Mandalorian helmet/armor in progress.

HEllos, all!
I have been reading numerous threads on this site since a few months ago.
I have been working on creating a set of armor-ish clothing, and am so far very UNsuccesful...
I think my first mistake was trying to use cardboard, but that's just me.
Any suggestions? For my buy'ce I'm using a clone trooper voice changer helmet. AS I have no idea how to modify it correctly so it fits mando standards, I need help.
I got a white binder that's made outta some kinda plastic mixed with something bendy, and am planning on cutting that up to make my chest plates.
I am trying to think of something else to use besides PVC (I basically took a strip of carboard, glued some bendy pipes on it, painted it all red, attached some elastic, and called it a thigh guard) and cardboard for leg armor.
Anyways, I need suggestions.
I have a limited budget (Like, next to nothing) as I am under 15 and basically can't AFFORD the 2000 dollar expense of getting an extremely detailed mando suit.
Going on vacation tomorrow, so I'll be checking in from library computers every 3 days or so.
Thank you for the time you took reading this message.
And thanks even more for your reply.

If you have a cheap suggestion for gauntlets, please answer.

First, don't get discouraged. Several members have developed quite wonderful gear without very much money--you just have to shop around. Another suggestion people make quite often is to work slowly. Concentrate on one part and do the best you can. Then move on to another. When you are "finished," or when you can afford it, upgrade. Save up your money or ask for a holiday gift something you've researched, etc.

For armor, research using a plastic trash can. The pieces can be heated with many kinds of hair dryers (though a heat gun works much better) and formed. Don't skip the research on safety stuff. Hot plastic sucks.

For gauntlets, well, there're lots of opinions. I have a set of Fett gauntlets I haven't worked yet, I've got a few foam bucks I'll eventually form my own gauntlet plastic on, some people go with sports shin guards, others use the forearm plates from storm- and clone trooper gear, and still others use pre-made cylindrical plastic or metal. Most all of these will need modifying. Actually, in your case, your age might be to your advantage. You might be able to use something that is currently being used as something else as the base for your gauntlets until upgrade that most of us can't because of our size.

Good luck.

Yuppers! Trash cans are cheap at Wal-mart. I myself used cans and a hair dryer, but using the hair dryer isn't the greatest for big shifts from the plastics original form. Just keep that in mind and place your templates carefully.

Keep your spirits up, work hard, and best of luck to you!

for gauntlets, may i suggest trying a half gallon cups? the kind you can get from fast food restaurants? Late one night, while working on my ghostbusters/mandalorian/movie projects, I happened to look at a half gallon plastic cup full of Mt. Dew and realize it was about the perfect size to fit my forearm. I just took out my pocket knife, cut a hole in the bottom, dremeled it in an oblong shape to BARELY slip my hand through and put her on.

i like it. its not a perect shape and its not a very sturdy material, but with paint and some dressing, it'll certainly be a fair imitation. not bad, seeing as how its free.







just a suggestion

Originally Posted by Blue_jay

Any suggestions? For my buy'ce I'm using a clone trooper voice changer helmet. AS I have no idea how to modify it correctly so it fits mando standards, I need help.

If you're going to have your clone mod mando checked then, as far as the 2009 mando mercs rules go, each bucket is an individual case, fortunately, A'den Skirata is around here (as he is the one who takes applications for the mando mercs) and he might be able to advise you as you progress.

A cheap shill I know, but if you want to save up for a cheap bucket I make fiberglass mando helmets for about £70 plus postage, though I'll be on my hols for a while, I'll probably knock up a batch when I get back.

If you can spend a little more, then I am currently doing an interest list for one of my art pieces which will be about £100 plus postage.

I feel a little dirty now, so to clean myself up:

Make a drawing of the clone helmet then use card or plastic to make the basic shape changes, use Bondo (or car body filler) to smooth out any joints etc.

