SithRose

I'm likely going to do Sintra or Kydex over EVA padding for the bracers and shinguards. I have to get in touch with the local (Dune Sea) garrison members to see if anyone nearby can give me a hand with the chestpiece - if not, I'll likely do the same with the chestpiece for durability and comfort. I plan to adapt several different patterns for the tunic and pants - I'll make sure to provide pattern numbers for the ones I use when I do my build log, and notes on what I changed. The wimple will need a more custom pattern, with those lines along the neck, and the gloves can be done with a standard glove pattern if we use kidskin suede. (Sewing and leatherworking are my specialties - I'm going to be doing some learning on the go for the armor.) The control pads will probably be resin-cast or 3D printed if I can teach myself enough 3D printing to do that. I'd like to put lighting and pressable buttons in them if possible - I'm sure I can do the lighting, but the buttons will be tougher. The belt is a pretty simple piece of tooled and dyed leather, but I suspect that finding a functional buckle of the right shape may be a bit tricky. And the lightsaber...is going to be probably the trickiest part if I can't manage to teach myself 3D modeling and printing for the circle part. (I want to make the saber hilt removable so I can replace it with something more than a show hilt later one if I can ever afford to.) Bear in mind that I'm still building up 501st contacts too - I'm not even a member yet! This will be my first 501st costume. Cheers, Kaylan

Well, I uploaded all of the reference images I've saved - I seem to have missed saving the boot closeup that I found, though. I put them all in http://www.theflagshipeclipse.com/forums/index.php?/gallery/album/165-seventh-sister-reference-pictures/ for anyone else to find easily. Here's my working design guide so far. While everything *appears* to be dark charcoal grey in almost every shot, there is one reference picture which shows the chest armor as black. I'm still debating on the sleeves and pants being a body suit with a tunic or a tunic and pants with a tight-fitting undershirt/wimple tucked into the tunic neck - it's difficult to tell with the animation style of Rebels. I'd personally prefer to go with a sleeved tunic and pants, as it's more consistent in comparison with the animation styles of Imperial officer uniforms. It may also be easier to have the triangles of the wimple be black makeup rather than fabric, as those are going to be difficult to maintain in place. Helmet: The helmet is a pointed, back-curved semi-gloss material, with a burgundy lining. It is dark charcoal grey, with four bright red diagonal lines on the front of the helmet and a light grey D-ring at the center front above the forehead. It has several visible lines embossed into it. Wimple: This covers the entire head, with a triangular point extending onto the face below the cheekbones and under the chin. It has seven slightly ridged or pleated lines extending up from the chest armor, with the bottom three curved in a wide U shape. It is a slightly lighter charcoal grey than the armor. Makeup: Sallow yellow skin with red-rimmed eyes and black eyebrows extending down to the sides of the bridge of the nose. There is a diagonal line with a slight flare in the center extending from the inner eye to the cheekbone. Below that line, there are four dots going down the cheek to between the mouth and nose. There are two dots on the chin, and two dots visible outside of the wimple on the cheekbone at the outer side of the face. There is also a just-visible red line above the brows, lining up with the line on the face. Lipstick is a yellowish dark red - sorry, I can't think of the name for that specific color. Chest armor: This extends to the mid-torso, just below the sternum. It is dark charcoal grey or possibly black, semi-gloss or glossy. There are grey lines along the front and side front, a bright red raised line diagonal to the body about 2 inches above the center on each side, and two light grey horizontal stripes on each front shoulder. The shoulder edges are raised in a curve that starts at the side front grey line. The back has a ridged, raised circle on the center back with a curved indentation inside. I'm still working out numbers on the back ridges - it's hard to find a reference pic for that one. The bottom is embossed with a line about a half inch above the end of the armor all the way around. Tunic: The tunic is long-sleeved, tulip-fronted and slightly flared at the bottom, and burgundy lined. It fastens on the left side, and goes to the mid upper thigh. There are two horizontal light grey stripes on the bottom side, both sides, with two dots above them. There is also a single grey stripe at the fastening line on the lower edge, and a black line along the side front that extends only to the belt. The off-center join is on the left side, and is just above the thigh joint. The Imperial Insignia is on both shoulders of the tunic. It is slightly weathered. Pants: Snug-fitting pants matching the tunic material. There are black diamonds pointing downwards at each knee, and the outer side seams have red stripes down the leg. The pants blouse slightly at the upper edge of the shin guards. Bracers: Semi-gloss dark charcoal grey armor, matching the helmet and chest armor, extending from the wrist to just below the elbow. The bracers have a lighter charcoal raised pad on it in the center forearm, with three "coin-slot" divots and a bright red stripe. Gloves: There is a rectangular armor piece on the back of the hand - this could be a seam, but it looks more like the same armor material as the bracers embedded into the glove . The gloves are the same dark charcoal grey as the armor, with pointed finger tips. The palms of the gloves are burgundy. Belt: Semi-gloss black leather or leather-like material, with an irregular diamond shaped buckle in light grey. I'm not sure if the buckle is metallic, but I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be. The right side has a raised grey pad about an inch from the buckle, with two bright red buttons, two horizontal coin slot divots, and I *think* it has two light grey buttons on the other side of the coin slots. On the left, the lower curve goes around the upper thigh from the buckle to the back, just to the left of the center back. It has a grey (metallic?) clip at the bottom of the curve that should allow a lightsaber attachment. Lower leg armor: Glossy or semi-glossy charcoal grey, with a curve going from 2-3 inches above the front ankle to mid-foot. This appears to be a separate piece from the boot itself as far as I can tell. I can't get a good reference view of the back of this piece, but I think it would be easier to do it separate from the actual boot. Boot: No more than a 1 inch heel with slightly pointed toes. A widening red stripe goes around the boot above the heel and angles slightly down to end just before the widest part of the foot. There is a visible angled black line line from the tip of the red stripe to the widest part of the foot. Lightsaber: A full circle with intricate designs on one side. There are two points flaring off the circle at quarters from the location of the lightsaber, curved on one side and straight angled on the other. The lightsaber attaches on the other side of the circle from the designs, and has two curved brace points inside the circle. A half-circle is shown in several pictures, with the lightsaber as the straight line - the saber is single-bladed if there is a half-circle. Theoretically the saber is supposed to be able to rotate within the circle, but frankly, I don't have the mechanical skills to pull that off myself.