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Vest and flight suit WIP

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Ronin Tavic:

First up is my stellar find of the week! Found this leather jacket at Goodwill for $10. The sleeves will be removed, and used both as a flap to cover the zipper, and for some extra pouches.

This is the flight suit I'm going to have tomorrow, found at a surplus store nearby for $25. it's a little big, but the tailoring will give me fabric to cover the zippers(and it shouldn't be that hard to take in a little.) All in all a good week to start making armor.  :D
Question about the belt though: can I use the leather only for the front and use a lesser grade fabric for the sides and/or back? I'd like to have it to official standards, so if you veterans could help the new guy thanks :D

Serim Merec:
35$ and 1 week and you've got what I've been looking EVERYWHERE for fer months!  :'( :P ;D
Lol Nice pick up on the jacket. When you cut the sleeves off you might wanna take that collar off too. I doubt it's against the rules but it looks better when it's your flightsuits collar that's coverin' your neck  ;)

Ronin Tavic:
To be a good Mando you gotta be good, and lucky, I got a little luck Ner'vod  ;) I was thinking I'd remove the collar, but I don't know yet if I can start yet, cause I'm not sure how much of the sleeves to leave for the shoulder bells. My armor hasn't gotten here yet so I'm not 100% sure on the measurements, and I'll need to save as much as I can for the extra pouches.

Jobatt:
Definitely a good find on the jacket. Looks a little small on you, is that why you're opting to vestify it rather than keep it as a jacket?

Ronin Tavic:
yeah it is a bit small, but as a flak vest it fits perfect(or so I assume, I've heard they're supposed to be tight). That is part of why I'm "vestifying" the other part being that it's a woman's jacket... don't judge me, it was cheap and fit right. you won't even be able to tell when I'm done with it.. hopefully lol
I don't understand what you mean about the color? If you mean the quality of the pic... yeah my camera sucks.

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