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Armor Construction / Re: Heavy Assault WIP/Ryn Modern 2.0

« Last post by Tramp Graphics on Today at 08:27 PM »

There's one big problem with both pairs of pants. The specific shade of black does not match that of the shirt. I had this same problem with my flight suit, I wear a set of BDUs for my flight suit. Unfortunately, my first pair of pants were a warmer shade of black than my shirt (to the point the pants looked almost brown) and I had to get a second pair that did match. Per the CRLs, a 2-piece flight suit must look like a 1-piece suit. Thus, the pants and shirt must match in both color and material.

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Armor Construction / Re: Karl Dha'Werda Builds A Post Imperial Survivor - PIC HEAVY

« Last post by Karl Dha'Werda on Today at 07:37 PM »

This is so cool! This will be very helpful as I weather my soft parts. Commenting to follow (and learn ).

Commenting to follow as well! I've been coming back every time I see an update, I'm so impressed by the weathering. It's great to see so many different techniques at once!

Happy to help and thank you to you both!

Belt/Waist Items

Looking at a few of the reference images lately for survivors in The Mandalorian Season 3 and I may change up my belt/waist items to closer resemble the references with a buckle in the front.  Possibly use seat belts and some a belt buckle.  Just an idea right now.

As mentioned yesterday I am also looking at removing girth and adding a wider belt with inner belt with pouches and buckle as seen in reference photos better, and less Modern Era feel.

Waist Items, specifically belt and buckle update 4/17/24:

The existing belt with ammo pouches and girth belt felt too Modern Era for my taste and I wanted to replace it with something referenced in Season 3 of The Mandalorian.  I had replaced my F100 seatbelts a couple of months ago and kept the old ones. I used the lap seat belt to create my post imperial buckle. I used a reference image to mimic what both Bo Katan and Koska Reeves use for their buckles. I removed the push button decal sticker from the center.



I used chicago screws to attach a belt to the buckle. I used additional leather strips to use for spacing, but ended up pushing the chicago screw through both belts and put the spacer strip on the backside of the wider outer belt.



Earthy letter on the buckle and outer belt are marked below on where they are to be removed. The chrome part of the buckle with K-3016 will be covered by the inner belt. Not marked below, but seen above on the black part by the inner belt also would be removed.



I’ll be using a wider brown girth/sash behind the double belt for a second waist item. The one seen below is from Tractor Supply and I will need to make an attachment method as both sides are the same.



Below is my belt with buckle in comparison with canon reference photos of both Bo Katan and Koska Reeves.  The sash/girth behind their belts is similar to the above one I ordered.  Both belt and sash/girth are not an exact matches but fits the era and style.



As shown in the video the black part was popping up and I proposed to fix it with small magnets and JB weld.

After attaching the magnets, removing the logos/text, the weathering process was similar to other soft parts with tan, slate grey, and brown spray paints. Then acrylics orange, burnt umber, chestnut, and metallic bronze paints. The metallic bronze was used on the black part of the buckle.



Weathered belt (inner and outer belts), buckle, and pouches.



The weathering to the belt with pouches is consistent with the other soft parts as seen below with my gloves and duster.

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Armor Construction / Re: Heavy Assault WIP/Ryn Modern 2.0

« Last post by Ryn Terrix on Today at 07:15 PM »

Further updates on the flight suit:

I got in two pairs of pants, both Carhartt Women's. One is a size medium, the other large. Before I go about sewing pockets and removing back pockets, I am trying to determine which I'll keep.

It's a bit difficult as the large fits my legs very well, but is 2 inches too big in the waist and slides very easily around my hips, which I don't like. I am not comfortable tailoring it myself, but if I can find a friend who can, I may keep them.

The medium is a tighter fit, but is very snug in the waist. The downside is that such snugness can be an issue over time for women with hips, especially those who aren't done filling out (aka me).

Medium Fit:





Large Fit:







Further updates so far are to my shirt. In the vein of things being too tight, after a few fits I decided the shirt sleeves are too tight in my bicep. I cannot get my finger under the short sleeve and that won't work for having bicep armor. So I embarked on resewing the sleeves in a larger size.





