My Custom Mando Armor... "ONE END"

A few weeks ago I decided what I was going to make My armor out of and so I did... I got a storage box and went at it.

Sorry not much for typing but you meet me in person I wont shut up.

So here she is...

The start...




Heat Gun to shape...




Black as base...




Gloves...


Shoulder pads...


Weapons...




Completed the Paint job.
Just need to attach it to a vest & My jump suit.











Working on Gauntlets next!

Hope you like it!

**** that´s nice! I love the color scheme with the green in front and the yellow/black on the sides! Great touch!

Curious how it looks like with vest and suit. Show us bro!

;-)

Looking GOOD!!!

Wow I LOVE the Nerf guns Very nice touch lol

The design on the helmet is very cool.

i really love the nerf guns too! those mavericks are pretty commonly turned into steampunk type guns but nice to see them on a mando. it might looks different when its all assembled and worn but any spots of yellow in the middle to tie the sides in?

nice armor like the yellow. nerf guns are awsome what materials did you use?

Looks great all around. Guns look amazing.

That's really starting to shape up nicely!

So I did a test fit # 2 as I progress with attaching My Armor or as I like to call it "cock tease #2" .... Sorry if that offended anyone but the waiting is KILLING Me... any way here's some pics...


How does this .... thing go on!?.... J/K!





Crotch shot!




Ok Getting a vest in the next day or two so the rest of the Armor will be attached!

To Be Continued....

I like where this is going! The scratchbuilt gaunts look great!

I'm seriously loving those Nerf guns. Good work.

Thanks Guys! The guns are fun, A lot of people use them and I've even seen them turned into a variant boba blaster.

Test fit #4....

Still have some kinks to work out,"like making sure it holds together for an entire day of walking around..." & a girth belt, but I'm done!





Muahahahahaha!




Hope you like it!

how on earth did you get plates to weave onto a MOLLE vest?

Velcro... Tell me it's going to melt off the moment I walk outside in our Az. Weather....

Your the one I was about to contact about this topic, but you beet me to the Enter key... I'm about to Epoxy the Velcro to the vest as well as the Velcro to My plates...

What do you think?

ive come to find industrial velcro is NOT your friend in AZ.

you can use the sew-on industrial velco on the soft parts. that works fine. and the sticky velcro mostly will not come off the armor in the heat.

looks great! i use a molle vest as well, i bolted my plates to it.

i like the look of the set, it's been fun to watch it come together, and quickly i might add! i see you're waiting on a girthbelt, that or a sah to tie together the middle and you're in business.

very nice!

If you are worried about the heat melting any glue, try E6000, you may need to clamp the item on whilst it dries, but it is awesomely strong stuff. Used for glueing gems into jewellery, so it's industrial strength!

Great work by the way!

Looks good! Very nice paint scheme, it ties everything in together nicely.

Seeing as you're still waiting on your girth belt, thus haven't tried it with the rest of the gear yet, you might want to keep in mind that you may need to shorten your back plate a bit. If you check both Boba and Jangos back plates you'll notice that neither cover the girth belt... a slight over lap at the top maybe, but yours will cover the entire girth belt.

Just some food for thought.

Originally Posted by Jango72

Looks good! Very nice paint scheme, it ties everything in together nicely.

Seeing as you're still waiting on your girth belt, thus haven't tried it with the rest of the gear yet, you might want to keep in mind that you may need to shorten your back plate a bit. If you check both Boba and Jangos back plates you'll notice that neither cover the girth belt... a slight over lap at the top maybe, but yours will cover the entire girth belt.

Just some food for thought.

Yes, I brought this up over at Mercs. The bottom of the back plate is almost even with the bottom of the gut plate on a modern set.

I am worried that you may have 3 outcomes with that long backplat:

1. It rests ontop of your girth belt, but sticks out at the bottom.

2. It rests on your girth belt and physically cuts into the belt (my old backplate did this and it was just bearly on my girth).

3. You wear your girth over your backplate, but the first time you try to bend over you snap your backplate.

Armor so far looks great! I just worry a bit about that back plate.

The material I used is very flexible "it shouldnt break" and I was going to put the belt over it.... But even if I shorten it the vest it is on is only an inch shorter so I don't think it will make much diff. if I cut it down, I like it being that long as I have kidney protection.... Also the belt was going to go over the front of the vest as well so whether its covering vest or back armor my ability to bend may be compromised either way... but I will work the bugs out as I go, and I may have to cut the back armor up a tad... we shall see...

As for the glue that was suggested thank you! I have been using Epoxy on quite a bit of stuff on this suit just wish I had like 5 gal. of it!

