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Jaiden Turr'n's IG Armor project; making scratch built IG armor
Topic Started: Jun 9 2008, 01:57 AM (1,588 Views)
Jaiden Turr'n
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I figured with the current success of my IGV2 helmet, I'd go ahead and start the armor. ;)

I started with a bellyplate and formed the left chest.
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Next, I removed the pieces of the left chest (5 total) and reversed them to make the right side.
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And, as if I didn't already have manboobs :D, now I have an accent. But hey, it will be one heck of a fiberglass bra when it's done!
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I'm skipping over a lot of the mundane so I can get right to the point. Here's the back plate.
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And a close up of the "insert" on the back "box."
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The upper torso has four base pieces. the left chest has a small raised section where the insignia (?) goes. Next up is the cape holder on the right shoulder and a few touch ups with hot glue and scrap pieces to hold the seams together.

David.
Edited by Jaiden Turr'n, Jun 9 2008, 01:57 AM.
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After further consideration, I decided the chest piece was too big and it made me look like I had man-boobs :X .So, I reduced the slope and reworked the front a little.

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And just for fun, here's my little helper.
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David.
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I can't see the pics now (work firewall) but I'm on the making of one IG too so keep on your good job!!
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Question: Does anyone else think that cardboard, by itself before glassing, looks like crap? :(

I've got the basic forms of the armor fabricated out of standard cardboard. I certainly hope it looks better after I get more resin and glass the pieces. :$

The three arm pieces for each side.
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Front shot of the pieces on my dummy.
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Left arm...
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with detail...
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Right arm...
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with detail.
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Now it's a waiting game until I get more resin and glass.

David.
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Pre-forms of the shin armor is done. I'm starting to not like cardboard anymore ;)

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I'm very impressed thus far! Can't wait to see what it looks like glassed up.

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Jaiden Turr'n
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I've started glassing the chest armor.

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There are a few spots where I have to still put some glass and resin, and it definitely needs a trimming. After that, I've got some glass cloth for the inside to get it sturdier.

David.
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i've been playing with cardboard jsut recently for prototyping a metal sculpture, working pretty good actually. I'm inspired by your work as well, might have to look into ways to renforce cardboard, resins, fiberglass (like your work) etc. do some tests when i get the time.

good work, looking great!
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One pic today.

I got the first layer of Bondo on the upper part of the chest.
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Next will be the lower half of the chest.

David.
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Hello everyone! It's been very slow going on this set, but I haven't forgotten about it. I just haven't had any extra cash lying around to work on it in any significant way. But, hopefully I can get back to it soon.

I actually did get the lower leg armor done for my custom Mandalorian character. I formed them out of trash cans and you can see the video I made on how to do it here.
Here (they) are painted red using the mustard technique for weathering.
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And this is the final for my custom showing how they sit on the legs.
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I'm also thinking about changing the molding process, scrapping the ones I have already made for ones I'm working on that are closer to the correct TK sizes and modify them for this.

David.
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That's looking pretty good. It took me like 1.5 years to get my TX together and that wasn't even custom, don't worry about the time
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Jaiden Turr'n
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Yeah, I know what you mean. Mine is a funding issue. I've been doing this for almost the same amount of time and I've barely scratched the surface. :) But, I'll get there...

David.
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Quick update: This project is not dead! A recent conversation has encouraged me to pick it up again soon, and hopefully - with a little bit of luck - this may be done by the end of the year!

David.
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Yay for projects!
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A friend of mine asked me if I could make a TI/IG back for him, and I did:
Here's the mold showing that it is indeed mine:
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And here is a finished piece
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On me for sizing:
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And next to a (custom painted) Snow Trooper chest for sizing:
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I've already done some reworking of the mold to smooth out some rough spots I didn't see until I made the first pull. But the main reason I'm showing this is because I was looking at what I could use to speed this thing along. So I cut a hole in the back and painted it red!
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I realized after I painted it that I should have cut in the back strip (see the ref pic for that) so I'm planning on making even further mods to turn this into a CG back. If I do go into production :$ I'll make a mold specifically for this, but I like it for now.

Also, I've decided to not use the lower leg pieces for my custom Mando anymore, so I plan on repainting them to work for this costume.

David.

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