Okay, I'm totally geeking out and very few people will actually know what the hell I'm talking about

[DarkTirade]

but I've just started making a set of Mandalorian combat armor.

The head of the local Mando 'clan' just accepted me into their group, now all I need to do is finish the armor and send pics to the main Mando group for approval. (I say 'all' I have to do, but since I've barely started it's quite a bit to do.)

It's a silly, geeky thing. But it's totally awesome.

In that geeky sort of way that I like. :)

[Xipe Totec]

1. Youre' right!

:shrug:

[DarkTirade]

7. It's a particular kind of armor...

... from Star Wars. :)

[Xipe Totec]

11. Can you translate that to Diablo II armor?

Or Never Winter Nights?

Or Command and Conquer, the Generals Zero Hour?

Sorry, different universes...

[DarkTirade]

12. I've only played the first three levels of Diablo II

and none of the other three you mentioned. Sorry. :)

[LostinVA]

2. Good for you!

SCA or Indie?

[DarkTirade]

8. Star Wars nerds.

Although there is a local Amptgard (sp?) group in the area if I decide to finish my leather/chainmail armor. :)

[AlCzervik]

3. if you make a Atomic compression bomb post a pic!

[DarkTirade]

9. I don't think I'd make anything bigger than a thermal detonator.

... yet. :)

[mainegreen]

4. Dude, half the lounge will get this.

Everyone here is a nerd.

[DarkTirade]

10. Yeah, but they're not all Star Wars nerds.

:)

[rug]

5. Di'kutla.

[DarkTirade]

6. Hey, watch your language when you're talking to a ge'verd.

:P

[SoxFan]

13. I knew exactly what you were talking about

My Geek Card (with Dork endorsement) is still valid...

Here's your reward, by the way:

[DarkTirade]

19. You, sir, win the internet. :)

[flvegan]

14. Nice post, Boba Fett.

I looked it up. I otherwise had no clue what the hell you were on about.

[DarkTirade]

20. I sense the Google is strong with this one.

[TCJ70]

31. For real! Anyone with half a brain knows...

...that Boba Fett's armor wasn't made from Mandalorian Iron, but either Duraplast or Durasteel!

[DarkTirade]

32. Mandalorian iron is hard to come by these days.

:P

[Jamastiene]

15. I love you.

:hug:

[DarkTirade]

16. I know.

:)

:hug:

[Skittles]

17. I specialize in kicking geek ass

lemme at you

[DarkTirade]

21. But you forget... its we nerds who take martial arts instead of doing sports.

:)

[Skittles]

27. well I kickbox

I WILL KICK YOUR ASS :D

[DarkTirade]

34. Hmm... maybe I should add some armor plating there...

:P

[BarenakedLady]

18. Ha Ha

Geek!

[DarkTirade]

22. And proud of it!

:P

[BarenakedLady]

23. I'm going to make a GEEK sign

and stick it to your back.

[DarkTirade]

24. ... yeah, I think everybody already knows.

:)

[BarenakedLady]

25. Not EVERYONE

But they will....oh yes they will...

*cackle*

[DarkTirade]

26. Well, if I end up getting some EL wire for my lightsaber blades

then I could probably rig up some kind of illuminated sign, kinda like a temporary florescent one. :)

[quakerboy]

28. cool

What materials are you using?

[DarkTirade]

29. I'm going the fiberglass and resin route.

It may take a little longer and involve a bit of work, but I really don't have a good place to do any heat molding of plastic or anything like that. Nor do I have the equipment for actual metal. :P

Although that would be incredibly awesome.

I have some big ideas for later on, i.e. adding electronics and whatnot. (especially some kind of built-in fan or AC in the right gauntlet or a backpack or something.) But that'll come later. Right now I just want to get the base armor built.

[quakerboy]

36. Awesome

But potentially heavy. Yours is probably the wiser choice. Particularly since neither seems to do much good against a light saber, and people with blasters generally cant hit the broad side of a barn anyway.

[DarkTirade]

38. Funny that you should mention the lightsaber bit...

Since I first got into making props and whatnot back in '02 or '03 when I discovered that you could make a prop lightsaber out of parts from Home Depot, I decided to incorporate that into my costume. So I'm going for a 'jedi hunter' specialist. A few lightsaber trophies hanging on my belt. A triple barreled blaster on my left wrist, since the best someone with a lightsaber could block would be two in a straight line. And, most importantly... veins of cortosis ore on the armor to short out lightsabers. :evilgrin:

Yes, I'm a nerd. :)

[MrScorpio]

30. Nice post, Boba Fett

[DarkTirade]

33. Heh... somehow I think I'm going to be getting that a lot.

:)

[BreweryYardRat]

35. Not much point to doing that until the real world develops personal starship technology.

With modern technology, you could probably rig a low-end version of the accompanying equipment, assuming Boba Fett's gear was fairly close to whatever the Mandalorians had -- I stopped keeping up with the Star Wars EU years ago. Wrist-mounted rocket launcher (assuming you could scrounge a Gyrojet system, fix the flaws in the original Gyrojet design, convert it appropriately, AND keep the government off your back), short-barreled shotgun substituting for a sawn-off blaster, jetpack (could do something with fans or compressed air), that gadget Fett had in ROTJ that wrapped Luke up in a cable, etc...

But without a personal starship, loaded to the gills with weaponry, you'd be missing half the fun of the Authentic Mandalorian Experience. ;) :P /whimsy

[DarkTirade]

37. Very true. Half my fun is being held up until somebody figures out antigravity repulsors.

:(