Storm Trooper Gala Uniform Approved Sheath

Zuluninja

Zuluninja

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So, the Vader's 7 stock sheath went thru almost the same process as Yoda's 10: this time the liner was kept and a kydex "collar" was glued to it; the snaps were removed and a Vader tag was riveted to the pocket flap:

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the I realized it didn't look as good as Yoda's. While the 10 has the alliance symbol in red, it's a perfect match for the red kydex:

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not so much with the 7; the imperial symbol in white plus a white lanyard kinda clashes with the red liner. Hindsight is 20/20 and I should have used a black piece; oh well. Time to make a sheath! So I ordered a sheet of white kydex. I had this idea that I drew a while ago but hadn't done of a "fingered" frog for a kydex sheath. Time to get busy then. After the kydex was molded/trimmed/drilled and I was satisfied with the retention, it was time to play with leather. A piece of veg-tan was cut and fitted, drilled, riveted, dyed and sealed. I am really satisfied with the result:

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I can picture a trooper or Vader walking down an aisle with this strapped to the belt as the Imperial March plays on :D

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nah, Fett would like his in OD green...which reminds me I did get some OD kydex, wonder what will I use it for... let's see, there is Yoda's 10 and Vader's 7...all the other beckers have nice pants; the 15 & 16 are on the top of the wishlist, so maybe the 15 will be Bobba's backup? sounds like a plan!
 
I'm a big Star Wars fan from my youth, and I gotta hand it to you - that looks both 70's sci-fi retro and modern simultaneously, which is to say, seriously cool. Very creative, and great design chops. And I couldn't agree more: Fett's would hafta have blaster scars and space trash camo and probably be carried special ops style on the chest, handle down. Just a thought.
 
granite, that's definitely food for thought! I think Monday will see me pushing the "order" button for a 15 :thumbup:
 
I do like the leather over Kydex. That does look really good.

But I think for the Imperial Stormtroopers (Death Star duty) you should have done a pancake and just left the white Kydex alone with white rivets. Then you could have added white scales with black hardware to a black blade (That would be super hot). Stormtroopers are all about functionality....which unfortunately gives way to....blandness.

Don't get me wrong, the leather does gives it some style which you did great with and would be absolutely perfect for Boba Fett (to compliment his Wookie scalps with some Wookie leather). However, leather is uncharacteristic for Stormtroopers.

Still nice though +1
 
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lol. I DID think of making a pancake. But I had this pattern in my mind since last year and for some lazy reason hadn't gotten around to do it. I guess I was thinking more Vader than trooper or adding something white to the leather but after I finished the stain, seal and wax it just looked right with nothing on it. White scales would be super hot! I have not tried to make white micarta as the 3M fiberglass will pretty sure give it a dull, not-so-white color, but it might be worth a try.
 
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lol. I DID think of making a pancake. But I had this pattern in my mind since last year and for some lazy reason hadn't gotten around to do it. I guess I was thinking more Vader than trooper or adding something white to the leather but after I finished the stain, seal and wax it just looked right with nothing on it. White scales would be super hot! I have not tried to make white micarta as the 3M fiberglass will pretty sure give it a dull, not-so-white color, but it might be worth a try.
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Yeah, I agree. White micarta would not work. You'd have to paint the scales or get some white grivory. Come to think of it, if you painted the scales white and then let the paint flake off naturally then that would be awesome.

Still a great job with the leather and kydex!
 
nah, I'm not gonna mess with the scales as I carved out that symbol and it was a lot of work. Maybe later I could mess around if I find something I like.
 
thanks peeps. And Nikki I don't know if I should thank you or blame you... I had no clue what did "so say we all" meant until you wrote it on the quote for a becker thread and I googled it...now finishing season 3 on Netflix! dang that series is good.
 
zuluninja said:
thanks peeps. And Nikki I don't know if I should thank you or blame you... I had no clue what did "so say we all" meant until you wrote it on the quote for a becker thread and I googled it...now finishing season 3 on Netflix! dang that series is good.
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I'm re-watching it as well. Great series. It's Frackin' cool.
 
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