TCW S1 Obi-wan Kenobi, Jedi General

Sendaar () · Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 4:48 pm Post subject:

Oh! It's hiding in plain sight!
Did it come with the armor, or was that a separate purchase?
Attaching with some high power magnets is a great idea.

Mysterious Stranger () · Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 4:56 pm Post subject:

It was an option to buy with the rest of the armor from KW.

I need to sit down and draw up the template/pattern for the chest armor. KW has it available but I didn't care for the look of it personally. I'm going to build it out of sintra. Just need to figure out the neckseal.

Ai'Dan Pr'yde (Thomas Villain) · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 8:40 am Post subject:

Mysterious Stranger () · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 8:52 pm Post subject:

Its the same as the Clone Troopers. To order you need to email him. I believe the email address is on his site.

Mysterious Stranger () · Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 12:48 am Post subject:

Got my armor started.

Hand plates and shoulder bells ready for paint.

The hand plates were reinforced with 3mm sintra to give them some weight.

Gauntlets and biceps assembled and waiting for sintra reinforcement and spot putty.

Aiacha () · Joined: 05 Jun 2018 Posts: 4 Medals: None

This topic is relevant to my interests. I'm not doing Obi-Wan, but I will be purchasing the armor from KW as well. Looking forward to working with it.

Mysterious Stranger () · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 5:39 pm Post subject:

Spent a little time on the back patio last night and got the shin armor cut out. I'm working on narrowing the shins so they aren't quite so wide. Without the rest of the armor I'm afraid the wide shins will looks odd. Takes a lot of heat to shape the ABS but I have the front of one shin narrowed. I still need to work on the back of that one and then match the other side but I'm taking it slow so I don't mess them up. I'll try to post take some pictures and post them after I work on them tonight.

Mysterious Stranger () · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:50 am Post subject:

Got some more work done on my shin armor. My left shin (right in photo) has been narrowed significantly to better fit my leg. You can see the size difference between my modded shin and the stock cut shin next to it. With no armor between my shoulders and knees I felt it would be better to slim the shins down. I'm pretty happy with the sizing on the left but I'm not going to start attaching the two halves until I get the right one to match.

Here are my assembled gauntlets, biceps, shoulder bells and hand plates. I want to do some more filling and sanding on the gauntlets and biceps. I'm not quite happy with the seams on them. But the shoulders and hand plates are ready for paint. Maybe this weekend?

Mysterious Stranger () · Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:36 am Post subject:

My lightsaber is shipping this week! I'm getting a Saberforge Redeemer and I'm beyond excited.

More progress on the armor will be happening this week.

Mysterious Stranger () · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:57 am Post subject:

Chest armor template, rough cut out, assembly and shaping made from sintra.

Animation correct knees cut and rough attached to the shins.

Prepped for paint and first coat. I’m trying out Montana Gold spray paint on this project. We’ll see how it turns out.

And finally the piece that brings it all together - the lightsaber. Mine is a Saberforge Redeemer.

More progress to post soon as I’m aiming to have this costume completed in time for SDCC next week. Soft goods are started with the tunic finished so far. Just have the obi, tabbard, belt and pouches.

Mysterious Stranger () · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:08 pm Post subject:

Nearly complete. I'll post some pictures of the armor all weathered up later tonight. The only things left to do are make the neck seal, attach the shoulders to my tunic and weather the shoes (which are en route). It'll be down to the wire but I should have this done for SDCC this week.

Jintalol () · Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 4:54 pm Post subject:

NICE！
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pm07 (Shane) · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:19 am Post subject:

Great thread. I just started working on my KW set.

Question:
On the forearms, did you do velcro closure or just oversized to fit your wrist through?

Leroni (Leroni) · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:52 am Post subject:

Hello

wonderful progress, thank you for your documentation.

yours
leroni
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Mysterious Stranger () · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 1:25 am Post subject:

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