WIP Jango armor in alluminum using templates

[CROW62]

Giovanni here, searching in the forum I found the WOFO armor templates, I printed the medium size, I am 5'10", using coreldraw at 29%, I started with the front pieces using alluminium, I think will look better than plastic, I will try to make my armor by myself, if something fail me I will have to buy or trade those pieces.

The printed templates:


over the alluminum:


drawing:


cutting:


and here the result, I am satisfied, OK by now:


I started the ammo belt too, you can see the thread in the soft section.

Thanks for look.
Giovanni

[Drak Fiurr Verda]

Woo metal armor! Looks like your off to a good start. Make sure you sand the edges of your metal if you haven't already don't want to cut yourself from the shear effect.

[Remo Jadd]

looks like you're off to a good start vod  .

[chromalox]

Looking good so far.

[Ca Loar]

I was wondering when you were going to start on a set of armor. If nobody knows Giovanni, he is the one who makes the excellent movie and animated clone boots. His work is phenomenal,  can't wait to see all the excellence you put into this.

[CROW62]

Thanks vod`s, I`m proud but with humility too with your words , I just put my 2 cents on this hobby.
Today and tomorrow I`m embebbed on the ammo belt, then I wil retake the AL-ARMOR.
Giovanni

[Tantos Talgal]

Wow, Awesome! I'm curious how the aluminum will work. Don't take this personally, but in my opinion you KIND of look a little like Jango fett from what I can see

[CROW62]

Yes, I heard that early, Temuera born on 1960 I was born on 1962, his height is 5´10" and mine too,  
I can´t retake my Jango armor today, I´m making some modifs. in the animated clone boots, I hope Tuesday I will restart my armor.

[CROW62]

Hi again, Crow here, I advanced two pieces in my Jango, emmo belt and flight suit; for the emmo I used a redwine color leather, but I will change the color the next week, I decided make 100% functional pouches for camera, cellphone, money, key chain, etc. so, I glued and sewed the internals pouch walls, here the final results:



I am going to put glued velcro portions to keep closed the pouches:


Double sew:


THE FINAL RESULT:


continue...

[Pointoforigin]

Very clean and tidy.

If it had been me doing it, I'd have sewed the velcro on the pouch before putting the pouch together, but still glued the velcro to the underside of the flap. It'd look the same, but would be stronger in my opinion.

Good work I'm waiting for the armour plates lol.

[CROW62]

Pointoforigin, any sew in the velcro will show the stetchs in the pouch front, my son give me an idea, to use magnetics plates like some cellphone wallets, well next description:

Then I started the accurated color "hunting" for the flight suit fabric: the postal blue is knowed on the fabric factories as royal blue and to print this color I used an CMYK printer in photo paper, photo quality with the next propotions: Cyan:71%, Magenta: 53%. Yellow:0%, Black:12%. I found only one factory on my country make fabric with this color, I bought 3 meters almost 10 feet and take to my aunt, I toke with me 15 jango kamino pics reference, she toke me 14 differents body measures to assure the specific and unique fitting, and guess what? She made my suit ON 48 HOURS!! and PERFECT! she understood very well the Jango design and here are the results:




I asked the frontal sews on the sleeves:



The button holes style on the knees, reinforced as the reference:





The back elastic assures a flat lookin in the front:




and finally, me and my two new Jango pieces (the first pic is with sunlight and the second pic with flash added, look the color change:





I am satisfied with the items, in the emmo I have to change brown instead redwine color, belt more thicker; about the suit its 100% perfect.

What now?
Vest: Making the cut molds to make in gray charcoal smooth leather
Girth belt: I am looking for local handymen to make the bolo leather but I bought on ebay some yards too
Armor: Now I can retake the allum. parts and keep going.

Thanks for looking
Giovanni

(My webpage crow62prophouse is under construction yet, so, forget the watermarks, may be at next monday will be operable).

[Hagen Nor'ak]

Very nice Crow, but not unexpected from your previous works. You should see if your aunt would want to make those flightsuits on the side. She did some excelent work there and I'm sure you could find buyers if she ever wanted to offer her services.

Have a good one,
Hagen

[CROW62]

Hagen, thanks your comments and thanks for explain me the basics on Tax returns
 I decided to start one flight suit run, I need add funds to buy one Jango´s Arena Jet Pack (pepakura has less details and shapes),
the thread in the trading station is this:
http://mercs.firespray.net/forum/index.php?topic=35100.0
Giovanni