Heavy1973

Nice work - yeah the knot can be a pain, as to the advice like I wrote you in pm, I´ll write it here also. You can use a magnet inside the knot and sew a magnet on the inside of the tunic, but you´ll need to get the knot a bit higher up on your chest before doing so. Your inner skirt and cape needs to be shorten a lot as per the CRL: The skirt is floor length, no more than one inch from the ground and longer than the outer skirt The cape falls no less than approximately two in. (5 cm) from the ground - also your hood still sits to far back, try pull it more towards the front so the black fabric gets over the top of your mask. One shouldn´t be able to see the edges of the mask from the sides, the hood should cover them. Pic from CRL model to show what I mean. You´re almost there

Hi You need to pull the hood more forward, it sits to far behind on top of your head, and I am a bit concerned that the catears are a bit to pointy looking. The knot in the front will need to be lowered a bit, as it should sit at your upper sternum. Skirts, cape and tunics, as you also state, needs to be shorten as per the CRL - but so far great work on it, you´re almost there

One learns to get creative in this hobby if it doesn´t hold, you can take a look at Pams page regarding the support hood that she offers ? just do a search on Darth Nihilus Hood – P&S Costume Creations.

The black fabric is glued on the inside of the white mask

@DarthValkyria any advices ? 😉

Thank you so much, this will help a lot of people

Very nice work - will you put the 3d file that you have created up for grabs in here ?

Hello Sadly WA is not selling the COFT mask at the moment and the 3d files, that I have seen all need to be remodelled. If you want to remodel the mask you have, you´ll need to redo the eyes, the holes are to big and the eyesockets will need to be shape better to look more skull like. This gentleman "Kaotiskt" can perhaps help you with a 3d file, since he has remodelled one and printed it for his own costume. He has a WIP on this forum called : Kaotiskts Darth Nihilus COTF WIP

Using masking tape like you already do - do notice, that the inner line towards the nose is straight down, as you have, but the other side has a little bit of flair towards the eye socket - I made a paper template for it, that way it came out the same on either side.

Much better - nice work almost there

Looking good, though it is not easy to tell, when I don´t have seen it on you. Depending on the width of your shoulders, I would suspect that you need to redo the armhole, so that you don't have so much fabric hanging under the arms. As the tunic is now, the shoulders will hang out and down the arms, which they shouldn´t. You can use your innertunic as a guide, the tunics should more or less be almost the same, just make sure, that you can sew the sleeves onto the innertunic without it showing from the outside, the outertunic therefor do need to be a little bit longer at the armhole, but not much. I´ve tried to illustrate it, red innertunic, yellow outertunic

Very nice work, almost there Yes, you can use burns as weathering, but do try on a piece of scrap fabric first, as to see how the fabric reacts and how fast the fire will be, so you can control it. Otherwise I made some small and a bit larger holes with a scissor and then used a metal brush (thanks to my longhaired cat) to get the frayed look on them.

Good that the tape is not a part of the mask, because it will fall of at some point. Well, regarding weathering, I´ve see some that are to little, and I have seen some who went over the top - as to using a grinder, I wouldn´t recommend it, as I think it will be hard to control. I cut some smaller holes around the bottom of the cape and skirts and used a steel brush (normally used for my cat LOL) to get the tattering to look "right", some also burns holes in the fabric, but depending on the fabric you´ll need to use a spare sample of fabric to see how it reacts to the fire (color afterwards etc.) Just do a little at a time, so you don´t over do it.

There are multiple sellers of gloves that can be used for Nihilus, it depends on ones budget The ones pictured can work, though I myself would look for something without the seam around the wrist, but it is approvable.

Much better, I would say you´re good to go for paint, though I am unsure if the tape will hold up on the ears in the long run.

