Custom Mando V2.0

[Motorbikejedi]

When I said armor I meant to say helmet, I have not yet starter my armor, But your shoulder armor is already looking good.

 

[ZacicVolkshed]

that rangefinder is awesome, is that shape completely custom?

yup , though it is influenced by looking at a lot of other star wars tech

 

[ZacicVolkshed]

range finder almost finished, just need to add the arms for it to pivot

 

[Ordeyn]

Beautiful work, can't wait to see it on!

 

[dustunite]

thats looking great, what did you glue that together with?

 

[ZacicVolkshed]

thats looking great, what did you glue that together with?

I use 60 grit sand paper and high strength hot glue from Home Depot then I spread it down in a W pattern, holds great!!

working on the ear caps, battery compartment and the leds, running them through the side of the helmet.

 

[ZacicVolkshed]

I added on the ear caps that wont come off and did a side by side with the old helmet

waiting for a non rainy day to bondo the dome

 

[ZacicVolkshed]

lots of work on helmet the last few days, but i was sidetracked the last 2 to help a friend build a helmet for his GF, and by help i mean do it for him

 

[ZacicVolkshed]

now no one will ever ask me "pics or it didnt happen'" ever again!

 

[dustunite]

awesome!

 

[Ordeyn]

That's great! Nice way to conceal a non-Star Wars item. Very clever.

 

[CustomSin]

I like the idea for your gauntlets, in fact your whole rig is gonna be really nice.

 

[ZacicVolkshed]

got a massive amount of work done on the helmet, and its pretty much done, did the dome, fiberglassed the inside, painted and weathered. Wore it to Fan Expo 2011 along with my original armor set i did a few years a go

everything together at fan expo

i weathered it on the fly while in the hotel room and im not quite happy with some of it so ill be working more on the smaller details

 

[DarthMater]

I really like the look of it all! The helmet gives an evolution look from clone trooper helmets with that little v shape at bottom of visor. The range finder looks cool as well! A really nice touch to the bucket! Great work on rhea whole costume!

 

[Capn]

I would recommend that if you're going for an "assault" type look, the addition of shins/knees (but especially knees) might be beneficial. If you're in the front lines, you'll often have uncleared obstacles to get through and may often have to fire from a kneeling position to allow those behind you to get off a shot. Just my .02