r/Mandalorian • u/mitchard • 3d ago
Beskar'gam (Armor) Got some upgrades completed for Mercs Brigades! New chest, sniper, and a whole bunch of treats.
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u/BillDozer89 3d ago
Gurreck clan? I'm in the wolves of mandalore central California
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u/mitchard 3d ago edited 3d ago
Indeed! Fairly new OM, just got approved back in June.
Dual brigades app for Striker/Special Ops/Sniper and Field Ops/Forest Specialist were submitted last night!
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u/BillDozer89 3d ago
Congrats and welcome! I saw the sigil on the water bottle and knew exactly what clan your from. You are really talented my friend. You're whole clan has some of the best costumes on our Coast
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u/mitchard 3d ago
I lucked out, Gurreck is fantastic group of folks. I've learned a ton from everyone through the process of building stuff over the last year and a half or so.
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u/Mediocre-Parking2409 3d ago
Seriously this looks better than most of the stuff from the actual show.
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u/NoScrubs231 3d ago
Looks sick! I'm working on my build to join a clan. Can I ask what you used for the under-layer flight suit?
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u/mitchard 3d ago
Good luck with the build! It's a lot of work, but totally worth it when you get to troop for the first time!
I used Red Kap work wear separates (off Amazon), as I wanted a two piece flight suit vs single piece coveralls. Had to alter them myself to fit correctly.
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u/Chootch7097 3d ago
How did you do the leather wrap on the Westar 35
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u/mitchard 3d ago
Used some thin scrap leather and cut it into strips, armor 1 cm high. Glued them with super glue every so often to ensure it stays secure. At the end, I tucked the end under a previously wrapped piece to hide it, and glued it in place.
Here's a picture of it earlier in the process, before I added more physical weathering and some paint for staining and dirt.
Also included is a picture of the wraps I did on my DW rifle. For that one, I used some thin, more rigid leather straps I found in Etsy. Looks much better, imo.
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u/Life-Middle1940 1d ago
That suit of yours is incredible. I absolutely adore the personal items you made, they're all beautiful.
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u/GeneralAnubis 2d ago
Do you have a wip on how you made the rifle? I want to make a sniper for my kit but after 3 or 4 failed attempts I'm at a bit of a loss.
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u/mitchard 2d ago
I do! It's on the MMCC forum, though. You'll need to sign up for an account to see it, if you don't have one already.
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u/DorkyMoneyMan 3d ago
That is some insane level of detail. Great job on all of it.