My sincerest salutations to each and every one of you! So I've been lurking the forums the past little while and recently made an account with the intention of sharing my hopeful legacy armour. I recognize I have made alterations to the armour itself but the very root of Mandalorian armour is that it belongs to the wearer and is crafted by them for their own purposes. My Mandalorian roots back to the realms of Star Wars Galaxies where I resided on the surface of Lok with an Imperial city I grew very close with. We celebrated together, lived together, and hunted together (rebels and indigenous lifeforms alike). So why am I here and not joining the 501st as an Imperial? Because I am more drawn to the code of the Mandalorians. The presence of more freedom while also exercising a principle of brotherhood is what sold me on the Mandalorians. Below is a colour palette with my designed armour. The helmet is the Mandalorian Stalker Helmet at present because I simply love the design but that may well change due to my available funds (or lack there of). Please give me your honest input on the alterations I have made to the armour.
The reason I decided upon these particular pauldrons is because I have recognized the plot of my character, residing on Lok, should also include some form of representation of the lifestyle on Lok. The wildlife is just that, wild. And the other lifeforms aren't much better. What makes the planet so scarce is the presence of the kimogila dragons, similar to that of the Krayts of Tatooine. As such the armour should have some of the sleakness of the more "standard" Mandalorian armour and some of the improvisations necessary to intimidate on Lok.
The loin is going to have tears in it when its finished but I'm not skilled enough to draw those in, really. I am also thinking of adding a duster into this. I've got a few ideas, really, and I'm hoping in the next month or two I'll have it fully conceptualized but I figured the input from all of you wonderful peoples would help me figure out which of my ideas I should stick with.
I am also working on some other tidbits, such as my beskad and various trophies all with backstories. The build time I'm looking at is over the next year because of the funds and lack of space or materials to actually start the build but I'm really hoping to be able to have this ready for Toronto Fan Expo 2016 as my debut. So here we go, vods. Let us begin this journey together!