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I am thanking my sister for this. We went to Frys today for some grocery shopping and came across the gatorade section. Well seeing we could not pass up the offer of .77 cents for the platic bottles we got them. One for me and one for Jasen my nephew. But once we finish drinking them (not going to pour the drinks out; thats a waste) I am going to prep them for the transformation over to mandalorian gauntlets.

Nothing special will be added onto them. They will be just cut, painted, padded and ready for wearing. Pretty much it for that. I'll post some pictures up once they are empty and ready for the converstion over to mando gaunts. They will be looking good once I am done with them.....
 
Hey guys time for a few updates.

I went searching through my room to find the cloak I planned on using since I have no back plate for my armor. After constant searching and cleaning my room a little bit I could not find the cloak. So more then likely I'll probally have a back plate; not sure as of yet. But it is there unless pack of some kind comes into play.

I also went searching on the Wal*Mart website and the original vest that I planned on getting does not have it in my size. Well it does but I have to buy it online which I can't as usual. So I have to find another means of using a vest. Most of my soft stuff is complete except for the vest issue. So hopefully, I'll find a way across that problem.

Next is the mandalorian gauntlets and I am thanking my sister for this one. We went out to Frys for some grocery shopping and managed to come across .77 cent Gatorade bottles. Now I know some of you told me to use gatorade bottles for mando gaunts well guess what....I'm using them. Managed to pull through getting one of the gaunts set up and ready for painting and cutting. Here are some photos of what I am going to do tomorrow.

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My black marker ran out as I started to line where I want to make the cut. But I have a good idea of what I am cutting. It will be started tomorrow or possibly tonight. If I am not to busy.
 
dont forget what i told you.

do not buy vest at target/walmart. get fabric at walmart or joannes. will set you back 3 bucks. we'll show you how to make vest at mando party in two weeks.
 
I actually realized that when I looked in the Wal*Mart website when they did not have good sizing vests. So I figured to just buy the fabric and make a vest. I'll see what I can do during that time.
 
Okay; since nothing better is happening I figured to give a start on my mando gaunts which will be made out of gatorade bottles. I already have them marked and ready for cutting which is what I did today. After cutting them I fitted one of them to my arm and noticed that it will only fit up to my elbow which I kind noticed that from the begining.

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Now the next best thing to do is to paint them over with some paint and padd them. Not to hard. Hopefully, I'll be able to get some paint for them soon enough (as soon as my mom pays me the money she owes me LOL!). But they will look good no matter what.

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Here is a photo of me wearing the gaunts. My nephew actually helped me out with taking the photo. It had to be quick or else they would of falled down to my elbows. But once I get some padding and theya re painted they will be ready for wearing with the armor.

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something you might consider is cutting a section out of them, then adding elastic or straps, giving you the ability to adjust them so they dont fall and also fit more snuggly. If you are going to the armour party on the 29th or to the meeting the 22nd, bring those and I can give you a hand at making them fit better. :)

:cheers
A'den
 
Like the gator juice bottles, even if simple they are a good START, you gotta add greebles.

I found the caps to glade air fresheners are cool when painted, or even the plastic holders on cardboard boxes that they use to secure items to the packaging work nice.
Broken or still new but just gotta use it electronics parts are cool too.
The USB Video capture stick still works, but who cares it'll look cool when it gets glued onto my bucket ;)

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Yeah, plain bottles aren't great looking gaunts... Try some of the things Adonian suggested, and hit up Home Depot plumbing and kitchen section for some cool looking stuff to stick on there as well.
 
You gotta point there vod. I was actually looking at them and this came in before I decided in painting which will hopefully begin tomorrow. I have a few Nerf extra add-ons. Like one where there is a green light that my nephew got working then a scope one that goes onto the longshot. But I'll be searching around to see what I can put into these gaunts. Some photos will be posted with the gaunts next to them so I can get your guys imput. Thanks for the sudjestion.
 
W00t! Keep it up Commander. :D It's all looking great. And I'm sure there are random things in the house you could stick on your gaunts.
 
seriously, overlook NOTHING, EVERYTHING can be used in some way or another, just turn around and look under that pile over there, no OVER THERE, yea thats it, now look closer...............................................................................















BOO!!

JK ;)
 
Now you guys have gone and done it. And I wish I never did this but I did anyways. Well my mom did when she was cleaning out (as we in the family call it) our big living room she came across to wireless controller adapters used for wireless controllers. I looked at them and thought they would be great uses for my mando gaunts seeing as I don't use my PS2 anymore. Here is a photo of them?

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What do you all think?
 
Looks good...I think you could improve them by painting it.
Also, I can't tell from the pic, but do they cover your whole wrist, or just the front and part of the hand?
 
Well the whole plan was to paint tomorrow. I was actually thinking of leaving it black and add a few battle marks onto them. Because my mando is going to have a tone of battle scars on the armor. And those will be glued to my right gauntlet of the armor. They wont be covering my hands or anything. Once I find another material that I am going to be using I'll tape it up and show you all what I am looking for with them.
 
try prying one of them open to see whats inside, you can use the guts for little circuit boards, and still use the plastic, see 2 for 1. Over look NOTHING :)
 
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