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Post by The SITH OverLORD on Apr 2, 2007 2:07:12 GMT 8
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Post by Red on Apr 3, 2007 18:07:32 GMT 8
Wow! Somehow, I haven't been receiving notifications from the forum on this thread... I'm surprised at the response! Jumpinjax, your armour rocks, man! Wish I can have those to wear over my inner robe... ;D
I found an old Arabic-style robe, which I dyed a dark red... It was originally white, made from cotton cloth. Apparently, once the robe dried, the red became lighter, and needed a second coat of dye...
These are a pair of cotton gloves, which apparently retained the dye better then the robe. They will be modified to become gauntlet-style gloves.
This is the cloth that will become my outer robe. It's called "koshibo", and it's reasonably light, and droops nicely. My outer robe will be lined with dyed pongee cloth, in a shade similar to the inner robe.
This is a pic of the mock-up on a makeshift mannequin, showing an alternative collar design for the outer robe.
Well, that's all for now! I'll keep you updated...
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Post by kalkamel on Apr 4, 2007 15:06:04 GMT 8
Hey Jumpinjax! Always glad to welcome another RPF member on board! That Crimson Empire armor is lookin' good!
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Post by Red on Apr 5, 2007 18:58:22 GMT 8
Hey Earendil, Wow, where did you get the RG helmet, did you buy it or made it? Its a 'vintage' Don Post RG helmet, and its still 'officially' mine ;D Hehehe... Soon, it will no longer be, my friend... ;D
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Post by The SITH OverLORD on Apr 8, 2007 22:33:25 GMT 8
Thanks for the progress update potential 501st Legion member. Here are my feedbacks on your WIP pics :
1. The COLOR of your Inner Robe in inaccurate and is too LIGHT. I should be at least Scarlet but looks like Rose Pink here. Please DARKEN the color pigment.
2. The COLOR of your Glove / Gauntlets should be Crimson which is the color used by the Royal Guards in SW Ep VI : ROTJ and SW Ep III : ROTS.
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Post by kalkamel on Apr 9, 2007 12:31:14 GMT 8
Peter, I think those gloves are temporary. In his earlier post, there's a pic of the correct colored red gloves (dyed red cotton gloves) which he plans to mod into gauntlets. I agree about the robes though, it should be darker. In my version (or at least my wife's version) the inner robe is maroon and darker than the outer robe. Just my 2 sen.
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Post by kalkamel on Apr 10, 2007 14:41:49 GMT 8
Earendil, you can use this pic of the Gentle Giant Royal Guard statue as reference: Another point to take into consideration is repainting that stock DP RG helmet into a shade of crimson that would match your outer robes. The DP by default is dark maroon and the lenses are red so you might wanna get a piece of smoke acrylic and shape them to fit inside the lid.
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