lets see your Zam Wesell costume!!!
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Bama Trooper152
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A great representation of the look! What did you use for the suit? did you dye your own fabric? What was it? etc!
Nice work!
-Bamatrooper
Nice work!
-Bamatrooper
MonCal
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Oh man I can't believe it. 2 1/2 years and we're finally getting close 
We debuted it at the St. paddy's day parade yesterday in Denver. We even got some air time on T.V.
Anyway, a couple quick pics we snapped while getting ready for the parade:
It still needs a few things before C3:
* Take in the pant legs
* Get / make new accurate gauntlets and hand guards
* Finish the blaster
* Dye the boots
* Other little stuff
We debuted it at the St. paddy's day parade yesterday in Denver. We even got some air time on T.V.
Anyway, a couple quick pics we snapped while getting ready for the parade:
It still needs a few things before C3:
* Take in the pant legs
* Get / make new accurate gauntlets and hand guards
* Finish the blaster
* Dye the boots
* Other little stuff
judz dwedd
Well-Known Hunter
Looking great Moncal. I can't wait to see it at CIII. My wife's outfit is not quite to that stage yet, but I'm gettin there. I just got the gauntlets in silicone this weekend, and the handplates are done.
Darth Flan
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Hey Dwedd, Are you gonna have it done by CIII? I cant wait to see it done on M*!
MonCal
Active Hunter
THanks all!
Judz, that's good news I just slapped those gauntlets together to get us through the weekend. Not something I want to continue to use.
Yvonne, thanks. I hope you're doing o.k. Yeah, the jango pistol is there but you know it is accurate. She carried his blaster when she walked up to him. He must've let her borrow it cause he thought his was better hehe
Judz, that's good news
I just slapped those gauntlets together to get us through the weekend. Not something I want to continue to use.Yvonne, thanks. I hope you're doing o.k. Yeah, the jango pistol is there but you know it is accurate. She carried his blaster when she walked up to him. He must've let her borrow it cause he thought his was better
hehe
MonCal
Active Hunter
Thanks Matt
It really is appreciated! I was paranoid that something was going to break or fall off during the parade. It was a little stressful debuting it on a strut through the streets of downtown Denver (actually a light sprint for a while). I kept glancing over at her to make sure she was still all together. It did shift a little as can be seen in the pics but normally she won't be putting it through all that.
It really is appreciated! I was paranoid that something was going to break or fall off during the parade. It was a little stressful debuting it on a strut through the streets of downtown Denver (actually a light sprint for a while). I kept glancing over at her to make sure she was still all together. It did shift a little as can be seen in the pics but normally she won't be putting it through all that.
Bradleyfett
Active Hunter
MonCal,
Nice work indeed! Everything is spot-on!
I got a crash course in Zam when I had to do the Disney costume in a matter of weeks, so I have a lot of respect for anyone who can pull the whole thing together like that.
My only advice would be don't be afraid to weather the heck out of it. That was the last step I took with the WDW Zam and it really brought it to life. I used several colors of purple spray paint to muddle-up the body suit, vest, shoes, gloves and flat black worked into the crevases of the armor elements.
Mark
Nice work indeed! Everything is spot-on!
I got a crash course in Zam when I had to do the Disney costume in a matter of weeks, so I have a lot of respect for anyone who can pull the whole thing together like that.
My only advice would be don't be afraid to weather the heck out of it. That was the last step I took with the WDW Zam and it really brought it to life. I used several colors of purple spray paint to muddle-up the body suit, vest, shoes, gloves and flat black worked into the crevases of the armor elements.
Mark
Zam I Am
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Moncal~
I am glad that the leather straps and greebs/lower armor work perfectly with her. With custom stuff, it's hard to make sure that leg widths and such with leather and other articles are an exact match when everyone has a different body proportion. I am glad she was close to my prior size so that everything was a perfect fit You really have a great color scheme going too. It's hard to match paints when everything is so varied, yet you have to get the *right* grade of hue together so that one piece of the suit doesn't overpower the other, and it dries to the right color. I think that is the toughest when doing stuff last minute. Not enough "testing" time. Ya know? But yeah, I think all of us need to step through some climate machine to get the right weathered look .
MB~ I was really impressed at your less than what- 6 month Zam assembly? Dude, fast, inexpensive and great looking seldom come together in one package. Especially since you were working on like several other costumes at the same time (so even less time?).
Zam I Am
I am glad that the leather straps and greebs/lower armor work perfectly with her. With custom stuff, it's hard to make sure that leg widths and such with leather and other articles are an exact match when everyone has a different body proportion. I am glad she was close to my prior size so that everything was a perfect fit
You really have a great color scheme going too. It's hard to match paints when everything is so varied, yet you have to get the *right* grade of hue together so that one piece of the suit doesn't overpower the other, and it dries to the right color. I think that is the toughest when doing stuff last minute. Not enough "testing" time. Ya know? But yeah, I think all of us need to step through some climate machine to get the right weathered look . MB~ I was really impressed at your less than what- 6 month Zam assembly? Dude, fast, inexpensive and great looking seldom come together in one package. Especially since you were working on like several other costumes at the same time (so even less time?).
Zam I Am
MonCal
Active Hunter
She is a little short but it still works o.k. I scaled everything full size... upper and lower armor, holster, everything... so they do hang a little low. That picture wasn't good timing because she just finished about 4 hours on the streets of Denver and it moved around including the harness letting the armor down a little.... first time in action
It is actually weathered pretty well. The only thing that isn't is the bodysuit and well.. that's really not necessary. All of the leather dyes including on the vest, cummerbund, gloves, boots naturally took a weathered look while applying because with the airbrush, it is really easy to apply it unevenly.
It is actually weathered pretty well. The only thing that isn't is the bodysuit and well.. that's really not necessary. All of the leather dyes including on the vest, cummerbund, gloves, boots naturally took a weathered look while applying because with the airbrush, it is really easy to apply it unevenly.
