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tattooed_pariah

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    Matt Hepburn
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    San Diego, Calif.
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  1. Glad it worked out! I wound up using one cordlock that had two holes, putting one string through each, then a second single hole lock after, just to make sure it stayed tight.
  2. I bought these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08BYFXMKV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1 If i remember right, I put the two hole one on, but it wasn't holding tight enough so I put a single hole one on after the two hole one.. holds pretty good now
  3. Congrats!! Just out of curiosity, you used the above pictures except you retook one photo for the hood? Only asking because it sometimes feels like my local garrison approval person is gatekeeping.. like he insists on super high res photos so he can zoom and and examine EVERY minor little detail. It's honestly a little discouraging. after a year or so of off and on working on my Revan, I made a Jawa just to try and get something quickly approved so I could troop, and now I'm struggling to get a Jawa past him too.. 😕 oh well, it is what it is. I'm happy for you bro! go out there and have some fun!!
  4. Which mask/helmet are you using? I have the Wicked Armor V2 right now, but just bought a Cyber Craft full bucket.. waiting for it to arrive..
  5. haha, I know the feeling on intimidation... I have a Darth Revan kit that is waiting on me to get off my butt and make a new hood/capelet/cape.. I have the eact idea of how to do it in my head, but I'm no seamsterperson, so I'm scared of not having the ability to make my idea real.. been procrastinating starting for months.. Keep up the awesome work though! I keep showing this thread to my wife to try to convince her to make a Dark Bastilla so we can go places together
  6. Everyone seems to bash UltraSabers for various reasons. They were the first place I ever bought a saber from and personally, I had both my hilts delivered within 6 weeks of purchasing. I bought Savior and Butcher. My Butcher hilt is kinda glitchy, it doesn't always power on, but other than that, no complaints.. Later, I saw an add for SabersPro and bought a Savior hilt from them (My US hilts are basic, just led lights, no extras.). I'm far more impressed with SP.. The US hilts are much larger, and barebones, and cost about $200 each, my SP hilt has a different board (no idea what it's called and the website doesn't say, but it has the sound fonts, motion activation, etc..) and only cost me about $120.. Just my two cents, but I prefer my SP hilt to the US one and plan on purchasing a second later for match dual wielding.. https://saberspro.com/products/revan-light-saber?_pos=1&_sid=d3112db3d&_ss=r
  7. that looks like the cyber craft mask.. https://cyber-craft.shop/collections/best-sellers/products/copy-of-tie-pilot-star-wars-helmet I'm interested to know if this passes as well.. I have the Wicked Armor v2 mask right now, but i'd rather have a full bucket. plus yours and the cyber craft have a larger eye slit, the WA mask is pretty much impossible to see anything through..
  8. That's Revan's saber hilt.. looks like the Sabers Pro one.. off topic, but IMO it was worth the $120 I paid for it.. much better than the $250 I spent at Ultra Sabers for their version.. back on topic, I'm not an approval person or anything, but I don't think that hilt works with Traya.. someone else might be able to correct me, but looking at the CRL (https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:SL_traya) it looks a bit different..
  9. I have pretty skinny arms, and with short cufs, I kept battling keeping the cuff under the bracers.. My solution was longer gloves.. These fit under the bracers and help hold them in place by making my arms thicker.. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D92YT16/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 For boots, I lucked out and found a pair on ebay advertised as "Vintage FRYE Boots Leather Moto Square Toe Black Men’s 11.5" I took them to a local saddle shop and had the strap added over the top. I have no idea what "model" they are though.. 😕 https://imgur.com/a/Y8yxYs8
  10. so, how important is the horizontal seam? It's in the CRL (A horizontal line of black piping is sewn across the chest, and is visible just above the chest armor.) but in order for it to be visible you have to wear the armor unnaturally low.. no one ever seems to mention it..
  11. The Butcher hilt is no longer acceptable for a KOTOR Darth Revan build as far as I know.. I have one too.. haha I was told by my local garrison that the savior hilt is good. I recently purchased a second savior style hilt from SabersPro. Their reviews on google were pretty wildly hit or miss, but they were running a sale, so i gave them a shot.. took about 2 weeks to arrive, baselit LED with sounds and about a dozen blade colors. I like the US blades better but the SP hilt is more proportionate and lighter with more functions for a LOT less cash. I think I spent about $220 for my US hilt with one color led and no effects and $130 for the SP hilt with all it's extra stuff.. UltraSabers hilt on the left, SabersPro on the right.. ignore the shitshow of a mess on my desk.. lol I can't comment on the rest of the items, I bought the full Wicked Armor set in September 2020 and life has gotten in the way so I haven't been approved yet.. things I have had to adjust and still need to tweak are the way the capelet sits, and my cape had some sewing problems, it almost looks like the seams were done backwards, hard to explain since I'm not good with sewing terms, but the knifepleats and the box pleat don't go the right ways.. The fabric is also very lightweight and "flowy" so I'm going to be remaking the cape and hood/capelet in a heavier fabric that will hold form a little better. For the armor pieces though, i don't think anyone can beat the quality from WA.
  12. So are these official CRL references? I'm in the process of making what I hope to be final tweaks for approval and this seems to be the clearest images of some things.. In particular, there's discussion about whether the ring the red sash hangs from is centered or off center on the body (here it is obviously off center) as well as how the knife pleats hang on the cape. My current cape is pretty much completely vertical because it's stitched every foot or so to hold the pleats together, but the cape I'm making to replace it, I intend on allowing the pleats to fan out a little from the waist down like they do in this image. I just think it looks better..
  13. Just ran out to the store, took some interior pic as I was leaving I usually wrap the hood/capelet/cape around the chest pieces and put them in the big compartment on the right.. blade storage on the lid I had intended on driling holes and riveting the sheet metal to the lid, but I couldn't get in at the right angle, so just wound up bending the corners so they kinda spring clamp on the frame of the lid.. they don't stay on 100%, but probably about 95% efective.. boot storage under mask tray..
  14. I bought a DeWalt contractor box from Home Depot on sale for like $65.. it has slots where you can add boards inside to section the areas off.. I painted it to look like a star wars universe shipping crate: (Digital image found from a google image search) I put my boots in the very center all by themselves in case they get mud or dirt or whatever, so they won't get the rest of it dirty.. I have pull apart foam in the far left skinny slot, I pulled out enough to put my saber hilts there. my skirt and bracers and other small things go in the second one. I cut out foam for the tray to hold my mask, and the chest plate and bigger things go in the far left.. I also fabbed some pieces that attach to the inner lid out of sheet metal with clamp things meant to hold rakes and stuff. I store my blades there.. I'll try and remember to get some pics of how it looks now.. I thought I had pics of the finished product, but I'm not seeing them..
  15. I was at an armor party for my local garrison yesterday trying to get my Darth Revan approved and my wife brought up the Marie's Cosplay Shop Dark Bastilla (https://www.etsy.com/listing/805832514/inspired-by-star-wars-fallen-bastila?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=dark+side+bastila&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&frs=1) my GML thought it looked pretty good from looking at my wife's phone.. not quite under $300, but looked like it would need minimal tweaking..
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