I will however be tailoring from the elbow down since test fit of the larger sleeve proved that once again, my body cannot just pick a size and stick with it. These images show the tailoring pinned inside the sleeve to show the difference in the forearm area:





Plus some fun additional process pictures!







The re-ripping of seams and resewing of sleeves will commence hopefully soon, in addition to finding out if I can tailor the larger pants. Jury is still out on the collar. I'm considering opting for a bias tape collar instead of the patterned one because of the neck seal I'm going to be using (balaclava) and already own.

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Canon Brigade / Re: SilentKnight's Sabine LA

« Last post by Bryn Cin'Prudii on Today at 04:07 PM »

1. Paint! Masking and Paint
2. Dark Grey for the paneling. This is similar to Bo Katan in that it is close to the base color and appears darker due to it being the stretch panel.
3. I would personally go with the cotton twill for the flight suit. Most of what was used on the show was twill. Even if the base was brown, they weathered and dyed to make it darker more warm grey
4. Id go with the redder wig I think (Right option)

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Canon Brigade / SilentKnight's Sabine LA

« Last post by silentknight on Today at 03:25 PM »

Starting on this build even though the CRLs aren’t out yet. I’m working towards being as canon as possible. I’ve got a belt from BritishPixieCreations and the armor will be coming in sometime in June by StardustArg. I also have what I believe are the correct boots, which is a story to be posted as I get closer to the finish line.

Black series Lightsaber:
I’m assuming I need to get rid of these markings. Does anyone have a good technique without ruining it?

I’m having a difficult time with the flightsuit.
The entire show has color filters over it. Any screencap I’ve grabbed has to be altered just to see what she’s wearing because it’s so dark. Which then means all the colors are skewed. So I’m going to use the official promo photos:
The lighting seems to be more natural here. Also shows off her paneling. It’s a darker brown than the rest of the flightsuit. The Hot Toys version is black. But it’s not as black as her turtleneck in the official photos so I’m pretty positive it’s not black. It’s most visible between her legs. But I'm not sure if it's just a darker brown, a dark grey, or a lighter black? But it's definitely darker than her flightsuit brown. And stretchy.
Anyway, back to the main part of the flightsuit. I bought a pattern from UniverseSupplyCo which needs to be modified, but in her instructions, she says she spoke with someone who worked on Ahsoka and the flightsuit color is actually more similar to a Din Djarin brown. What is the brown for Din?
Anyway, here are my fabric swatches. I have a Pixel so it did lighten the fabric just a tad, but I think it's pretty close to the real color. The smaller swatches are canvas and the big swatch is a cotton twill.
Morning sun:
Evening sun:
Placing the photos next to the promo images, it looks like the smallest dark brown is close, but it also looks like the larger twill is close too? Help?

Also cannot tell which wig color is better but I think it's the right plum one. What do you think?:


To summarize:
1. How do I remove the symbols on the lightsaber without ruining it?
2. What color is the flightsuit paneling?
3. What color fabric swatch is best (and do I need a different color)?
4. Which wig is closest (not too many wig options out there so I might be limited with choices)?

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Armor Construction / Re: Authorized Etsy Dealer

« Last post by Gorfinator on Today at 11:46 AM »

Per this conversation in the Q&A - it is acceptable.

https://mandalorianmercs.org/forum/index.php?topic=247216.0

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Armor Construction / Re: Second Son Second Kit

« Last post by Fenn Beviin on Today at 09:32 AM »

Booooooooooooo lol

Looking to move in/around St. Charles county

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Legends Brigade / Re: WIP KAL SKIRATA FROM COSTA RICA

« Last post by Fenn Beviin on Today at 09:31 AM »

Oh man, this kit is looking pretty fantastic!! Legends characters certainly need more love but you've done a fantastic job with this kit so far!

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Armor Construction / Re: Second Son Second Kit

« Last post by Second Son on Today at 09:19 AM »

Dunno about finished by June - but I expect to have some progress on that front.

What portion of MO you headed to?

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Armor Construction / Re: [WIP] Modern Era - Kad'la Verd

« Last post by Fenn Beviin on Today at 09:11 AM »

Aw yeah! It's all coming together! What kind of coveralls are these?