Hey im starting my own custom mando and im just wondering what u made your armor out of

any glue out here will melt in the direct sunlight. which is everywhere. Arizona is a different animal for costuming, as the 115+ heat or like the other day 121 will def destroy any plastic armor like sintra for any exposed periods of time in the direct sunlight or shadows. ive seen helmet get misshapen while being worn, armor warp out of shape sitting on the trunk of a car, or industrial glue and epoxy and jb-weld just come off.

so choose wisely if you're in a dry heat burnt state! but in saskatoon. no need to worry mate!

Jay, sintra actually stands up well to the heat...amazingly...my 3mm set has lasted in the heat for a couple of hours just fine...

Looks AWESOME thomas!!! Amazing work on everything, and you did it all so bloody fast!!! amazing!!!


A'den

Thanks Josh! thanks for the help on the Gaunt!

Also to show you what I used instead of responding again with "I used a plastic storage container" in response to the "what material did you use?" question...
Here's a pic...

A plastic storage container....

Originally Posted by A'den Kyramud

Jay, sintra actually stands up well to the heat...amazingly...my 3mm set has lasted in the heat for a couple of hours just fine...

Looks AWESOME thomas!!! Amazing work on everything, and you did it all so bloody fast!!! amazing!!!


A'den

****, really? ive seen some bad luck than! my vinyl jango helmets dont like the heat, thats for sure. my original has shattered with bad temp change, as well as falling in a garage of abotu 130 degree.

but im more concerned abtou the vinyl glue. its horrible.

My vinyl biker scout helmet melted when it was too close to the radiator.

Vinyl is a horrible substance to keep shape!

Hey That Vest Looks Familiar...Hmmm...wonder where it came from.....Hmmmmmmmmmm

That's pretty sweet! I didn't see the machete on your belt, though! I like all those little pieces of armor everywhere. Are you going to do jetpack?

dude, i did a paint job on a motorcycle that was almost the same color as your mando.....i wish i still had that bike, it'd go great with that awesome storage container youre wearing

LOL! Yeah going to do a jet pack, Starting on it next month. Along with a custom set of Gauntlets...

The Bike would be sweet! Would love to see the paint job!

Completed!












Nothing like completing it the day before you leave for Comicon....

Looks great vod!!!

Yeap that is Arizona.....I am one that lives in AZ as well. I am hopping to see you at the next Phoenix Cactus Comi-Con. Great looking armor vod.

Looks great!

Another Mando in the ranks

Tried to post last night, but couldnt get it to work, so I will say again:

AWESOME!!! Looks amazing bro!!! I need to know how you did that girth belt, I've been trying to get mine to look like that for a while and cant get it right.

Take pics at Comic con!!!


A'den

Adding onto the whole attaching of the armor you really don't know what to expect from our wierd Arizona weather. Industrial strength velcro was on my first choice but if there is going to be a problem with it and the whole moving off then I'll just choose with something else. Probally snaps or something will work for me. I guess it all depends.

Hey Thomas where did you get your vest. That's looking really good for something that you bought..

amazing

this kit has excellent possibilities.

i would only want to see the following changed:

weather everything. you look new. the leather gear, vest would look awesome beat up. drag it around the yard, etc. let your son toss it about.

your guns are awesome mods! get them dirty.

it looks like your collar plate is a bit small.

You should def. come to the mando build day in central Phx on the 29th to led a hand as well as some weathering work.

bh-7603, I'm making a new collar this Friday, I plan on weathering everything soon just finalizing everything. once I secure My Armor I'm going to be working on the dirtying up.

But thank you for your input!

Also here are all three of My blasters still working on them...




I'm planning on stopping b the A.P. on the 29th for a few see you then!

you wanna come to the build day? you'd be a good asset to help the n00bs!

Yeah I plan on it, Whats the details again? is it the rebel legion thing?

yup.

sign up on the RL thread and PM the person indicated in the thread.

BTW, what is that avatar. its awesome!

Looks like a mando helmet LOL! Sorry good mood today; not much more to do since its Thursday and all. I'm actually hoping to get to Wal*Mart to get my vest. Only that much closer to completion of my armor.

hey love the gun mods!

can u put up a pic of the cape?

The Avatar pic is My mini bucket I build for My son, Theirs an entire thread on it here.
http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f25/completed-4-year-old-shiny-boba-armor-jet-pack-gauntlets-bucket-sculpt-32143/

Pic...