The sleeves are sewn as normal sleeves, so the seam should be under your arm and the lines wont be able to line up there, but as long as they do otherwise, it should be fine. I don´t have a picture of it, but take a look at others WIP threads, perhaps one of those have one, mine do not, only shows how I attached it to the tunic. Just checked

Sorry for the late reply, I have been on a couple of events this weekend, and haven´t had time to check the forums. If you take a look at the CRL, both the text and the pictures showns you, how the sleeves should look The pattern for the sleeve is just a basic normal sleeve, you can make them a bit smaller at the cuff so they better fit into the gloves. Text from the CRL : Quilted Sleeves Made of a natural weave black material. The sleeves are made from a smoother textured fabric than the rest of the costume. The sleeves are quilted in appearance, and the vertical ribs are top stitched approximately 1 inch (2.5cm) side by side. (Note: The sleeves may be attached to a separate black undershirt, or deep set inside the inner tunic. This effect gives the illusion that there is another shirt worn under the inner tunic.) Link to the CRL : Costuming:SL darth nihilus - 501st Legion Databank I hope this help 😊

Yes you´re on the right path, great work - and as you write yourself, if you can smoothe the ridges a little bit gradualy down to a smooth surface from the nose and down, I think it will look great . I tried to show it on the picture. Can´t wait to see it painted and with the hood in place

Glad to see, that you haven´t given up on this one

Congratulation and welcome to the Flagship

Much better, nice job

Great, I don´t think the price will be that much higher, put x fingers. You´re welcome, just happy I can be able to assist and help others getting their costumes done without breaking the bank or going down to many wrong ways in their builds. Awesome a scout - that was my first costume when I joined the Legion ages ago, sadly I had to sell it due to real life money issues, but I have since gotten a shadow scout and I am in the works of a new shiny white scout again also. Nice idea with the bucket insert, that is also something that I do, share ideas and ways to do things. We help each other, this is the way Regarding the belt, it depends on the size of the person, that is why there is no exact spacing noted in the CRL. Sam Brown screws are good to go also, they are very similar to the chicagos, as long as the overall look is the same, I see no problem with the use of those instead.

I have a wide hand 22 cm Ø and underarm 32,5 cm Ø, I think my gloves are a size XL - but please do not hang me, if the size wont fit you. The size chart is lower down on the page, where you can see the measurements for the different sizes, just scroll down, there it also says, that they custom make them - I would write them and ask, wouldn´t hurt.

Well, I had a hard time finding the gloves too, but ebay is a good start - I found these : https://www.ebay.com/itm/390580000949?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D264184%26meid%3Decce2a2e5680494a83aeab513ab8d693%26pid%3D101196%26rk%3D7%26rkt%3D9%26sd%3D392511359387%26itm%3D390580000949%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D4481478%26algv%3DUltimatelyBoughtOfCoviewWithMfgPhase2V1&_trksid=p4481478.c101196.m2219&itmprp=cksum%3A390580000949ecce2a2e5680494a83aeab513ab8d693|enc%3AAQAJAAABQMmfx4Jujxwj2Pvk%2BJJrhQo29a0HyzKA2KPpOcaPOifGMPKinowZm4zbTOx26UZcOPBxOHaLrSyaKgTXGFv6YWVuKgedFIg%2BZPadHfinxQYOPXH7k9yJWXcTaxvOuX%2FtPMRLfuYzlIwjDyd7cR9gn90jSLqYUXm05Lay%2FwQv1me9tnbLX1Obn2tmNmh2gylxc0UJeo0DPu3%2FwlgWOg5Lm8LsHd2rRvFZpYirTOq7LN4TWaWuxv2KBTiVSwxY4VOz8iCY8%2Fiay3poHfyDHuokOGpd9ZXTmARakWBXkSjrcnKoNY5iXLjq53SJrk4Q%2BTzv%2BKB27UETwHJXrPfh1lb1aX16w6Wble2cldN%2FNRo40Ujjhv%2Fl3DjFBzjFCf1IK0EKD237Gc8fEhpLu2Ky2X3Mgcr3oYixuZwIXl6x%2FhfbZ1vB|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A4481478&itmmeta=01JH1726ET50MZDP8C8Q6FKS2A#:~:text=DKK 28.36 shipping-,Custom made 30cm to 80cm long plain style evening real leather gloves 18 colors,-Magical leather store

First post - yes Second post - I haven´t seen this design before, but I would say that just the face mask would be ok.