DrToothache
Hunter
New soft parts just arrived! I honestly am really happy with the custom flight suit that I have been working with over the past few years. I learned a lot working with it and trying to make it more accurate such as sewing, tailoring, weathering, dying etc. I was really happy with the final result and I think that it would be just fine as my permanent flight suit going forward, but I wanted to get something a little more accurate.
There were a few things that bothered me about my flight suit. For one, the thigh pouches are a little too small, even after stuffing them until they almost exploded. I was also having issues finding the correct fabric to make the hip pouches perfectly match. The third issue was the shin tool pouches not being large enough to fit all of the proper shin tools, so I had to compromise in the way they rested in the pouches.
Christian from KriptonTop was having a sale a few months ago so I picked up the flight suit, neck seal, gloves, flak vest, cape and hip pouches. All of the items he sent are very nice! Fits me perfect as well. The only issues I've found are minor. One is that the flak vest is gray, I would have preferred it being a white so that I can weather it to the proper color. Honestly though the thickness of it and material used does seem to look slightly more accurate than my MOW vest. It also has the proper opening on the back rather than opening on the sides like the MOW vest.
I like the gloves as well, however the white cotton twill fabric for the fingers looks slightly too thin. They are a darker color of gray for the base glove though when compared to the BobaMaker gloves (which are also very nice). BobaMaker's ESB gloves use a lighter gray, like something in between ESB and ROTJ gloves in my opinion.
I really like the neck seal that I received. It is a little more "puffy" than the MOW neck seal that I have been using.
Here is a picture of a side-by-side comparison of the flight suits, neck seals and gloves on my mannequin (previous weathered flight suit on left, new flight suit on right):
Overall I think that the flight suit is a move in the right direction. One thing I want to change though is the placement of the shin tool pouches as they are sewn a little too high on the flight suit and don't leave a lot of space for the knee armor. This should be an easy enough fix with my seam ripper and sewing machine. I love the look of the larger hip/thigh pouches though. These might actually be slightly too big when compared to reference photo's but that's okay with me, just excited to start weathering...again lol.
There were a few things that bothered me about my flight suit. For one, the thigh pouches are a little too small, even after stuffing them until they almost exploded. I was also having issues finding the correct fabric to make the hip pouches perfectly match. The third issue was the shin tool pouches not being large enough to fit all of the proper shin tools, so I had to compromise in the way they rested in the pouches.
Christian from KriptonTop was having a sale a few months ago so I picked up the flight suit, neck seal, gloves, flak vest, cape and hip pouches. All of the items he sent are very nice! Fits me perfect as well. The only issues I've found are minor. One is that the flak vest is gray, I would have preferred it being a white so that I can weather it to the proper color. Honestly though the thickness of it and material used does seem to look slightly more accurate than my MOW vest. It also has the proper opening on the back rather than opening on the sides like the MOW vest.
I like the gloves as well, however the white cotton twill fabric for the fingers looks slightly too thin. They are a darker color of gray for the base glove though when compared to the BobaMaker gloves (which are also very nice). BobaMaker's ESB gloves use a lighter gray, like something in between ESB and ROTJ gloves in my opinion.
I really like the neck seal that I received. It is a little more "puffy" than the MOW neck seal that I have been using.
Here is a picture of a side-by-side comparison of the flight suits, neck seals and gloves on my mannequin (previous weathered flight suit on left, new flight suit on right):
Overall I think that the flight suit is a move in the right direction. One thing I want to change though is the placement of the shin tool pouches as they are sewn a little too high on the flight suit and don't leave a lot of space for the knee armor. This should be an easy enough fix with my seam ripper and sewing machine. I love the look of the larger hip/thigh pouches though. These might actually be slightly too big when compared to reference photo's but that's okay with me, just excited to start weathering...again lol.
. I really appreciate the feedback you have been giving. Definitely don't hesitate to criticize anything that you think needs improved. Your build is beautiful Buda and definitely is one I refer to often along the way!
