Becoming Darth Revan: Part III, The Belt Rings

[L Kamino]

I ordered the Deluxe Revan from My Wicked Armor.  I replaced the belt straps with longer leather pieces as a preference, and at the same time, replaced the original chrome key chain rings with 1" nickel plated brass rings from Buckle Guy.  I found versions with an open gate, which made painting the new straps easy and will help with future repair, repainting or replacement of the leather straps.  I must mention that they have some weight to them, and time will tell whether they are too heavy and will stretch the belt leather prematurely. 

 

http://www.mywickedarmor.com/

 

http://www.buckleguy.com/ors16-1-nickel-plate-o-ring-opens-with-screws-solid-brass-ll/?page_context=category&faceted_search=0

 

Below is a comparison of the four replacement rings and the original ring attached to the belt piece.

 

 

What's nice about these is they have a small opening that can be removed to place on the straps.  The screws are pretty tiny and I needed my electronics tools to work with them.  I dropped them several times and nearly lost one to my heat vent!

 

 

Here's the open gate.

 

 

The gate is small enough to hide inside the fold of the strap, but just in case it moved, I made sure to put the screw side to the inside. It was a bit snug getting them inserted.

 

 

Screws reattached:

 

 

Here's the side facing out with the gate hidden:

 

 

Here's all four inserted.  (The short strap looks wavy in this photo due to the curve of the cushion.)

 

 

Here's my new belt:

 

 

Edited July 13, 2023 by L Kamino

[Rejean]

It looks absolutely Beautiful! I'm jello!

[L Kamino]

Thanks!  I still have to glue it back onto the armor.  Learning lots!

[Rejean]

I was thinking, you should not glue it back on, when I pack up my bin, the belt and ring, being attached to the armour, is the only thing that does not fit in my bin well.

[L Kamino]

You know, I didn't think of that.  How do you secure the top part of the armor pieces together if the belt is unattached?

[DarthValkyria]

Woohoo! Another female Revan! These look awesome.

[L Kamino]

Yes!  There's a few of us now!

[L Kamino]

Photo links replaced with Flickr images.

Edited July 13, 2023 by L Kamino