En4cer's Custom Mando Project

I am also starting on a year long custom mando project. I decided to go with an "LSU" custom mando, since we already have a "New Orleans Saints" custom mando in our group. I have included a few drawings of what I am trying to go for. I have already ordered the armor and I have Batninja making the vest for me. Over the next several months, I will order my helmet, belt, scats, pouches and have the helmet professionally painted.





Here is a photo of our resident Saints Mando named Larry. See below:





He also did a Saints clone. See Below:

Looks pretty cool! Lol, love the gold clone.

Hehehe...that's gonna be one brightly colored mando. Can't wait to see how this turns out.

Thats gonna be realy good camo for the Playdough planet.

Love the colors bro, very unique. Are you going to make a custom blaster too?

Who is the Fett in that pic.

Saints Fett (Larry), Jango (Eric TC/BH-2917), Boba (Keith TK/BH-1390), Mando (Nick TR/DZ-4059)

Yep, those guys are in our squad. Josh put their names next to their designations. Thanks Josh!

Im the black mando on the right

Here are some updated photos of my custom LSU mando I have been working on. All I need now is a purple jumpsuit and the rangefinder stalk for the helmet which is on order. By the way, I know the stripe in the back seems to be crooked, but that is because the helmet is a little warped. I don't really think people will be paying much attention to the back of the helmet anyway...lol

That looks killer! Nice color scheme!

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LOL Thats pretty cool man. Your gonna have to run out on the field when the LSU fight song is played. =D

nice armor i like the tigers
people could mistake you for a swedish mando with that colour scheme

JaMarcus would be proud.

Well I just received the rangefinder stalk in yesterday, and will be working on installing it in a few days along with the visor. I can't wait to get it all together and see how it turns out. The only thing I really have left to get is a purple flightsuit. By the way, how do you attach the cape to the armor? Thanks!

The cape is attached to the top left of the collar piece using armor blocks. Best way to make those is to pop 4 keys of the same size (the F keys work best) off a computer keyboard, then flatten the tops and bottoms on a grinder. JB weld you some screws into the left blocks so you can screw them down onto the armor. Poke a couple holes in the cape then put the screws through and bold them down to your armor. The right side you can just epoxy on.

Sounds good. Do you have any photos showing what you did to attach it. I am more of a visual person....lol

I just finished the outside of the helmet and here is what it looks like:



I have everything else except the jumpsuit. As soon as I get some extra money, that will be the last thing I will need to get.

Alright here is pretty much the final product. The only thing I am not happy with is the color of the flight suit. I dyed it twice with two packs each of the RIT purple dye and still couldn't get it the right shade of purple. My wife is going to try and make me a darker purple set of cover-alls. Any way, here are some photos I took this evening.

By the way, I know I am missing the cod piece. I have one, but forgot to put it on. I will have to take some more pictures in the next few days with the cod piece on..

Your chest pieces look a tad big. You may wanna cut them down a tad on the outside. Other then that, looks great!

I think what I need to do is bend the chest pieces more towards the inside. They are kind of sticking straight up.

Here are some more photos with the cod piece on. I took these at my son's birthday party this evening. I still need to mold the chest armor some more. Other than that, what do you guys think?

The cod piece definitely give the last kick!
If you like LSU its perfect i guess.
For me as german...what the hell is LSU?? ;-)
But looks great!

If you like college football, LSU stands for Louisiana State University....

Very cool.

We've got a local (American) Football team my friend plays for, the Nighthawks. If my ESB paint-job turns out naff, I was thinking of possibly doing a custom Mando based on their kit - a more simplistic silver and black. Mind you, I'd be worried about someone from the opposing team tackling me if I turned up to a game!

Be careful out there on the field!

Thanks for the compliment. I plan on going for one of the games, and don't plan on going on the visitor's side...lol