Hey everyone,
I'm close to finishing my Darth Maladi build I've been working on for the better part of a year. There are still a few tweaks I need to make, but I'd love to get some feedback before I go ahead with the body painting and approval process.
Here's basically what it looks like put together (excuse the poor-quality photos and the bathroom mirror selfie... ugh...).
The collar piece is still in progress and therefore isn't in the photo. I plan on adding some sort of black fabric to the inside of the leather sleeve wraps, as the fabric I used was upholstery pleather with white meshy stuff on the back. The belt still needs to be fixed - at the moment it's just fastened on with a safety pin, and it looks messy. Not sure whether or not I need to redo the silver hip wrap.
Here's what the shirt looks like from the back:
The crown/headpiece - I've fixed the weathering a bit since I took this photo.
Lightsaber hilt, take 1: I made this out of painted oven-bake clay, based on the Vong coral designs used for most of the Legacy-era Sith lightsabers. I'm not entirely happy with this, so I plan on redoing it and slimming it down a bit. I do have a red saber blade I plan on using with it.
Let me know what you think. This is my first time doing any sort of cosplay though, so don't be too brutal!
May the Force be with you all.