Female metal armor WIP.

man, she is a lucky lady! that stuff looks awesome. and i'm not usually a customs fan!!

i've seen her myspace posts about it, so i know how happy she is! can't wait to see her all suited up!
 
Thanks all! Yeah, she is extremely excited to put it on. I'm actually taking a break for a couple weeks on it so I can finish my own set! I've spent the last month+ working on hers and left mine just sitting in the corner. Now I've got 4 events in 30 days and I'm freaking out LOL!

I've thought about the helmet for this set, and she's sending me down a Rubies Jango to use on it...but I'm thinking I'll probably cast a custom helmet just for this suit. We'll see what happens around mid July for something like that.

I wish I could mass produce this kind of armor, but I don't have the time and most people couldn't afford it. Easily $1k for something like this with the amount of time and detail I've put into it. Considering that every pattern has to be hand drawn, can't use WOF patterns for this. Plus there's no general size like for us men. You have to take into account the chest area, and really work to make it comfortable for'em. If it doesn't feel good then it's not worth having on IMHO.
 
It looks worth every penny and more! Still can't believe how awesome it is, your friend is going to look amazing!
 
If I get my helmet done in time and my vac table set up I can cast one for her. If she is interested. Its similar to the neo style. I think it would go nicely with this outfit.

I just got to get my hands on some filler and finish off the back, before I show it off.
 
I've actually got a really sweet design that will be a little similar to my MS custom without being TO similar. Something sleek for a woman, with it still having that mando "I'm gonna break your teeth in!" look. I've never been partial to making women look like girls in mando, in the EU they fight just as hard as the men.
 
This is all great info, thank you... it looks like I have my work cut out for me. I have a nice design of armor for myself. I'll have to scan the sketches. For now, I'm reading as much as I can!
 
If I get any time to do so this weekend, I may start cutting out the gauntlets. I'm in a rush to finish my own set atm...so there really isn't anything more I can do to hers yet till I can relax on mine. I'm already way way ahead of schedule on her set, not due to DragonCon. Trying to get it done by mid june so I can decompress before August. =)
 
Well, after some down time to finish off my own metal armor and tons of appearances for Mercs...I've gotten back on the horse with Col'ika's armor.

Here is some shots of her right gaunt next to my right gaunt. The shells are 2 layers of 26gu plate steel, so they are some tough mothers...no doubt. Strong enough to deflect any bombardment.

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Gotta tweak some things and clean it up before I start adding the little extras and moving on to the working parts.
 
Gauntlet update.

Right gaunt is about half way done. Just fleshing out the plans for putting together the spring mechanism for the vibroblades. Light duty blaster has been attached and 2 darts will be on the front of each gaunt.

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For some reason I missed your topic! I think it looks realy realy wonderful, I can't wait to see more pics!!! :cheers
 
Holy ****!! That armour build is a stonking piece of work. can't believe I've missed this until now. As for those gauntlets, they look like a masterpiece of metal work, in fact I can't really pick one thing that stands out, as it all is quality of the highest standard.
Brilliant :) :)
 
Gauntlet update.

Right gaunt is about half way done. Just fleshing out the plans for putting together the spring mechanism for the vibroblades. Light duty blaster has been attached and 2 darts will be on the front of each gaunt.

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****...is THAT where that peice goes....ahahhahaha...whoops! (gets back to steelworking)
 
I'll post the blade mechanism as I put it together. It's supposed to act like a vertical switch-blade. Uses a charged spring to fire forward and lock. Then pull back into place to lock it in the housing. Just got to make sure it's not to strong for her to pull back.
 
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