  doubling as a leg strap for the mare's leg holster that will eventually be there so no big deal.

In addition, I have also started templating out a scratch built Glie-44 blaster, and working on new boot/leg wraps (to go with new, more comfortable combat-style boots)

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Re: Malakier's Desert Ops Mk 2 - Approved! Now for upgrades
« Reply #255 on: Sep 11, 2018, 08:39 PM »
Vod, you continue to amaze! 

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Re: Malakier's Desert Ops Mk 2 - Approved! Now for upgrades
« Reply #256 on: Sep 11, 2018, 09:00 PM »
Fixed a broken img.

Vod, you continue to amaze! 
Thanks. You know what they say. Fake it till you make it

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Re: Malakier's Desert Ops Mk 2 - Approved! Now for upgrades
« Reply #257 on: Sep 17, 2018, 02:07 PM »
Trying to get better about keeping this up to date, so here is a minor update

Got new boots. Reebok brand combat-style boots. Much more comfortable then the boots I have been using, and look more like something a desert ops Mando would wear, imo.


However, those laces pose a problem, which means it is time to start my upgrade to lower leg and boot wraps. First thing I did (and sadly I forgot to take any pictures of it) was figure out roughly how I was going to do them on the boots. Try to get any trimming done right off the bat. Then, I like my wraps to be a bit ragged looking,  so I always start by sewing a fray-stop stitch around the perimeter.


Then I frayed them a bit by hand, and did another test before progressing further.


I know there is a bit of zipper showing at the bottom, but per CRLs, since it is the same color as the boot and on the inside of the foot I technically don't have to cover it at all, so I am going to call it good. For now at least.

After this I washed them to soften the fabric and finish fraying the edges, trimmed them up again, and coffee stained them.

I need a bigger pot....also, there is about 3 cups of old coffee grounds between these 2 pots. Boiled the water with grounds in, added fabric, simmered for about 3hrs, stiring occasionally. I have found keeping the grounds in adds a subtle "embedded dirt" look to some parts and generally creats a nice weathering effect. Added some vinegar towards the end. Drained, rinsed off coffee grounds with cool water, rung out, and hung to dry. Finally result:


Since I intend for these to look like trophies taken from Tusken raiders and repurposed for myself, I love the look. Might have to redye my arm wraps in fact.

Up next will be final weathering, sewing Velcro on where needed, and gluing on the parts that will be permanently glued. I am still debating between sewing Velcro straight on to my flights for the leg portion, or making a sort of gaiter to attach the wraps to. That will come after the boot wraps though

Anyway, that is all for now

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Re: Malakier's Desert Ops Mk 2 - Approved! Now for upgrades
« Reply #258 on: Sep 17, 2018, 06:18 PM »
Looks cool!

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Re: Malakier's Desert Ops Mk 2 - Approved! Now for upgrades
« Reply #259 on: Sep 27, 2018, 04:18 PM »
Awesome!!!

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Re: Malakier's Desert Ops Mk 2 - Approved! Now for upgrades
« Reply #260 on: May 30, 2019, 12:10 AM »
Wow. It's been even longer since i updated this then I thought...well, here goes. photo dump time? I'll keep it brief (i have progress pics of everything but I won't bore you all with that)


Kama. Pre Weathering


New Mare's Leg in progress


New realistic Westar 35 in progress.


Added details to Cryoban grenades


New holster set up. Pre-weathering


Test fit of new holsters and kama.  Also new thigh strap. Both have coffee stain, but still needs acrylic wash. Using a Westar J'khara has that she hasn't started finishing yet while I finish painting mine.

Hopefully all of this in-progress stuff (along with a couple other small projects not shown) will be finished this next weekend. Only one that might not be is the new mare's leg. Still need to add the lever loop, some greeblies, and paint it up.  That could take a while. Once most of this stuff is done, I've got another batch of upgrades waiting in the wings. Goal is to have most/all of my upgrades for brigades done by the end of July.

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Re: Malakier's Desert Ops Mk 2 - Approved! Now for upgrades
« Reply #261 on: May 30, 2019, 02:03 PM »
Looking good vod!

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« Reply #262 on: May 30, 2019, 02:30 PM »
Sweet upgrades!

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Re: Malakier's Desert Ops Mk 2 - Approved! Now for upgrades
« Reply #263 on: May 30, 2019, 06:21 PM »
Awesome stuff vod

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Re: Malakier's Desert Ops Mk 2 - Approved! Now for upgrades
« Reply #264 on: May 31, 2019, 07:11 PM »
Small update. Finished my new pistol.
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