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[BlackTie90]

New Year, new inspiration, new bucket and accessories.


Inspiration for colorscheme Planning to do Gunmetal over black with a silver base coat for helmet. Have a chrome visor on order from Kalevala. Will likely light it white for nights. 50-50 on doing a black trench coat instead of back plate for the kit.


Using my 501st boots for time being. May change to a cape in the future. Planning a loincloth for the front.


Have a grey flight suit from my old attempt. Needs tailoring, and I'm still torn on the girth belt or sash. Also is the buckle on the belt cool or will it need to be hidden?


Helmet, Belt, Blaster, Gloves[/url] Lot of 3d printing going on. Working on a second DE-10 presently.


Need to remove the logo by the thumbs, hopefully I can acetone them off. I picked up 2 pairs on clearance because they're comfy.

Any criticisms or comments would be greatly appreciated.

[Havelock]

Other than getting the logos off the gloves, I don't see any issues.  You've got a solid base from which to build your kit, vod.  One thing to keep in mind is that your sleeves "must not protrude from the ends of the gauntlets," so you'll want to plan ahead for that, since those gloves aren't going to cover much - if anything  - past your wrists.

Again, though, you're off to a good start.

Also, you might want to ask the mods to move this to the "Armor Construction" board, since you're kind of in the construction phase.  And if you want some help with including individual pictures in your posts, check out this thread.  There are even instructions for including pics using a mobile device; just keep scrolling down.

[BlackTie90]

So the suit sleeves can't extend past wrist armor, I'll be sure to keep that in mind. I'm looking into getting the suit tailored as well as different ways to do the flak vest. Fabric is a mystery to me though so those are probably gonna take a good while

[Slade Kel]

Interesting choice of inspiration. You're off to a good start with the materials you've begun collecting, too. As to the buckle, I'm not sure it's not approveable, but I recommend covering it as there aren't a ton of standard buckle examples in SW that I can think of off the top of my head. Most of them seem to be geometric shapes like Han's belt buckle and the Imperial Officer Buckles. Then you get examples of metal side-release buckles like the ones on Jedi belts. One thing you could do is superglue some velcro around the front edge of the existing buckle, and a little around the belt hole you buckle into, then make a simple rectangular buckle you can velcro right over it.

[BlackTie90]

Interesting choice of inspiration. You're off to a good start with the materials you've begun collecting, too. As to the buckle, I'm not sure it's not approveable, but I recommend covering it as there aren't a ton of standard buckle examples in SW that I can think of off the top of my head. Most of them seem to be geometric shapes like Han's belt buckle and the Imperial Officer Buckles. Then you get examples of metal side-release buckles like the ones on Jedi belts. One thing you could do is superglue some velcro around the front edge of the existing buckle, and a little around the belt hole you buckle into, then make a simple rectangular buckle you can velcro right over it.

It's probably the first piece of superhero media I ever saw as a kid. It's certainly the movie I remember most vividly right down to where it was rented and who rented it for me. Figured it's obscure enough anymore to not have too many people question it.

I was considering wearing the belt with buckle in the back. Or maybe I'll just keep my eyes peeled for something similar to Obi wan or Han's buckles from ANH

[Slade Kel]

A suggestion I made to someone else who does wear a buckle like that in the back; you can make a simple buckle out of sintra or something, and put clips on the back (like the style of a money clip) so that it can be clipped over the belt leather and slid into place in case your belt shifts when you buckle it.

[Kol Varek]

Havelock's got you covered on advice for where you are now. You're off to a good start!

[BlackTie90]

A suggestion I made to someone else who does wear a buckle like that in the back; you can make a simple buckle out of sintra or something, and put clips on the back (like the style of a money clip) so that it can be clipped over the belt leather and slid into place in case your belt shifts when you buckle it.

Like a TK or Scout Trooper Thermal detonator? Something to just clip over and hide it... that's certainly doable

[BlackTie90]

Would there be issues mixing knee armors? I'd like to have one of each of these for the pure aesthetic of not being wholly symmetrical

I'm planning one Rav Bralor style and one Deathwatch style

[Sep Ho'ban]

Intentional asymmetry is just fine.

[BlackTie90]

Intentional asymmetry is just fine.

Oh that absolutely makes my day. I have a love hate thing with symmetry.

[Sep Ho'ban]

There are some great asymmetrical builds on the boards,  it's when it's accidental that it's problematic.  And IIRC, it's not allowed on chest plates, but you can have 2 different shins, 2 different shoulders (have this on my kit), 2 different knees/boot plates/etc. 

[BlackTie90]

I really need to get to work on plates and flak vest sooner or later

[BlackTie90]

Got the left gauntlet mostly printed. Hope it's an alright size.

[Sep Ho'ban]

As long as it's covering 2/3rds the length of your arm from wrist to elbow, or thereabouts, you're good   Just be sure to get rid of ALL the print lines by the time you finish paint.

[Straka Zulu]

I'm working on that same gauntlet. April Storm, correct?

I also app'd in with those gloves, still have them, but had to cut the thumb and finger off of them to be able to use a datapad (phone).  One thing you can try is something like this:

I used a section of leather from the arm of a coat that I made my flak vest from. I need to slim them down a bit, as I've lost a little weight.

Good luck, and good hunting.

[Fenris Claddanna]

Heyo,

Just popping in with a couple suggestions on the vambraces. First, for the hinges, get a couple of the wire hangars that dry cleaners use for shirts, cut the bottom cross piece off, sand one end into kind of a point, clamp it in a drill, and use the drill to drive in the hinge, then clip off your excess. Just make sure you have everything lined up properly first, as once it's in, it isn't coming out easily. Secondly, for smoothing your 3D print lines, I'd suggest using wood filler putty. It dries fast, and sands super easy.

I hope this helps, and I look forward to seeing how your build progresses, ner vod.

[BlackTie90]

Heyo,

Just popping in with a couple suggestions on the vambraces. First, for the hinges, get a couple of the wire hangars that dry cleaners use for shirts, cut the bottom cross piece off, sand one end into kind of a point, clamp it in a drill, and use the drill to drive in the hinge, then clip off your excess. Just make sure you have everything lined up properly first, as once it's in, it isn't coming out easily. Secondly, for smoothing your 3D print lines, I'd suggest using wood filler putty. It dries fast, and sands super easy.

I hope this helps, and I look forward to seeing how your build progresses, ner vod.

Been using bondo spot putty for the helmet. Might give wood filler a shot if it smells less like acetone. I hadn't thought of the hanger thing. Been wondering how to do the hinge since I scaled this to 110.08% scale from April's files

[BlackTie90]

Got both gauntlets printed and glued up ready for sanding (Ignore the burr ugly right side ran out of good filament colors). Printed a knee and chest diamond for size testing. Second knee on printer now. If the diamond doesn't end up working might make a ring of them as mementos or trophies something like that.

 

[Slade Kel]

Cool! Makes me super antsy for my new 3d printer to arrive, but I have at least two more months to wait.

[Darth_Vemon]

In regard to your belt buckle question, remember than Han Solo wears two belts.  His gun belt has the plain squarish buckle, but the one he wears on his trousers is a standard pin and loop buckle, though his has two pins.
See here:

https://goo.gl/images/wXzKs6