First Mando

Thanks for the encouragement guys :)

I haven't really been on here much so I figured I'd give an update: Shirt and possibly vest are in the works! Gloves.... those are a different story lol. Needless to say, my sewing capabilities have proven to be below below average. Attempted to hot glue them together but they still didn't look too good. will post pics of them later but any chance someone out there makes them for a good price? I've wasted too much money already trying to make them on my own lol

Will hopefully be posting again soon :)

Thanks, Kalyn
 
I just used work gloves and removed the labels. Something I was thinking about doing on my next kit (if I ever get there) is to use some horseback riding gloves that are small and thin, though I have not investigated how expensive or inexpensive they might be.
 
thanks :) I did manage to find some white work gloves online and am looking into them since they are a good price. the riding gloves you mentioned seemed to start around $22 (looked into those as well)

Thanks for the help!
 
So I was thinking about these, let me know what ya think. A bit worried the blue on the gloves will not look good. Thoughts?
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You can probably put armor over them, but the surface doesn't look flat so that would make it difficult. Depending on what material the blue/white areas are made out of, you might be able to just paint them. They are sweet looking gloves. :)
 
Hi all, so i'm trying to start my armor and found WOF templates. But I don't have access to a printer and when I went somewhere to print them, the templates were waaaaaay too big. Any suggestions?
 
Sounds good about the gloves!

The templates should have different size downloads, like BobaFettSmall, or something. I did the smallest and had to modify them a little bit to fit me. You could also make a duct tap mannequin of your torso and make templates from that.

Can you show me where you got the templates?
 
I got 'em from WOF but I tried to reprint them from the site at a friend's house and they worked fine :) Thanks for the help! Got a big 36"x36" sheet of metal today :D going to make my armor very very soon! :lol:
 
I was thinking a rubber mallet... I'm totally winging it atm :lol: but my dad is looking over my shoulder nodding his approval lol so maybe I'm doing something right :lol: Thanks for showing interest ner vod!
 
haven't been on here for a bit, thought I'd share some half updates... Started a pattern for my flak vest and came up with an interesting custom belt design that I shall share with you all once I have it drawn up a bit better :) hoping to have the flak vest done this week and possibly repaint my gloves that should be arriving soon.

And there's my update. Not much done quite yet but getting there :)
 
LoL! You could try dishing with a ball pin hammer (or whatever they are called) and then planishing. Research dishing. :)
 
OK so I got a sketch done of the belt idea I mentioned last night. Not sure where I'm gonna put the pushes quite yet but if anyone has any ideas, feel free to draw them onto the belt or share the thought :)

Ordeyn: bal pin hammer sounds good too :) will have to see what I got laying around. :D

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flak vest pattern is done, used the one Darth Mule pulled together but I'm not entirely sure how to line the pattern up for sewing, nothing lines up right... did I just do it wrong?? So confused :facepalm
 
I dunno anything about Darth Mule, sorry. Find someone you know who can sew to help you. My mom helped me a ton. Armor designs look sweet. Are you going to put any knee plates on?
 
definitely got knee plates, I just never drew them in the last pic because I was so focused on the belt lol As for the vest, I just decided to have someone make it for me... I would probably ended up spending more if I attempted to do it myself :lol:
 
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