tk826

- The next item is the headpiece w/ hair ornaments. * This is where I believe the CRL begins to need some alteration. To begin with, the rear of the headpiece is open and does not have a full wrap around band: Maladi appears to wear two different / distinct headpieces. In addition, each of the two styles has its own set of hair ornaments (ponytail holders). The first style headpiece is a "bulkier" design, with deep recessed angular shapes. The lower extension has a curved backside and tapers to a point, much like a dagger blade. This design includes two distinct ornaments. The upper ponytail holder appears to be a black colored, tightly wrapped binding. The lower ornament is made of a double sided "tube", similar in design to the headpiece. This is the style that the legion's first accepted Maladi (SL 8235) used for her costume. http://www.501st.com/members/displaymem ... tumeID=191 * Although I believe the details on the two holders are a bit incorrect. The upper uses banding strips that are too wide, while the lower could be a little more ornate, to better match the design of the headpiece. ---------------- The second headpiece style is a less aggressive design, consisting of interconnecting circles. The lower extensions are not dagger shaped as is the first design, but rather end with an angled horizontal line and two sharp corners. This second design also includes its own two distinct ornaments. The upper holder appears to be a series of stacked rings/ bands. The lower ornament is made of a wrap/ binding. Some may argue that both ornaments are wrapped, but you can clearly see that the lines on the upper holder are straight and parallel with each other, and consist of individual stacked pieces (or perhaps a single piece with a stacked appearance/ design), while the lower ornament has diagonal, intersecting lines which suggest a wrapped binding. * The most difficult part of these ornaments is determining if one or both of them are a metallic silver color, matching the headpiece... or if they are meant to be colored black. ( I'm leaning toward a metallic silver color) This is the style headpiece that our second approved Maladi (SL 3937) has decided upon: http://www.501st.com/members/displaymem ... tumeID=191 * Although again, I believe at least one of her ornaments is incorrect. In this case the upper one. It appears that, to create her upper ponytail holder, she has used the one "oddball" image of Maladi that doesn't quite match the rest of the reference material. Even though the below image appears many times, when searching for Maladi references, it is the one image that does not fit with the others. I am calling it the "Marilyn Manson" Maladi : Although this image still shows the upper ornament as a series of "stacked rings" they appear to be very tall,and made of a black leather like material (you can find the same image on the net without so much glare/ reflection). This is the one and only image which shows this type of set-up. This image is also mismatch to the other references in other ways. It shows the bulkier style headpiece, with the wrong style (stacked) upper ornament, the lower extension is flat like the circular design, yet has the more aggressive pattern, and it shows Maladi without pointed ears. * Going with the idea that the "majority rules", I believe the above image should not be considered in the final look/ determination of the character. * I'm not even sure where this images comes from as it is done in an artwork style that is different than any of the other reference sources. It might be a separate "cover art" drawing, or even a fan created image.

Hello Flagship, With a recent Darth Maladi applicant, that we feel needs a bit of work to achieve legion standards, those of us on the LMO team have been discussing this character and its proper representation. We've come to some conclusions, and at the same time, still have some open questions. I would like to re-post the same observations/ questions that we have been discussing, and gather the input of the Detachment. I'll start with a basic question. Do we absolutely know that this is not hard armor? (Similar to the pauldron/ shoulder found on medieval Knights in armor) I thought it would be obvious just by looking at the photos, but the answer doesn't really jump off the page. I ask this because the references show what "could be" solid, layered pieces of hard armor. All smooth... all shiny. I've looked, but can't seem to find an image that actually shows a wrinkle: Large Image: http://ts826.midwestgarrison.com/Maladi/Armor01b.jpg If it is considered leather, the individual pieces are quite wide, very stiff, bulky, and highly polished. Is there any written narration or dialog, within the graphic novels, that describe her armor? * I know the popular belief is that the armor is leather, and I'm cool with that. I'm just wondering if the actual word "leather" is written somewhere. (comics or otherwise) This is the closest written reference I've been able to find. From the starwars.wikia: * For the record, we believe that using thick leather pieces, to create the armor, appears to be the way to go. But, I would like to hear the opinions of the members here. ** Heavy leather also means that the two approved Maladi's are somewhat incorrect.