Captain Rex

you armor looks amazing! One day...

I'm going to be making a kama for my mando armor eventually, do you have a pattern or template?

thanks!
 
Awesome suit!!

Are you going to eventually mod the ab and chest plates to make it more like the anim version? I like it the way it is, just curious.

I'm eventually going to build an entirely custom suit. I wanted to cut the chest plate on my current one, but I need to make a new ab plate first, since mine is too short for that.
 
Nice job - the toon version of the clones is growing on me...well done!

BTW, have you seen some of the sneaker mod threads at Clonetroopers.net? Could be the help you need...for more comfy boots :)
 
what kind of bucket is that?
could we get some more info on the building process of the armor?
I'd love to know how you did the Kama, I can't figure out how to do trim.
Any tips on making those DCs? I thought that'd be more originale for me then westers.
 
Rex is The Bomb! I want to make ani-clone armor when i finish my custom Mando.... That will be a while I need to repain it.... but that Rex kicks tinny butt!!! He was the bomb tonight on Clone Wars did any one notice the parental warning on tonights episode!?
 
what kind of bucket is that?

i made the bucket. it's version 1 of a modded hasbro. just wait til you see version 2!

my rex web page is pretty sparse right now, but it does have a section on the helmet:

http://stormtrooperguy.com/rex/

could we get some more info on the building process of the armor?
I'd love to know how you did the Kama, I can't figure out how to do trim.
Any tips on making those DCs? I thought that'd be more originale for me then westers.

how i made it all is sort of a mess :)

silly as it may seem, this is a temporary suit.

i'm doing my own 100% from scratch clone kit, based on the clone wars style armor. from head to toe, it will be all made by me. i've got the first pulls of the forearms done:

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those are the prototypes. i need to tweak the masters a bit to get some better detail in a few spots.

you can see the biceps and hand plates untrimmed here:

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the pistols i made out of MDF:

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then i molded them and made a pair in resin. but i trashed the mold by accident, so i had to do a LOT of cleanup to the resin ones. i'm planning to make a new mold at some point soon.

overall, it's going to be a loooooooong road on this one.
 
Have you ever worked with sintra? I'm considering trying to make some Clone Wars armor now that my Mando is mostly done.
But the full body armor is a pain to mold in my experience, I can't tell you how much time we spent trying to make gauntlets, and we still didn't figure it out.
If you have any ideas to make molding easier that would be helpful.
(on a side note, after seeing you make that bucket, I think I may make one regardless)
 
I'd still love to hear anything about that kama trim!
and do you have anything that could help ME make some MDF DCs?
I'd really be thankfull for ANY help!
THX, and good luck!
 
I'd still love to hear anything about that kama trim!

there isn't much to say about the trim... i just picked up some bias tape that was about the same color as my paint, and then sewed it on :)

and do you have anything that could help ME make some MDF DCs?
I'd really be thankfull for ANY help!
THX, and good luck!

sadly i've got nothing for you... i didn't make templates or anything, i just eyeballed it then used a ruler to straighten out the lines.

it took a couple of tries. the first ones were WAY oversized. the second pair came out just right though.
 
more on the helmet... the one i have now is not clone wars accurate enough for my tastes, so i'm redoing it.

this is where it started:
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i started marking off where things needed to be changed... sort of like a plastic surgeon would. the biggest cut though was on the back:

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OUCH!

yeah, the entire back is different, so i had to cut it all out. that circle won't stay as-is either, but for now i want it there as a good center marker. in addition to the resculpt, cutting the back out also allowed me to push the sides out a bit. the animated helmets are just very wide at the bottom.

the first set of changes to the face were mostly focused on the area around the visor. the cheeks have been squared off, and the cheek tubes are being flattened out, then will be extended a bit to flare out more.

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the second set of changes was more on shaping the resin bits... removing the brow trim, reshaping the visor a bit, reshaping the fin...

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the indents on the sides of the helmet don't come as far foward in the animation, which got in the way of painting the stripes in correctly. so... i moved them back:

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more to come! i'll be working on it for a couple of hours tonight, so there should be something good tomorrow.
 
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