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[Erio J'uni]

I love the way this is coming out!  Can I ask about your girth belt?  What are you using for it?  Looks interesting from the back shot.

[Adenn'Kal]

Love the look. I was thinking of doind dhoulder platrs like that for my suit and i love the look. Great job vod.

Have you joined the plates on the back with straps ? What kind of straps did you use ?

[Veran Rex]

I love the colors you are going to use

[Ridge Revo]

Wow, awesome work man, love the design. Have you thought about using leather and more snaps /Chicago screws to connect the pauldrons?

Thanks man! I am going to connect the pauldrons to the collar section of the back plate. I'll use some Chicago screws to mount them, and some small neodymium magnets on the corners to keep them from flopping around. I'm also using some larger neo mags on both collar sections of the back and chest plates to snap the two halves together.

this looks amazing!

Thanks a lot!

Fantastic looking armor vod, I really like where this is going!

Thank you! I think my head is starting to swell!!!

I love the way this is coming out!  Can I ask about your girth belt?  What are you using for it?  Looks interesting from the back shot.

I got my girth belt from Sidi Ren here on the forums. Go to her thread in the supply depot for the link to her site. The link is about half way down the first comment on the thread.
Here's the front

And the back

Love the look. I was thinking of doing shoulder plates like that for my suit and i love the look. Great job vod.

Have you joined the plates on the back with straps ? What kind of straps did you use ?

Thanks vod! I used the "Ohld Vart" templates for my pauldrons, and added the little notches in them to match the rest of my design.


For the strapping material, I am using a leftover piece of nylon heavy duty truck strap from my work. It's 4" wide, but I've been cutting it in half with my wood burning tool.

I love the colors you are going to use

It's good to see another 12 on the forums! Go Hawks!

Thank you all so much for the kind words! You have made my day! You guys are the best!

[Erio J'uni]

Thank you ,vod.  Again, fantastic job so far.  Gonna be epic when it's finished.

[Veran Rex]

Ur Welcome
Cant Wait To See It All Finished......

[Ridge Revo]

 I ran this question by the app team recently, but I'm not sure they understood what I was asking, plus my reference pics didn't go through. Since Ralin Voth  responded to my question, and has also commented on this thread, I will ask the question again.
I'm considering having my trauma plates raised off my main chest plate approximately 1/8 to 1/4 inch. I have two reasons.
1. I think some LED's under each plate and the diamond would look really cool.
2. I think the slight increase in the pectoral size will balance out my chest with my pizza/beer/ice cream belly! Haha!
So what do you think? Is there any reason that wouldn't work for my Legacy Mando?
Here's some pictures to see what I mean.

[Bowfanny]

I personally think it's a fantastic idea! Simply because you're beefing up your kit and keeping everything solid above and below the trauma plates.

[Ralin Voth]

That's a little different than what I pictured, but I don't see anything wrong with it. Pretty cool looking!

[Ridge Revo]

  I picked up my fabric for my scrubs/flight suit at Joannes today, and stopped by the craft warehouse and look what I found!








 I only wrapped them around the outside of my trauma plates and tucked them in. I will have a more permanent plan for installing them later. The glow that it gives off against the white armor and bucket is making me rethink my original color scheme. Of course if I leave it white I'm sure I'll be called a Stormtrooper everywhere I go.
~Says to self- Stay on target, stay on target!~
I think I'll keep my original colors!
So what do you guys think? Do you think that the lights will "add to" or "take away" from the Swarzyness of my Mando?

[Werda Adate]

Wow that looks cool, I may have to steal that idea.

[Bewilderedwolfman]

AWESOME!!!

[stifler]

This beskar is so AWESOME!
Very beautiful and clever!

[Bowfanny]

Totally adds bad shebsyness to the kit man! It's sick looking!

[Veran Rex]

I love the lights Thats a good idea to do

[Bowfanny]

I'm actually jealous of your kit now Vod! A very clean helmet followed by a very nice setup on your plates!

[Adenn'Kal]

Love the idea of the raised plate to beef the torso, i also have a beer/pizza belly to compensate for and this seems like a nice idea. I'll keep it in mind.

The leds gives a cool look but not a fan personnaly, but great work !

[Ridge Revo]

It's been a really really long time since my last update! I'm still alive and progress is still being made on my kit. I still need boots and boot armor. And a weapon and some ammo pouches/utility belt. My gauntlets are on the way. April Storm is printing me some! I lost 35lbs. in the past year, so I'll probably have to tailor my scrubs a little more. Here are a few pics of what I have done.

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I still have all the weathering to do also, not to mention I still need to decide on a paint design.

[Naasad Tal]

Welcome back ner vod! Armor kooks freaking amazing!

[Bowfanny]

That is glorious! We need to schedule a fun day where you can make it!

[DariusBlakk]

Holy cow!  Glad to see you back at it man!  Your progress looks great.  Congrats on the weigh loss as well, hopefully it doesn't mess up the fit too bad.

[Ridge Revo]

Thanks for the compliments! I got just enough progress done that I was able to wear it for free comic book day , though I had to borrow a blaster from my TK/Tusken buddy! I still have a list of things to finish(boot armor, strapping fixes, weathering and paint, utility belt, greeblies, etc....) Here's a few pics. What do you think?

[Straka Zulu]

Progress!
I like the look of this kit, so far.

[Evad]

Do your ab plates slide up beneath your chest plates?  If so I would be interested to know your strapping technique.

[Ridge Revo]

Progress!
I like the look of this kit, so far.

Thank you kindly! It's slow progress, but progress none the less!

Do your ab plates slide up beneath your chest plates?  If so I would be interested to know your strapping technique.

Yes they do! They all overlap each other. Here's a few pics that might help. I used a 4" wide strap down the middle to keep the lames spaced out right. The 3/4" white straps hold the lames in and up so that they stay lined up in a profile view.