well, here we go. Pacx's Progress.

Aww you guys are giving me ideas i can't do!! Remember I'm a newbie, just making a skull would be difficult...

But there are definatley gonna be claws hanging from me. I think attaching them to the gauntlets would be fun.. like a ring of claws around the rim? It could also be used as a melee weapon.... ideas, ideas!

THAT was quick!!!

Wow... looks awesome... I think that'll have to be an add-on after the actual armour to be finished.. it's a little expensive for me, especially with the rest of the stuff i need to buy.

you can easily get cardboard boxes FREE from USPS, I used priority envelopes for my first bucket..look over there
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then tape staple etc, hot glue is your friend since it can melted, see my post for the wands I made, they look like wood, but its just hot glue on paper.

...something else you could do, is paper mache with resin instead of glue over a wire frame...

And vod, dont say you cant do it. I've only been building armour for about 9 or 10 months, so I'm still a newb, and I'm doing things now that I thought I could never do back then. Do a little research, learn something new, then VIOLA! you have something really awesome.

You can do it mate! Just take it slow and ask lots of questions! Most of the time someone here on TDH will have an answer or solution to whatever problem you run into.

A'den

Heh, funny name. Mink Weasel... hehe.

Looks interesting. Something I'll defineatly try. I can see parts of those skulls chipped off and blast marks all over them.. hehe.. ambitious... but cool!

Ok Pacx i got the cape drawn up
I dont think i got the emblem centered quite right but its only to see what the emblem would look like anyway

Here it is ner vod

Well im not sure if anyone likes it (no comments )

but here is a few sketchs of a stava head not in skull form

lookin good so far.
I still think a skull would look cool on your bucket though

Yeah, me too!!! Maybe like the dome of the skull with the eyes, just like a replacement dome, but over your REAL dome. That would look awesome.

Ya the skull on the bucket would look pretty bad a$$

Awesome paint job. Looks like it was fun to do. And I agree: skull on the bucket!

I think it could look pretty sweet if you used you fingers to apply some war paint type marks with the blood.

would fit with the hunter type skull-helmet !?!

Originally Posted by Boba-Debt

I think it could look pretty sweet if you used you fingers to apply some war paint type marks with the blood.

would fit with the hunter type skull-helmet !?!

Kind of like this???

PACX!!! WERE ARE YOU?!?!?!?!

Im sure there are many people here with their fingers hovering above their laser whip activator

Javohl!!!
:P

pacx any updates? Got a bucket yet?

Woah, sorry guys. I've been taking a well-earned break. how I earned it, I don't know, but we'll get to that later. If ever.

As I've been on holiday, nothing has been done and my armour is looking neglected and sad, and i get a pang of guilt every time I look over my shoulder at it. BUT - here's what i PLAN to do with the little bugger.

Helmet: Albino, hopefully skulled and hand-printed. (I want it to look like someone put their bloodied hand on my head to beg for mercy. Quite why they'd put it on the head I don't know but hey, who cares.)

Armour: Bloodied, as before, but its gonna be a dark shade of grey instead. I'm gonna take the sandpaper to it and do a little scratching to make it less smooth and more textured. I don't really know what else to do with weathering, but I'll think of something.

Accessories: Skulls. Skulls. And more Skulls . Bloodied up and hanging from various places about my person. I have some... friends... who can get me some little skulls and bones and stuff to stick on me. (Come to think of it, while on holiday, I saw a dead deer.. why didn't I dissect it... wait, don't answer that.)

Gauntlets: Standard gauntlets, no particular style. I'm gonna buy a job lot of claws and stick 'em around the edges of it, to use as a melee weapon.


Levi: The cape looks AWESOME. I'm definatley using that .

Unless I've missed anything, that's all I got, and I will now get into laser-whip submission stance. Fire at will.

aaaaaannnnnnnnnndddddddddd FIRE!! kidding everyone needs a break now and then im about to leave to go on a two week break (and boy am i gonna get whipped when i get back )

Glad you love the cape ner vod

HHHMMMMMM ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ warming up the whip.

You are stealing my idea for the helmet!!! :mad

j/k Should look great!!! The blooded hand is kind of like the orcs from LOTR.

An the gaunts, do like the iron jango claws (in EP 2 where he nearly falls off of the city on
Kamino, but with claws!!! Should look GREAT!!! :P

Su'cuy Gar ner vod,

ok... going to admit to my poor thread watching here... but just now getting caught up. 1. Don't care that u bought ur armor, a lil peeved u lied about it tho... but not mad at u. Still talking to u, still watching/reading/commenting on ur thread, still willing to draw for u, as always.
2. Love the paint job, needs more large swaths tho. U have a lot of good, small whispy lines of "blood," But a few thicker, wider dragged splotches would look pretty cool.
3. I like the suggestions about the skull/trophies. I don't personally carry any on my armor (which is only half done), but I don't disaprove of it!

