L Kamino

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I had some technical issues adding photos but that is now fixed.

I ordered a Deluxe Darth Revan from My Wicked Armor. I modified my hood and capelet to tuck under the front armor plate and attach with Velcro. This same mod would work for magnets or other attachments. To check my measurement, I put on the chest and back armor and my cape. I put on the hood and capelet piece on and brought the fabric around the front of my front armor piece in place so I could identify where I would need to place the Velcro inside my armor. I have plenty of extra length, so I was able to use fabric clips to clip and hold the ends in place. I moved a bit as I would on a troop so the fabric wouldn't be too tight. I measured and noted where on my chest armor I could place small rectangles of Velcro inside where I would want to tuck and hold the top and bottom edges of the fabric in place. I inserted safety pins in the fabric to measure where I would attach the rectangles of Velcro onto the fabric. I didn't take photos of this, but since I didn't have help, I just stood in front of a mirror. I needed small fabric rectangles to place the Velcro onto the hood and capelet so I could easily remove the fabric to replace the Velcro if it wore out. I removed some wide belt loops from some cotton Dockers I had. These already had a seam in place to avoid fraying so this worked nice. I cut the soft part of the sew-on Velcro to match slightly smaller than the belt loops. I stitched the sew-on Velcro onto the loops. A bit sloppy by hand but they're holding. I made four, two for each side. I cut out the rough side of the Velcro roughly the same size for the upper part of the fabric. For the bottom part of the fabric, I placed slightly wider strips of the rough side of stick-on Velcro so I could have some flexibility if my weight changed, for fit, etc. I placed those inside my armor. To place the top part of the fabric, I placed a stick-on Velcro inside the armor where the top part of the capelet would wrap around in front and reach over the armor buckle, in and down inside to hold. I'll need to add a photo of that area. I didn't completely stitch the rectangles onto the fabric, but rather "tacked" them on into the seams, so I could loop my finger underneath to grab them and to make it easy to replace if I needed without too much puncturing of the fabric. I tacked them onto the fabric facing outward so they could attach inside the armor to the Velcro. The hood and capelet are laying with a side view here and the Velcro areas will follow. The upper and lower Velcro on the fabric: You can see here that I can reach behind the Velcro with my finger: Might be hard to see here, but I put the hood onto a pillow as if facing it being worn and wrapped the edges of the capelet how they go to show more of the Velcro. I added an extra attachment if I'm at an event with a lot of movement, a button and elastic loop to hold the hood in place as I move my head. I used small buttons on each side and cut out some cotton fabric with pinking shears to house them. I used round cord elastic to make the loop. I measured a small length of the loop for each side. I attached a button inside the Velcro, sewing it onto some vinyl reinforced with some cotton fabric and stitching in place into the existing housing. I stitched the loop into the seam of the hood. I tucked some of the extra upper fabric over and tacked it in place. You'll see I added a snap but found it wasn't necessary when using the loop. When putting on my hood and capelet, I wear a ball cap and let my hood drape and hold in place on the cap so I can see. I leave my armor belt unbuckled so I can reach inside the armor to find the other half of the Velcro. After I get the capelet secured, I then secure my armor belt in place. I leave my gloves and mask for last. Wearing the cap, I can simply bend over at the waist, reach in and remove my cap, put on my mask and attach the hood to the mask and then straighten up. Everything stays in place.

I've since moved over to Flickr and my Photobucket has been deactivated. I'm in the process of moving my images from my mod threads over to Flickr. This one is complete.

Many years later, the painted pieces have not stretched and are in excellent condition.

Photo links replaced with Flickr images.

I've since moved over to Flickr and my Photobucket has been deactivated. I'm in the process of moving my images over to Flickr but this thread is done.

I've since moved over to Flickr and my Photobucket has been deactivated. I'm in the process of moving my images over to Flickr and updated this thread.

I've since moved over to Flickr and my Photobucket has been deactivated. I'm in the process of moving my images over to Flickr and this thread has been updated with those links.

I've moved over to Flickr and my Photobucket has been deactivated. I'm in the process of moving the photo links over there and this thread is complete.

I have been away from this forum for quite some time, and replaced Photobucket links with Flickr links.

I use the Velcro system as well to secure the hood and wrap in place. I attached Velcro to small squares of fabric and tacked the fabric facing outward so it meets the other half of the Velcro inside my chest armor. I have photos of what I did for mine if you need it. I changed the capelet attachment so that the straps reach up from inside the front chest armor and attach to the capelet instead of the other way around. I shortened the capelet straps and attached D rings that I feed the long straps from the armor through. I added Velcro to the backside of the straps to give me an extra securing. I created a thread for the capelet but I'm having trouble pasting the link here. It's "Becoming Darth Revan Part VI: Connecting the Cape Straps. I wonder if you're having a problem with the ribbing because it's sitting too low?

I stitched Velcro onto strips of fabric and tacked the fabrics onto the backside of the sash. (I had to reinforce the foam with fabric to hold the stitch.) Now I can fold it over the bar when I'm getting ready. It holds well because I used the industrial strength. Just had to determine how much to fold so it hung in the right place.

I had Mozilla Firefox crash, and am stuck using Explorer, and can't paste links in here either now, but I could with Firefox. Your link works if I'm logged into Facebook first.