As for other pieces, check out the awful guns and bits and bobs in a dollar store, then hack them apart to make bits and bobs on your gauntlets

There, less shilly now

Shoot me a P.M. I am 13 and have a bunch of tips for you. I have built a boba (not too good) and a heavy mando, and am starting on a speeder bike, so you CAN do it. () It's a lot of fun, P.S. on your gaunts, use the powerade bottles you can find at sav-on, they look wicked, but AWESOME.

THanks, everyone!
ioelus: How much do most trashcans cost, and how long would it take to heat them up enough to cut with scissors?
*incredulous gape*

Django: Your gauntlet idea is great, and with a few 'bits and bobs' from the dollar store, I'll probably be able to make something cool.
I'm using acrylic paint, will that stick on the plastic and make it opaque, or will the letters and colors still show up?
(BTW, nice spray-painted maverick in the background, I wish I were old enough to buy spraypaint, and my mom never gets it for me...)


Saz, what kind of 'bits and bobs' exactly? I know dollartree has lots of stuff, but most of it will fall apart the second you take the plastic stuff.


Fractal-fett, what on earth is sav-on, and what's powerade?(I will P.M. you as soon as I figure out how .

Where do you live bro??? Sav-on is a grocery store, and powerade is like gatorade.

Originally Posted by Blue_jay

Saz, what kind of 'bits and bobs' exactly? I know dollartree has lots of stuff, but most of it will fall apart the second you take the plastic stuff.

Toy guns, nuts and bolts, even packets of cheap dental floss that have interesting plastic boxes.

Just have a look around, if the shape looks star warsy then go for it.

FIgured I post here seeing as I am starting my own built of Mandalorian Armor. So far what I have done is take some white construction paper (and I am still working through that) and make the armor shapes that I want. Then I cut them out (with a lot of fitting and checking over) I made something that I could trace onto a peace of cardboard to make for armor.

Basically, you can make armor mostly out of anything if you look at it in a way. My budget is limited as well which is why I am building my armor out of cardboard. I already have searched through my home and found many peaces of cardboard that I could use to make my unique mandalorian armor.

Now as for a helmet I have no clue how you are going to fit mandalorian standards with a voice changer helmet but what I can help you with is search the internet for one of those rubies jango fett helmets and go from there. My guess is go on ebay and search up Jango Fett helmets. I have not gotten mine yet as the helmet is the last thing I am going for but it will help.

Now aside from gatorade bottles why not making the gauntlets out of cardboard as well and fit them to your arm. All in all it is your decision of what you want to do for your work. Hey if you had a concept sketch of what you want I am sure we could help you out more with the materials.

Good luck in your work!!!!!

heres an easy link about a helmet tutorial
http://www.darksidesithlord.com/my-c...eation-01.html

im making mine like this guy did and i agree with the commander, give us a concept drawing or just a picture and we can figure out what parts you need.

To be honest, I'm not really that good with computers, and if I had any idea how to upload pictures onto my comp and then upload them here, I already would have...
Gauntlets: Half gallon/big cup, 'bits and bobs', acrylicly painted orange with red stripes.
Thigh guards: Cardboard strip, some bendy see-through PVC pipes glued and taped on, and all painted red.

Knee/shin guards: ????

Chestplates: White plastic, heated up to an estimated 30 secs, then cut with scissors...

BAckplates: ????

NEck armour: ????

Shoulder plates: Possibly PVC pipes hooked up to the neck armour.

Helmet: Modified clone trooper voice changer buy'ce. (Maybe tape on the visor, which I could paint red...? I have actually already tried it, but to no real-looking avail)

If you guys could *sigh* give me a tutorial on how to upload pics, I could probably help you out more...

Well, I've been looking around, and I think the idea of scarf wraps on certain areas of the costume may look good, but may get a little...too...feminine...
(I'm a boy)
(I REALLY hope you never thought different)
(or else I'll...do something)
PErhaps on the knees or certain areas of the arms?

Through my comi-con visits and a little web surfing I found a few male mandalorians wearing scarfs (as you call them) around their neck. I believe it is a well rounded idea as you can take any t-shirt and make it into something that covers the neck or something close to that.

