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Vest and flight suit WIP
Jobatt:
Alright, I'll see if I can maybe get some pictures for you tonight of how I did my Kama. Until then, you can click the link in my signature to see the finalized pics of my costume to get an idea of how I did it.
Ronin Tavic:
I love the kit! :o The kama looks nice, but I was going for a more ARC trooper kama. (my back story for my Mando involves the Cuy Vel Dar [sp?]so the paint and accessories will be similar in nature to clones.) I'll have a picture up of my armor sketch in the next few days.
Jobatt:
Still interested in pics of how I fastened it on and such though? Looking at the ARC kama, I imagine it could be easily used for that.
Ronin Tavic:
I never turn down help, Ner Vod. post away :D
Jobatt:
Alright, then here's what I've got. Here's my kama as I put it together. I apologize for the blurry/low rez pictures, I don't have a camera at the moment, so all I have is my old flip-phone.
Here you can see my kama laid out without thee tabard/loincloth. It basically started as a bit of a curtain that I determined to get my money out of that I got at Goodwill. I used the fabric for my kama and my cape. In this case, I started by measuring out how much I wanted to go around me, and cutting out the rectangle. I folded a little bit back upon itself along each edge, and sewed it down to get a nice even edge without any cut marks. Next, I cut a line up the back of the kama to give myself a little more flexibility. Again, I folded a little bit back and sewed it up in order to maintain the nice edge. I also added a strip of suede across the top of the kama, attached along the sides (though not along the top edge... I just fold that over the top) It gave it a nice tiered effect and covered the top of the slit in the back, prettying it up.
All of this was attached to a nylon strap, with either end of a parachute-release click-buckle on either end.
Here you can see how that's hidden behind the kama, but how the suede is not fully attached in back. I find it has a little more give that way.
The parachute-release buckle, at the front of the kama.
Now, I don't know if you're doing a cod or if you're doing a tabard, or what. But I found the best way to hide the buckle was with a cloth, though I imagine a similar set up could be done to attach a cod, whether hanging free or attached at the front and back like the boba-thong. Regardless, what I did was sew some velcron strips along the strapping (fuzzy half) and some velcro strips along the tabard edge (hooked half). This allows me to both hide the buckle, and provide an easy and hidden way to secure my tabard.
And here it is on me without my waist sash or belt obscuring it.
Any questions?
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