My 1st custom Mando

[Ram ser]

Thanks (again) for all your comments! :cheers

Today i (allmost) finished my work on my Blaster. While my armor parts were still drying, i thought this could be a good point to start building my weapon (or modifying a weapon i bought,actually )

So here are the pictures of my blaster,from the very beginning to how it looks NOW:

(And as allways : Any suggestions are allways welcome )

That couldn't look more like a cheap kiddie Halo battle rifle.
haha.

 

[Kezz]

@ Saz & Adonian: Yes,i think, I'll make that green bucket with the red mirror visor and the red stripe. Idea sounds great and it will perfectly match my chest armor.

Today i finished my cod piece and the back armor and started working on my gauntlets:


The cod piece with green coat:

...and after weathering:

same with my back piece:

before weathering:

and after:

and here my right gauntlet so far:

Later today i will drill some holes into the gauntlet and add some switches and buttons. and color,of course

 

[Nauur Baatir]

Still lookin' fantastic. Keep it up

 

[adonian]

the sell LED lights with battery packs already attached for Xmas lights, maybe you can use some of them.

By the way, it looks great.

 

[Kezz]

Thanks! And Hi everyone! i was really busy and hard-working the last few days and today i finished working on my gauntlets. First i tried the Boba WOF templates but i wasn't pleased with the results of my held-together-with-adhesive-tape-pre-gauntlets and i also didn't want to use those sport-shinguards. That's when i came back with my idea of using WOF's shin templates and made them again of a 2mm PP board. I found most of the "addon"-stuff at work, except some parts which i had to buy. So here are the results:

After giving my right gauntlet 2 layers of silver coat, i drilled 3 holes into the side of my gauntlet (to add the electronics later) and spray-painted it with my prefered color:RAL 6031 - army green:

 

[Kezz]

Thanks! And Hi everyone! i was really busy and hard-working the last few days and today i finished working on my gauntlets. First i tried the Boba WOF templates but i wasn't pleased with the results of my held-together-with-adhesive-tape-pre-gauntlets and i also didn't want to use those sport-shinguards. That's when i came back with my idea of using WOF's shin templates and made them again of a 2mm PP board. I found most of the "addon"-stuff at work, except some parts which i had to buy. So here are the results:

After giving my right gauntlet 2 layers of silver coat, i drilled 3 holes into the side of my gauntlet (to add the electronics later) and spray-painted it with my prefered color:RAL 6031 - army green:

On these pictures you can also see that i used some parts from an old X-wing model kit which once felt from my shelf and broke into pieces (actually my cat kicked it from the shelf ).

button,,switch and red LED:

after the paint had dried, i added the electronics,and started weathering:

and allmost complete (the hose-connector is still missing):

my FINISHED right gauntlet (please ignore the red jacket i'm wearing,it's part of my working suit ):

That's how i built my right gauntlet. So what do you think? The "Making of" my LEFT gauntlet with pictures (of course) is coming soon...

 

[adonian]

I like.

 

[Nauur Baatir]

Wow. Kandosii! More more more!

 

[Isabet Reau]

wow. Your kit is coming along wicked nice! Love the gauntlets!

 

[Kezz]

Wow. Kandosii! More more more!

Ok, here IS more:

For my left gauntlet i found some stuff at work,which i glued on with my hot glue gun (some drill boxes and stuff like that). After that i added 2 layers of grey primer:

(you can also see the holes for the electronics)

On my first draft of my right gauntlet i had a little "connection port" which i didnt use on my right one but i came back with the idea when building my left gauntlet.
While thinking about it, i got some other idea. And that's what i found:

What do i want with it? well,lets have a look... :

And then again: painted everything silver then added the army green color and 4 Keys,which i painted the same red color as my stripe on my chest pieces to match the color scheme:

And after weathering, my gauntlets are finished!! Here a picture "side by side":

Thanks for "watching" .

 

[Nauur Baatir]

Wow! That's awesome, vod.

 

[Little Fett]

I love these kinds of threads!!
The genius, skill, and creativity of the TDH comunity never ceases to amaze me!! Kezz, I salute you and all other custom mando builders out there!

 

[adonian]

Love the mp3/mp4 player addition.