If you have a myspace upload your photos to there and then go to the photo right click, go down to properties, and copy the URL. Then come here and insert the picture using [*i*m*g*] URL [*/*i*m*g*] take away the stars though when doing it. Very simple if you have a myspace account though?

Don't have myspace...

Me habs question: Does a rubies helmet only cover your face, or does it go all the way around like a buy'ce should?
Thinking of buying and customizing one of those.

It goes all the way around the head. Rubies is my choice that I am going with for my armor until I gain enough money to upgrade my armor.

What's the difference between a two-piece and a one-piece?
And a deluxe rubies helmet?
WAAAAY too confusing...why do they even bother?!

IS the visor of a rubies jango/boba helmet un-see-throughable?
Or is it just cheap glass...?

O.K.

2 piece is 2 pieces, so you have to keep it together some how, but it is bigger than the one piece/ Deluxe, I'm not sure about, but all rubies will warp in the heat of the sun, so you have to strengthen them.

Also, the lower portion of the visor is plastic, with an semi transparent "lens" on the top.

Hope that helped.

2 piece means two pieces....I'm guessing one piece or deluxe is my first choice, then?
Lens?! You mean a magnifiying glass, or what?
HOw do I strengthen them? I was gonna put acrylic paint on to mod it, in hopes that it would somewhat shield the helmet from the sun...

2 piece is the best, just buy some epoxy and some clamps and keep it together.

Here are some tuts on how to do it....

http://mercs.firespray.net/forum/ind...c8&topic=109.0

http://mercs.firespray.net/forum/ind...8&topic=2261.0

http://mercs.firespray.net/forum/ind...8&topic=1380.0

Hope that helped!!!

ALrighty, since I can't find the two-piecers, and when I do, they cost about 60 bucks, I'm getting a 'mask?' by rubies which will hopefully go around my head completely, instead of being one of those incredibly cheap clone trooper masks that only cover the face.

Wait, I can't tell...is it one of the cheap masks, or is it a 'real' helmet?

By mask I mean only covering the face.

Don't get the mask, a rubies (Jango) 2 piece will run you about $30 on ebay, but try googling "discount star wars costumes" that should help.

Good idea there vod.....I may as well do that.

Panicked 'cause of what you said...I got the deluxe jango mask, then thought it only covered the face or something dumb, so it got cancelled...
I think I'm gonna stop shopping for helmets for today, as my heart is kinda still in overheat.
I'll check out the discount costumes, though.

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trk...All-Categories

Here you go, either of these are great!!!

Wait, scratch that, the first one and 3rd one are good, the 2nd one is NOT!!!

umm...the first one is prob gonna go up to 60 bucks, (my estimate) and the second has a way more expensive shipping fee than I'd like. Thanks for the suggestion, though...
What's wrong with the second?

Sorry, the THIRD is expensive shipping-wise

Originally Posted by Blue_jay

umm...the first one is prob gonna go up to 60 bucks, (my estimate) and the second has a way more expensive shipping fee than I'd like. Thanks for the suggestion, though...
What's wrong with the second?

if the 1st one (one that is at $6.00 right now) gets to 60 bucks I will walk to work.

the 1st one says adult, but it is not. it is the size that will fit a 10yr old You can tell it is the small kid one cause the range finder is sticking to the bucket.

Stay away from that one.

The other 2 that are for 36 bucks are the same mask. Says "snap" together . It is the 2 part mask. May be a bit big on you. But far better then the P.O.S 1st bucket

lol, thanks for clearing it up for me.
Heres a link that I need help with:
(meaning if it's a P.O.S. or a P.O.G.)
http://www.amazon.com/Jango-Fett-2pc...9955923&sr=8-1

They must have changed position, the one with sticky rangefinder is the one to stay away from.

Sorry I didn't respond sooner.

