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My custom 'gam V2 (Approved) Upgrades now beginning pg 17
Tracyn Ordo:
Hey all
I'm finally starting to get some more free time again so I figured now was as good a time as any to start planning my new custom beskar'gam.
Not long after Republic Commando Triple Zero came out I started making some custom mando armour from corrogated card and paper mache, needless to say the end result wasn't brilliant but I was reasonably happy with it. It was only really in the final stages of the build that I stumbled upon this site and had my eyes opened to how good it could actually be.
Here is a pic of that first kit at a local con;
At the con I meet some of the local 501st members and despite the poor quality of my armour they were all extremely positive and encouraging of me. Over the past 2 and a half years I have been working (on and off) on a set of Jango Fett armour and that is now nearing completion, and I hope to have it approved by an upcoming con in ~6 weeks.
With that project nearing it's end I have decided to start planning my first proper set of beskar'gam, in order to bounce ideas off of you guys and get some feed back before starting on it.
Here is a sketch i did of my current plan;
It draws inspiration from Neo-Crusader armour, but this will be most apparent in the paint job and small things like the shoulders, shins, and back plate, but it will definatley be a modern era mando, with my character's back story being set during the Vongese War.
The right gauntlet will be a crushgaunt, and as far as weaponry goes I intend to make a Verpine Shatter rifle, a blaster pistol of some sort and a bes'kad.
The backplate will have some jump-thrusters similar to those seen here;
The colour scheme will be red, with sky blue and royal/navy blue details.
So yea and feedback and constructive crit is appreciatted, don't hesitate to point out something that could be improved or is ridiculously impractical, you guys are the experts.
P.S. All photos are thumbnails so just click on them to make them bigger :)
Tracyn Ordo:
Okay just did this which should give you guys a better idea of what I plan to do. The picture needs some more work (shading etc) but should be good enough for you to give me some feedback.
**edit** see 2 posts further down for finished illustration
Tracyn Ordo:
Okay this afternoon I did a bit of work on modifying the WOF templates I used for my Jango so thay are a bit more to my liking.
The chest piece and thigh on the right are the original WOF Jango templates to give you an idea of size
and a close up on the chest templates
The differences are subtle, mainly rounding the corners, and elongating the bottom outside corner of the chest pieces by about half an inch as well as taking the top outer corner in slightly just to make it slightly easier to raise my arms to shoulder height when stretched out in front of me. And the thigh has been extended sideways so it will wrap around the side of my thigh more too.
This is an old shot of my Jango to show how the chest plates fit me
In that pic they are spaced slightly too far apart making the plates look a little too wide, but a0 when positioned correctly they should be good and b) i've broadened out a bit more since that photo too.
More to come soon hopefully.
Tracyn Ordo:
Really, still no repies. Anyway, here is the finished painting of what I plan to do
Hope you like it :)
Zaali Kalcyan:
From a simple ge'Mando, I'd say that looks great. I hope you'll forgive me for bouncing some questions off you . . . :)
You might've mentioned this in your post, but what kind of materials are you using for this set? Still cardboard and paper mache? Did you create the templates yourself or did you find them somewhere?
I like the color scheme; ge'tal par'parjai, yes?
Anyhoo, probably didn't help much, but the armor looks pretty awesome. Definitely looking forward to seeing how it works out!
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