WIP: Two New Mandos

Thanks everyone. This is a lot of fun and good practice for when my bucket arrives.

I picked up one of the above toilet brush holders and am going to dive into my first gauntlet. If it seems to be working out I will go pick up a second one to finish off the pair.

I have also been doing a bit of looking around as to what I should do for the interiors of the family's buckets? I am thinking of making a paper template, than doing some electronics and pads, and than casting them in a rubber or a foam material.

Anyone have any ideas about what type of material that foam/rubber is called? I have some rubber to make a mold I just don't know what would be good for the final cast that would be soft?

Cheers,
Robert
 
Very excited today my bucket showed up on my door step.

Here is a pic on it with its new best friend Bondo. I think they are going to be spending a lot of time together.
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It's going to be some serious work to get this into shap. I plan on adding sone strength to the inside and cleaning up the tops as it is a bit on the lumpy side.

Cheers,
Robert
 
hey so i can planely see that you used car bondo to cover the helmet but im wondering what sorta stuff you use to strengthen the
inside. o and what company did you get your bucket from cause the only one iv seen thats in my price range is from rubies or a private seller.
 
I am going to use fiberglass and cloth on the inside. This bucket is going to take a bit of work but I am very excited to dive in and get dirty.
 
Glassing is pretty fun as long as you don't get any on your arms, LoL (I speak from painful experience). That's a really good looking bucket!
 
The top was a bit bumpy so I am going to have some fun filling and sanding. But it's ok I need the pratice on blending what I fix with the actual helmet.

I'm getting ready to break out the hair dryer for some reshaping.


Cheers,
Robert
 
Got a chance to reshape the back a bit and did my first pass of bondo so it can dry over night. I will attack it in the morning with some sand paper and work on more clean up with the dremal.

Cheers,
Robert
 
I will be making a vest and than I am going the Velcro route. That way if I want to do different plates I can switch them out and get the most out of my vest. I will be doing a black vest.
 
i havnt seen many people use the velcro. for mine i striped off the plastic from abunch of twist ties then micro trilled through each plate in specific areas, then looped the twist ties through and clipped em. kinda tough for thicker material but it can be done. hopefully yours stays on better. cant wait to see. lemme know how you attached the velcro to the plates. when you get there
 
I have been doing a ton of reading between this forum and the Mando Mercs forum and Velcro seems the way to go. As soon as I am to the point of mounting the armor I will make sure to post images.

Cheers,
Robert
 
We went over to a friends house last night for dinner and I started to tell them about the projects I am working on. She is sick with a sewing machine and she is going to help me with all of the soft parts for the Mandos I am working on. So parts we are going to do will be a vest, gloves, spats, a neck seal, and a helmet skirt. I an super excited to enlist the help of a pro with the machine as I did not want to fumble around and try to mess up mine learning.

As we progress through the different soft parts I will post images to see what you all think.

Cheers,
Robert
 
All of your work looks great. I just finished a scratch build helmet based on WoF's templates. I will post the pics I took during the build soon. I am really intrigued about the idea you mentioned to use toilet brush buckets for the gaunlets. I have been thinking of PVC pipe, but wondered if it would be too thick. I like the placement of the vents on the HB helmet. I am sure they did it for safety reasons. However, I still like the idea and how they concealed them in the cheeks. Can't wait to see how the armor and gauntlets turn out.
 
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