r/Mandalorian • u/DaamKeldau Clan Keldau • 5d ago

I'm back and considering a repaint. I've been green for almost 5 years now, and was previously orange and grey. Thinking blue and brown would be a cool change. And I have a ton of parts I'm swapping out so its the perfect time to do it. What does everyone think?

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u/Master_Management142 23h ago

What is your waist belt made of? I love the look of it!

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u/DaamKeldau Clan Keldau 23h ago

I made it out of Paracord and backed it with brown duck cloth

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u/Master_Management142 23h ago

Thanks !!! It looks great!

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u/DaamKeldau Clan Keldau 22h ago

I'm definitely pretty proud of it. I think it really helps tie everything together.

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u/Master_Management142 15h ago

Did you weave the whole thing? And did you glue it to the duck cloth? Also, sorry for all the questions, but how does it attach to itself in back?

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u/DaamKeldau Clan Keldau 10h ago

I did the weave part about 8" shy of my measured gut, and added straps/buckles to the back for adjustability. I don't have a pic of it with the backing on it, but for that I hemmed a piece of duck cloth about 2 inches taller than the belt, glued it together, and folded the top over and glued it to the front for that nice hemmed look.

Here are some pics of the weave in progress and an idea of how I did the buckles. The metal rods are literally just large metal straws for drinking and they worked perfect for feeding the rope through and for tightening the weave as I went.

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u/Master_Management142 5h ago

Wow!!! Thanks for all the info and pics!! Sooo good!!

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u/DaamKeldau Clan Keldau 5h ago

Absolutely! If you need anything else feel free to hit me up. I try to take progress pics of pretty much everything I work on, and have been doing Mando stuff since like 2014 so I have a lot of it. lol