my first mando. its a start.....

Ive been lurking this sight for a wile now. I got some inspiration from the trash can thread. Thank you AFettFullofDollars!! Got the WOF templates and cut out my armor. So thats it. I have my chest armor , shoulder armor cod piece and an idea. I also wrestled over a name for about a week. I came up with Orar Kar'ta which means Thunder Heart. Heres some pics of what I have so far.

nice start!

Great start my friend. Are you planning on wearing the shoulders inverted like you have them now? One of our Falco clan member in Mercs wears them that way also, so it's not completely unheard of if you do. =)

A very good start! The shaping is really good!

Lookin good so far. Cant wait to see more

Originally Posted by NovallTalon

Great start my friend. Are you planning on wearing the shoulders inverted like you have them now? One of our Falco clan member in Mercs wears them that way also, so it's not completely unheard of if you do. =)

I think i was just silly and put them the wrong way for the pic. but now that i look at it i kinda dig it like that.

I like it! What exactly are you going to have scribed onto the arms? Or is that blood weathering?

Actually its going to be chipped red paint as well as yellow paint on the red knees and gauntlets. just wanted a bit of design instead of solid color.

just got my flight suit from ebay for 7 bucks! well 17 with the shipping. I was shooting for grey but when i saw this i couldnt resist. i may change the coloring of my mando or i might die the suit black. tell me what ya think.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=015

I would say to hold off on the dyeing the suit tell you get it all done. That way you can see what it looks like green and if you don't like it you can dye it black.

I changed the colors to see what the green would look like. I kinda like this one better. what do ya think?



ps. I haven't photoshoped the details yet but it will be the same as above.

I would keep the jumpsuit and cape two different colours.

heres my flight suit. should i mess with the collar. The neck seal should cover it anyway right?

I like the green, it works and its different.

Wouldn't worry about the collar at all. The neck seal flap should cover it with no problems.

i can say from experiance that they will cover it...but im cutting mine off...its kinda...lumpy...around the neckwhen the neck seal is on and thats under the armour...i find it very uncomfortable

Well I finished my blaster. I have some before and after shots. Can you guess what it says?

my blaster?

bring me more pudding?

Is it your name?

well we have one correct! congrats dha'kad junn for getting one of them. Shall I keep the guessing going for the other one?

For Rent...

Thats it. you got it.

well I finally have a few progress pics with the metal. So far Ive cut out the back armor shoulders and neck . I also folded over the edges for safty I havent shaped them yet. I figures id get all the pieces cut then shape them later. so hears what i have so far.

can i suggest a barrel on the front tip of the gun (pvc) ,pipe to make it look more real,and alot of weatheringm. just mp opinion, other then that u made the gun look great. ive seen it in person a couple of times. good job.8)

thanx for the idea. i will look into that and see what length looks good.

I did a little bit more today. Got the chest pieces cut and the edges banged in.

Wow looking good their man....can't wait to see the finished product.

Looking good! I like the weathering

Looks great!!! Awesome weathering!!!

Nice colors you have there. It is a real mixture of awesome colors you have there.

Ditto! The way the colors blend is very interesting.

thats really good, glad to see you posting on this again, keep us updated.

Well I have some more pics for ya. This is the cod piece. Its from the trash can set I started before I went to metal. I put fiberglass over it. Worked out pretty good.








I also had a bit of fun after I got some BB's
This is the back plate.

Chest and shoulder bell

Chest and Belly

Dude, shooting it with BB's, thats a great idea!! The dents are authentic now, keep up the XLNT work!!

Nice job!

Hey what gauge was the metal you used? I think the stuff I got (for free) is to thick...at leas with out real tools. I guess it true, beggars can't be choosers

BB's! That is awesome! I don't think I ever would have thought of that. Nice!

Originally Posted by orionx42

Hey what gauge was the metal you used? I think the stuff I got (for free) is to thick...at leas with out real tools. I guess it true, beggars can't be choosers

I'm not a 100% on this but i think it was 16 gauge I think still have all the scrap. the label was on it with the size. Ill check it out and get back to ya. It was defanetly the right price. OF course now i gata go out and get some more so i can do my shin and thighs.

Originally Posted by Kwally89

BB's! That is awesome! I don't think I ever would have thought of that. Nice!

Ya I thought it would not only dent it but chip off the paint. It was a blast. Cant do that with plastic!

Nice work and some novel ideas

Nice Progress!!!