Chances are you already have the answers you were looking for from me. The trash cans that several people have used here are ones you can get at Wal-mart. I think I got one or two for $12, maybe 15. I don't know how long you'd have to heat it to cut with scissors--I think you'd probably kill your scissors trying. You listed 30 secs above, so maybe someone answered that for you. I used both a craft knife (takes a lot of patience and care not to snap a piece of plastic and not cut off your finger), and tin snips (which might be an item you'd have to buy, or one might be hiding in the garage--your folks might already have one).

A few Mandos here have used wraps as part of their outfits--they lend a certain look to your gear that you should consider as a whole. As I said to someone else recently: remember that Mandalorians are soldiers. What is the purpose of the wraps? Soldiers in the past have used the equivalent of wraps on their lower legs--they're called gaiters and are used to close up the bottoms of the pant legs over the tops of boots, covering from ankle to mid shin or below the knee. I found two different versions on military surplus sites.

As you've probably found, your biggest investment will probably be your helmet. I have two Rubies Jango helmets. I'm modifying one now because it's too small for my melon--it might fit you well. But they cost $60ish. Watch those ones on ebay. A few others have made helmets out of all sorts of stuff, including cardboard. It can be done. For the helmet, though, I would consider saving up or asking for the money or a helmet you like for a gift. You can certainly make your own--we call them scratch-built here--but they take some work.

Sounds like you pretty much summed up everything I need to know about armor. Thanks, man!
I was thinking of taking *SIGH* shower curtain material, and then just let it act as a kama, except that it will be in two strips, on the outside of my legs...maybe even stretching to cover parts of the front and back.
And when I say 'hey dad, I wanna get this star wars helmet off amazon' he says 'Wait 'til tomorrow, then give me your answer'. He thinks that I'm not sure if I want it or not, when I've practically spent the last SIX HOURS thinking over it...

Your dad sounds like mine!!!

Some of the eBay ones are ok, but beware of scams!!!

Also, to do armor for FREE, Google sign shops in (your city here) And find one close to your house. Go in and explain, what you are doing, and why, and they should give you some scrap sintra, then cut it out using the templates, and pop it in the oven on 250 for a minute or 2 and form it to your body. Hope that helped.

I'm still hopping to lend you a hand vod. As you know I am also making my armor. I am actually doing it out of cardboard. So if you want take a look at my thread on the second page to see what's going on. Also in your area there can be some Mandalorian Mercs who can help you out. It would be good to attend an armor party and get some information before you begin. Mostly you can make armor out of anything; including *clears throat* a cereal box.

But hopefully everything will work out well when you make the armor.

I must admit, I am completely hopeless to the world of plastic and armor-making...
What is sintra?
Sorry, but I googled google sign shops in 'my city' and it just showed some stuff about biking and the google home page...
Any other places/centers where I can get free heatable and/or bendy plastic?

Sintra is exactly that, bendy and heatable. What's your zipcode??? P.M. me if you want.

Sorry, prettymuch not allowed to tell you anything other than that I live in america...
Wish my parents weren't so strict D;.

Even if I use P.M.

Even if you live in America my friend there are those who live in the state that you live in that are apart of the Mandalorian Mercs. Great group of people who make custom mandalorian armor out of different peaces of material.

http://mercs.firespray.net/forum/index.php?action=forum

Visit the website and take a look around of whats going on. You maybe be able to get some of your questions answered there of what to look for when customizing your armor. There maybe even some mercs in your area that can help you out in this sort of situation. Never hurt to ask.

I already got at least three people helping me out with what to get and how to do my stuff for mando armor. Trust me it helps!!!!

That's fine bro, :P my parents are strict too. It's for our own safety.

Google "sign shops near (zip code)"

Yes, I know, but sometimes it seems more like adults are TRYING to keep us seperated...
My dad is really good with computers, so I think he monitors my use of mine...
No idea how.
So, naturally, I gotta be careful about where I click .
That's why I love library computers so much...I don't have him reading over my shoulder.

