ToastedBagel
New Hunter
Hello World,
I've been lurking on this site for a while, if I count up the number of birthday emails I've gotten, around 3 years, never posted something before now. I started my first Mando build a week or so ago. My hope is to wear this opening night of Rogue One. Cosplayers, we need to dress up for almost every event. The premise of this Mando is a Mando, crossed with McCree from Overwatch. This really isn't a crossover, since I'm trying to keep all parts of the kit within the star wars universe.
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I thought about sintra, but decided to save some money, not wait on shipping, and build the armor out of a trash can and feel thrifty. I found this at Walmart for $10
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I made my bucket, out of a bucket. This actually worked quite well. This bucket came from Auto Zone and for some reason is a bit thicker than the Homer or Lowes bucket. I wanted to cut the pieces with tin snips, but the bucket proved more difficulty with that, so I settled for the cutting wheel on my dremel and lots of red dust all over the shop, and my clothes, and my dog. I'm sorry dog.
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The cheeks needed to be taped into place, then filled with hot glue from behind. For some reason hot glue work pretty fantastically on these buckets and hard hats. It cools much quicker and feel much sturdier.
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I broke my streak of making a bucket out of easy stuff on the ear caps. I couldn't quite figure them out so I told my 3d printer to do it for me. No regrets on that.
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The shoulder bells were taped into shape, heated up with a heat gun (there was a lot of heat involved), cooled with water and stowed in the freezer overnight. This has worked so far for keeping their shape. All my previous attempts were foiled as the bells gradually flattened out.
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The belt was a doozy. The number of pouches on the ammo belts intimidate me. So I settled on a belt made of many little "armor panels" and two small faux pouches that don't open or go anywhere. I 3d printed 3 McCree flashbangs, McCree's revolver (which I then modified to look more Star Wars-y), and McCree's BAMF buckle. For the holster I simply traced around my gun on some craft foam, folded it over, and stitched it with some leather cord I had around.
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Each belt panel can slide around on the nylon strap. This photo shows how. I wrapped the strap in wax paper, place it in the middle of the back of the panel, and glued another craft foam strip onto it. The wax paper kept the panel from adhering to the strap and ensured the gap in the strip was wide enough for the strap.
All the pieces were beveled with dremel, coated in a dark gray plasti dip (which was very close to the color of the foam). The edges were given some silver rub'n'buff for weathering.
I found these decorative nails at for $1.50. I put two in every small panel, and one as a snap on the faux pouches. This was simple and easy, but helps give the belt some much needed depth.
On to actual painting, my favorite (not sarcasm, actually my favorite part). I gave all the plates a base color of silver acrylic
and flung mustard at them. After the mustard I painted them the final color of bronze
then lightly rubbed the surface with a paper towel to remove the mustard and accompanying paint to create an expedited paint chipping effect. To chip away more paint I played Frisbee with the plates ontop a gravel drive, purposely missing and slamming it into the gravel. Weathering is fun.
Somewhere in there, the gun went from a RawVolver, to a ReVolver (3d printed, thanks Jeff Lagant on MyMiniFactory for the gun and flashbang models)
So this is the current state of the armor. Knees are currently in the freezer, flak vest and poncho/serape are in progress at this moment, and the collar plate is waiting to be made if I have the time.
I've been lurking on this site for a while, if I count up the number of birthday emails I've gotten, around 3 years, never posted something before now. I started my first Mando build a week or so ago. My hope is to wear this opening night of Rogue One. Cosplayers, we need to dress up for almost every event. The premise of this Mando is a Mando, crossed with McCree from Overwatch. This really isn't a crossover, since I'm trying to keep all parts of the kit within the star wars universe.
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I thought about sintra, but decided to save some money, not wait on shipping, and build the armor out of a trash can and feel thrifty. I found this at Walmart for $10
View attachment 105248
I made my bucket, out of a bucket. This actually worked quite well. This bucket came from Auto Zone and for some reason is a bit thicker than the Homer or Lowes bucket. I wanted to cut the pieces with tin snips, but the bucket proved more difficulty with that, so I settled for the cutting wheel on my dremel and lots of red dust all over the shop, and my clothes, and my dog. I'm sorry dog.
View attachment 105249
The cheeks needed to be taped into place, then filled with hot glue from behind. For some reason hot glue work pretty fantastically on these buckets and hard hats. It cools much quicker and feel much sturdier.
View attachment 105251
I broke my streak of making a bucket out of easy stuff on the ear caps. I couldn't quite figure them out so I told my 3d printer to do it for me. No regrets on that.
View attachment 105250
The shoulder bells were taped into shape, heated up with a heat gun (there was a lot of heat involved), cooled with water and stowed in the freezer overnight. This has worked so far for keeping their shape. All my previous attempts were foiled as the bells gradually flattened out.
View attachment 105252
The belt was a doozy. The number of pouches on the ammo belts intimidate me. So I settled on a belt made of many little "armor panels" and two small faux pouches that don't open or go anywhere. I 3d printed 3 McCree flashbangs, McCree's revolver (which I then modified to look more Star Wars-y), and McCree's BAMF buckle. For the holster I simply traced around my gun on some craft foam, folded it over, and stitched it with some leather cord I had around.
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Each belt panel can slide around on the nylon strap. This photo shows how. I wrapped the strap in wax paper, place it in the middle of the back of the panel, and glued another craft foam strip onto it. The wax paper kept the panel from adhering to the strap and ensured the gap in the strip was wide enough for the strap.
All the pieces were beveled with dremel, coated in a dark gray plasti dip (which was very close to the color of the foam). The edges were given some silver rub'n'buff for weathering.
I found these decorative nails at for $1.50. I put two in every small panel, and one as a snap on the faux pouches. This was simple and easy, but helps give the belt some much needed depth.
On to actual painting, my favorite (not sarcasm, actually my favorite part). I gave all the plates a base color of silver acrylic
and flung mustard at them. After the mustard I painted them the final color of bronze
then lightly rubbed the surface with a paper towel to remove the mustard and accompanying paint to create an expedited paint chipping effect. To chip away more paint I played Frisbee with the plates ontop a gravel drive, purposely missing and slamming it into the gravel. Weathering is fun.
Somewhere in there, the gun went from a RawVolver, to a ReVolver (3d printed, thanks Jeff Lagant on MyMiniFactory for the gun and flashbang models)
So this is the current state of the armor. Knees are currently in the freezer, flak vest and poncho/serape are in progress at this moment, and the collar plate is waiting to be made if I have the time.