NovallTalon
Well-Known Hunter
What a dirty pair =D
My New Style Mando Armour
- Thread starter Darth Valcar
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Te Tay haai
New Hunter
Looking good Valcar got to admit You designed that Brilliantly, Looks awesome but Doesnt the through-and-through jab into your shoulder?
Darth Valcar
Active Hunter
Thanks BobaFettDaddy we both worked hard on our Mandos. Yours look great also... 
Te Tay'haai The through-and-through is a slight discomfort, but you would be amazed how fast you forget about it. But its a great joy when it comes off..... hehe. Im also going to drop the metal sheet the armour is attached too via magnets, for the look Shadow UK has with the industrial valcro system. Cos, i found i could not sit down correctly, so i had to stand, and troop all day on me feet..... But like a true Mando, I did it....
Te Tay'haai The through-and-through is a slight discomfort, but you would be amazed how fast you forget about it. But its a great joy when it comes off..... hehe. Im also going to drop the metal sheet the armour is attached too via magnets, for the look Shadow UK has with the industrial valcro system. Cos, i found i could not sit down correctly, so i had to stand, and troop all day on me feet..... But like a true Mando, I did it....
Te Tay haai
New Hunter
Im not suprised your glad when its off I wouldbe be suprised if a hole Really was in your shoulder after trooping with it...And Just Tay'haai Please It Means "The Archivist" and you wouldnt call anyone "The" Would you? heh
MandalorFett
Well-Known Hunter
Nice job guys! Have you thought about leather ammo belts? I think it would look great w/ your suits.
NovallTalon
Well-Known Hunter
I was really contemplating Velcro or snaps. In the end I went with snaps, but Velcro would have been much easier.
Nice job guys! Have you thought about leather ammo belts? I think it would look great w/ your suits.
Funny you should say that, mine were delayed in the post, hence i only got them this week, but rest assured they'll be on my outfit ready for Celebration Europe
Darth Valcar
Active Hunter
I found that the metal plate that I was using to hold my chest Armour on was very restrictive, and turned out to be more trouble than it was worth. So after a little time and money, I followed Shadow UK's idea and have used valcro.... Also after attaching my chest Armour to my new vest, I was able to heat up the sintra and shape the Armour for a better fit... Collectormania 11 was a great test platform for working out the bugs with the outfit.
Here is 2 pics of how new fitting has turned out.....
Here is 2 pics of how new fitting has turned out.....
Darth Valcar
Active Hunter
Well I have had a return email form KOTE and it looks like this Mando will not be trooping as a KOTE member. It seems that the this outfit is fall outside the mark on almost everything apart from its ammo belt. Well I am making a few changes to this outfit. But It would seem that to pass the Mark I would have to do too much to this look just to Troop. I had alway thought that CUSTOM ment just what it said... I am fed up with everything having to be judged but Boba, and the Jango look.
Any changes that I make to this outfit is for comfort and to improve the vision I had for this Sniper Look.
You could say that I'm a little unhappy with the email that I received. After all the hard work made to this outfit. You know these things cost money and time, as you all know.
Don't get me wrong I'm open to comments on my work, but not when it's going to take major re-working just to fit into some kind of level, just to pass.
I just don't understand how wrong my outfit is, at Collectormania 11, I can't count how many good comments I got from none Star Wars people on how good it looked, not to forget the high demand for pics with children and adults alike......
Well my changes to this outfit in the last 2 weeks are for the better.
Any changes that I make to this outfit is for comfort and to improve the vision I had for this Sniper Look.
You could say that I'm a little unhappy with the email that I received. After all the hard work made to this outfit. You know these things cost money and time, as you all know.
Don't get me wrong I'm open to comments on my work, but not when it's going to take major re-working just to fit into some kind of level, just to pass.
I just don't understand how wrong my outfit is, at Collectormania 11, I can't count how many good comments I got from none Star Wars people on how good it looked, not to forget the high demand for pics with children and adults alike......
Well my changes to this outfit in the last 2 weeks are for the better.
The Clayster
Well-Known Hunter
Well custom doesnt mean a crappy costume either, but many seem to believe that they could make something out of cardboard, and because they are custom, it is OK.
Custom means a freedom of imagination.
Darth Valcar
Active Hunter
Ho Hum, Life goes on....
Psh, that's tough man.
What was it about the outfit they found so unacceptable? The camo? The cut of the armor plates? I mean it's not like all Mandos have to be the same cookie cutter versions of one of the Fetts. Looking at all of the different Mandalorian armor designs throughout the EU it seems like the only thing some of them have in common is the T-visor.Darth Valcar
Active Hunter
I can't say just what I was told about my outfit, but lets say that the only thing that seemed to be ok was my ammo belt.... but I'm not letting that end this outfit at all.... Like I also said i'm still making some changes to it, but these changes are more for me than anyone els. And after all this outfit is real work with real material, not carboard or the like....
Anyway onwards and upwards.....
Anyway onwards and upwards.....
Darth Valcar
Active Hunter
Thanks TantiveIV, and thanks Kyram. You are both right about the T-Visor being the one thing that says the same in look amoung all Mandos....
SarlaccBits
Active Hunter
Very unique!
Great job.
Great job.
NovallTalon
Well-Known Hunter
I wouldn't worry about what other people think or say about your masterpiece. If you are happy with it, then isn't that all that matters? I have always thought that your armor is one of the most individually distinct sets of armor out there. You shouldn't be judged on what others "deem" mando to look like. To me that's just elitism on their part by trying to control your look, but meh...it's their club and not ours eh?
Anyhow, don't let it bring you down...and in the words of Arnold: "To hell with them!"
Anyhow, don't let it bring you down...and in the words of Arnold: "To hell with them!"
Wildabeast
Active Hunter
I have been following this thread for awhile and have to say that your vision is awesome. Keep up the great work.
The Clayster
Well-Known Hunter
yeah, Valc, I didnt bash your costume,, dont take it so.
Darth Valcar
Active Hunter
Thanks Cylrul Pbz, your coment was not taken as a Bash... I was just a little, well more than a little ticked off after some of the things in the email I got, but like you all have said from your comments though out this project, you all like the style and I like the style also, so thans to all of you Wildabeast, NovallTalon, SarlaccBits, and many more...
