Mandalorian Concepts

I,ve been a member for a while now but i've never had the guts to post any original work. Well here goes.
I'm using pen, ink, and photoshop elements 5. Please be gentle with the critiques.

Standard concept.


The heavy mando.


A heavy damage concept.


The Jedi.


Last, but not least, the Sith Mando.

Hey man! Great work!!!! That sith concept is SOOOOOOOOO freakin AWESOME! I want to make a model of him in Autodesk Maya hahaha! I'd be very interested in seeing someone pull off that sith mando man... Very awesome color scheme AND design I'm not the worlds biggest custom fan but I do appreciate a good design! Mad props!

El1te

Wow, like TehEl1te mentioned above, fantastic art work! You have some real talent there! Are you going to attempt to make any or all of these a reality?

He better make that sith one a reality HAHA. It is SIIIICK!

El1te

Nice work, now when are you going to finish my fem mando concept?

Excellent artwork. I echo others comments by saying that the Sith Mando should become a reality. The concept and colour scheme really makes it pop and I really love those double pistols.

Thank you guys so much for the kind words. It's nice to know that someone other than myself likes my ideas.
As for making them a reality, I would love to. I think the gun for the heavy concept would be cool to make with the glowing inside parts.
The heavy damage concept might be impossible with the see through battle droid arms and legs.
The sith will become a reality. He's my favorite.

By the way, I think this thread is in the wrong section. I thought I was putting it in the expanded universe section. I got distracted and hit the wrong button. Sorry admins.

Very nice! I like the spurs on the Standard mando. Was the heavy inspired by Fallout 3 power armor? it looks tight, the light saber blades look a little thin but that's probably just me.

I was wondering if you'd mind if I nicked your visor design from the heavy mando to use for one of my custom lids? It is somthing that has grown on me over the last few days..... Feel free to say "Sod off" But I thought I'd ask.

Cheers

I really like the jedi mando there ^_^ it would be nice to see it real

Originally Posted by Commander Ret

Very nice! I like the spurs on the Standard mando. Was the heavy inspired by Fallout 3 power armor? it looks tight, the light saber blades look a little thin but that's probably just me.

You're right. The heavy does looks like a power suit. I was actually playing Fallout 3 when I came up with the design. The similarities are unintentional though.
As for the sabers, I made them thicker to begin with, but they did'nt look right.

Originally Posted by SinisterFett

I was wondering if you'd mind if I nicked your visor design from the heavy mando to use for one of my custom lids? It is somthing that has grown on me over the last few days..... Feel free to say "Sod off" But I thought I'd ask.

Cheers

Sod off! Actually I'm honored you like it. If you want I can post some more detailed views of the whole helmet, or anything else.

dam!! those are so amazing, aweosme job!

man, these are great!!! it's crazy that you were worried that people wouldn't like these. i think that these are better than a lot of the customs that are floating around right now. someone needs to make #1, 2, and 4 a reality too.
good job!

Cool. It'd be great if you could post some more views of the Heavy Mando helmet. If I do go ahead and do it; it'd be good to know if I could incorporate the visor design into a standard helmet without too much chopping about and having to go through the bother of a scratch build and then remolding it. So by all means post away. And thanks

Your concept art is absolutely amazing!!! I love it!

Wow they are all excellent drawings and concepts

I've been looking at the heavy mando and his blaster. Nice design!!! Be good to see his backpack as it seems the weapon connects to it?

Great work!! Love the jedi concept!
Keep 'em coming!!

I've been looking t that heavy mando again. I really dig how you designed the thighs to look alot like mando knee armor. Come to think of it, his left shin looks similar too. Nice going there mate.

Also, that heavy damaged Mando using a Battle Droid head as a belt buckle is totally sick!

Nicely spotted there. I totally missed that Battle Droid head. That's a cool touch

Here are some views of the heavy mando helmet and backpack. I threw them together really fast, so the proportions are a little off here and there.

The helmet idea was to have two visors with the top one for targeting and special info and the main one for acute vision. The backside has a blast shield.




The backpack has interchangeable energy canisters.

Liking the nech shield on the lid, I really like the pack too but I think I'd have had the energy cells standing up. Just for practical reasons really. Although it would have give a more RC look to the pack then. Great artwork!

