TRASH CAN ARMOR! *PICS*

[grindking]

thanks man!! opinions are always greatly appreciated. just don't know... i kinda feel i over did some of the weathering. oh well when i get it all finished i will know for sure on that lol.

 

[darth onsae]

how did you get the dents in the armor?

 

[tangofett]

awesome idea. i'm so sad i just bought sintra jango armor =(

 

[Django]

i think that looks great and im definitely gonna try to build the body armor from the sterilite material! i might also experiment and see if i can do the same with a helmet!

 

[aschultz]

Good idea, good looking armor!

 

[Horifett]

as it's been said numerously already, great idea.

 

[hal2184]

This is an absolutely amazing idea, And it's a huge help to my wallet in getting everything started!!! Thanks to everyone who thought of this and helped each other out!

 

[Kerys]

A similar idea for the ladies is to buy a half-form, hollow, hanging, display mannequin. I bought a split-leg, upper-thigh to mid-neck mannequin on ebay for $6.50 + $13.80 shipping. I'm making my chest/ab/groin armor from the mannequin and I plan to use a trash can for back/legs/butt. I'm making a custom mando with a slightly different design. Hopefully I can throw some pics up soon.

 

[DannyBoy7783]

Has anyone tried this with two layers to make it look thicker? Just cut out two sets and glue them together?

 

[Codika]

yup works out nicely, ive done it before

 

[Drago Lordist]

attention walmart shoppers:
these are being replaced with a new wave of trash cans (and nothing oval shaped) - 2 of my local ones only had a few left in their clearance isles. I don't know if there's any other stores that sell them aside from wallyworld, but might want to get'em while they're hot.
and if anyone wants to start comming up with a new alternative, I'd love to hear it...

 

[Jstamos013]

I feel somewhat redundant saying this as everyone else has already said it for me twice, but, it is true - brilliant. Very well done.

 

[JacenFett]

Wow amazing idea,might have to give it a try soon since I will be starting on a scratchbuilt helmet.

 

[Yakface]

Truly inspired work. I would never have thought of using a trash can.

 

[skenney]

Drago is right! The oval type trash cans seem to have been discontinued.Picked up last large one at local wallymart for 3 bucks with no lid and no smaller one to be found.But we have new stuff comin in soon I will keep an eye out for something similar or something that has close contours.

 

[Jango 425]

Here's mine

 

[Fettsgerald]

Does anyone know if these trash cans have been discontinued? My local Walmart had them before but now I am having a hell of a time finding them again.

 

[pb strangle]

Target/Home Depot./Lowe's all of these places carry plastic bins. Whether they're for Laundry, Garbage, or storage.

 

[Siygess]

I've been working on some armour for my four year old son over the last week or two but I wanted to wait until I had something to show before I made my first post, so here is the overhead view:

..and angled view (shows the layered effect better, I think):

So I just want to say thanks to the OP for coming up with this excellent idea and inspiring me to get off my *** and actually have a go, and also WoF for the templates and Apollo for his weathering tutorial. Next task - make the vest from the material shown in the picture and then tackle the backplate and cod..

 

[Thellmann]

I am going to be Boba for halloween this year, and I was going to drop like 200 for this armor. You have saved me loads of money with this post. You are amazing!!!