Hey guys, I need help finding blueprints or tips for making a female mando chest plate. I'm not looking for a 'sexy' mando, but full tactical. Any help would be great!
It is funny they did this considering whenever female Mandos were mentioned in writing, they made a point of stating that it was sometimes hard to tell the gender of the wearer.
keyword "sometimes" I have actually seen several females who wear the standard plates... however a lot of them got tired of being mistook for a guy and started switching over to the femme plates.
That one has nipples... lol... I had to grind them out, then fill them. It sucked... bad... The plastic is 1/8"ish thick and gets hairy when you sand it.
Yeah, but sanding it off goes straight through the plate. I ended up drilling 4 small holes around each portion where it broke through and had to stuff a wad of putty on there. The holes were for the putty to grip onto. Then, I did the bondo over that.
And guess what? When I got the primer on, the darn nips were still showing! I was sitting there thinking that I've never been so angry at a pair of breasts.
I probably should have done the filler first and tried to contour shape out, but I thought that would be an awful lot of filler for something thats going to be worn. Jokes on me, though. I almost ruined them... lol...
put tape over the front of the nipples and bondo from the back. Take the tape off after it sets and it should be relatively smooth already and not need a lot of sanding. Even if it's a little thick on the inside, it shouldn't make them uncomfortable too much.
meh I sanded the nipples down until I almost broke through, then poured resin in the back.
worked like a charm until i powersanded the bondo'd boobs and the resin plugs fell out due to the vibrations.
but now that the outside is bondo'd no real need for the resin plugs ... that look like perfect nipples, might paint them and stick em on my own plates as a joke.
it's down to cup size really... if you can go for standard plates.
If you want or need cupped plates go with something understated and subtle like the above.
or go for the full on bombshell, with skin tight bodysuit and revealing cut away panels.. just don't expect more than drool
put tape over the front of the nipples and bondo from the back. Take the tape off after it sets and it should be relatively smooth already and not need a lot of sanding. Even if it's a little thick on the inside, it shouldn't make them uncomfortable too much.
I could have... But I didn't think I was gonna break through. Like Muad said, it doesn't LOOK like its gonna be that difficult, but turns out that its a pain. Probably best to just get one that doesn't have nips at all. Just save the headache all together. Stupid nipples... lol...