Anyways...
I googled 'google sign shops' and I didn't get much at all.
Nothing except real estate-like commercial businesses that sell signs...
And the google home page, naturally...
And the IRISH google home page...
And so on.
Anywhere else where I can get free plastic?
(Though I'm pretty sure I'm going to use plastic-binder material instead)

I just don't think google has sign shops where I live...

no. no, no, i meant google "sign shops" just the words in parentheses,and as long as you live in the us, and you have a city nearby, you should have sign shops. Go to google Maps, that might help.

Anyway, If none of that works, go to home depot and buy a couple of for sale signs, not the flimsy ones, or the corrugated ones, but the kinda thickish ones. They are very similar to sintra. Just wear a mask if you put it in the oven ;P Boiling it might be better.

Oh, lols
LOL
LOL
Sorry, I'm kinda stupid sometimes...
Sign shops...
Makes sense now...

I used the 2-piece Jango helmet from e-Bay. The seller was stretch361 and had a store (Potters Gifts or something). Just under $37 with super fast and free shipping. Cheapest base for one of these I could find. I'm too old for my dad to tell me what I can and can't buy...but I have become a cheap bastage since the economy went south, so I still go with the cheapest I can get away with.

One other fairly cheap thing to use for armor pieces is foberglass/body filler covered wire mesh. I used to build knight armor out of this stuff when I was a kid. Form the wire mesh (I prefer 1/4 inch square myself), cover the back in duct tape, and use the fiberglass or bondo type stuff to cover the outside. The wire is pretty easy to form and shape and you can't tell what it was after filling, sanding, and painting it. Not sure how your parents would feel about you using those kinds of chemicals, but maybe your dad could help out (mine tried to help out way back when...but he was never very good at that kind of stuff and spent more time watching than anything ).

Anyway...good luck to you and hope you get some pics of your progress up soon.

As soon as I figure out how to upload pics, this page won't have enough space to hold all the pics I'll post .
No, I don't have myspace.
I'll ask my parents if they have bodyfiller or fiberglass.
We have chicken-coop type wire, if that's what you meant?

I never actually thought you could make armor out of so much stuff...
Wire
Trash cans
Plastic binders
Metal
Metal trash cans
Fiberglass
And then starched fabric, if you want to stretch it a bit...
Probably a lot more stuff, too.

Oh yes, and how do you sand something? What IS sanding, anyway?

Yikes!!! Sanding is the process of taking something rough and smoothing it out.

Right...how do you do that?

Sand paper most likely vod. But a good way to get started on your armor is to start off with simple stuff such as the jumpsuit, belt, and vest that you will need for your armor. Try going to goodwill and searching through the stuff they have there. More then likely you will come across something that can really benefit and use for your armor.

I did that today and came across two really nice belts that would look nice with my armor. Truly anything you find weather the material or the style will work with your costume. I am utilizing material I have from an old halloween costume as well as some home materials to make my armor.

As stated before vod try the mando mercs. They are the ones that can help you out with your costume.

I wish my parents would take me out more....
I'm lucky if they take me to goodwill twice a year.
I already have a simple black belt.
I don't know what a jumpsuit is
I don't know how much a vest costs.

Thing is, I have to have mando armor to sign up on the forums, and since I don't have the armor, I can't sign up, and thus can't post...

I just read somethin' depressing....
I got a paper-thin, piece of ****, two-piece jango helmet...
I'm DOOMED!

Someone else will probably chime in here, but I guess I could be wrong. I don't think you need armor to sign up to Mandalorian Mercs; you have to meet their requirements for armor to become a member. Unless I misunderstand, they're not the same thing. I've been a member of the forums for a while now, and still haven't finished a uniform. I'm just not an official member of the Mercs (and may never be, since they require two pieces of armor below the belt, and I've never really liked that). Try joining. TDH is a great place, but Mandalorian Mercs is wholly different, and I think it would meet a lot of your needs that might not be met here.

