Ladyghost4459

Congrats to our first Lady Lancer. Good work little one.

Congrats Sentinel.

All of my armor pices have industrial strength Velcro hook & loop attached. The plastic part that grabs is the sticky, glue backed kind on my armor and the fuzzy part (sew in kind) is on my flight suit at the points where I want my armor to sit. It also stays right where it belongs. I always put the fuzzy part on the washable parts of costumes so that it doesn't grab everything else in the wash. With the plastic loop part on the armor it doesn't grab anything but the place where it goes on the soft parts. You may also want to reinforce the glue on the back of the sticky part with GOOP@ since it does not break down with heat. The other glues like hot glue and fabric glue tends to breakdown in extreme heat and humidity. A trial we Floridians have to contend with nearly year round. Your work is amazing.

Toys tend to be far from accurate and toy companies take a lot of creative license. Stick with screen captures and the visual dictionary series for reference. Also if you join Hyperspace, there are lots of great articles with pictures of all things Star Wars in the Star Wars Insider.

SWEET!!!

Suede is a type of leather with a napped finish. However, it can also refer to a similar napped or brushed finish on many kinds of fabrics. The term comes from the French "gants de Suède", which literally means "gloves of Sweden". [1] Suede leather is made from the under side of the skin, primarily lamb, although goat, pig, calf and deer are commonly used. Splits from thick hides of cow and deer are also sueded but due to the fiber nature have a shaggy nap. Because suede does not include the tough exterior skin layer, suede is less durable but softer than standard ("full-grain") leather. Its softness, thinness, and pliability make it suitable for clothing and delicate uses; suede was originally used for women's gloves. Suede leather is also popular in upholstery, shoes, bags, and other accessories, and as a lining for other leather products. Due to its textured nature and open pores, suede may become dirty and absorb liquids quickly. Suede should be cleaned as per manufacturer's directions. Modern tanning improvements have made waterproof and stain-proof suede leather available.[citation needed] Suede is Leather. It is the type of finish.

It looks okay, but it seems a little too body hugging. The flight suit and the other racing suit have some "wiggle " room more like the guys in movie.

Wow!!! Just...wow!!!

I think a lot of pictures got moved with the last server shift and the links were broken. Probably will need to repost the pictures from another location.

Congarats

Monday 2/25 is Ghost's birthday and you are about to knock his socks off with this little treat.

Can't wait to see it in action at a con or an event here in our neck of the woods.

Excellent update and tutatorial Mike. Keep up the good work.

Thanks Mike for the "beloved" part. Good work appreciates acknowledgement and speaking to you yesterday lit a new fire on my ovens too. That is one of the things about this hobby that I love. That there are so many talents out there and touching base here with each other to share our skills and talents. Good people here who for the most part just try to love the hobby not make a mint. You are the real deal Mike and your work speaks for itself. Thanks for the specs and the friendly conversation, one hobbist to the other. I only wish I had your resources to do the kind of things you do. I know you are a garage /cottage artist like myself and supplies and equipment are as we can get them or make do with what we have. The talent is in making it work.

Hey Mike also we are still waiting for the ref pix you were going to send. Pm me and I will give you our home address or you can email pix to my email address digitaldgirl@hotmail.com

The weathering on the boots is okay but to me, without a better closeup of the toe edges, looks a little sloppy, like there is glue runover and the dog bones seem to be placed a bit sloppy and over the edge. On the mud flap, is it retangular or shaped like a five sided hexagon? What is the correct shape? I was under the impression it was supposed to be a wide rectangle. Looks good other than those questions I have. Just MHO

Mike you were well within your rights to loose your temper over the other "drama" going on. You've put hundreds of hours of work together to perform your magic. No one should be able to circumvent your effort for their own gain. I again reiterate the idea of "adoption/no recast" papers for each order. You should also include a marking of some sort out of easy sight to identify your work. It is frustrating to do some much work and be so intimately involved in the work then have someone swoop in and try to profit from your work. You are more than welcomed to have a rant when what you do is besmerched. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I do so hope you make plans for a Labor Day Juncket to Dragoncon in Atlanta this year. Many of us would love to meet you in person.

We can only hope.

It is more like an "Adoption" rather than a sale. If an "adoption" doesn't click then the work goes back to the artist who will find an acceptable replacement. If people didn't buy on impulse, maybe their partners wouldn't make them sell them because they are over extended. Should really be that kind of investment. Not a quick resale up at higher price. '

There are so many opportunist out there and it regularly drives me crazy to see such. I have often been asked for patterns to my work rather than someone just buying one of my pieces and I always say NO. It's like you need them to sign a nondisclosure and a no resale aggreement before you sell them something. There are far too many "wannabees" who aren't really in the hobby, don't want to do the work, just want to lay some cash down and get all bright shiny toys that are at a cutrate and they create the middle guy who rips off other people's work. Sure we are copying Lucas's intellectual property, but from scratch at great personal expense of time and effort, but not just buying his stuff and recasting. You would think the 501st community would be a more devoted group, but there are profiteers here who don't really give a rat's ass about the craftmanship that goes into creating a new and accurate body of work. They just see an opportunity to turn a buck. That's why I am retiring from the softworks too. People forget this isn't a factory it is a "love of the craft."