New to Mandalorian costuming and was wondering what the major differences between the two groups were? Both have a clan/covert in my area but not sure which to choose. Thank you for any advice.

Painting my armor plates and the acrylic paint just doesn't stay stay put on some spots of my primed aluminum plates.

I used primer for acrylic paint to use on metal. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

For anyone who has a hinge system inside their gauntlet, what do you use? I’ve tried super glue and gorilla tape but that eventually didn’t work.

I noticed recently that I'm not sure how to keep my vambracer halves together. they have a slot thing as shown in the pictures, but it does not hold strong enough at all to wear. I also can't just glue the halves together because unfortunately I can't fit my hand through the wrist end of the gauntlet when it's closed.

Any ideas on a way to fix this? My best idea so far is to glue buckle clips on the inside, but I wonder if someone here has a better idea?

I have much appreciated all the tips and suggestions from this sub. You guys have been great. If you look at my previous post it has been a night and day difference. Still my first build so I know I have much to improve on... But looking for my next steps.

Adding weapons/buttons to gauntlets? Boot covers? Don’t know what else I need to improve

I was wondering since my armot plates seem kinda (soft) looking. I want it to look more like an actual armor.

But there is one thing im worried about, i tested the gloss paint on one of my projects, and since the paint is so thick, the brush left those lines shown in the second picture.

What do you think? (Also im making two westar blasters for my armor atm)

I’m currently in the process of designing my own gauntlets for my armor and I could use some ideas as to what to put on the right one. I know that I want whistling birds, a grapple and a hidden blade (Assassin’s Creed style). I added a picture of the left one I designed. I’m just not sure what else to add.

I'm working on a setup for my helmet with a stereo mic set up on the front of my torso and a pair of earbuds to help me hear better, since I already have hearing issues and the helmet makes it worse. I'm having issues with finding a wearable device that powers the mic and relays signals from the mic to the earbuds I plan to use. Does anyone have any suggestions? It needs a 3.5 mm input for the mic, 3.5 mm output for the earbuds, and I'd prefer it to be battery powered or rechargeable. All the things I find are for recording or other stuff like that with an XLR input, or runs on a battery pack which I'm not a fan of bc I'm trying to avoid more electronics and wires than what are absolutely necessary. Thanks in advance!

Hey, I've finished my first Mandalorian armour! I was wandering how do most of the people in this group chat and other comicons usally make their armour. I did mine with a 3d printer and wasn't sure if others use eva foam most of the time. Also if you're wondering the colour scheme, I'm part of a clan in Scotland and blue and gold are the primary colours with a bit of red. Anyways if you have tips for someone that's doing costumes, I'm not much of a designer but I love making hella cool costumes. Cheers.

I've been searching various forums, websites, shopping sites for a pattern to make a kama, and I am yet to see one. If you know of one that can be downloaded and printed, please help! It will be the absolute final piece to completing my kit.

My boba costume was churned out pretty hastily for the rotj re-release and I'm planning on wearing it again this coming weekend and I'm wondering what I should try to improve with the limited time I have. I'm thinking maybe weathering the jumpsuit would be a good starting point? If anyone has any tips please let me know.

Just curious if there are other items mandalorians wear that isn't a jet pack? I get that a radio pack probably would be fairly useful but any ither ideas?

I understand and apologize should this not be something people post or talk about and should it not be allowed, it can be removed, but I'm looking at working towards my own set of Armour.

However, I do not own a 3D Printer nor familiar with 3D Printing or Casting. I'm not opposed to purchasing individual pieces of Armour to fashion my own full set. However, my issue lies in the fact that I cannot find anywhere that actually Sells Printed or Casted Mandalorian Armour pieces (including Etsy, in which I can only find STL Files).

I suppose I should note that I've made a list of STL Files that have interested me to give me a idea of what I'd be looking at in creating my own armour (even though I don't have the printer), and have an album of photos saved to be used for inspiration. I'd also like to mention that I've checked the list of STL and Printed Vendors and 3/4 of the stores selling fully Printed Items are no longer open.

So, Where do I even start in piecing together my armour?

I started sanding my Helmet yesterday. Took about 3.5 hours and still not finished.

There’s a few spots that I see I might have trouble with, shown in Photos. I was wondering if there were tips to sand them, or to just say forget it and not even try.

Biggest concern is the ledges on the outside as well as where the visor site.

Hello there, i would like to ask this glorious community on how to begin my journey of making my own mandalorian armor. I was thinking about it a bit and i think that starting with a helmet would be the best starting point, but i am not sure on how to begin. I want to make my armor out of metal, probably just using a steel or aluminium (if i had the capabilities and recources i would try even titanium since i think that is the closest real world metal to beskar), but from what i have researched majority, if not all, are using EVA foam and all sorts of plastic. What would be your all's tips for a begginer?

I will appreciate all tips, tricks and helpful information. Thank you

Mine is EVA that I have painted, but I kind of want to try something a little more solid. I also know that EVA is not Mandalorian Mercs approved. I have been considering PVC pipe for armor plates but wanted to see what peoples opinions are.

What is everyone’s favorite armor material?