Rex’s Nihilus KOTOR II WIP

[darth cipher]

Hi everyone. It’s been a quick one so far and now I’m thinking of my 2nd costume. It will be interesting to see how it looks and fits when the costume gets here. I got it from WA.

 

A few things I will need to complete this build:

1) Boots - I’ll look for a different black pair since the boots I used before looks too “smart casual” and it has a zipper on the inside. I might look for a pair of boots that is similar to my Revan boots, but this time without the strap 🙂

 

2) Saber - It’s quite challenging to look for an exact replica, especially one that is installed. I messaged Nina about it and end up settling for a standard VV rev-n. It looks similar in form except the pommel is not roundish. I’ll see if I can get someone to manufacture a pommel that looks like what he uses but for now, this will do.

 

3) Voice amplifier/speaker - I plan to use a speaker and pair it with a 5-button sound glove unit and load it with a variety of Nihilus sounds. This is a work in progress while I’m looking for a unit that is slim enough to not look like I have a mass on my chest. 🤣 I’m in the process of cleaning up the audio and will map them out to the different buttons.

 

So many moving parts and I will ask more questions as they come. My question for today is for those who use a soundboard/voice comm, does it sound like you are just trooping with a faulty speaker? I ask because unless people are aware of Nihilus, they won’t appreciate the sound produced. 
 

Thanks in advance and looking forward to completing this build!

 

Rex

[darth cipher]

So far, I’m happy with what I have. Can’t wait for this whole thing to come alive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 3 by darth cipher

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[darth cipher]

I was able to test out the kit last night. I had to fold the skirt and cape so I don't clean the floor everywhere I go. I folded the skirt 2 inches and the cape 4 inches. IDK if folding the skirt at this length was too much and if I should go back to 1 or 1.5 inches instead. Looking at the images in the reference gallery, the skirt seems to be touching the floor (or really close to it) and the cape is hanging just a tad bit higher. CRL states the skirt "reaches nearly to the floor".

 

Any thoughts are appreciated.

 

I was able to hide the speaker underneath the cowl but was too sleepy to take more photos of it so I can do this next time.

 

Sound glove fits nicely under the main black glove.

 

Overall I'm happy with how it looks so far.

Edited April 4 by darth cipher

[Heavy1973]

Very nice work on the sound glove  

The skirt lenght looks fine, as long as it doesn´t touch the floor, and the cape needs to be taken off the floor, it is also not allowed to touch it. 

Your gloves are very long, I know that the CRL states, that they shall reach the top of the midarm, but they look like they go out over your elbow ? 

Perhaps a single fold on them would look better. 

Do remember to wear a balaclava, so no skin is being shown, when you do your approval pictures  

Good luck 

[darth cipher]

Thanks @Heavy1973! I'm happy to hear that the skirt length is good. I will make some adjustments to shorten the cape a little bit more. Thanks for the input!

 

As for the gloves, they end before my elbow, it's kind of hard to see since the shirt wrinkled where it met the gloves. I would be happy to fold them if you imagine this will be an issue.

 

And I completely forgot to wear the balaclava for the pictures I submitted for approval. I may have to redo that 🤣

 

Appreciate it!

[Heavy1973]

Your welcome

Regarding the gloves, if you are satisfied that the gloves are not a nuisance in your elbow joint then it is not something that I consider a problem, was more if they went beyond the joint.

LOL I think we've all tried to forget to put something on when we jump in our suits - I forgot one time to put on my knee armor on my scout, but luckily I noticed it before heading out, and I had put that armor on a million times 😂

 

 I think you´ll need to put in new pics, as this costume will be approved by the Legion MLs  and not by your own GML team, also if your cape on the pics are touching the floor, then it will be pushed back to your GML team for corrections.  

Looking forward to seeing the end result

[darth cipher]

I’ve modified some aspects of the costume based on feedback from @Heavy1973. Thank you!

 

- Skirt: I hemmed the bottom to secure the edges

- Cape: I took off an additional inch and now it no longer reaches the floor

- Gloves: I folded the end once then stitched to secure

- Balaclava: I remembered to wear one this time 😂

 

Updated pictures have been submitted to GML. I hope everything goes well. 🤞🏽 

 

Edited April 12 by darth cipher

[Heavy1973]

That looks so much better  

Good luck 

[darth cipher]

Thanks to my wife... I was able to find a simple solution to the cape drooping off the top and falling around the shoulders. I've secured the cape on top of the shoulders by needling a black thread around 4 inches long from the outer portion of the cape to the inner portion weaving through the gathered parts. The length is obviously something that needs to be tailored to your shoulder width. I did this on both sides. I've attached a primitive illustration of what I did and this is looking at the cape from the person's back. If you have a WA kit, you'll know what I'm talking about. I've tried moving around and it seems to hold up well with minimal drooping. I hope this is helpful to those of you who are consistently fixing their cape. Also, please let me know if you have a better solution. 😁

 

[darth cipher]

Just saw that my legion profile was updated. Nihilus approved! Thank you everyone. And a special thanks to @Heavy1973 for the very useful feedback!

Edited Tuesday at 03:03 PM by darth cipher

[Heavy1973]

You´re welcome - it is what we are here for
Congrats