Death Watch CW Mandalorians - the serious costume thread

Jaiden

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I posted this question over on the Mercs board to get ideas rolling for the new Mandalorian characters that will be shown in the Clone Wars season 2.

Since these characters are Mandalorians in general, I thought I'd pose the subject here to get some serious discussion going on what will and won't be acceptable should this costume be considered for canon admittance into the 501st.

To start, here are a few screen caps from the season 2 preview.
tcwmandos.jpg

tcwmandos2.jpg

CWMando.jpg


Here's what we know so far: (not relying on the holo-image, but on the closeup and the "hero" walk of the four together...)

OVERALL: Blue and grey colors with a touch of white for the "commander"

HELMET: Commander: Grey overall with blue upper cheeks.
white triple striping from the center of the brow
trooper: grey overall with blue mandables
NO RF STALK ON ANY BUCKET

ARMOR: blue flight suit with grey armor plating
It's hard to tell, but it looks like the commander has heavy thigh plating and the troops do not.
Commander: shoulder cape similar in style to Boba, but on the right shoulder.

WEAPONRY: No discernible BFG, but all appear to have Jango-style double blasters from the holsters on the thighs.

OTHER CHARACTERISTICS: No view is available yet of the lower legs below the knees, but other than the above-mentioned things, the rest of the armor appears to be standard Super Commando armor.

Granted, I'm not the final say on what will or won't be kosher for this character. I would just like to open this up for ideas and thoughts on what it would take to accurately represent these characters.

David.
 
Hmmm...pretty much jango scheme. I was hoping for something a little different, (at least colorwise). Oh well, its still mandalorians!!! :)
 
Here are some slightly higher res caps from the trailer on YouTube, with the gamma boosted a bit.

Looks like everybody's got the same leg armor. The commander looks like his flight suit is more gray (could be the lighting) and it looks like his collar and shoulder armor is blue.

Also looks like he's got a light saber.

cwmando1.jpg


cwmando2.jpg


cwmando3.jpg
 
i think it's a good look, and i really like that they are mostly similar.

it makes me think of an era where the mandos were more organized / structured.
 
Is it just me, or does the saber he's sporting look a LOT like Obi-Wan's? Maybe that's a common design for sabers back then, or he somehow managed to steal it from him?
 
Hi,

I can see something excelling the commander back. Is some kind of hilt like the old warriors that wear their swords in the back.

Regards.
 
Hi,

I can see something excelling the commander back. Is some kind of hilt like the old warriors that wear their swords in the back.

Regards.

That looks to me like the top left cone of a Jango style JT-12 jetpack to me.

As to the lightsaber, it seems more likely - given the rest of the trailer - that the "Commander" took it from Kenobi. Not sure I like the lack of RF array. Alway thought that Mando helmets that have nothing at all there - doesn't need to be a classic RF array - start to resemble bowling balls!
 
I think him having the lightsaber has to do with the episode. Also, If you look closely at the video on Youtube, you can see a pop-out vibroblade (i think?!?!?)

Also, the gauntlets are modified HEAVILY.
 
:eek: This is so awesome! I've been wanting to see a scene like this since I first heard the Clone Wars were supposedly between the Jedi & Mandalorians! Wow, can't wait!
 
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Well, since the CW is Canon I don't see how the Legion can deny it.
That combined with the fact that the new generation, many of our children, identify the CW as their Star Wars we must be prepared to have something that is identifiable with them.
 
I personally think it will rock and I really want to see what role these mandos play in the series is. The only two things that bug me a little are no RF, and their buckets are really narrow, I know its kind of the style of the show but if it is cannon, do we have to make a narrower bucket? Overall I love the scheme and the lines their "commander" says... Im so pumped, especially to see who he is and what he does with that lightsaber :3

El1te
 
Seeing as Season 2 is supposed to be Bounty Hunter centric it only makes sende that there are Mandos, As for the lightsaber, I personally think that the lead Mando is non other than Anakin, and the rest are Capt Rex and other 501st. The lack of the RF would indicate that the helmets are probably modified clone helmets to be mandalorian.
 
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