You look great Man! love the poncho ,very coooooool

The poncho reminds me to a couple of insect wings like the ones that the Geonosians have... don't ask me why lol

But I like it, I really like it man, I wish I can have a armor like yours. Very good work!!

Man, I was envious of just your helmet before. After seeing the whole build, I'm downright jealous. Nice work1 Especially love the gaunts.

Originally Posted by Tod 'buir

Man, I was envious of just your helmet before. After seeing the whole build, I'm downright jealous. Nice work1 Especially love the gaunts.

Thanks Bro!

Looks like you are getting some major jealous people of your armor vod. Good thing you live in AZ.

That is a very nice outfit you got there! what did you make the gauntlets out of before putting the bondo on? And the "poncho", is that just your cape pulled together? One last question, does it say "One End" on your chest display?

That is cool armor! You are great at painting on those bantha skulls! And the armor color is cool too!

Jamie, It's a good thing I live here... More like torcher...

Lifeburn, Plastic resin, Yes the cape is two parts pulled together in the front to make the skull, Yes it says "ONE END Mandalorian Merc." on My chest.

Wookieecrisp, Thanks!

Made new Collar Armor...

Good job on the mandalorian wording on your weapon. That's kick @$$.

Originally Posted by Commander720

Good job on the mandalorian wording on your weapon. That's kick @$$.

Agreed. Nice attention to detail. Uh, what's it say, anyway?

YES!!! another person with custom collar armour THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY MOVE IN!!! Looks great Thomas!!!

What it all says...

On the spot above the clip it says a random #... Nothing important...
On the same side on the stock it say's "Death & Honor"
The Yellow on the Barrel it says "<<CAUTION"
on the other side there's just some Kill stripes, $$$ symbol's on the scope and stock as well as a storm trooper kill mark along with a Jedi & Sith saber kill mark...
The Symbol on the opposite side of the random # is My ONE END Symbol...

ME WANTS THAT GUN!
Nice work...
...I want to make armor like that...
Oh wait, I made some out of cardboard and plastic binders .
Yours is 100x better, though.

I'm actually still building, and your armor gave me an unlimited source of inspiration.
Until now, I never really noticed the collar armor.
Nice work, and thanks.

Wow, awesome! Love the arsenal of weapons. And colors! Nice choice, they blend well.

Just out of curiosity, what is it that you're using for your "Mando Merc One End" display? Something like an LCD message board?

I have to quote Jack Nicholson and ask "Where does he get those wonderful toys?"

I'm want to put multiple displays like that in one of my gauntlets, once I start my build. It's going to be a police cruiser themed set of armor, so that particular gauntlet will be the "onboard computer", and I want to be able to flash a few different messages across the screens.

Thank's Guys! It's very easy to make Armor the way I did I'm sure yours is just fine.

It is a running led name badge... My company got them a few years back I showed interest they gave me one they never used theres and I jacked another one... That one the G/F killed =( this one I took apart and there it is ...

Why did it take me this long to see this thread..........

NICE WORK!!

LOVE what you did instead of a girth belt, mind if I steal that idea?

Help yourself! Thanks!

Originally Posted by adonian

Why did it take me this long to see this thread..........

NICE WORK!!

LOVE what you did instead of a girth belt, mind if I steal that idea?

I cant see the pictures ahhhh!

Sorry there huge images.

Great Custom,
One thing that bugs me though is the back plate, the area where cables/hoses
meet it, seems unfinished, I think you could add a small pack or build up a section to have it make sense.

Wow, very cool build. the dual 2-tone color scemes look realy awesome! The custom blaster rifle looks great as well. the finger digit armor was very creative.
Sixgunn13 is kinda right, though, some kind of pack would really top off the whole thing.

one end i love your armor espically the gloves very cool

Originally Posted by ONE END

Gauntlets are completed!


I scratch built these bad boys in a couple of days with the help of Josh on the Left Gauntlet! Oh and Thanks Bro for the Bondo! You have got to see these things!

Any way here they are.

The yellow gives them a industrial/heavy construction look... I really like the large light on the helmet. I was toying around with the idea but noticed everyone else using the tiny led lights instead... glad to see you took a different path.

Added some lights to one of My Gaunt's Soon to add them to the other.

oooh. blinky blinky!

awesome job and ur 6th pic makes me think of a law enforcement mando lol

which one?

wow man the lights make this kit even better! Which is saying something since it's such a cool kit

This is My kit currently.






My custom EE-30's

nice blasters! Well... ok nice kit period. Hey btw... I've been meaning to ask you, I'm working on a massive sketch of cool mandos and I want to use yours in my sketch. Are you cool with that?

I would be honored.


Thank you.