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Danvers14

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  1. You are doing good work my silver sister! Love seeing your TK in here. That sass can never be mistaken. hahahah
  2. Pride at its very core is about support. It is about representation and a physical vocalization of said support. There are children in this world who are gay or trans and when they see their favorite characters marching alongside them and for them, that must be unspeakably uplifting for them. You talk about this organization being started as a support for sick kids and as entertainment. I think it might be our duty to take it beyond that and use these costumes as a way to stand up against hate and prejudice. You don't have to march in the parade if you feel that's what you have to do. But to say none of us can and that we are wrong to want to do good with something we love and that we've been given permission as a Legion to do? That's sort of defeating the purpose of the group as a whole. Sorry. I don't buy it.
  3. Thank you for this Silver Sister. My love for you and your passion knows no bounds.
  4. Okay so I just got done trooping for the first times this week and am on the hunt for a voice changer that will make me sound more like Phasma. I've found a few threads for the Kylo helmets but haven't seen anything about voice changers for Phasma. Does anyone have any advice on what I could do? I cannot do the accent because of my own actual accent. Even if it was something that made me sound a bit more tinny or deepened my actual voice, that'd be great.
  5. Thank you! She's definitely been an endeavor. There's been so many times where I've cursed myself out for not starting with something simpler. Oh well. She's fun to wear and I got so many hugs from little kids this weekend so that makes me feel good about this whole monster of a project.
  6. Oh man-with all of the other painting? It took a lot more than 40 hours. I actually used some of my vacation time in September just so I could get the bulk of the priming done. I've been clocking the hours and I have them written somewhere in my notebook...Last time I made a point of counting, I think I was up to 200 hours on this costume entirely. Hahah It's got to be worth it, right?! Maybe...
  7. If you'd told me a year ago I would be doing an entire armor like this I would have choked from laughing so hard. I love Phasma so much though, I knew the first time I saw her I was going to do this costume one way or another. And yeah, this is entirely airbrushed. It took me about 40 hours to get it chromed. It was unbelievably tedious. But I just put in my headphones and turned on the Ahsoka audio book and plugged away hahaha. My hope is to get this approved in time for Rogue One.
  8. So I debuted my Captain Phasma this weekend. She's not quite finished-I have to add all of the detail work, finish the fingers and boot plates and tweak the rigging. I also had to do some major work on the thighs and cod piece-the bite was pretty bad and the paint got destroyed on the latter piece. I took about 2 inches out of the thighs and a quarter inch out of the cod yesterday and it fits a lot better. Will start the touch up paint this week. She was really successful with our local kids at the Halloween street festival I went to on Friday. I was also invited to a comic con by the local 501st Garrison-Northern Darkness. It was a lot of fun and a huge honor. I'm really proud of this costume-I've been working on it since April and it's been a great learning process. This is a Jimmi kit, painted with Alclad Chrome. Cape by Jessica Bowyer.
  9. I just have to say thanks Vince-your step-by-step strapping really helped me out! I hope you can get your FO wearable for Halloween! I can't wait to see what it looks like! And if you can, let me know how your garter system works.
  10. Yeah sand it as smooth as you can get it, filler primer, sand some more, fill any dings and pits that you can't smooth out with wet sand with bondo glazing putty, sand, plain primer, sand, filler primer, etc. etc. Hahaha it was a whole thing. The armor I filled with a mix of Apoxie Sculpt, Bondo Filler, Flex Filler, Worbla. It just kind of depended on what piece it was and how bad the damage was.
  11. I'm getting my cape from Jessica this week! So stoked! I'm a decent seamstress but there's no way I'd be able to knock that cape out on my own. It's a beast. And hers look amazing so I didn't have any problem getting one. If you're nervous about the power tools, maybe give it a whirl on the inside of say, the back or chest piece? That's what I did, so I could get used to how it felt and how it moved.
  12. Awesome! Glad to meet ya! And yeah, Vince is right. Hand sanding gets old fast. Especially on the big pieces. Good lord. Hahaha If you can, look up Jessica Bowyer-she's got Jim's Phasma and it's been metalized. It's amazing and she's still trimming and fixing it every time she wears it hahaha.
  13. I've got Jim's Phasma. I'm painting it so not sure about the metalizing. BUT word of caution. The kit is going to need a lot of prep-I've been working on it since July and just got done painting the black undercoat and there's a couple pieces where I can see where I didn't do a good enough job on them. I'd invest in a good electric palm sander. It'll save your hands and save you on time. I've seen a few vacuum metalized kits-not many. Most people don't have the budget for that so paint it is! Which has its own troubles. Are you on Facebook? If so, check out the Captain Phasma Costumers build page and Jim's build page. Great groups of people who can help and there's a few of the metalized kits in the Phasma page.
  14. I've got Jim's Phasma and I've done a mix of Bondo, Apoxie Sculpt and Poly-Flex (a flexible filler, similar to bondo). Apoxie is good for filling in the mirrored bits of the armor (forearm clip locations etc.). Bondo is good for the usual filling stuff. I haven't heard of sludge before tonight so that's cool! Good luck! If you're on facebook, look up his build page. It helps and it's a great group of people who know the kit's quirks and how to work with them.
  15. Like the way you did your thigh suspension system. I'm using clips for mine and so far only have the two straps in the front. Might add some side/rear ones like yours. I'm just not sure how much more trimming I'm going to have to do. Crotch bite is the worst. Looking good sir!
  16. I am currently working on Jimmi's Phasma kit. Officially at the point where I need to figure out the soft parts-a.k.a. belts/rigging/gloves/boots/gaskets. Most of that I have figured out so I'm not too worried (yet). Thing that I kind of want to get figured out soon are her gloves. Jim's kit comes with the awesomely obnoxious C-3PO style finger armor and hand plate. Which is great. It's super flexible and soft and fits my really long yet sausage like fingers perfectly. I just need to figure out what kind of gloves I need. And how to attach the armor to the gloves. I need something semi permanent so I don't lose the armor at cons/troops. Any ideas? Thanks!
  17. Is there a kit for this yet? Love the thought of magnets instead of velcro! Thanks for the videos etc.
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