I've started.

Gonna go with Jax on this one and say that having a lightsaber in the gaunt probably isn't that realistic for a mando. I would suggest putting the lightsaber emitter (hilt) on the side of the gaunt in place of the flamethrower. That way you can build it into the gaunt.


Thats more or less what I was thinking, its attached but easily removable. Hidden in plain sight.
 
Hi sorry to leave you guys hanging. But my family has fallen on some tough times. My great grandfather passed away about a week ago and I've been busy with the funeral and have had family in town for a while. I kinda blew off my armor. I've got the silver base coat done and will be painting the gold later tonight if the weather holds off.

On the subject of the lightsaber/gauntlets. I've given it some thought and I think that I will stick with the conventional lightsaber for now. That way I can focus more on the rest of the armor. Who knows, I still might incorporate it into the gauntlet later.

I also just recenlty saw Iron Man for the 3rd time. God I love that movie. Well, I wanted a way to incorporate something from Iron Man into my armor and was thinking that I could take out the diamond piece in the chest armor and alter the other chest pieces to make room so that I can incorporate the glowing chest piece that tony stark had in the movie. Just a suggestion. Tell me what you think.\

Oh yeah. I'm gonna scratch the cape idea. I think that it will just get in the way seeing as that I am actually going to be using this armor when I get together with my friends and we airsoft. It's just not practicle.

I'll try to post some pictures later tonight...That's if the weather holds off. We are supposed to get a bad storm later and I cant paint in rain.
 
As I suspected, the rain came before I was able to get all of the painting done. I am going to have to redo the topcoat of silver because when I went to put the painting tape on it pulled the tape off.

Instead of painting I decided to make the leg armor. It turned out alright, but I think it is a tad small.

I've got some pictures. Keep in mind that this is not the finished product, and I have not made the spot for the glowing chest piece yet.

The first is the chest (1 coat of paint)
The second is the legs (slightly too small)
The third is the buckets that sacrificed themselves

My pics were too big, so Jaiden made them smaller for me. Thanks
 
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If you use Microsoft Office Picture Manager, it has a compress function.

Like this (forgive me, I stole your pics;))

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PM me if you need any help with it(y)!

David.
 
I'm also open for suggestions on how to bend my armor to put some curviture in it. I'm not sure what the best way is to heat it up, but if you have ideas I'm open to try pretty much anything.
 
There are several methods.

METHOD 1) (slightly hazardous) THE OVEN: Set the temp to about 200 degrees. You can either a) tape your pieces (NOT duct tape! I recommend painter's tape) to a cardboard form slightly smaller than the piece you are heating. Take the belly plate, for example. The cardboard would make the straight side of a "D" form. Heat for no more than a couple of minutes then allow to cool.

METHOD 2) HEAT GUN: You can either make a shaped form of your piece out of foam or cardboard and let the piece form to that, or heat the piece and shape it by hand. I recommend good high-temp gloves either way.

METHOD 3) BOILING: If you have a pot big enough, bring a enough water to boil that you can dunk the whole piece into in one shot. Again, with high-temp gloves, shape the piece to what you want.

With any method, there are hazards, specifically burning. BE CAREFUL!

Oh, and have fun!

BTW, as someone I know can attest to, DO NOT try to shape a hot piece of plastic directly to your body. :eek: That's just asking for trouble. :lol:

David.
 
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Thanks for the info. I've read around and some members said that they were using blow dryers to shape their armor. Do you have any experience with this, and is it easier than the ones mentioned above?
 
As far as I know, using a blow dryer is meant to be the same as Method 2 above, with a heat gun. The only real difference is that blow dryers don't get as hot as a heat gun will. I first tried forming plastic with a hair dryer, and it just took way too long to get the plastic pliant enough to shape, and it was almost impossible for me to heat a large enough area to shape at a time. I believe I've read others being successful this way, but I've never been able to do it. In my opinion, using the heat gun is easier by far.
 
I've used the boiling method for all of mine, if you use tongs, common sence, and an open widow to vent the steam, you should do just fine. I actualy have molded the armor to my body before, I just doubled up a large towel and put over me, and did it that way so there wasen't any direct contact, but I don't think I'd recommend it to someone else. :lol:

In a sorta related note, I can remember about 2 or 3 years ago walking someone through heating Sintra, and when I recommend them the boiling water method, they asked me if they could boil water on the grill. :lol: She didn't want to boil the plastic inside because she didn't have any exhaust fans, or windows in her kitchen to catch the fumes, so she told me she wanted to do it outside. :lol:
 
What do you think. This is the concept for my Iron Man Mando. There will be gold highlights and the glowing chest piece. What do you think. Should I go for this, or stay with my original?

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I've decided to scratch this build seeing as I wasn't getting anywhere. It really sucks that I have to give up on this, but it wasnt working out. I have started a nother thread that consists of some questions and my Iron Man Mando concepts that I hope I am able to bring to life in the next couple of weeks. Thanks for all you input. This website is truely one of the greatest star wars communities that I have ever stumbled upon.
 
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