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3 hours ago, Occanum said:
Split Skirt
Appears to meet component requirements. This one was a little tricky for me:
1) It took a wile to realize I put it on inside out.
2) The waist is secured by an elastic chord that slipped deep into the skirt loop (may not be the correct term) a few times. Pushing it back out the loop was a pain. Definitely looking for alternative options from the community.
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
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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!!
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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..
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1 hour ago, dragonhawkz said:
So, the only thing holding with entire thing up now, it's the boots.
How terrifying is it, to trim boots at the top and seal them, somehow, so that I can complete the costume.... Rhetorical question, obviously. I guess at some point, I'm going to have to pick up the courage and cut them. I can't stand not having this costume cleared. 😊
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
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3 hours ago, Haraidric said:
To my knowledge, the sabers can both be the "Savior" model. Mine were approved, got both of them from Ultrasabers. If you get your kit from Wickedarmor, you have the option of buying a prop hilt that resembles the other hilt in the CRL.
These are my sabers- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ixafafECFalyEIHQcXAOhO1MzRKh2pEg/view?usp=sharing
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
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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..
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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..
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On 10/31/2022 at 10:34 AM, Chainberer said:
How do these gloves look? Trying to find some slightly longer cuffs but this is the best I've found thus far.
Sent from my SM-G991U using TapatalkI 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
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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..
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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.
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On 5/5/2022 at 6:33 PM, Kookaburra said:
Had it confirmed they are intact the game models. Maybe 2006 2007 in artist who was responsible for the porting of the game Kotor two PC for Activision took it upon himself to make these screenshots of many of the games characters.
At least that saves me from having to rip the models myself.
So this is an official model from the game. Maybe the best reference to follow.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkSo 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..
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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..
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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..
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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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Hey everyone!
So I purchased a Wicked Armor Darth Revan full kit, and I'm a little confused on some of the final set up things.. Hopefully some other Revans here can help me out..
For the cuirass pieces, the WA instructions say to wrap the 3/4" web belt around your hips and buckle on the other side. Initially, mine didn't have a belt attached, so I emailed WA and they sent me a buckle with about 2 inches of belt on one side, and an extra piece about 10 inches long. I'm a super skinny guy, but there is no way that will "wrap around" my hips.. The kidney armor attaches to the front plate with the velcro, is this webbing just to connect the kidney armor in front of my belly to help everything maintain a snug fit? Can I thread a web belt through the inside of the loops that hold the rings and put a buckle on each side to achieve the same result? It would be hidden, so I don't think it'd be a CRL hit, but I'm new, so I'm not positive..
Also, the grey straps that the ring is suspended from. The instructions specifically say not to attach the adhesive to the leather detail on the back plate, but it seems like if I put the straps below it, they are almost parallel with the ground, and if i angle above it, it's almost vertical..
I'm sure I'll have other questions, but I'm kinda stuck at this point because I don't want to (semi) permanently attach anything until I KNOW I'm doing it right.. Any help or tips/tricks would be greatly appreciated!
(also, in no way should this post be considered a negative review of Wicked Armor, they've been super helpful and respond to e-mail reasonably fast, i'm only asking here because ultimately, it's going to be a 501st person approving my kit and not the craftsman who made it..)
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So my Ultra Sabers came with XTAR brand rechargable batteries. I used to use Energizer rechargables for a camera flash, but never really took the time to understand any of the numbers since I didn't own the flash and didn't care if the batteries damaged it.. I actually bought the sabers, so I want to make sure I'm not messing anything up now..
The batteries they came with are the Xtar 14500 3.7v 2.96wh 800mah ones.. do I HAVE to use those particular specifications or can I get a larger mah for longer charge without overloading anything?
I know this is probably a dumb question, but I'd rather ask and get laughed at the fry something ya know?
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DarthValkyria hit my point exactly.. the way it's worded implies so long as they aren't seen while your are in costume, it's ok..
In costume, I'm not going to be hiking up my pants leg, so why should it matter what at the very top of my boots?
I totally understand if it's visible or bulges and detracts from the appearance, but I can't see that being the case..
I should get my Revan kit next month, we'll see if I get dinged for the same thing..
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Right? I want to get mine as soon as possible, but I also made sure to tell em, i get it, everything on the planet is delayed right now, so if i have to wait, i'm not gonna be upset..
Hopefully they help you out! and thanks, I look forward to getting set up! :)
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the longest i've waited for a response is over a weekend, and and i think that was because I e-mailed late on a thursday, but had a response on the following monday..
E-mail wise, they've been very good to me so far.
This is their response about the fabric: "No worries. We had a hard time obtaining fabric with everything going on and we were trying different fabrics. We are now using a much thicker material. We will be updating our photos very soon."
sounds like it's different than the original, but hopefully thick enough to meet the CRL.. haha, I'm trying not to piss em off and tell em how to build their costumes, but like we agreed, also want it to be as "turn-key" as possible for 501st acceptance..
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6 minutes ago, Dudenstein88 said:
Thanks for doing that. This would be really demoralizing if it isn't approved. Guess I'll find out soon enough either way. I am emailing them as well but I've had this costume for 3 months and just now am able to assemble it, so I doubt they would do much for me. I agree with you about spending so much to just have to completely recreate parts that are different than what was listed. Could you let me know what they say in response to your email?
No worries, they said that with everything going on worldwide, they were having some trouble getting the right materials, but have since moved back to a thicker fabric and will be updating the photos soon..
Hopefully the new fabric meets the CRL. I should be getting my kit around mid-november, so i'll post pics once it arrives as well.
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I sent a screen shot of your post to my local garrison guy and he doesn't think it qualifies.. Since I just ordered mine last week, I e-mailed Wicked Armor and brought it to their attention.. I don't wanna be a "problem customer" but I also don't want to pay $1200 for something I have to rework after delivery.. hopefully everything works out.. Mine should be delivered mid-November so I wanna do holiday events :)
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I just placed my order last week... hoping someone responds with enough time for me to contact Wicked Armor if this new hood style is against CRL...
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On 8/4/2020 at 3:09 PM, Mawty Momas said:
Unfortunately, my local GML advised that the boots were too white, so I've been in the process of re-blackening them. So far, it seems to be giving off the kind of battered color I've been hoping for. I've also since had a cobbler remove the straps at the top of the boots at the GML's request. It's gradual, but they're coming along. Thanks for getting back to me!
Just to clarify, they are having you remove the "pull on" straps at the very top? the part of the boot that is hidden by your pants? that no one should ever see anyway?
is this standard or is this particular GML just being SUPER picky?
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bringing this post back up because I placed my order with Wicked Armor yesterday and wondering the same about the CRL stuff..
Who I am is not important, my WIP is!
in Darth Revan
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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.