All in all looking good, can't wait to see it finished, glad u decided to go with my concept for your overall scheme!

Kal

So you're still alive, my brother.

1: Same reactions all around.
2: The paint job needs touching up, i agree. I suppose the pictures I have taken were basically something to avoid getting whipped (which I sense will happen soon anyway). I feel we shall need to touch up the sketch, too
3: I'm warming to the idea of a skull helmet. I'm really not sure, though.

(between me and you, I'm starting to think that maybe I should've waited a while before getting too ambitious with this particular project. My bank account has only just recovered from Imperial Officer material (something I actually CAN do!)).

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT Swish crack.

haha

Thanks for that pic, NOW I know what it will look like.

Originally Posted by Alpha-Ø2

haha

I saw that and my first though was "No need for words, the picture says it all."

haha it sure does

Actually, there are the multi-strand version like that one, then the single strand version...

I'd like to apologise for my brothers' harsh treatment of you and your progress, actually, no I'm not! Get some Kiffin' pictures up!

Any PIX PAX?

First... my name is PACX. Not PAX. Study hard :P.

Second. Unless you want pictures that i already gave to you, no. Recently, lucky for me, i was struck down by the piggy plauge and have just recovered. Not helpful. BUT - I am going to the hobby shop tomorrow to get me some dark grey, chrome and black paints, so i can get the base coat done. and then... Screwdriver time.

YAY!!! Just call adonian over, and have him use his light-whip!!!

Originally Posted by PacxIblix

First... my name is PACX. Not PAX. Study hard :P.

Second. Unless you want pictures that i already gave to you, no. Recently, lucky for me, i was struck down by the piggy plauge and have just recovered. Not helpful. BUT - I am going to the hobby shop tomorrow to get me some dark grey, chrome and black paints, so i can get the base coat done. and then... Screwdriver time.

PIGGY plague like the guys in blue? JK, yeah I had that too, its a pain..
Cant wait to see pix pac-man
the PAX thing was a mistype, the pac-man was just for fun

aww now... lol sorry Pacx a lil lax on the thread watching again... been a lil busy lately. I'll be happy to rework the sketch... no prob at all. as for the whip... all I can say is yikes! lol

Ah.. sorry guys. I'm nursing my light-whip wounds. I didn't get a chance to go to the hobby shop, though I did pick up a nice tailored dress shirt (i have a dinner occasion soon!). So lets run through the setup again, shall we?

Armour: Light mando armour, darkgrey, blood spattered.

Helmet: Dark Grey, skulled, blood spattered.

Accesories: Claws, teeth, small skulls braided into wookie scalps, blood bottles hanging of my belt

Class: Medic-Mando, Melee fighter. I like the idea of a doctor-mando covered in blood, some of which ISN'T from his enemies .

I like the ideas pacx! especial the part about "claws, teeth, skulls, blood &c.

Now, with the above ideas stated, GET TO WORK AND SHOW US PICS!!!


A'den

*ahem* Mentlegen.

I fear that far too many whips will be charged to the setting marked 'Especially for Pacx... do not use unless in an emergency.' However, I shall face what I deserve. I have been a busy little bee, whipping around the Midlands searching for chrome paint. I have found some.
I have begun keying the plastic (which makes the blood stains look kinda cool) and the first coat will be ready for TOMORROW!! *maniacal laugh* I also touched up the paintwork and modified my Verpine a bit, making it look like a MA5C Assault Rifle (Halo!), and I have some new weaponry. My money is stretching thin, however I shall soon have enough to buy some proper gaunts and (unless something terrible happens) my good ol' pal Nevu is going to see if he can make me a Helm (postage is a nightmare but i shall pay like the good hearted soul i am).
Phew. Claw situation - bought, awaiting ganutlets to be put on.

Je'Karta's Story hasn't been put on hold at all, and the next installment will be up soon.

-Pacxy Pacxy Pacxman.

have you seen my claws... come on over... I used simple cardboard covered (really thickly) with hot glue, cost less than a buck to make 3.

good pacx!!! Glad yer still working on this!!!

And for claws, whiteraven here on TDH has done a cast of nexu claws...VERY nicely done and they are made out of a wood stainable material...if you interested, I can get ahold of him for ya...

Show us some pics man!!! We need to see it!!!