I've gotta say the Jedi (I can't believe I'm going to say this!) has to be my favourite. Would be any drama's if I tried that one?
I think he looks awesome mate! Outstanding work!!!!!:thumbup

Those images of the Heavy Mando lid are exactly what I was hoping for. That neck shield too is a great idea and will also be incorporated. It should be feasable to do this from a standard Mando helmet. A bit of sintra here, a bit of bondo there and a shed load of time, but do-able non the less.
Thanks once again for letting me do this. It will be a couple of months before I get a chance to start on it but it will be done. Artistic licence will be applied as it won't be a direct copy, but close enough.
By the way. That back pack is also a thing of beauty
Cheers

Originally Posted by BH Reaper

I've gotta say the Jedi (I can't believe I'm going to say this!) has to be my favourite. Would be any drama's if I tried that one?
I think he looks awesome mate! Outstanding work!!!!!:thumbup

Do it to it brother. I would love to see every one of these concepts become reality. I'm just jealous I don't have the time and money to do it myself.
Tdh has some of the most talented artists i've ever seen. I posted my work here in the hopes that you guys would bring them to life. I have no doubt you will more than do it justice. Don't forget to post a WIP.

I'm really interested in doing the heavy mando if you have more pics? I have no idea when I'll get to him as I'm working on a few things right now but I'd like to make him a reality.

Originally Posted by SinisterFett

Those images of the Heavy Mando lid are exactly what I was hoping for. That neck shield too is a great idea and will also be incorporated. It should be feasable to do this from a standard Mando helmet. A bit of sintra here, a bit of bondo there and a shed load of time, but do-able non the less.
Thanks once again for letting me do this. It will be a couple of months before I get a chance to start on it but it will be done. Artistic licence will be applied as it won't be a direct copy, but close enough.
By the way. That back pack is also a thing of beauty
Cheers

Thanks again for the compliments. Use all the artistic licence you want. Make it your own. Just don't forget the WIP.

No worries on the WIP I'll be sure to take a load of progress pics and post one up when I get around to it. Like I said. It'll be a couple of months before start up but this one is marked down on the calendar.

Cheers

Hey Sinister, you doing the full heavy Mando or just the lid?

Only planning to do the lid Skupilkinson. I read you were intending to do the whole suit, that's not a problem as far as I'm concerned. My Heavy Mando lid is going to be part of my Assassin style Mando. Whenever I get around to building that!!

I know what you mean. Check my status, I really could do with more hours in the days!!

End of hijack.

Very cool designs I wouldnt mind making one of those just to do it like the sith myself very cool also love your avatar

Great concept art! And I agree, that Sith one rocks

love the sith one for sure, great concept designs

Heavy, Jedi & SITH!!!!!! they are awesome!!!!!!

Great ideas & artwork!!!

Great work, but just so you know, I am stealing this idea!! Maybe just a few color changes to suit my taste, very cool.

WOW . . . I love the attention to small details, the battle droid head/face is a great touch, I'm intending my current WIP custom to be a bit of a souvenir collector, is it cool if I 'borrow' that idea ? :thumbup.

I still wanna see that sith one done, that looks like 110% win

El1te

Dear azheat01,... THIEF! Seriously, go for it and post us some pics when you're done.
I've always thought that the Jedi could have just as easily been the sith with a few modifications ( color etc.). So anyway, make it your own, improve it however you want.

Originally Posted by Boba-Debt

WOW . . . I love the attention to small details, the battle droid head/face is a great touch, I'm intending my current WIP custom to be a bit of a souvenir collector, is it cool if I 'borrow' that idea ? :thumbup.

Absolutely! No problem. I think the souvenir collector idea is great. My personal thought process behind the heavy damage concept was that he was very nearly killed in a large droid battle.
After it was all over, he was put back together with parts that were laying around. Super battle droid arm and leg, Droideka laser, and battle droid belt buckle.

Love your work, its amazing dude! I cant even draw a circle in photoshop! My custom mando is supposed to be a Jedi or some sort. But after seeing the sith mando, I am definetaly going sith! Would u ever offer to draw up peoples customs on photoshop? If you do I call being first in line!

You have the nod of satisfaction of this Sith!!!!

Originally Posted by Nevu440

Love your work, its amazing dude! I cant even draw a circle in photoshop! My custom mando is supposed to be a Jedi or some sort. But after seeing the sith mando, I am definetaly going sith! Would u ever offer to draw up peoples customs on photoshop? If you do I call being first in line!

Sorry but Skulpinkinson has already asked me to work up some of his customs. I would also love to do some work for you too though.
I am going to be starting on these as soon as my job cools down a bit. I'll PM you and we can work it out. Thanks for the compliment BTW.

Thats just fine. Skip does some great work with pepakura so his customs look nice. I will be looking forward to that PM . And your welcome, great works deserve to know that it is great work.

