Republic Commando - is there any accurate armor?

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

I was looking around at pictures of people in Republic Commando armor and none of them look right. The armor in the game makes the guys look like tanks while the actual costumes look like they are too thin. The in game armor looks really thick like it sits off the chest about 1/2" or more, it's not thin armor sitting right on your chest, like most of the costumes seem to have. Also the leg armor in game looks equally thick. I'm obviously not asking you to post names, but is there any armor available that is accurate?

 

[SmilingOtter]

I'd start here:

http://www.clonetroopers.net/forum/

 

[CMANavy]

Yes, PM sent.

Oh and Ct.net is useless now adays

 

[tavrikgannon]

Yes, PM sent.

Oh and Ct.net is useless now adays

Useless?

I know that there is a guy in my garrison who did one of the Omega Squad costumes. If I remember right, they used the same Clone armor, just with the RC helmet, of course.

- Bill

 

[ItsThatGuy]

Useless?

I know that there is a guy in my garrison who did one of the Omega Squad costumes. If I remember right, they used the same Clone armor, just with the RC helmet, of course.

- Bill

:confused Are you sure about that? I am no expert on clone or RC armor, but they are not even close to being the same.

 

[tubachris85x]

Yea, the RC armor is completly different from the regular clone. The only similarities that I can think off the top of my head is the thigh armor.

I found the polymerarmor kit to be very accurate.

And as for the guys that make it look skinny, well, they need to get on a high protein diet :lol

 

[tavrikgannon]

:confused Are you sure about that? I am no expert on clone or RC armor, but they are not even close to being the same.

To be honest, I can't be sure. I only saw the costume once and my memory could be lacking. While, I could swear, that he used the same armor, now that you are questioning it, I am not really sure.

Sorry. And here I thought I was trying to be helpful! :unsure

-Bill

 

[ReplicantShadow]

Check out the thread below, it's the best looking RC I have ever seen. I can't stand shorty boxy looking RC's especially considering how strange and akward they already look. But this one here makes it very, very plausible, and it's way better looking than any LFL generated material. You will dig this one: :thumbsup

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/showthread.php?t=28689

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Here's what I'm talking about:

One good way to see the difference between this and the fan made armor is to look at the calf armor. It is really thick. Also look at the following pictures, and check out the thickness of the chest armor against the neck seal, which are big so I'm only linking:
http://rogue74.nt3.npsis.com/republic_commando_003.jpg
http://rogue74.nt3.npsis.com/repcombossordo.jpg

I think if the fan made versions added a larger lip to the chest armor to give it depth so it would stand off your chest more, it would look way better. I know you can't vacuuform something that's about 1/2" thick so that might be the only option. You could probably do the same thing with the calves too.

I've got a cool idea for a working (at least extendable/retractible) vibroblade so if I eventually find a good set of armor it might work.

 

[psberetta]

Well If your into building armor yourself, you could start off with this and mod it to fit your needs as you went about it.

http://skipspepakuracostumes.blogspot.com/2009/07/rc-armor-now-available-again.html

Pepakura is starting to take hold in the prop and costuming arena.