A'den

I'm interested, A'den. *i love contacts, makes me feel like mafiosi!*

Pics... will be here shortly. I didn't figure on you wanting to see just scratched up blood and varying degrees of cuts and grazes on my hands *thanks, sandpaper...* but if thats what you want then thats what i shall endavour to get you.


-Pacxy Picxy Pocxy. (don't ask)

oh, REAL BLOOD, cool, much better than paint

Originally Posted by PacxIblix

(unless something terrible happens) my good ol' pal Nevu is going to see if he can make me a Helm (postage is a nightmare but i shall pay like the good hearted soul i am).

O yea I said that. Ok I need to check first what the shipping costs would be and then I have to check with my parents... I don't know how that will work but ya never know. Lol how you said "(unless something terrible happens)"

Or you could just get one of my budget fiberglass helms for what you would pay poor nevu the postage.

Ah, Saz. I was wondering when you'd show up *mumble mumble* How much would your 'budget fibreglass helmet' be? i like the idea of budget. Makes it sound cheaper.


Well, seeing as its 02:02 now... night night, vods!

Hey Pacx, Vode is the plural of Vod:

# vod (VOHD) - brother, sister, comrade
# vode (VOH-day) - brothers, sisters, comrades

I'm £70 plus postage, but in your case, postage would be the fiver in petrol to deliver it to you as I believe you are in the M6/M42 circle.

...lucky you pacx...get one of the amazing saz lids, AND NO SHIPPING CHARGES!!!

Ah, Land of Hope, Glory and Buckets. Mehehe.

And Adonian - gimme a break, it was 2:00 in the morning!

I know, I'm just messin with ya'

he he... Pacx dude some of us just LOVE to aggrevate! lmao How's the kit goin?

BTW... not sure if I really like the whole blood business, but it is YOUR mando not mine! lol... Mandos r supposed to be professional soldiers. As a professional soldier I can tell u, we CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN our kit. Yes I understand that it can be very hard to clean off, (trust me I know). However, that being said... I understand the bloodpacks for a medic. It DOES make sense, I just know our medics treat those things like extremely rare, precious eggs and... they never carry 'em out in the open, they're always secured carefully in a pack, usually seperated from the rest of the medgear. I do like ur kit tho... it's a great concept. I guess I need to get to work on those updates huh? lol

@ Adonian: my only remark is ¬_¬. too.

@ Kal: Mehe, the kits goin' well. The time has come to take some pics so they'll be up by the end of the week. I hope. The whips - man them. About the bloodiness - after reading your comment, and logic dictates thats a wise move, Medic/Close Range expert would be the mostr likely choice. Now to come up with an excuse... Hmm. As a medic, I'm not going to be one of the well-oiled machines that I'm sure you and your comrades are. I am going to be the doctor who, unlike many others, is a doctor simply to satisfy his curiosity. He has no medical qualifications whatsover. He makes up for this by carrying A: a bottomless supply of syringes and B: a trembling weakness for plunging said syringes into humahn flesh. He is the mando everyone steers clear from. To read more about Je'Karta check back soon.

he he sounds fun

BTW... I'm aircrew so most of our docs are docs first, troops second...lol but... the Spec Ops guys are the kind that can break u apart and put u back together! lol

Mehe, I was in the Royal Air Cadets for a few years, as a medic. I was taught how to take you apart, clean you, put a handy detonation device in your gut and then stitch you up again, which was meticulouslay practiced to drill. (minus the detonator, of course. (That was for christmas and bank holidays). I think the highest score was set by the sergeant at 10 minutes. He smelt of death for weeks.

Back to the kit -

I found a new melee weapon that only a doc would carry. a BONESAW!

lmao it's perfect ner vod! Not only a med tool, but also a weapon!

If i can make one of them, rust it and bloody it up...


Kal, can i borrow some blood *twitch* please? *reaches for syringe*

OK finally! My silver is NEARLY done, one more coat *about 3 done already* so i can make dents. I'm also gonna make actual holes in the armour with 'blood' coming out, as if i've been shot multiple times. I AM a doctor *barely* and i CAN fix my own wounds... sometimes.

Who needs anisthesia, just cut the arm off already dock, I got another one

wow ner vod... can u say PSYCHO?!!! lol jk, I can wait to see this finished... it SOUNDS like the most Jason/Michael Moore mando ever made.

