(I am a little lazy right now. This is mostly copy paste from my other forum.)

OK. So I am currently working on a Jedi armor from The old Republic.

This is the first time I ever make something out of foam.

I am trying to mix two of the only really good pictures I have seen of the armor so far.


*Picture property of Bioware*


*Picture property of Bioware*




These two i am trying to get combined into one armor.

Enough talk. PICTURE TIME!


*I decided to hide them all under spoilers to save space on the page.*
*It would be just too much to scroll trough..*

Spoiler:

That's it for the armor piece pictures.
now for some POSING!

Spoiler:

Time for some CLOSE-UPS!
*Warning. Contains close-ups of the codpiece*

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That was many pictures to control. I hope it was everything.

The color scheme I have planned for this is light blue with a few rainbows here and there. I have to look like my Mane you know.

And as my work continues I would like to hear what you think of my armor so far.


If someone wants to read more comments on this suit:
It can be found here.



And may the Friendship be with you.

Epic as hell, my friend. Can't wait to see the finished product!

Coming from someone with costume experience, that is fucking epic! I did Starkiller and all he had was a chest plate, but you have a full suit to handle. Looks like you are off to a great start though!

BlastingGravy wrote:

Epic as hell,

Fluttershy wrote:

fucking epic!

Thanks guys. I must admit, I like the comments on this forum a LOT more than the ones on my other forum.

Three small questions:
Should I make the Jedi cloak in rainbow colors?
Or should I just go for the regular brown one?
Perhaps even make two cloaks. one rainbow and one brown?

Either way. Does anypony know how to make them?

I know how to make cloaks, sorta. I do know how to sew, providing I have a pattern. That's going to be where you're going to need to look is for a cloak pattern. As for the colour, depends on what you're going for. If you're going for a Rainbow Dash Jedi, then Rainbow. If you're going for traditionalist then go for brown. Either way you sir, are 20% cooler.

I could try and get my sister to help you out, she has like 100+ cosplay friends, but she is always busy so I promise nothing XD.

You could always buy a cloak and die it a color, but I wouldn't try rainbow unless you have some awesome cloth and dying supplies.

I just thought I should give a very small update on my progress.

Beginning Monday i will try to get the rest of what I need, including paint.
So I would just like to ask what you think of my color-scheme.
Does the brown cloak really go with the blue armor?




And a little something about how I picture a rainbow cloak.



Also, just for the heck of it: Mah Lightsaber! (Not really )


Don't ask me what it is. I have no idea. I just hope it wasn't part of something valuable before I cut it. >.<

Brown cloak looks fine if you go that way, just make sure it is a good light brown. If it is too dark then it will look meeeh. I like the designs!

I think I like the rainbow cloak better, but that would probably be a LOT harder to make. The armor colors are great either way.

I agree with Fluttershy, the brown cloak looks better than the rainbow one does. As for your 'Lightsaber', it looks like it was a part of some woodwork, probably from the last one thousand years, might be valuable. Let me know when to exhume your corpse to reanimate it!

I'll go with basting gravy on that one. The rainbow one seems less paradigmaly dissonent. I guess light brown will be fine too.

Luna

For the shoes Rainbow, I would try using Wonderflex for getting the initial shape of the armor. It is really easy to use and a very forgiving material. I used it on my Starkiller cosplay at PAX Prime last year and it worked wonders. To add thickness and more broad shapes to the boots I'd then try cutting the foam the way you like it. Then just paint it the color you want and seal it.

As for the cloak you've got me there. I don't have too much experience with fabrics, but a cloak wouldn't be too hard if you have some tailoring experience. The toughest part would be the hood. If you can try and find on pre-made, or hire a professional/talented friend to help you with it.

You can buy Wonderflex at CosplaySupplies.com, and they also have a lot of tutorials, including ones on how to use Friendly Plastic (it helps smooth the Wonderflex).

Wonderflex Tutorials

Looking purty good, though I'm not sure if a rainbow cloak would look out-of-place on armour that's mained light blue. I think a light brown would work best, like Fluttershy said. I'd offer more input, but... I really have no experience when it comes to foamwork, or sewing, or making costumes of any sort.

Well, it's getting there! Keep working on it.

Well, here's a video that gives you a basic idea. I'm sure there are a hundred like it out there.

http://www.threadbanger.com/episode/iST_20080826

I'm sure you can modify them however you deem fit!

~D

P.S. AWESOME job on the chest piece!

P.P.S. I don't know what your plans are for a lightsaber, but this is a site that helped me build my very first saber (Style VIII modified). If you have the means, they have some great stuff on the site. It's all DIY hardware store parts, so they come out relatively cheap as well!

Awesome job!

What are you using for the symbols? Did you print them on photo paper? They look like profession stickers!

Amazing. Simply amazing.

~D

Epic Rainbow Dash would be proud