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[Robidom]

Finally got to work on the actual plates for my kit, using the Ronan's Legacy template as a guid since I'll have to make a few changes to allow for my smaller frame.

Here's the chest and ab templates laid out.


The plating is 16 gauge steel recycled from my old community college, the IT department was cleaning house and found a few dozen under-desk computer cases so I grabbed what I could carry.


And after a few hours of cutting and grinding I have one upper chest plate to be used as a guide for making a second one!

[Pesh 'katar]

Picture links aren't working, ner'vod...

[Robidom]

Yeah I noticed, trying to fix that. Suggestions?

[Marcus116]

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[Pesh 'katar]

Check out this thread...

http://mandalorianmercs.org/forum/index.php?topic=560.msg6765#msg6765

[Robidom]

Should be working now.

[Pesh 'katar]

Looks like a decent start!

[Reyn Vok'chi]

Before you go any further, I can strongly recommend taping the templates to yourself and posting pics to see what the size is like. I'd be gutted to see you put loads of work in only to have to start chopping it down.

[Robidom]

I'll get on that next, if you look at the template pic you'll see extra lines on the pieces, that's where I had to trim down the pieces so they would fit. Originally with just the collar and chest plates the whole getup hung down to my navel. I ended up trimming a half inch off the edges of every piece all around so it wouldn't look like I was wearing a dress.

[Reyn Vok'chi]

Yeah, that's why I was concerned. The Legacy templates I see are more often than not on the rather large side.

[Robidom]

Yeah, that's why I'm only using the template as a guide, just to get plate placement and shape right, which is why I haven't pieced the template into anything wearable. The one plate I have worked on still needs some work until I'm down to the guide lines I put on it, but it's the right size for me as it just covers my ribs with space for the ab plates to attach.

[Reyn Vok'chi]

Nice one. I'll keep an eye out but feel free to give me a shout if you need 

[Robidom]

One thing I did notice, the hammer marks on the plate look like blaster impact points, instant weathering while I work!

[Robidom]

Got me a flight suit today, think I might dye it black but not 100% on that. As to the look on my face, this is what happens when my wife tells me to smile- I get sarcastic.


I found this little number at a second-hand store, I see some potential here for modding it into a DL-44 or something similar.

[Robidom]

Working on the collar plate I've decided to make it in two pieces and attach them to each other, now I can either weld them, or rivet them together, which option is LEAST likely to get me dinged by the app team?