Relax. Work with what you can. Hopefully you didn't spend a lot on the helmet. Concentrate on what you can tick off the list, and go slow. Without a fair amount of money, this takes time and patience. What _can_ you work on right now?

Yeah I am a member of the Mando Mercs as well. Not an official member but I'm working on my cardboard version of mandalorian armor. My armor will be updated as time goes on. Including that whole armor below the waist deal. I'll have to work with that since I am not having a cod peace but possibly some knee pads.

neither shadow or i have that as well. unless foot and shin armor are seperate?

Originally Posted by Blue_jay

I just read somethin' depressing....
I got a paper-thin, piece of ****, two-piece jango helmet...
I'm DOOMED!

There are ways of fixing it for cheap.

Is it really paper-thin, though?
It seems to me like the makers of the helmet are out to get sued...
It could melt right into your hair, if you're out in the sun for too long...

What are the ways, and how cheap?
My dad does NOT approve of using body car filler....car body filler, whatever.
Thinks that I'm going to get some kind of disease if I put it on my body too much.
So, naturally, I don't know how to fix it up.

Oh yes, and commander720?
Can you REALLY join the mercs in cardboard armor?!
In that case, I may sign up, just for the fun of it....as my dad probably never will take me to ANY kind of convention other than the ones my mom goes to.
Knit-cons.
Bunny-wool-cons.
EUCH.

chest plates are done!
I'll be posting pics as soon as my dad teaches me how!
Wait, can you post them by copying, then pasting? Or is it harder than that?

Made them outta 'plastic' binders...which I found out is nothing more than fancy plastic coated in plastic.

lol
Make that fancy CARDBOARD coated in plastic.

From what I can tell you; you can't join the mercs in cardboard armor unless you have it coated in some type of resin or fiberglass. I am going to be sticking cereal box's to the top of my armor to add to the smoothness and then paint over it.

Good to know...
I'll keep that in mind.
Thanks.
Oh, and what happened to your armor thread? People just stopped posting...

I have another armor thread set up....its the WIP: NEW! one....take a look and see what I've done so far.

Chest plates, shoulder bells, and collar armor DONE.
Will be posting pics hopefully next post...

Post after this one...
How do you fiberglass something? According to my dad, fiberglass is basically transparent plastic.
So how do you fiberglass something with fiberglass?

I just wanted to say 1) I'm excited to see your armor and 2) I love that stormtrooper joke! You got that from "Invincible" didn't you?

No...
I read a nazi joke a while ago...
If that helps .
Post after this one ...
Y'know what?
If I don't have the pics by 7 tonight (my time) I'll sue myself !

An alternate option is to warm up the lightwip ...

Looking forward to it ner vod........ the pictures not the whip.......... but if the light whip actually gets warmed up..... ILL BE iNTERESTED

Joking cant wait to see the pictures

RIghto...
I probably will have the pics in soon.
That will be my cardboard armor...
Going to home depot soonly, so I'm going to get some thin-ish plastic that I can cut with a knife or scissors.
I will be needing help with the sculpting of plastic...So you boil it, then put it in cold water?

Deleted, as it was a waste of space.

Awww, fierfek...that didn't work...\
If The next post doesn't work, warm the lightwip up.
1 lash per non-existent link.

HERE WE IS:

That's my prototype armor, I got some acrylic plastic from home depot, and am going to be watching my dad slice it into armor.
Will be using Acrylic paint to do cool stuff to it.
Hope y'all liked my cardboard armor .

The prototype is nice, and good luck to your dad!

LoL I love the pink frilly thing there in the backround. I like the proto!

the pink frilly thing is my little sister's...

Anyway, for all those wondering how to slice acrylic plastic into armor:

Get a permanent marker. Have your design drawn a few times on paper to get the feel of it...
I say this because no other marker will stick to plastic and stay there after being wiped.
DO NOT do this unless you are sure you know what you're doing...
(I used two colors, one to edit and the other for the design)
Anyway, once you have the design all on there, take a roll of duct or masking tape, and tape EVERYTHING inside the lines you just drew.
Then get a dad, an ultrafine saw (Preferably electric, as it can take hours or LOOONG minutes to saw through by hand, I think)
Start sawing away, or get your dad to if you're too young.