You remembered me?? LOL! Looking forward to seeing them too bro!

OK, depressed now, there are some far too talented people around here! Serioulsy, I'm just jealous, if may talent was a percentage of what I've seen around here I'd be happy. oneone, keep up the good work fella!

I showed these pics to some friends & they all LOVE them. Keep up the good work.

Really cool!

Those look great, I have only 1 piece of advice. In the Jedi concept, how about turning the lightsabers around to be like guard shotos, and then give him a double bladed sword on his belt, maby even one that comes apart!!!!! I'm just thinking, what you have now would be great for a quick in'n'out, but not for dueling. However, a mando woth 4 lightsabers. that would be more dangerous than General Grievous.

Any way I bow to your most stellar and unattainable artistic talent. :P

Absolutely incredible! Please tell me you intend to put these concepts into actual armor production! If so, I'd definitely like to see progress pics.

amazing! the time it took to make these sketches alone is impressive! great work

Originally Posted by oneone1111

I,ve been a member for a while now but i've never had the guts to post any original work. Well here goes.
I'm using pen, ink, and photoshop elements 5. Please be gentle with the critiques.

Standard concept.


The heavy mando.


A heavy damage concept.


The Jedi.


Last, but not least, the Sith Mando.

Looking forward to seeing your new artwork bro!

This is Skip's custom mando design that he asked me to do.

That looks AWESOME!!! How much do you charge???

Ya man great artwork!

Hey ner'vod that is some great concepts.You should post your work more often.

You know I love it bro! Awesome!!!

The heavy, the sith and Skip's are my favorite! These are so sick!!

I like Skip's too.

Amazing work, Ner'vod! I'm dying to see these fabricated. On the concepts, is there a time period they are supposed to be from? I ask because the visor design on a few of them reminds me of the Mando in the Old Republic trailer, and a Sith Mando (awesome) seems to fit with that era.

Hey vod; I am enjoying these photos you have of mandalorians. Really sweet. I love the heavy damage mando. That one kicks @$$ along with the sith one. Great job. I really hope to see more come from you.

I want to see a colaboration on the Heavy Mando between you and Skip's awesome Pepakura abilities. Especially on the gun and helmet!

I do intend to do that heavy Mando when I find the time.

Originally Posted by Tod 'buir

Amazing work, Ner'vod! I'm dying to see these fabricated. On the concepts, is there a time period they are supposed to be from? I ask because the visor design on a few of them reminds me of the Mando in the Old Republic trailer, and a Sith Mando (awesome) seems to fit with that era.

Thanks again for the kind words everyone. The time period can vary for most of the concepts. Jedi, Sith, Heavy, and Standard could come from any time. The Heavy Damage concept should be from the clone wars period since he is patched together using droid parts from that period.

Should give a try with an assassin or stealth type mando. Just a sudjestion. All of your other work is really good and I bet it would look nice if someone actually made armor of what you posted.

I agree, it'd be awesome to see them a reality. Though the drawing he did of my armor has been in the works for a year now so that one at least will be a reality.

Originally Posted by Commander720

Should give a try with an assassin or stealth type mando. Just a sudjestion. All of your other work is really good and I bet it would look nice if someone actually made armor of what you posted.

Have you been sneaking around my computer when i'm not looking? An assassin is currently in the works along with another "secret" project.

Ooh! Looking forward to those mate.

Sarcastically: Yeah I've been looking through the files of your computer checking to see what work you have been going though with mandos.

JK JK JK

That popped into my head because I have a tone of different assassin photos and I was thinking what a mandalorian would look like if he had an assassin style of armor. That is why I brought it up. But who knows maybe someone will try and make one of the concepts you have drawn up. It will look cool if I may add as well.

Lovin how the visor is cut on that black and green. The red one is awesome, but the bar across the visor's going to be right in your line of vision. Not the best idea.

Hey Willis! This is Mr. D. Great art work brotha!

You know on some of the concepts you should perform some photos of the mandos who have actually made armor. Your drawing skills are better then mine. Maybe I should get you to draw up my mando LOL!

Wow! I'm glad I found this thread! These are great! oneone1111! I realy liked all of the detail, the unigue antinea/ranger finders, the spurs, the individual crests and emblems, battledroid head, the custom plates, everything!