Er... Jason/Michael Moore... can't say I heard o' them. Google time. Anwyays. I'm gonna get me a hacksaw or something suitably sharp and modify it to make it look like the picture.

btw vod

any ideas you want for your sketch?
and could you pm a few pics of your cutom to me? its easier than searching around for them! thanks

*** dude... Jason (the horror movie series) and Michael Moore from the Halloween movies! Psycho slasher types. Also, I would suggest scratch building a wood/plastic model... sharp stuff tends to actually cut! lol

Halloween is Michael Myers, Michael Moore was that documentary Jerk, the guy who mad Ferenheit 911 and those kind of movies Although he is scary looking

haha pics

i want to see what your kit currently looks like before i start the sketch

ha ha sorry Adonian... got the names mixed up... either way, scary dude! lol. Oh yeah, what Levi said! Need to see what u got now before I can rework the sketch.

Wow. Garages are... hot.


Anyway, I finished the base coats. Chrome looks fairly good. First I'm gonna get the blood splatters on it, then I'll take some pics. Ok? Happy now?!

haha yes!

no... not happy until I see pics! lol

haha! as long as they're on the way Im happy :d

Ok mentlegen.

I have just about finished the silvery-chromeyness, now we have to work out how to remove a rusty paint lid from some B&Q red colOURs paint. Hmm.

IGOR! FETCH THE FLAMETHROWER!

how 'bout some C4? Or a thermal detonator?

Just throw your least favorite neighbor into your Firespray's engines. That'll give you some nice blood spray.......if he's not vaporized, that is....

Maybe tossing him to the Rancor would be better....

Well the only thing acheived by throwing Mr. Bentley from number 32 into Death's Head was a clogged engine and 3,000,000 credits worth of damage.
I imagine a Rancor would work, but I unfortunaltley don't have one. I'll speak to Jabba later.

dang clogged engines!!!

...And don't even get me started on jammed laser rotators.

he he yeah that's the worst of luck... clogged engines AND jammed cannons!

dont lock your keys inside

u laugh... but I had to have another guy from my flight come pick me up the other day because I locked my keys in the house! lol

Wow Kal... I mean.. wow. And they gave you 2nd Lieutenant? Wow, the USAF must be desperate...

lol, joke, i have great respect for you guys. I'd hate to be in a cockpit/ wherever you are all day. Wearing a flight suit. I prefer a nice comfy tunic.

lol there's a lot longer story to it than that, but that was the gist of it... i sit in the back of the plane... with no windows... but it's a great job and in a few years i'll have enough experience to upgrade to ALO, which is a ground job

the BACK of the plane? Do they allow you to take crosswords or wordsearches?

What exactly is your job then, Kal?

he he no, no crosswords/wordsearches... I'm an Air Battle Manager, kinda hard to describe it without goin' too in depth... but it's a great job! I basically coordinate and control the air war.

Interesting. So you sit a few miles behind the lines and tell the pilots where to shoot stuff? Sounds pretty awesome to me

yeah pretty much

Pilot: I see a rocket being charged, sir!
Kal: I want it gone. NOW.

*boom*

pacx... where's the update pics ner vod?

Not that I am 100% sure. But he plays Star Wars Republic Commando and is leader of a clan there so he is kinda busy with that lately... I play the game with him so I know but I dont see him to often. I'll talk to him next time I find him.

Ergh... sorry I've been gone a while guys. Nevu's right, leading a clan is fairly difficult. I've been having a few disputes with that sorta thing.

I actually haven't done anything with my armour since painting the last coat of silver. But I'm gonna take some photos after school tomorrow (assuming my 2nd in command dosen't need anything). Don't tear my eyes out, please. And leave the whip in the whip box.

he he I think I'm gonna have to steal Ori'Ad's laserwhip ner vod! lmao, u know I'll be gone for a while in 3 weeks right? I need time to get this sketch done for u!

NOTHING HAS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS GONE. I AM DISAPPOINTED IN YOU ALL.

As I said in Kal's thread (hehe, couldn't find this one; it was moved to the 3rd page ), I've been gone for a while. Long story short, things not been goin' so well in my street. Aaanyway, I've been licking my wounds and thinking, and i've done a COMPLETE AND TOTAL redesign. It's not recognisable. 'Part from the blood.

Still silver, still standard and light. But I digress.

I WILL get pictures up SOON. Don't bug me. the weapon's been made. BONESAW!!! (or as I like to call it, UBERSAW!!)

lol!! So glad to see your back ner'vod

HAHA! welcome back my friend

when you say soon that means RIGHT NOW!! haha kidding looking forward to see your "UBERSAW" lol

Hey Pacx, you might want to subscribe to your own thread so you dont lose it again
That's what I did

You didnt subscribe to your own thread? thats the first thing i always do

Subscribe to your own thread...brilliant! ...I shoulda thought of that...

Glad to see you back pacx!

GENIUS !

Medi-Man (do)

Hey Pacx, Saz was askin you a question on the dragon bucket, pop on over there.