Health problems: You MUST have a mask, kinda like the ones nurses have while they're doing surgery in movies. (MOst plastic doesn't give off a gas when cut, it's just chips fly off, and you may inhale them and...well, who wants chunks of plastic in their lungs anyway?)
Eye protection is unavoidable, unless you want to have bits of plastic sticking there .

Hope this helped all ye acrylic-plastic users...
(My dad hasn't cut it yet, that part is so far just theory and what the home depot guys told us)

I will be posting pics of my OFFICIAL (Drum roll) Mando armor!
(As soon as it's done)

Here's one to pass the time .

The bucket is the voice changer I was telling you about earlier, and the plastic is the armor-in-the-making.
Sorry I couldn't make it any bigger.

URGENT:
Does using acrylic plastic in a metal pot poison the pot forever, temporarily, or at all?

What do you mean by "using"? Are you heating it in the pot for forming? Boiling it in water? There's not so much that can poison a metal pot, I don't think. I do know that there are some clays that can't be baked in the same oven you cook your meals in, but I think that has to do with material cooked out of the clays that winds up indelibly on the inner surface of your oven. I haven't heard of anything that might be heated up in a pot that could get into the metal to cause harm later.

Having said all that, the ultra-safest way to do things is not to use something you're going to use for food for anything else, but I know that money and parental supervision/permission is critical here.

I'm interested to see how your acrylic turns out. What thickness did you get? And why acrylic?

Boiling it in water to give it shape and let it press against my body easier.
lol, because acrylic was the thinnest and cheapest there...we needed thin because our saws weren't all that great. I think it's about an eighth of an inch, perhaps...not really sure.
Thanks, ioelus...you've saved us from telling my mom something....bad.
The world may have ended as we know it.

Just thought of something...
I bought a ninja costume at goodwill for halloween two years ago.
Coincidentally, I'm using it for my jumpsuit.
It's made out of acrylic plastic , I'm using acrylic plastic for armor (Hard, for some reason) and acrylic paint .

Here are some pics of my armor-in-the-making...left includes the shoulder bells, codpiece, thigh guards, and knee armor.
Right includes collar piece, chest plates.

i suggest using the Wizard of Flight templates. they come in lots of sizes

All you need to do is print the templates out and you can use them to cut out armor. Im not sure were the templates are here but i know that there or some at
http://mercs.firespray.net/forum/ind...al;sa=page;p=1 on the mercs site i dont know what size is good for you though

ALMOST DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chest plates, thigh plates, shoulder bells, collar armor, helmet (All painted).
Cod piece my mom said looked a little...innapropriate, so I stuck it on my back and called it a backplate .
Knee armor was plain corny, so I trashed one and made the other a back plate too.
Mercs rules say two pieces of armor below the belt, right? So I can still join (As a member that never goes to stuff)?

Unless you want someone hitting you in the spot that really hurts you should try for a cod peace. But its your decision. Mando's have a nack of wearing that protection so nothing hurts when they are kicked or shot. Would like to see some progress photos though vod. It can give us that insight of what we are really looking at.

I'll have pics hopefully before the 2nd of september...
Warm up the lightwip, boys!
(and girls, if they're feeling a bit vengeful)

Also, sorry, but it's been a while:
Finished, then trashed thigh plates.
New thighs and shins in the making.
Cod piece in-the-works.
Gauntlets...Still have no material for them.
Can you join the mercs if you have wraps on your arms instead of armor?
Cape: Found.
Chest plates: STILL done.
Helmet: Second layer of black delivered on back, a little touch up...may add some more designs in later.
May be adding little gadgets in my buy'ce ...
Shoulder bells waiting to be cut out and formed...
Weapon (nerf maverick) is still in need of painting.
Is weathering required to join the mercs?
I think that's it for tonight...