My First Costume

Hello,
This is lala1537, wife of evan4218. He has finally convinced me to create a mando variant costume!! SO here I am. The costume is still in the creating stage... however we are looking to have it completed by All-Con 2008. My goals are to create something very feminine, but still maintain the qualities of mandolorians and be of movie quality. My hubby does have a reputation to uphold . Will post progress and and sketches later today!

Nice! Can't wait to see'em.

Welcome to the Madness...
I'll look forward to your progress pics etc...

I always love the custom mandos. Very cool!!! Cant wait to see some pics of it.

Here are some progress pics of what we have thus far.

Here is some pics of the armor that my husband is helping me sculpt... I should say he is doing all the work but I helped design it.

Its sculpted on a Ultracal30 casting of my torso. He used NSP Medium wax based clay to create the armor shapes.





Here are the base colors I chose for my suit. It will have a leather black vest with the charcoal gray undersuit. The armor will have silver, purple and red.



Here is a sketch of the basic idea of what I am going for.

very cool!! welcome aboard Lala1537, can't wait to see your end result. keep us updated on your progress.

B1

Looking great so far. I know Evan will have your armor hooked up very nice =)

Here is my shoulder bell and bicept armor made by my hubby in fiberglass for me!

YEAH!!!!! I love Fruit Loops but Capt'n Crunch is my all time fav.

Nice shoulder bell, the chest is a bit of original idea as well - no diamond in the middle.

Originally Posted by Lala1537

Originally Posted by Sarim Thiri

Nice shoulder bell, the chest is a bit of original idea as well - no diamond in the middle.

Time to get your eyes checked Sarim! Looks like theres a diamond to me. =)

Anyways, good luck Mrs. Evan! I'm sure it'll be great.

Phil

Very Cool! I like the color scheme, too. Maybe one day I can convince my wife to do a custom Mando. NAH! I doubt it.

Very nice work so far.

I can't wait to see this one go from your concept sketch to reality, so I'll be checking this thread when I can for updates.

Who knows... maybe your build will help me to convince my wife to don the armor as well. ( here's hoping )

Hi Lala1537,

Looks great so far. Can't wait to see the final results!

Debbi



Fem Mandos Rock!!

Looking great. Will watch the birth of this new Mando with interest.

I double checked hellopike, you're right - there is. But still, when I say diamond I mean Fett-ish diamond

Very cool work and look. I like two things about this post: 1. The design of your Mando is really cool and it's coming along great; 2. This proves evan4218 really is married. Some of us were starting to doubt it. (Totally kidding).

keep in mind there is no detail in any of the armor yet. It will be more fett-like when finished but I wanted something that wanst the usual 4 piece armor set and with a touch of girlyness to it while still appearing tough and fitting into the starwars universe.

Today Evan made a beta mold of the armor to make a casting from to re-master and smooth out the pieces. Once that is done we are going to finalize the details and add those and remold it.

Originally Posted by MandalorFett

Very cool work and look. I like two things about this post: 1. The design of your Mando is really cool and it's coming along great; 2. This proves evan4218 really is married. Some of us were starting to doubt it. (Totally kidding).

Yes, there is indeed a woman out there who is willing to be around my geekyness. I think I infected her with my costume bug!

I like the 2 center "diamond" pieces; original, creative, and very fitting to the overall look of the design.

Lookin' good, Lala...welcome to the gang!
Rob

nice concept, and it's looking good so far!

can't wait to see it done! good luck!

Got to help Lala paint her sholders today... pics coming tomarrow.

Hey everybody,
Sorry I have been busy lately, however will update with some pics soon! Got some paint and weather detail on the shoulder bells this evening, as well as some work on the knees and the chest. I am excited about the purples... turning out very nice. I have been contributing all the way.. just think a woman handling the power sander and dremmel tool... who knew??
Lala

Great work so far, cant wait to see more!

Nice bells!
Rob

Nice realistic weathering I like the emblem too.

Hey Lala!!....don't I know you from somewhere???

And Great start so far...looks like Evan isn't the only good painter in the house..

any chance you can convince Mrs. Spidey to do a suit??...

very nice bells! Great job on this so far.

Sweet armor!!!

Great Job indeed! I love the progress!!! I especially love the color of the shoulder bells. Keep it up!

nice bells ! great job on the weathering, keep it up you two

berry nyce

Looking great so far....


Can`t wait to see more progress pics.

Thats awesome, great job. I would be all over showing this thread to my wife, only im in middle school, don't have one..., and anyone who has a wife in middle school has some serious issues...
-Trevor

Been keeping my eye on this one, dying to see more!

Lookin' good!
I really like the custom shape of the chest armor.
=)
Cant wait to see more.

Looks really good!

i thought the custom mando was gonna drive me nuts (and it aint even mine lol) but its growing on me. my hats off to you guys that come up with ideas and exectue them not well but AMAZINGLY.. i havent seen a ****** set yet!

Neat, now I want to make one for my insignificant other!

lookin good so far im tryin to get something goin for the other half as well

This makes me want to go back to the design phases of my armor and do a proper sculpt like we should have. Thanks for being the catalyst, I think it's time we made some chest castings this weekend. Yep...definitely time, especially since I have learned so much about glassing.


Alexis
*smiles*