Armored Jedi

[chase]

This was one of the costumes from Dragon*Con that I wore.

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll125/chaseouimet/Dragon%20Con/DSC03312.jpg

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll125/chaseouimet/Dragon%20Con/DSC03314.jpg

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll125/chaseouimet/Dragon%20Con/DSC03320.jpg

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll125/chaseouimet/Dragon%20Con/DSC03335.jpg

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll125/chaseouimet/Dragon%20Con/DSC03337.jpg

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll125/chaseouimet/Dragon%20Con/DSC03339.jpg

Whatcha think? I've got another costume that will show up here once I get the pictures from a friend.

[Mazarill Slay]

Sweet I saw you around... I can't find a good picture of me right now unfortunately.. hhmm....

[Koda Vonnor]

This was one of the costumes from Dragon*Con that I wore. ..
...and it rocked large, Chase.

Armored Jedi unite!
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m305/Koda_Vonnor/DragonCon_2008/DC08060.jpg
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m305/Koda_Vonnor/DragonCon_2008/DC08247.jpg

~ KV

[Donnovan Sunrider]

I love the look of Jedi in armor, and have since I first saw Tales of the Jedi. That's my favorite era, long before the Jedi got complacent and wore armor and held their sabers in sheathes like weapons. Not dangling like keys or clipped like a cell phone. :p

[chase]

This is what I wore the rest of the time. This is me with Darth Maliss. Cannot get a good look at the costume, but will have better pictures soon. Just wanted to show off because I liked the pictures.

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll125/chaseouimet/DSC03367.jpg

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll125/chaseouimet/DSC03368.jpg

[Mazarill Slay]

Koda is that you? if so I saw you at DC kinda talked to you a bit asking who you were (until i read the forced unleashed book :P)

Also saw Darth Maliss me and him chilled a bit

[chase]

Maliss was a very cool guy. How did your skit go Koda? I didn't get to make it...

[Mazarill Slay]

Yeah he was. Nice considering how evil he looked...

[chase]

He defenately had the "Sith" look down. Very good poses. One of the best I've seen actually. A lot of people have a Sith costume, but they rarely have the "look".

[Mazarill Slay]

Yeah mine wasn't done completely so I looked bad.. lol

[chase]

If I saw a picture of you...I think we could all give an opinion on how you looked. I believe I saw you around...black and gray colors with a double bladed saber, right?

[LordMasoch]

I couldn't help it. I had to. It was perfect. :)

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/laneatomic/DSC03368_edited.jpg

[Angelus Lupus]

Hehe, so I'm not the only one who couldn't resist rotoscoping that picture :D

[LordMasoch]

I'm not extremely happy with the way it turned out, but that's because of the giant white hole in the center of the picture. :P

[Angelus Lupus]

Yeah, my usual 2 minute technique in Paint Shop Pro didn't work because of that, so I used GIMP with lightsabre rotoscoping plugin:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/AngelusLupus/Lupus-projects/Image47.png

[Drichar Deis]

Sweet job there Angelus!

[Angelus Lupus]

Thanks DD, I think the finishing touch was roto-ing a small circle where the sabers meet and using the plugin's flare option to get a nice clash (that subtle ring of light you can see there).


EDIT: Hmm, seems like I missed out the lens flare, I'm updating the image link. I think It's better wth the flare, what do you think?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/AngelusLupus/Lupus-projects/Image47-1.png

[Mazarill Slay]

Nah chase this was me..

http://a122.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/89/l_ca5dd1d6ae2bb9bdf553e8bc99b60271.jpg
God thats a bad pictures.. the dumb photographer didn't give me a bloody chase.. and normally the paintball mask is on my face I just had it down cause I was dieing of heat this was after the parade

[chase]

Oh ok! I believe I saw you around. I remember the mask...

Thanks for the rotos fellas. I got someone on the force-fx site to do one for me too. I like the ones you guys did better...shh don't tell anyone I said that. Those guys tend to put too much flare on the sabers.

Green saber for me btw...I know you didn't know...just informing! Haha!

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll125/chaseouimet/ValoVSMaliss2.png

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll125/chaseouimet/ValoVSMaliss1.png

I knew the big white hole would be hard to work around!

[Mazarill Slay]

Yeah I am rebuilding it due to I lost that one and that one carved my face up :P

[chase]

Rebuilding the mask? Spppfftt....check this out dude.

http://www.xtremedesignfx.com/horrorscifi.htm

Go to the rebreathers. You can get them in different colors and since they are latex, they are nice to the skin. Those things are awesome.

[Mazarill Slay]

Lol its a paintball mask cut up :P

Though.. that is really sweet....

[chase]

A paintball mask couldn't be much more expensive....

[Mazarill Slay]

Very true...

I think I might just get it :D

[Angelus Lupus]

Green saber for me btw...I know you didn't know...just informing! Haha!


Easy enough to fix. I've updated the link on the second pic, now you have a green saber. :)

[vamphunterx]

I saw all of you guys there are Dragon*Con, awesome costumes. I was one of the few black Jedi there on friday night, had a green K2 sinktube saber. If anyone remembers seeing a black Nero(from Devil May Cry 4), that was me. Mazarill Slay, I believe I was talking to you about your lightsaber in the lobby of the Hyatt.

[chase]

I talked to a few people about my lightsaber actually...There were so many people there that the senses go on overload at times. A black Nero though...should have remembered that...

