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WIP - Fleasome's G.I.


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Well my girlfirend and I usually do some sort of paired deals, for instance we both have Tusken Raiders (male/female).  So she decided to do a Jedi Temple Guard and me, while I'm more of a dark sider.  Thus, I am heading down the Grand Inquisitor path now.

There doesn't seem to be much here yet.  I've looked around several of the other forums as well as this one.  Any of you that have started this path have a list of sources, model numbers, amazon links, et cetera for fabric, gloves , boots?  

I've seen the few links for 3D armor, saber (minus blades) and mask.

In regards to the saber, one of the 3D etsy files is basically the circle or half circle guard that you put on a saber.  Any recommendations for the saber that goes between for the bladed version.  I have not done any force sensitive cosplays yet of all the ones I have so I am an absolute nuub to the saber thread.  I have a friend with a Seventh Sister costume that said she started with the double blade but switched to a single as walking a con with 6' of saber ended up in some unhappy kids.

Thanks for any thoughts and advice from all that have finished and merely started this path.

Flea

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Bought  500mmx500mm 3D printer and finally have it dialed in.  Printed first thigh piece and it is looking good.

 

How is everyone attaching these to the costume?  Magnets?  Velcro?

 

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Hello Fleasome,

 

Welcome!  That is so cool that you and your girlfriend are going to troop as Grand Inquisitor and Temple Guard!  [Balancing the Force.]  :-D

 

For quick introduction, I have been working on Grand Inquisitor for Florida Garrison - Everglades Squad.

 

If helpful, to the share some options from the path I have taken:

 

My Grand Inquisitor silicone mask was custom made by Mr. Bungle's FX.

 

My soft parts are by Khloe's Custom Costume Shop.

 

My belt is made by Mr. Kerry Alan Rowntree. 

 

I also have a second belt made by MagMel Creations.

 

My boots are from Imperial Boots.

 

I commissioned JMS Props to make Grand Inquisitor 3D print files for armor and helmet.  [JMS Props has the files available for sale.]  

 

My Squad mate who operates the Plastic Arms Dealer shop will be printing and finishing the armor items for 501st approval.

 

I also have a Grand Inquisitor lightsaber (aluminum/PVC version) in progress with Rebellion Outpost LLC.

 

Hope these suggestions are helpful.

 

Look forward to approval soon!    

 

 

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So far I have printed;

the boots (though may get a lifted pair later as I'm only 5'6"),

  • thigh
  • forearm
  • hand pieces

and have the mask.

 

I have sanded and got the first few coats of black on.  A buddy will be printing imperial stickers for the shoulder pieces as templates so I can spray the logo with paint.

 

QUESTION: Anyone have a particular silver color they picked for the Silver COG?

 

Half way through printing the chest piece the printer had a catastrophic failure.  Took about 2 weeks to get everything figured out and replaced and now I am about 20% into the chest piece.

 

We are starting to look for fabric and begin sewing since I have about 2 weeks left on just the chest piece.  I then need to measure the leg armor with over boot adjustments.  

 

JediDad2011, did Mr. Kerry Alan Rowntree make your belt buckle or just the belt.  I was looking at 3d printing it but if it isn't too expensive and he's already made yours I might buy there.  Contact info???

 

Thanks

 

 

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Been sitting on all armor not sanding as I developed Golfer's Elbow.  6 months later finally back to sanding and such.  I cut a hole in my armor and sized a lens for the chest piece and now need to get some LED.  Anyone think the red lens should be flush or indented?

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Long road....still driving.

 

Already upped the shoulder pieces.  Having issues with 3 piece chest and neck fitment...staying in place but progress.

 

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Had a couple people ask about the armor vendor:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/689844054/the-grand-inquisitor-helmets-and-armor?click_key=58ff4016042404ae4855dbe6f91e2a6f358dac4a%3A689844054&click_sum=547c172a&ga_search_query=inquisitor&ref=shop_items_search_6&frs=1

I am still working on changing things. I had to drastically resize the neck area as it was like a medieval rack torture device. Couldn't move my head much. The first few coats of black on it are now drying so hope to submit when the CRL is updated and the Greaves/Boots issue is fixed.

I did change the STL files on the shoulders to make the COGS physically lift out of the shoulder pieces instead of use a sticker or try to paint them. I have the shoulder pieces printed without the COGS incase that doesn't work as planned.

I cut the original 3D printed Greaves down to just the bottom flare pieces. Waiting on CRL updates to see if that will work or I need to just make leather strips. 

I can finally see some light at the end of the tunnel.

