Recent content by Hydra

Thanks all for the kind feedback. Wore this costume again for a local convention last weekend. Plan on changing a few things with the kit out of style preference in the near future. I’ll update this thread with the progress/changes when that comes about.

Thanks! Actually rebuilding my snow Mando, hope to get that wrapped up and shot before the end of winter.

Here's some additional pictures featuring my husband and our little squad of Post Imperial mandos from Dragon Con. Photos by thereallucasmccoy

Completed the initial version of the costume for Dragon Con. I ended up adding a booty cape to balance out the width of the shoulder armor. I would say I am 99% satisfied with the state of this kit. Overall airbrushing and the tail end of painting the armor was a bit rushed, so that all...

Things are moving quickly for what I assume will be the first version of this kit. Pile of armor! This batch has the 3rd layer of paint applied with liquid latex for damage/weathering. Lots of picking latex and wet sanding to do before the next layer of paint. Patterned out a Din style...

Everything is cruising along. Finishing up basic soft part elements such as the flightsuit, gloves, vest, etc. Material is calfskin, got extremely lucky with this material color. Helmet is almost ready for paint! Extremely happy how the design came out. Starting priming and painting...

Started this custom as a way to get out of a creative funk. Still like to share this kind of stuff on forums, far prefer this format for builds than Facebook groups or other forms of social media, anyways, plan to wrap up this build very shortly. All elements are in some level of progress. I'll...

Happy slow burn update! A big hurdle I've had recently is my shiny new Sailrite sewing machine actually shipped to me with a flaw that somehow missed quality control. We are in the process of sending the unit back to Sailrite for repaires which means no top stitching for leather products any...

Yes, it is a sewing pattern, so you would have to source the fabric and make it/commission it with the pattern.

They loved using linen and cotton gauze during the prequels. My guess is linen because it has a slight heavier hand than cotton (indicated by how the fabric is folding at the cuffs). Could use Simplicity's S9158 "Men's Half Buttoned Shirts" pattern (view B) with a sleeve modification to get the...

What's wild to me, and this is just an observation while reading through this today... It's 2020 and folks are still (subjectively) losing it over unlicensed redistributions of legacy origin items on a forum that is supposed to be an overall resource for building high quality Fetts. This (my...

The slow burn continues. Between grad school and work I’m literally sneaking in minutes at a time until I take a few weeks off over the holidays. Mockup of the skirt is done. I am in the process of seam ripping the flight suit (red sleeve accents) to dye the green base darker and add piping on...

To be honest we checked the forums here, and didn't see it mentioned anywhere, so he felt compelled to share via a thread to help the community/other builders.

I feel like this build is unfurling like a slow burn, but I've holding out for more information on details or new images of this gal. I've seen a lot of color, tone and detail variance with other builders so far - hard to dial things in compared to Din when his armor has gone on actual display...

Long time no update! Got a set of gloves/gauntlets done. Fabrics: -medium weight 2-way stretch faux suede -thick batting for the forearm section -cotton lining -soft minky fabric for the inner glove to give it a padded look, but it's very stretchy so movement is unimpaired I think I'll...