DrToothache's Jango WIP (Kamino)

Thebountyhunter · Jun 5, 2025

DrToothache said:
Made some changes to my speaker setup for Jango. One of the problems I have run into is the lack of useable pouches for housing an amplifier. I have been using a typical Anker amplifier and hiding it on my side under my flak vest, but this isn't ideal as it creates a "bulge" in the flak vest and also makes the sound come out of my side rather than the front.

To fix this I disassembled the amplifier, disconnected the speaker and soldered a 4ohm exciter. An exciter is designed to be mounted to a hard surface and then uses that object as the "speaker". This allows an exciter to be much smaller than a traditional speaker while producing similar levels of sound.
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I disposed of the amplifier housing and then mounted the exciter and the included battery against the abdomen plate. I then ran the 2 wires through a small hole in my flak vest where it connects the low profile amplifier circuit board from the amp where I can plug in my microphone. I used hot glue to insulate the circuit board and hopefully protect it from sweat during troops.

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It seems to be least as loud as the speaker was, but seems to be louder to me. It also has much more bass than the speaker did. I took a quick video but it doesn't really do it justice.
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Nice work! Really transforms the kit and takes it to the next step. I had the exact same set ups! But I settled with the opposite. The quality didn’t sound good on mine but on the cosvoz it’s so load, I have to put it on like the lowest setting or It sounds ridiculous ridiculously loud lol. I liked the hand controller for that speaker as well.

I was able to put the battery pack in the gauntlet and the cords under my flight suit. I downloaded voice lines from Star Wars bounty hunter and it worked really well.

I put the speaker on the inside bottom of my helmet. I had tons of room. I might just have a smaller head. But sounds straight from me.

You must be stoked on the build. Loved seeing all your updates! Great work!

DrToothache · Jun 9, 2025

Thebountyhunter said:
Nice work! Really transforms the kit and takes it to the next step. I had the exact same set ups! But I settled with the opposite. The quality didn’t sound good on mine but on the cosvoz it’s so load, I have to put it on like the lowest setting or It sounds ridiculous ridiculously loud lol. I liked the hand controller for that speaker as well.

I was able to put the battery pack in the gauntlet and the cords under my flight suit. I downloaded voice lines from Star Wars bounty hunter and it worked really well.

I put the speaker on the inside bottom of my helmet. I had tons of room. I might just have a smaller head. But sounds straight from me.

You must be stoked on the build. Loved seeing all your updates! Great work!

Thanks Thebountyhunter ! Yeah I really like the CosVox system. I was torn between trying to mount the included speaker vs switching out for the exciter. My head is a little bigger though so I don't have a lot of space in the helmet, so I ended up giving the exciter a try.

I thought that the exciter didn't sound good at first when I initially tested it on the ab plate, but once I put the vest/jetpack harness on and my body was putting pressure on the exciter/ab plate - that's when the sound came through. I almost scrapped it but I noticed that the more pressure is on the exciter, pushing it against the ab plate, the better it sounded if that makes sense.

I got to test it out this weekend at 3 Rivers Comicon and it worked well!

You should definitely do a build post, it would be great to see your kit and setup.

Thebountyhunter · Jun 9, 2025

DrToothache said:
Thanks Thebountyhunter ! Yeah I really like the CosVox system. I was torn between trying to mount the included speaker vs switching out for the exciter. My head is a little bigger though so I don't have a lot of space in the helmet, so I ended up giving the exciter a try.

I thought that the exciter didn't sound good at first when I initially tested it on the ab plate, but once I put the vest/jetpack harness on and my body was putting pressure on the exciter/ab plate - that's when the sound came through. I almost scrapped it but I noticed that the more pressure is on the exciter, pushing it against the ab plate, the better it sounded if that makes sense.

I got to test it out this weekend at 3 Rivers Comicon and it worked well!

You should definitely do a build post, it would be great to see your kit and setup.

I never thought about how that could amplify the sound. The innovation is really cool to see with your build.

Ahaha! Maybe I’ll finally start one. I would love to get critiques to see how I can better my kit.

DrToothache · Jun 9, 2025

Thebountyhunter :

We want to see it!!

I attended another troop this past weekend and decided to take advantage of the location and get some photos.

There are still some small changes that I want to make with this build. One of them being the flightsuit. I have been using re-dyed evolution props flightsuit, and while it has worked just fine it is missing some minor details. I ultimately made the choice to purchase an Arkady flightsuit which should be shipping soon!

Thebountyhunter · Jun 9, 2025

DrToothache said:
Thebountyhunter :
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We want to see it!!

I attended another troop this past weekend and decided to take advantage of the location and get some photos.

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There are still some small changes that I want to make with this build. One of them being the flightsuit. I have been using re-dyed evolution props flightsuit, and while it has worked just fine it is missing some minor details. I ultimately made the choice to purchase an Arkady flightsuit which should be shipping soon!

I love my Arkady. I’ll make some posts about mine on my thread. You will have to dye it, like you did yours.

DrToothache · Jun 14, 2025

DrToothache · Jun 17, 2025

Had a photoshoot done recently

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DrToothache · Tuesday at 8:05 PM

I received my Arkady flightsuit, this thing is amazing quality! I already sewed the buttonholes for the knee/shin armor straps and was able to test-run it once on a small troop. It is a heavier material than my other flightsuit, so I may have to keep this one for winter troops or at least when this heat wave passes.

The color is a good starting point, I am going to add some purple and pearl gray to it to get it just right

. Either that or just use this one with the Z-6 jetpack and my other blurple flightsuit with the JT-12 jetpack. I know that technically it's the same flightsuit color all throughout the movie but due to the lighting during filming I associate the Z-6 jetpack/kamino with more of a slate-blue flightsuit and the JT-12/geonosis with more of a blurple color.

Small troop with Arkady Flightsuit: