Re: Jobe's mkV build. 1 week till deadline !!!! <weathered, still fitting>
Well good news, we got over the line with both outfits, I just spent 2 days in mine, and it survived almost completely intact. I made a couple of tweaks from day one to day two, I made a makeshift 'holster' with some webbing and a press stud just so I would have somewhere to hang the pistol while I needed my hands free. After day 1 I had some sore swollen lumps on the tops of each shoulder where the chest sat, so for Day 2 I made a shoulder-neck pad to go under my undershirt and that made a world of difference (should have padded the torso to begin with).
I now have a few minor repairs to make by next weekend for a small event we are going to at a store with other costumers. I got a foot stepped on which gave me a little crack in one boot, and I will have to go over all of my strapping joins etc to make sure they are still secure.
We got an awesome picture at the 'Empire' stall in front of their backdrop, talked to Abby Darkstar and Keith Zen (awesome guys! I can't stress enough how nice they were), hung around with a local costuming organisation and photobombed the 501st Legion. Also saw many other great costumes, the quality locally is definitely on the rise. Also a lot of Halo, I think we saw about 4 different people in rubies' (hard to tell each apart to count them) 2 ODST's (impressive work guys if you are here) and another local group RHD armoury with their awesome spartans and mass effect outfits, not to mention their stunning 'Rescue' pepper pots
I wish I had pictures of it all to post but I just didn't the fingers or free hands to operate the phone or camera for the whole weekend. I did manage to get on the OZ Comic Con facebook page in costume with Jedi Shayla Jaste
https://www.facebook.com/OzComicCon
So yeah pretty happy that they came out so well so far, still not technically finished so watch this space for more progress