Spring time Challenge

Very cool idea. I've never thought to make accessories out of paper. Went looking to see what others have been doing and found a lot of neat ideas. Don't know what scale these are made to but they are apparently all-paper constructions.

shazzdan wrote:Very cool idea. I've never thought to make accessories out of paper. Went looking to see what others have been doing and found a lot of neat ideas. Don't know what scale these are made to but they are apparently all-paper constructions.

Very cool looking items.

Wow. Those two dresses are really well done.

I keep meaning to do this! I’ve got plenty of ideas! XD

Lynkhart wrote:I keep meaning to do this! I’ve got plenty of ideas! XD

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

Thought it was impolite to not accept Bad Wolf's challenge so here is my first attempt at paper armour. This style of armour is known as a "tube and yoke" cuirass and was popular in the Aegean, Mediterranean, and Middle East for a period of around 500 years during the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman Republican periods.




This one is made from a paper shopping bag.

Nice work, shazzdan. I was thinking along the same lines. While simple, it is a very effective illustration of how that type of cuirass worked, and a great way of explaining it.

That turned out pretty nice, shazzdan. Nice job.

Thank you shazzdan for accepting my spring time challenge it is much appreciated, mighty fine looking paper armor and indeed and a great way of explaining it.  

Well, shoot...

That turned out pretty damn well.

Excellent job.

@Bad Wolf, googling brought me here.
I'm thinking of getting an armored SHI and i hope you don't mind me asking questions:
1. What is the skintone of the body? (described as "tan" on one ebay listing). Is it the "old suntan" like S12D?
2. Does the Shi red costume stain the body/arms/legs? (since i want to use the "tan" body for another figure).
Thanks!

Rollo, I can answer the first question: Tan is the yellow/orangish skin tone they used to make, but no longer do — it’s neither Old Suntan or Pale, and matches very few head sculpts — some of the Kumik sculpts, and some of the early Super Duck sculpts will work, however.

(How the Hell did auto-correct/auto-fill think when I typed “Kumik”, what I really meant to type was “aluminum”...?! I’m serious, whatever tech-dick came up with auto-correct/auto-fill needs to be cut with razor blades and fed to a pool of ravenous sharks.)

I'll accept your challenge to make some cardboard armor, after all I get carton board for free from Sams, just gotta ask nicely and walk out of the stores with a few rolls of the stuff.

Stryker2011 wrote:Rollo, I can answer the first question: Tan is the yellow/orangish skin tone they used to make, but no longer do — it’s neither Old Suntan or Pale, and matches very few head sculpts — some of the Kumik sculpts, and some of the early Super Duck sculpts will work, however.

(How the Hell did auto-correct/auto-fill think when I typed “Kumik”, what I really meant to type was “aluminum”...?! I’m serious, whatever tech-dick came up with auto-correct/auto-fill needs to be cut with razor blades and fed to a pool of ravenous sharks.)

Yeah it looks very "orangey" in the pics, looks like the skintone is similar to TBL S05 (Shu Qi).
Will check out Kumik sculpts, like the Kumik S16-21B head (on Jiaou brown body) that Martian posted on the OSW colour matching thread.
I appreciate the info, thanks!

I also can't stand auto-correct/auto-fill, have it turned off on every device.

Here's my cardboard armor, a mandalorian inspired style of armor made out of carton board, I added some stuff in aurebesh just for fun.



I made the armor last night but took the photos today.

rollotomasi wrote:@Bad Wolf, googling brought me here.
I'm thinking of getting an armored SHI and i hope you don't mind me asking questions:
1. What is the skintone of the body? (described as "tan" on one ebay listing). Is it the "old suntan" like S12D?
2. Does the Shi red costume stain the body/arms/legs? (since i want to use the "tan" body for another figure).
Thanks!

Not a problem but unfortunately I don't have any good answers for you, I was thinking it was the old suntan skin tone but it doesn't look like it.

I've never had her outfit off so I don't know, I'm sorry that I've could have been of more help.

Stryker2011 wrote:Rollo, I can answer the first question: Tan is the yellow/orangish skin tone they used to make, but no longer do — it’s neither Old Suntan or Pale, and matches very few head sculpts — some of the Kumik sculpts, and some of the early Super Duck sculpts will work, however.

(How the Hell did auto-correct/auto-fill think when I typed “Kumik”, what I really meant to type was “aluminum”...?! I’m serious, whatever tech-dick came up with auto-correct/auto-fill needs to be cut with razor blades and fed to a pool of ravenous sharks.)

Thank you for the help on this one it's much appreciated.

Theboo-bomb wrote:Here's my cardboard armor, a mandalorian inspired style of armor made out of carton board, I added some stuff in aurebesh just for fun.



I made the armor last night but took the photos today.

Great looking armor, he looks good.