Pink Ladies build

mainst69

Active Hunter

• Apr 9, 2016

• #1

Hey guys and gals, some of you may know that I'm building costumes for my daughter (Pink Darth Vader; very sinister Sith Lord) and her mom (Pink Mando) for an upcoming event we're attending. All of this in conjunction with my ESB build.
I thought I'd share some progress pics with you on their builds as well.

 

thinbluefett

Hunter

• Apr 9, 2016

• #2

I have a daughter too and can really appreciate your build. Haha Love it so far!

 

mainst69

Active Hunter

• Apr 9, 2016

• #3

dms54nyc said:

I have a daughter too and can really appreciate your build. Haha Love it so far!

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Thanks! It's been a lot of fun so far. I can't wait to be finished with at least one of them. Lot of work, but it'll be worth it.

 

ToEleven

Active Hunter

• Apr 10, 2016

• #4

I'd love to try something like this. My daughter has been wanting a pink bucket so she can play bounty hunter with her brothers. I like your take on the mando color scheme...and who can't love a tiny pink Vader?

Sent from my XT1585

 

mainst69

Active Hunter

• Apr 10, 2016

• #5

ToEleven said:

I'd love to try something like this. My daughter has been wanting a pink bucket so she can play bounty hunter with her brothers. I like your take on the mando color scheme...and who can't love a tiny pink Vader?

Sent from my XT1585

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I lucked out and found one of the Target lids on e-bay for not too bad of a price. I see them on there for $150 and on up, and I just think that's ridiculous. They look pretty decent from the outside once the visor is replaced, but they are styrofoam with a VERY thin ABS or some type of plastic on it. I had to cut out the half inch of foam over the key slots so your nose didn't smooth against the visor. But for its purpose, it'll be fine. Of course, someone with your scratch building skills could probably downsize some templates...maybe make a kid sized bucket... which we'd all like to see!

 

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AtomWest

Hunter

• Apr 12, 2016

• #6

I agree, the Mando colors go nicely together, and that pink vader helmet looks really good too. It's such a clean look with the black eyes. Maybe you get a generic clear light Saber and put a pink light in it or tint.

 

mainst69

Active Hunter

• Apr 12, 2016

• #7

AtomWest said:

I agree, the Mando colors go nicely together, and that pink vader helmet looks really good too. It's such a clean look with the black eyes. Maybe you get a generic clear light Saber and put a pink light in it or tint.

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Pink light saber, yep, that's the plan. Already got that sussed. The cool thing is, I'm scratch building one that should be more durable than the toy version and probably brighter.
Thanks for the comments, I'm having a lot of fun with it. I'm really proud of her blaster. Bunch of PVC and a part of a 2X6, that was a lot of fun to build!

 

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sprktaf

Jr Hunter

• Apr 13, 2016

• #8

Looks great. I, too, have 2 daughters. Though they would not want pink, I like your idea. Cool concept. Show more pics when you can. Enjoy watching work in progress.

southern Indiana
scott

 

mainst69

Active Hunter

• Apr 13, 2016

• #9

sprktaf said:

Looks great. I, too, have 2 daughters. Though they would not want pink, I like your idea. Cool concept. Show more pics when you can. Enjoy watching work in progress.

southern Indiana
scott

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Thanks, I'll post up more when I get some progress worth reporting on. These gals are into pink! LOL. Only one daughter and one mommy though. The little one is Vader. Mommy is pink Mando.

 

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sprktaf

Jr Hunter

• Apr 14, 2016

• #10

Were you guys at Anaheim? I thought I saw a pink vader out there. My daughters are liking this costuming. All for the dark and bad side. Siths and mandos. My wife, well she is just a super big supporter. She helps girls get ready and assist in loading R2 in & out of the SUV. Sounds like you tight family as well. Making memories.

southern Indiana
scott

 

mainst69

Active Hunter

• Apr 14, 2016

• #11

Some other Sith Lord at Anaheim. We roll in Texas. Yeah we have fun with it. Ours is mostly Halloween related.

 

mainst69

Active Hunter

• Apr 29, 2016

• #12

I'm trying to get better at resizing photos, so here is my lates ipad submission.

 

mainst69

Active Hunter

• Apr 30, 2016

• #13

test one, two