Looking really awesome! Great sheen on the armor in those photos. One thing to watch for is that your red sash stays behind the large O ring. I've learned that even after placing mine carefully behind it, walking, posing and kneeling caused the sash to bounce and slip in front. It took me a bit to figure that out. I'm going to stitch the black and red together to prevent it from moving. Love your Revan!

I was very happy with using a mixture of black and silver metallic acrylic paints, sponge-painted on the leather. I had to play around with the mix a bit.

Great character choice!

The hood is a definite struggle. That lovely fabric loves to slip and untuck. Many people pin the fabric in place to the piece of vinyl that is secured to the top of the front armor by the strap and tucking the excess fabric. Before I put it on my hood, I fold over the edge of the top part that wraps in front back and downward in a triangle to hold at the bottom hem, secured with a fabric clip. Could be pinned, but I plan to stitch it there and my fabric clip holds it good and prevents tearing. I stitched sew-on industrial strength Velcro onto the bottom part of the hood fabric facing outward. Those ends secure to sticky-back industrial strength Velcro that I placed inside the chest armor. (To get the placement, I wrapped the hood fabric around my shoulder like a shawl to get the fit. I hold the cowl in place by wearing a ball cap for the top to rest on so I can see. Where the ends meet comfortably and with my pleats in the right place, I determined where to put the sew-on Velcro.) Lastly, I stitched a short piece of small band elastic with a small loop on the end to the hem where the cowl meets the wrap. This reaches down and slips over a button I stitched to that piece of vinyl on the inside instead of pinning. This holds my hood in place but gives me a little bit of room for the elastic to pull when I'm posing, etc. Because I pulled my fabric over and clipped it, there's not a huge excess to tuck. No more safety pins. This setup is very good, as I can just shrug my shoulders out a bit and feel that my pleats are in place. I've found that I don't untuck anymore and I have a good fit. If you're interested in more on this, I have photos.

I bought my Revan from My Wicked Armor as well. The photo in the costume standards is of the artist who makes them in his Revan. I also bought the undermask that he offers, which I highly recommend for comfort and help with air flow. Lots of help here for you about costuming Revan, and specifically regarding modifications you might like if you buy the one from My Wicked Armor. Welcome, and good luck! It's a great character to costume. Worth all of the effort.

Well, that's good. I need to clear coat my touch up paint spots I did with the paint from Rob. It's barely noticeable right now, but dry, without clear coat looks a little powdery. Keep that in mind when you mix again...do tests with and without the clear enamel coat to get a match. After trying a few things, I found a good method for the hood. It was driving me crazy, coming untucked and fabric slipping around. I need to post a thread for it, but I put the armor on. I put the hood on (wearing a ball cap so the hood rests on that so I can see!) and wrapped the bottom of it around my shoulders like a shawl, and measured where the bottom ends meet in the center of my chest. I then stitched Velcro along the bottom facing outward (reinforcing it with some cotton fabric) so the Velcro sticks to stick-on Velcro I put inside the chest armor. I may trim the upper portion of the end pieces of the hood so there's less to tuck, but for now I fold the top end part of the hood downward at an angle to meet the bottom of the hood fabric and clip it in place with a fabric clip. It can be pinned too. I do this before securing the Velcro to the inside of the chest armor so I can still reach everything. It holds well, and once the Velcro part is attached, I have a nice semi-snug fit with the pleats. And if I shrug my shoulders a slight amount, I can feel that nothing has slipped while I troop. I also am trying out an attachment from the corner of the hood, where the seam is at the cowl part. I sewed a short piece of black elastic with a loop on the end there. That part wraps around and loops over a button I sewed to vinyl attached to the top part inside the chest armor (where Rob indicates on the instructions you can pin the fabric.) I used the little piece of Velcro he provided. I had to reposition it once to get a proper look, and it didn't mark the paint at all. I'm having trouble posting photos in here with my browser, but will post a thread with photos about the hood fix. I'm very happy with it, and I don't have to use safety pins anymore.

Did you get some help with that? Did your brown and copper mix contain metallic paint?

I'd be interested to see that, so share pics! And using sponges to paint would probably work nice. That's what I did with my belt.

The paint I used to sponge paint my belt is available at fabric stores, such as Jo Ann Fabrics and Michael's, in stores or online. You will probably need to blend a couple of colors. I used DecoArt Dazzling Metallics Acrylic Paint and Folk Art Shimmering Metallics Acrylic Paint for the leather. You might message Rejean as well. He did some painting too. I like the battle damage idea as well!

I scratched one of mine as well and need to touch up the paint. It's my left one and I think I hit my chest armor with it too many times. I actually bought a bit of the touch up paint from Rob when I bought mine.

I tried out the fashion clips, but found they would need to be secured to the armor or one of the straps. I'm pondering a system to secure them. I do want to use them. In the meantime I'm stitching small pieces of Velcro instead to see if I like that better. I'm stitching the small pieces of Velcro onto fabric that can then be tacked with a few stitches onto the hood. That way, I can easily change out the fabric pieces that have the Velcro and not tear up my hood fabric. I'm going to try a bit of Velcro attached to the inside of the armor in the center of the chest so that the bottom end of the pleated wrap fabric can be secured there, holding my pleats. I am also going to try putting attach points to the underside of the hood hem where the hood and the wrap meet and front most, with another point to hold the upper part of the pleat wrap that will tuck. If I like this, I'll share photos.