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yep, i will be attempting to build a darth malgus suit from the up coming game, the old republic. after seeing some things at comic con, and getting my mind racing, i have decided to start this one. he has been in the planning stages for months now, so i decided to proceed. here are a few teaser shots to get your juices flowing!




do i decided to start with the resperator first, and here is where it sits now. i started with cardboard, then i will fiberglass over that and then bondo my details. kinda like pepakura, but different.




enjoy!

i love this costume, have though of making it my last 501st costume.

i kept putting it off. it looks like i can use the vader body suit and boots for the base costume. im very suprised no one else has tackled this costume yet. its very cool, and seems like it will be very mobile, unlike vader.

more progress! fiberglass next!

resin is now on, cloth later tonight.

Sweet!

You are a costume machine, Jon. Can't wait to see how this turns out. I'm going to experiment with a couple mediums to see if it helps reduce the sanding duration of these type of props (paper). Gelcoat is one solution, but I have a couple others I want to try out. I hate sanding. LOL

you and me both brother! today i cleaned house, tomorrow i resume on this and revist the hammer prototype suits.

ok, so i picked Darth Malgus back up today and after looking at my referance pics i noticed the front of the resperator was too wide at the base. so i cut it, and added new cardboard in the voids. fiberglass is curing on it now! it looks much better being narrow.

before-



and now-

and here it is fiberglassed up. tomorrow i will start bondo work!

Great work!

Thanks Chris! I did some bondo work today and almost have the face mask smoothed out. Here are a few pics for you!