Alright, figured I'd go ahead and start a WIP. I going for a modern mando build and I'm using steel to construct it. There are a few parts of it that I don't yet have the skills to attempt in metal, so I got a professional to do it for me. These parts were the helmet, gauntlets, and shins. I also found a nice pauldron and went ahead and bought that as well. I'm going to cut those upper barrel assemblies off the top of the gauntlets, I just think they're excessive. They will be replaced with whistling birds on one side and a control pad on the other.
I redid the helmet visor from the first image. Originally it was just some window tint on a piece of acetate plastic, but it was far to flimsy. I replaced it with a cut up protective face shield with window tint applied to it. It's still not finished, as the final build will use green metallic window tint. I will have to reshape part of the helmet since the visor does not sit quite flush against the eye slit.
For the overall design I'm going with a galaxies style template with Din Djarin style helmet and shoulder bells (decided on the shoulder bells after I made the concept image). The color scheme will be very simple. Green, angular lines running along the bare metal plates. I imagine it looking somewhat like Hardcase's phase II armor, but with more coverage than just the chest plate.
I have not yet started construction on any of the parts that I don't already have. I still need to buy some of the necessary tools. . . which can't happen without a few more paychecks. I'll post more progress here in a few weeks when I'm able to start cutting.
