Oota goota Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Hi all I've recently been working on a set of tk armour for women. It started off as a bit of a hybrid between the Gentle Giant Jes Gistang statue and my own take on what female stormtrooper might look like. Since then the project has slowly moved more toward a more tk look and less and less like a legacy era set of armour. I started a build thread over on the RPF awhile ago and have had some really useful feedback but I have been encouraged to start a thread here. Now that I'm much closer to completion I thought I would start a thread here to see what people think. Big thanks to Dday and Dionaly for their feedback to date. At this stage the suits at a 1st version/ prototype stage. There are a few bugs I want to work out in order to produce a suit that fits the female form, encourages height in the suit and it not overly bulky. For those who like to see lots of progress pics head over to the rpf http://www.therpf.com/f79/jes-gistang-inspired-female-stormtrooper-armour-206571/ Anyway without further ado here are the first pics of the prototype suits. We had a rubbish camera the first day and a good one the second So the models heights were between 5'8 and 5'11, busts between 37" and 39" waists between 28.5 and 35" and hips between 38" and 41.5". I'm sure the suit can handle shorter/ taller, wider and thinner people. It's definitely a case of custom fitting and trimming. ok NOW without further ado here's the pics: The dlt everyone was holding was a piece of junk I made in a day. It photographs well but it's pretty rough. The helmet that was used is my own sculpt. It didn't look too oversized but I think a slightly smaller helmet is going to work better The changes I am planning on making are: Raise the height of the thigh pieces a bit change the ab detail to a tk look put a bit of curvature in the backplate and improve the cog look at adding a small codpiece bit to the groin plate possibly change the butt plate to work better with the thigh pieces I'd love to hear any other feedback if anyone has any. Fire away I can cope with C & C After I've got the armour working I'm going to start work on the helmet form. Cheers oota 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oota goota Posted June 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 oh yeah I forgot to mention that everyone is wearing the same rough trimmed suit. I basically used ALOT of duct tape and overlapping to make everything fit. Obviously a finished suit would be trimmed and cover strips used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locitus[Admin] Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 That's interesting from a cosplay perspective. But it'll never be 501st approved. I bet you had a lot of fun making it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oota goota Posted June 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 (edited) Hey Locitus yeah it's been a fun project so far! I'm not to worried about approval with this suit the main thing I AM worried about is tackling the helmet I think it will a bit of a challenge to get a suitably proportioned tk looking helmet Edited June 17, 2014 by Oota goota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raintrooper Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Well hellooooo ladies! Armor looks good! I'd love to run into these troopers at a Con! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaps[TK] Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Thanks for sharing! Always cool to see what people are doing and obviously the ladies :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oota goota Posted June 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Well hellooooo ladies! Armor looks good! I'd love to run into these troopers at a Con! ha ha thanks Raintrooper. I'm hoping to have a couple of troopers wearing these at our next convention. Hopefully there'll be lots of salutes Thanks for sharing! Always cool to see what people are doing and obviously the ladies :-) Cheers Slangen I was really happy the way the armour fit everyone, especially given that it's all rough trimmed. More pics soonish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polar Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) Where can I get one of these for me wife? Edited February 10, 2015 by Polar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiltbeerpirate[TK] Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 So happy to see the female geekdom explode. So much more cool stuff for women now! My wife can not only be involved, but WANTS to be involved. So much fun for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oota goota Posted July 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Where can I get one of these for me wife?Hey polar sorry for slow reply feel free to PM me I'm going to be doing a small run of these soon cheers oota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oota goota Posted July 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 So happy to see the female geekdom explode. So much more cool stuff for women now! My wife can not only be involved, but WANTS to be involved. So much fun for the future. Yeah that's cool. My wife is not big SW fan or costumer but really enjoyed wearing the prototype suit I made, it was a lot of fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monique Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Amazing armour! I can't wait until I got enough money to start making one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike1007 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Looks really nice. Good Job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oota goota Posted October 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Amazing armour! I can't wait until I got enough money to start making one! Cheers Monique just posted a new pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oota goota Posted October 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Looks really nice. Good Job. Thanks spike it's been a fun project to work on doing an interpretation of tk armour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oota goota Posted October 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Hey all haven't been back to this thread for a while. Anyway a mate of mine recently bought a gloss black version of the suit and pretty much finished it this weekend. She did a really nice job on the armour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dday[501st] Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Hey all haven't been back to this thread for a while. Anyway a mate of mine recently bought a gloss black version of the suit and pretty much finished it this weekend. She did a really nice job on the armour Looking food! I really like this design! Most of the classic TK details there, just stylized to be more feminine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oota goota Posted October 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Looking food! I really like this design! Most of the classic TK details there, just stylized to be more feminine! Cheers dday! It sits really well on her I reckon, looks pretty natural. I'm about halfway through the helmet form I will EVENTUALLY finish this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oota goota Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Hey all a few more pics over on the rpf http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=206571&page=3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin-X[TK] Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 The armor looks cool. Tam did a great job on her shadow trooper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oota goota Posted November 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 The armor looks cool. Tam did a great job on her shadow trooper.She sure did the armour seems to be fitting a few different body types so far woot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamdasher Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 The armor definitely looks good. I like how it appears functional and doesn't go for the tired trope of trying to over-sexualize female armor. The only thing I see an issue with, from a functionality standpoint, is the boots, which are just asking for a twisted ankle if you ever had to engage Rebel scum in a firefight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madison juliette Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 Not going to lie, I joined this forum for the sole purpose of following this thread. Please please let us know if you begin selling these. I am super interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oota goota Posted December 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 The armor definitely looks good. I like how it appears functional and doesn't go for the tired trope of trying to over-sexualize female armor. The only thing I see an issue with, from a functionality standpoint, is the boots, which are just asking for a twisted ankle if you ever had to engage Rebel scum in a firefight. yeah it's a tricky one. The boots add a lot of height which helps elongate the figure but yeah if you were running around shooting at rebels you'd probably want something flatter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oota goota Posted December 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 Not going to lie, I joined this forum for the sole purpose of following this thread. Please please let us know if you begin selling these. I am super interested! Hey MJ PM on it's way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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