Variant armor progress thread

Jaiden

Active Hunter

• Oct 31, 2007

• #1

I'm still working on my helmet, but I decided to take a break from that and start on my armor pieces. I'm planning on glassing this weekend and figured I'd do this as well.

This is the start of my Mando Merc costume. I used the WOF Jango armor patterns (medium size surprisingly was big enough) and cut it all out of less than three sheets of foam board. After cutting, I rolled each piece with a regular rolling pin to get the shape I wanted.

I'll post more pics as I glass the stuff.

David.

 

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Izim

Hunter

• Nov 3, 2007

• #2

cool man, cant wait to see it painted

 

Jaiden

Active Hunter

• Dec 30, 2007

• #3

Now that Christmas is over, I'm beginning to work on the other parts of my costume.

To begin with, I spent about six hours today building the left gauntlet. I was given a good-size roll of hardboard (cardboard as thin as poster board) and, with WOF patterns, knife, and hot glue gun in hand, got to work.

It's still in a rough stage. I need to clean it up a bit, but this is my stopping point for tonight.

I'll be working on the right gauntlet when I get more ink and paper for my printer and I'll put on a coat of resin probably within two weeks.

David.

 

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samlynn79

Hunter

• Dec 30, 2007

• #4

That's gonna look nice when it's smoothed out! Good job. I'm gonna try and do the same tomorrow while my wife is at work.

 

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NovallTalon

Well-Known Hunter

• Dec 31, 2007

• #5

samlynn79 said:

I'm gonna try and do the same tomorrow while my wife is at work.

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While the wife is away, the mando will play?

8) :cheers

 

Jaiden

Active Hunter

• Dec 31, 2007

• #6

NovallTalon said:

While the wife is away, the mando will play?

8) :cheers

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lol:

Cheers, my friends.:cheers

David.

 

Jaiden

Active Hunter

• Jan 1, 2008

• #7

I finished the rough form of the right gauntlet today. I figured between the two gauntlets, I've invested nearly 12 hours so far with many more to come.

There's a lot of pics, so I'm putting links in to most of them.

The top of the right gaunt comes in three main pieces (not including the clamshell). Here's the front and middle pieces.

As a mini-tutorial, here's building the top-back piece.
Lay your pattern out flat and tack down with tape.

Gently score every line on the pattern.

Firmly score all the outer lines and remove the excess material.

Bend along each scored line in the proper direction, testing to make sure it will fit correctly. I used tape as a temporary hold while applying the hot glue on the inside. Some areas may not be easily accessible with the glue gun, but take your time and you can get the glue in the cracks.

All three pieces put together...

More views...

Here's the upper clamshell...

At first I wondered what the extra patterned material strips were fore. Then it dawned on me that they are spacers to add strength to the clam shells. There's still a few pieces I don't know what they are for, but I got the general idea done.

Completed upper half...

Another view...

Completed right gaunt with my costume glove on...

Same thing, left side...

Left and right gauntlets ready for resin...

Something I noticed was that since I didn't resize the patterns, the peripherals came out great, but I had to add extra material to join the two halves of each clamshell together to accommodate my meaty forearms. You can see it here...

Once I coat it with resin and do some Bondo fill, I think it'll look half decent.

David.

 

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987654321a

Hunter

• Jan 1, 2008

• #8

Wow, sometimes people make the coolest things out of cardboard. good job on the armor and the gauntlets. Question. What did you use for your plates?

 

Jaiden

Active Hunter

• Jan 1, 2008

• #9

987654321a said:

What did you use for your plates?

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If you mean templates, you can find them by clicking here.

Alan Sinclair has perfected the templates for all things Fett. He also has the templates for the helmet available if you want to build one.

David.

 

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samlynn79

Hunter

• Jan 1, 2008

• #10

Hey Jaiden, great work man! I've got about half of my left gauntlet completed, I'll post pictures on my thread when I've got it done. Yours are gonna look great when you're done!

 

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987654321a

Hunter

• Jan 1, 2008

• #11

Jaiden said:

If you mean templates, you can find them by clicking here.

Alan Sinclair has perfected the templates for all things Fett. He also has the templates for the helmet available if you want to build one.

David.

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Oh I know about the templates, I used them for both my plates and helmet, but i meant what material.

 

Jaiden

Active Hunter

• Jan 2, 2008

• #12

Oh,.

I used hardboard. It's like brown poster board without the waxy coating. A guy I know was getting rid of a roll and I snagged it.

But, you can use garage sale signs or regular poster board. Either one should work well.

David.

 

Mojo Fett

Well-Known Hunter

• Jan 2, 2008

• #13

Those gauntlets are looking really good David!

Those extra parts were probably the strips that are glued to the underside of the upper and lower clam shells to add extra depth and strength to the gauntlets? One of your pics posted above has it glued to the top section of the clam...
Will you be adding a fine layer of bondo to take out any score marks etc?

 

Jaiden

Active Hunter

• Jan 2, 2008

• #14

Yep. My plan is to clean up the glue a little, coat it in resin, and add just enough Bondo to fill in and smooth out. I'll keep posting pics as I go along.

David.

 

Jaiden

Active Hunter

• Jan 6, 2008

• #15

I took some time out of building my armor to get started on my son's set. (His Mando'a name is Jauri.) I began with his left gauntlet.

After about five hours of cutting and gluing, here is the end result next to my own left gaunt. (I printed his templates at 80%.)

I have a lot of clean up left to do on this one, and the right one will have to wait until I get more hot glue sticks.

David.

 

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samlynn79

Hunter

• Jan 6, 2008

• #16

Do you have enough room in your gauntlet to account for clothing material? Looks kinda tight with that meaty forearm shoved in there.

Good work on both, tho.

 

Jaiden

Active Hunter

• Jan 7, 2008

• #17

samlynn79 said:

Do you have enough room in your gauntlet to account for clothing material? Looks kinda tight with that meaty forearm shoved in there.

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Gee, thanks!lol:

Seriously, I worked on mine during the last cold snap and had no trouble fitting them over a thick jacket sleeve. The only thing I'm worried about is making the front work. I made it a little big to make sure my glove would also fit. But I managed to pick up some foam I'll use to make a tighter fit.

David.

 

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samlynn79

Hunter

• Jan 7, 2008

• #18

Yeah the front of mine is way too big, I was brainstorming for ways to make it tighter. Foam sounds good. I've got a bunch of it. I put on my flight suit and nomex glove, and the back part is nice and snug, but the front was still way too loose.

 

Jaiden

Active Hunter

• Jan 12, 2008

• #19

UPDATE:

I finished the rough form of Jauri's right gauntlet last night. I'm going to try and bondo glass them today or tomorrow for his 6th birthday on Monday.

Here's mine and his together showing the size difference.

Here's all four together (his in the middle).

And here is Jauri with his new (still rough) gauntlets.

I'll post glassing pics when I have them done.

David.

 

tbone9600

Active Hunter

• Jan 12, 2008

• #20

These are looking great! Can't wait to see them glassed.