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The armor has all been dish hammered from sheets of aluminum to gain the curved shappe We had an SCA friend who builds medieval armor come by and give us some instruction on dishing and shaping metal and got us started on some essential tools to have. Then used what we learned to dish Mandalorian armor from sheets of 12-16 gage aluminum in order to fit the human form. More for the women then the men obviously.
All the soft parts are made from a heavy denim type material and was all tailor made for each of us to insure perfect fit. The smaller helmet was a re-sculpt from the rubies Jango while the others were obtained from multiple sources.
The gauntlets were an ad hoc quick vacumformed setup to resemble the Boba Fett style but are not accurate enough to be Boba or Jango gauntlets.
Everything that we made was made to be as durable as possible and as moveable as possible. Running, jumping, combat rolls, squatting, bending etc... All were requirements in the buildup.
I am working on plans for a motorized dishing hammer and hope to be able to make steel helmet domes and welded the other parts in to have fully steal helmets. Gauntlets will probably go through a similar revision before completion. After CIV there is plans to replace all aluminum and fiberglass with steel.
-Bill
The armor has all been dish hammered from sheets of aluminum to gain the curved shappe We had an SCA friend who builds medieval armor come by and give us some instruction on dishing and shaping metal and got us started on some essential tools to have. Then used what we learned to dish Mandalorian armor from sheets of 12-16 gage aluminum in order to fit the human form. More for the women then the men obviously.
All the soft parts are made from a heavy denim type material and was all tailor made for each of us to insure perfect fit. The smaller helmet was a re-sculpt from the rubies Jango while the others were obtained from multiple sources.
The gauntlets were an ad hoc quick vacumformed setup to resemble the Boba Fett style but are not accurate enough to be Boba or Jango gauntlets.
Everything that we made was made to be as durable as possible and as moveable as possible. Running, jumping, combat rolls, squatting, bending etc... All were requirements in the buildup.
I am working on plans for a motorized dishing hammer and hope to be able to make steel helmet domes and welded the other parts in to have fully steal helmets. Gauntlets will probably go through a similar revision before completion. After CIV there is plans to replace all aluminum and fiberglass with steel.
-Bill
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