[Mazarill Slay]

Yeah I remember now actually vamphunterx we did talk for a bit. :P

[VeggieJedi]

A paintball mask couldn't be much more expensive....

depends what make of paintball mask, they vary from about £20-£60 and they are all very different, some are hard and some are soft, some you can breath in some you cannot... :grin:

[Mazarill Slay]

The one I have cost like $15 it is a flexible hard plastic.

But I am very much so considering buying the smaller latex rebreather....

[Darth_DevilGuy]

The one I have cost like $15 it is a flexible hard plastic.

But I am very much so considering buying the smaller latex rebreather....


the one you have now looks more imposing...

[Mazarill Slay]

To bad I lost it at dragoncon..

I might have another of the same kind somewhere :P

[Jedi Ranger]

Here is my latest armoured Jedi, a custom Jedi General in Clone Wars armour. The first pic was from the promotional advanced viewing of The Clone Wars movie (a week before official release). The second pic is from the official release day of the movie. That day, I decided not to wear my latest lightsaber holster again (as seen in the first pic). Unfortunately, the third pic barely shows the pain-staking battle-damage and scoring that I applied the day before the official release. :(

http://sites.google.com/site/jediranger/Home/custom-jedi-general-photos-1/KrisnRaelyn_cropped_800tall.jpg

http://sites.google.com/site/jediranger/Home/custom-jedi-general-photos-1/Clonewars010_cropped_800tall.jpg

http://sites.google.com/site/jediranger/Home/custom-jedi-general-photos-1/Clonewars012_cropped_800tall.jpg

[Mazarill Slay]

Looks saweet!

[chase]

Where did you get the gauntlets? Those are sweet. I ordered some vinyl stickers like yours, but they didn't arrive in time to put them on the shoulder pieces.

[Donnovan Sunrider]

Very nice indeed.

I still have to get used to having an official Jedi symbol. We didn't have anything of the sort for so long, now to have one ret-conned in is kinda jarring.
At least it's a good looking logo.

[swear000]

boots...man boots are awesome...they make or break sci-fi costumes.

[Mazarill Slay]

I have to agree.. boots are sweet

[Donnovan Sunrider]

And a pain in the posterior. I've been looking for decent boots that don't cost a small fortune for years.
What kind of boots are those Terek?

[swear000]

you should get these guys to join your squad

[Mazarill Slay]

boobies....

[chaos]

boobies....

Sigh... there was no need for that. That was abit childish don't you think!!!

[Obi-Dar Ke-Gnomie]

you should get these guys to join your squad


Ummm... Look again. I think those aren't guys... ;)

Cool costumes though. :D

[Mazarill Slay]

Eh oh well..

Most of my hobbies my family think are childish.. :/

lol

[Jedi Ranger]

Where did you get the gauntlets? Those are sweet. I ordered some vinyl stickers like yours, but they didn't arrive in time to put them on the shoulder pieces.

I designed and made them myself, from 3mm sintra.

Oh, and that's not a sticker logo! Masking paint job. Up close it actually turned out to have some neat weather/wear effects around the edges when I was finished.

[Jedi Ranger]

And a pain in the posterior. I've been looking for decent boots that don't cost a small fortune for years.
What kind of boots are those Terek?

I ordered those from Carlos Diaz on eBay. They are Capt. Malcom Reynolds (Firefly/Serenity) replicas. I understand that since I bought them 1.5 years ago, Carlos has nearly doubled his prices, almost matching Motor Cowboy. :(

[Donnovan Sunrider]

That makes them even cooler knowing they're Mal boots. :D

[chase]

I like those boots myself. I don't like Diaz though...he kinda screwed me, but thats a different story. The gauntlets are nice. I've been designing a new pair myself out of sentra.

[ThreeQuadFive]

Eh oh well..

Most of my hobbies my family think are childish.. :/

lol

LOL same here.

My wife thinks I'm nuts. Meanwhile she goes gah gah over Wee Forrest Folk figurines :razz:

[Mazarill Slay]

Yay another person with a normal family!!!!

[LordBane21]

lol i wish i lived near ppl who are into this as much as me. but sadly no. i am all alone in this. no one to duel with or go to dragoncon or anything. everyone here thinks its stupid :cry:

[Darth_DevilGuy]

my mom rolls her eye's at me and then goes back to collecting buttons, thats right, buttons, those little things you sew onto clothing to hold pieces together...

[chase]

You have to get people into it! I started as the only person with a luxeon saber in my town, now there are 4 of us. Took a couple years...but they are here.

[LordBane21]

lol.

Back to the Armored Jedi. I found a pic. of an idea.

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/picture.php?albumid=31&pictureid=312

[kinchar bamin]

hey i used to live in tenesee, lol. ofcourse that was ages ago and i think my friends dad had a luxeon...

[Drichar Deis]

That strikes me as dirt bike / scrambler armour, might be an avenue to look at?

[Mazarill Slay]

You could easily do that with a dirtbike chest protector, just would have to do some apoxy work

[Darth Lars]

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/picture.php?albumid=31&pictureid=312
Imperial Knight armor, painted grey?

Btw, which Jedi have been seen wear armor (apart from the Imperial Knights) ?
I can count:
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Anakin Skywalker
- Plo Koon
- Rahm Kota

Any more?

[Donnovan Sunrider]

Gobs of them in the Tales of the Jedi era.

[annon]

Jedi Lord Hoth and every other Jedi that fought at the battle of Ruusan.
Oh and Quinlan Vos (some times);)

[chase]

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jedi_armor

Check it out.

You can also buy sheets of PVC sentra for armor. I've drawn out designs and cut and shaped it with a dremel. Not too hard to do, just takes some practice.