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Got the new shrunken neck done and did a test fit today, pre-flight CON check. I didn't have the helper to get the chest armor quite as tight as I could with a helper but just a pre-flight anyway. Figured out I need to add a cloth or something over the LED's inside the chest or they make the neck glow a little. Working on that after I post this.

Any thoughts on submission at this point?

 

The boot Greaves Update has been not finalized yet so cannot pull the trigger until that is ready. 

 

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That neck looks much better! You still won't have very much head movement, that is just the nature of this costume. Take a read through the CRL, the text was all been updated in February. There is no longer a need for greaves on this costume, ankle rings are perfectly acceptable. The rings can be leather to match the boot or printed as you have them and match the armor. I would suggest wrapping your prints with leather to match the boots. 

 

Your pictures are rather small so it is hard to see some details. I can't tell if you have a neck seal or not for example. It looks like there might be some strange skewing with your imperial cogs. It looks like they are pointed and not circular. I see your earlier post says they are printed cogs so they have a thickness to them, but silver vinyl decals instead would be your best bet for these. The Grand Inquisitor's shirt has only 15 ribs on the front, it looks like you have about 20, but this might be something that would be up to your GML to decide if it will be acceptable. It looks like you still need to add the colors to your neck as well, the flange on top should be grey with a silver pinstripe underneath. 

 

Overall this is looking great! A few quick things to do and I think you'll be ready to submit a really nice costume. And I'm digging the color of your gloves. Those should ideally match the color of the shirt sleeves and finding a good pair of gloves was something I struggled with myself but it looks like yours are a good match. 

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Thanks for the input.

 

(1) Neck Seal - Yes it is there.

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(2) COG Skew

The COG is indeed round, it just looks pointy in the front at certain angles and particularly when the flash bounces off the ceiling and your angle is more from the front, gives a little bit of an appearance of having a slight point. Maybe would of been better and might reprint them with just a tad less 'rise'. It was really my first attempt at modifying an STL.

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 a) sand and/or file that front part a little more and touch up with black to make it appear a little more round from the front view, or b

 b) I did print the same pieces without the included COG, totally smooth so I could put the decal and/or paint it on. I didn't like the looks of the decal as it was difficult to press it on totally smooth on a rounded surface so it to me looked, 'cheap', or c

 c) Print a reverse image COG and paint them on. This process too runs the risk of crinkles.

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(3) 15 vs 20 Ribs on Shirt

The original CRL did not specify 15 ribs when we made the shirt, it gave a width per rib of 1/2" which is what we used. We used a projector with me standing in front of the screen to sketch out how wide to match the cartoon pictures we had from screenshots, used the 1/2" crl setting and did the math which came out to 20 though all the cartoons had mostly 15 give or take and the CRL model was I believe 14. If we've missed the cutoff as we had the delay due to the high neck issue, then we will have to see if we can pull all the stitching, count out the distance and math to drop it down to 15. As a note on the CRL I contacted someone in the CRL Update post a few weeks ago and was told that they new CRL would be updated any time and so this one has only actually be released in the last week or two even though it was verbally approved many months back as you said. Somehow the official trigger hadn't been pulled so maybe we can get a grace period. I started an avalanche after the post and everyone pulled together and updated the CRL. Not sure what a grace period might be but pulling all the stitching might be a bad thing and damage the material but would have to talk to the seamstress.

 

(4) Neck Armor Colors
Again because I stalled out on this for so long due to multiple life, medical and 3D printer issues, I was going off the old CRL and that area was drastically updated in regards to the silver/gray. That is all an easy paint fix so no big deal to do after this weekend. I actually remember having a conversation when I made the first 'too tall' neck piece over a year ago that I thought there should be more gray/silver in there but it wasn't like that in the CRL so I'm glad that was updated. Will make it 'pop' much more.

(5) Greaves
I have some very thin black leather that would match the boots and that would be a pretty simple fix. Would probably make them snug on and conform to the shape of the boot a little better as well.

 

Thanks so much for all the quick input Dan, much appreciated.

 

Lee

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Nice. I do think you're nearly there, really there's not a ton left to do. And again, some of the points I made *could* still be passed by your GML. I'm not saying they should, but an item like 15 ribs vs 20 ribs on the shirt might be something they'd let slide, just have a conversation with them about it. I had the same issues using the vinyl decals you're having too, what I did to fix it was just xacto blade the bubble out and make it a subtle damage/weathering hit. And I totally feel for you about starting and basically finishing a build and having the CRL change on you at the last moment. I had the same happen to me with my Tie Pilot, I finished and before I could submit for approval the CRL updated and there was way more than I wanted to do to update myself. But you're looking great so far and I'm glad you were also able to get that new lightsaber.

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