WIP and feedback on my homemade Darth Revan

[XcrismonP]

So I've decided that I want to do a Darth Revan costume and that I want to design the hardparts myself. So I started in the beginning of the year with modeling the parts and I've printed the mask, chestplate, backplate, abdomen, kidney and vabraces. And now I thought it would be a good idea to share it here to get some feedback and make sure that the parts looks good. I've included pictures of the mask, vambraces, chestplate and abdomen so far. 

I based the mask off of the picture in the crl. I see that the lower part is a bit thicker than the Wicked Armor one. Hopefully it'll still work. The hood is not the one I'm planning to use with this costume. 

 

The vambraces I made in two pieces, but then figured out it would be better to be in one piece, so I merged them together on one side.

 

 

The chestplate on top of the abdomen armor. I haven't painted these parts yet, but they are soon ready to be painted. The images on the crl looks very soft and low quality so I based them on the description rather than the pictures. 

 

 

Here's just a WIP of the mask, so you can see how it looks when not worn. 

 

Hopefully this is good enough so far, but critique is very welcome! And if someone wonders, I will share the files when I know that they are approvable for 501st

[DarthValkyria]

The mask looks rather large in proportions, but detail wise looks good.

 

The lower section of the chest armor (ab section) is not correct. It lacks the separation between the chest and the ab by the soft armor (leather or leatherlike material). It is not a single piece.

[XcrismonP]

Thanks for the feedback! It wasn't that clear from the picture, but the chest armor and the ab is two separate parts. I just put them on top of each other when I took the picture. I'll add the lether part later.

[DarthValkyria]

Got it! 

[XcrismonP]

I have mostly finoshed the front and back or the armor (except the two black leather pices on the sides of the abdomen armor). Next step is to mount them together. Hope this looks good enough

[DarthValkyria]

The rings look very thin in comparison (world be the 2" OD and 1.75" ID side).

 

Without seeing it on to compare, I can't tell on the fabric ribbed areas, but you will want to weather them with a silver dry brush to get the mottled effect they need to be.

 

The armor itself looks good from what I can tell!

[XcrismonP]

Thanks for the feedback! The rings are the closest I could find localy. They are slightly larger than 2'', but I'd hoped that would work. I couldn't find any info on the ID on the CRL, but I do agree that they are thinner than most of the other I could see. 

Also you're right I that need to weather the fabric. Forgot to mention that, but that's also on the to-do list. 

If everything else is good then I'm one step closer!

[DarthValkyria]

You're making fantastic progress!

 

Also side note: if you want, I can order the rings you need here and bring them with me on my trip to Norway in a week and a half. I could mail them locally to you once I'm there 

[XcrismonP]

Thank you! 
Yes that would be very helpful if you could bring the ring. Thank you very much for the help!

[XcrismonP]

I put together everything I had done today. Just some few parts more and it's done. Also need to fix the leather part a little so it curves better around me

[Heavy1973]

You did a troop without being in a full suit?   

[XcrismonP]

No I was building it on a stand on a  norwegian "maker faire" , so I put it on to see how it looked. The others in the backround was doing a troop, but I didn't troop with them, they just were there when we took the picture

Edited October 23, 2022 by XcrismonP

[Heavy1973]

That is good to hear - your progress is looking really nice and I can´t wait to see the full suit on. 

[XcrismonP]

I put the whole thing together, and its mostly done! Need to do some minor tweaks, like fixing the straps that holds the armor up, and fixing the leather sections so they don't popp out like they do now. But I'm soon there now I hope!

Edited November 1, 2022 by XcrismonP

[XcrismonP]

After having done some fixes to the costume I now got approved! This weekend I also have had my first troop at the norwegian Spillexpo, which have been awesome so far. Thank you so much for the help! 

[Heavy1973]

Congrats on both approval and first troop, welcome to the Legion   

[XcrismonP]

Thank you very much! I'm so hyped for this!