Hello!

For my “stay sane in quarantine” project, I decided to make a mando kit, and at this point I’m working on the armor so I decided to make a thread in armor construction. This is my current concept from the mando maker, I’m looking for a forest-y vibe. And maybe in the far, far, very far future, maybe a forest ops (and maybe recon?) brigade. Idk, taking it day by day. Also, the yellow seen in the concept will actually be gold! I love colorful visors so much.

I’m currently working on sanding my helmet! I’ve gone over it a few times with 80 grit and done a coat of primer/filler. After I’m done with this pass, I’m going to put some bondo on the top!


This is my armor, I’ve done all pieces except for the chest/ab/collar. Planning on sizing them when I get a chance. The lines are references as I heated and formed, that’s all. I’m using custom templates because I’m very short!
Cut out

This is me with the armor, formed and (about half of them) sanded, tapped on! First of all, I was not using my brain during this photo and it shows, placement is terrible, everything is wonky. This is just to show the general scale of things, Not Placement. I’ll enlist my sister to help me with the plates next time, and I won’t wear really baggy sweatpants. Also, I have to fix that right shoulder piece, it got very bendy from heat forming and isn’t a nice line, more of a gross curve. but other than that I feel like these plates are okay. I swear the knees fit well they're just falling off


Paints! This is the primer I’m using. The clear coat one I found in my house and thought it would be useful for sealing the paint. I’ll test it on a scrap when I spray paint and if it’s too shiny I’ll just stick with my matte spray.

I’m also making custom gauntlets, and I know a few of my clan mates want to see them but one is still in pieces and the other is basically a block of bondo, but I will share photos soon!
The left one has a “data pad” on it, which is basically a box with an old iphone in it, displaying some star warsy graphics (the phone will be covered, only the screen is visible, and I have some fake buttons on the box). I am also planning on making a little grappling hook on the side of that gauntlet! VERY excited to work on that aspect

The right gauntlet has a little communicator unit on it with some buttons, and a little raised platform for a few darts.
I’ve decided my mando name will be Aster Nova, hence the name of the thread

I really put 0 consideration into it, I just thought it sounded cool (Aster is a type of plant, Nova like a supernova lol) and it stuck so…… mando name!
Thanks so much for reading, really appreciate it!