New Project (Cade Skywalker)
- Thread starter Memnon Fett
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ShatirLavan
Active Hunter
My armour is 7 pieces of sintra and several pieces of leather to connect it all.
ShatirLavan
Active Hunter
Here's my finished armour. The paint is a spray bronze hammered finish, dry brushed over with gold.
ShatirLavan
Active Hunter
They have a little bit of movement. I'm really anxious to see what others are doing with this project though. Let's see some progress guys!
Darasuum Verd
Active Hunter
HOLY C R A P !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT IS AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!
can i buy that from you?????????????????????????? THAT IS SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!
THAT IS AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!
can i buy that from you?????????????????????????? THAT IS SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!
ShatirLavan
Active Hunter
Umm, I could sell it and make another for myself, but don't you want to make your own armour, dude? That's where the fun lies: making something yourself that you can be proud to put on display.
Darasuum Verd
Active Hunter
Ummm.... I do want to make some myself but.... I made my Mando armor out of a trash can......... I would probably try to make it out of a trash can but it would be less than 1/2 as cool and I'm not the best at painting things.... I'm new to this kind of stuff.
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ShatirLavan
Active Hunter
Just do what you can buddy. It takes a lot of practice to get good at costuming. The only way you'll get skilled at it is by actually making costumes.
Darasuum Verd
Active Hunter
ok then. I just got money so I'll start tomorrow. Just wondering, what kind of paint should I use
Krylon spray paint seems to be the one of the best choice. Paint it all gold and weather (or weather later on) then after it compeltely dries, use painter's tape over everything, then stencil and cut out the chest pattern in the tape, and paint the black parts. I haven't make armor before, but there are several uses for this procedure, though it's definetly not the only choice, it just seems to be the easiest IMO. Once you all painted, the painter's tape is off, and everythings dry (perhaps not all that order) spray it all over with a lil bit of Krylon Clear Matte Finish to dull any gloss from the other paints.
For weathering, there are several routes you can go. Rub-n-buff comes to mind. You could also LIGHTLY spray from black, brown, brownze, or whatever weathering colored type of paint over the armor.
If I'm mistaken at all here expert armor builders, please tell me so I can slap myself silly
For weathering, there are several routes you can go. Rub-n-buff comes to mind. You could also LIGHTLY spray from black, brown, brownze, or whatever weathering colored type of paint over the armor.
If I'm mistaken at all here expert armor builders, please tell me so I can slap myself silly
Darasuum Verd
Active Hunter
thank you. I just got the templates printed! BTW does anyone have a template for the back plate?
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ShatirLavan
Active Hunter
I just took some big sheets of paper, folded them in half, and started drawing shapes on them that I hoped would work. Luckily, one of them did. You could use a Fett backpiece for starters, then play around with it.
Darasuum Verd
Active Hunter
Ok. I got the templates ready and took some pics. When I made my Mando armor my mom wanted me to take come progress pics but I never did, so I'm gonna try to take some this time around and I'll be sure to post 'em! BTW how did you attach the leather straps?
Darasuum Verd
Active Hunter
I AM SO PISSED! MY CAT JUST PUKED ON MY TEMPLATES FOR THE ARMOR AND MY LEGACY COMICS, ALL 6 OF 'EM!!! FORTUNATLY ONLY THE COVER TO #1 WAS DAMAGED, BUT STILL! NOW I HAVE TO RE-PRINT AND CUT OUT THE TEMPLATES!!!!!!!!!!!
Darasuum Verd
Active Hunter
Yeah I know. But this time it was the cat I like, not the evil black cat. I'm nice to him.... I got the templates done and am going to pick up my stuff for my armor at about 7 or 8
superjedi
Sr Hunter
Wow! I just saw this thread. Really cool stuff here.
I was looking at the pic of that blaster and it struck me how similar the grip section is to the Sandman blaster from Logan's Run.
Not that it really helps anybody. . . I just thought it was cool.
Darasuum Verd
Active Hunter
If you look at Cade's shirt (don't have a pic handy) where the part connecting his armor plates goes over his shoulder his shirt is ripped. I'm wondering what type of material that is. in #3 after he is done talking to a certain ghost he doesn't have his armor on and his shirt looks kind of shiny.
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