I like the Jedi a lot. I've had an idea in my head for a long time to make a Mando Jedi with gaunts similar to that. The chracter grew up in the temple, then his master taught him to dual weild sabers. So when he makes his new larger adult sized sabers as he nears knighthood, his little padawan ones get mounted on a set of gaunts. In my design they are under slung though, rather than being on the top, where'd have to make the gaunt really tall so you don't cut our hand off, I mounted mine on the outside/underside of the forearm, in other words, directly aposed to the thumb, like weher you have the droidika blaster mounted on "heavily damaged" but a little closer to the arm that that blast is.

Dude, I cant believe I didn't see this... If you ever start commissions on art, lemme know, I'd love to see you do my Snow Mando.

I have two done by Alpha and one by Kal'ika, they're havin fun with my guy.

I'm definitely gonna subscribe to this one.

Originally Posted by SaberMaker

Wow! I'm glad I found this thread! These are great! oneone1111! I realy liked all of the detail, the unigue antinea/ranger finders, the spurs, the individual crests and emblems, battledroid head, the custom plates, everything!

I like the Jedi a lot. I've had an idea in my head for a long time to make a Mando Jedi with gaunts similar to that. The chracter grew up in the temple, then his master taught him to dual weild sabers. So when he makes his new larger adult sized sabers as he nears knighthood, his little padawan ones get mounted on a set of gaunts. In my design they are under slung though, rather than being on the top, where'd have to make the gaunt really tall so you don't cut our hand off, I mounted mine on the outside/underside of the forearm, in other words, directly aposed to the thumb, like weher you have the droidika blaster mounted on "heavily damaged" but a little closer to the arm that that blast is.

I'm glad you like my concepts. Thanks a lot! I also have to say that I think your idea about mounting the sabers on the side of the gaunts is a better idea than putting them on top. They could be mounted on a swivel mechanism for extra mobility. The character would look really cool in action. Maybe i'll do a revised version when I have time.

Originally Posted by adonian

Dude, I cant believe I didn't see this... If you ever start commissions on art, lemme know, I'd love to see you do my Snow Mando.

I have two done by Alpha and one by Kal'ika, they're havin fun with my guy.

I'm definitely gonna subscribe to this one.

Thanks a lot for the props. I'm going to do some more custom mando art for anyone that wants it, however, I have an extra job (doing artwork) through the Halloween season, so I have to get through the end of October to have the extra time. I'm also trying to complete a custom Boba Fett costume for Halloween. I'm already anxious to get back to the mando art.

Cool, lemme know when your ready, I'd love to see mine done in 'Shop.

pm sent

I would love to see mine done your style!



Kal'ika did this one for me, unfortunatly i havnt sketch it good myself yet if you do start doing requests, you can always do mine

Unbelievable concepts. Would love to see the real deals.

If you do a second version of the jedi let me know I want to see it!

Wow I really love this. I always imagined a Heavy Mando for deep urban combat and it is so cool to see an awesome artwork of a Heavy Mando.

These were all really amazing. My nine year old son is a budding artist and was amazed when he saw your work. You are very talented; keep using your talents!
I really loved the Heavy and the Jedi.
Best of luck!

Some good concepts here. I like that double lightsaber gauntlets! Would love to see an actual costume made - that would be awesome!

Well mine wasn't one of oneone1111's concepts but he did do my Mando from my concept pics I sent. Here's the first testfit pics:

I like!

A kick @$$ job for a mando costume.

Love the Mirror tint Skip quite menacing.

love the sith and heavy mando wish i had seen this earlier if i had the talent and money i would do do the sith. love the mando spc looks great

Sith and Standard are mine and I love the Heavy mando gun

mmmmmm.....lightsaber gauntlets....

Oneone1111, Is this you?? http://edxrox.deviantart.com/gallery/

Reason I ask is, if it isn't you, someone on Deviant is trying to pass your work off as their own! I hate people who do that. He's even named my Mando which is really insulting!

Oh no, I hope that's not an art theif.
I'm watchin him too Skip. I also put a comment warning the artist of thievery. (if its not oneone1111)

I don't think it's him. He renamed my character.

I know huh? That's just RUDE.
and looking at his "so called" art, the style changes from the Oneone1111's to the ones I dont recognize.

It is bad form but pretty common I'm sorry to say.

just as bad a recasters in my opinion.

Hey Oneone1111 technically that guy is copyright infringing isn't he?

I love these concepts, the heavy mando is my favorite and is very close to the design im working on for my heavy mando

That is definately not me! We have a pathetic thief on our hands! I have already posted on his page asking him to remove my work. Thank you guys so much for the heads up. Mandalorians Unite! BTW this is my Deviant Art page http://vinom11.deviantart.com/