Got my armor painted this past weekend an think I now know why most Shadow guards paint there armor matt black an not gloss. But mines gonna be shiny an was a pain to do, but came out fairly well, wet sanding a wonderful thing. Here some pics of it for critique, hope they're close enough. Also anyon...

Those look good, the only cause for concern that I could see wouldl be zipper (if there is one) placement. Zippers should be on the inside of the calf. It clearly isn't there in the picture, so if the zipper is in the back than they probably won't fly. Buuuut, the boot is fully waterproof, which ma...

Welcome to my issue. I'm a size 13 Wide in US. Not a lot of boots in that size for what I need for this outfit.[/quote] You could try any of these, if they're approved. Basically 45, 46, 47 soviet are what you're looking for, what they refer to as chrome officer parade boots. There smoothed sided le...

What about these Stripes? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Soviet-Russian-Parade-Chrome-Officer-Riding-Boots-38-39-40-41-42-43/161416284166?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3D2d242690c4b8484a886ea3925297b187%26pid%3D100005%26pr...

What about these Stripes? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Soviet-Russian-Parade-Chrome-Officer-Riding-Boots-38-39-40-41-42-43/161416284166?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3D2d242690c4b8484a886ea3925297b187%26pid%3D100005%26prg...

LuciousTalvloinne wrote:Triple Velvet or Velveteen is acceptable. Crushed Costume velvet is not.

OK cool, was gonna use triple velvet or velveteen for all of it originally, so that works.

Ok so got all my patterns and everything for the cloak and have a force pike ordered from Cabbagefarmer. Only real question I have is I know my cloaks gonna be velvet front an back per CRL. The CRL however does not state what material should be used for the robe. I had planned to just do it out of t...

Looking at various pics an CRLs for the SG there helmets def look different shapre wise to me, smaller on the sides an bottom. So do most people who do SG just modify a RG helmet or are there SG helmets available out there. Cause if I have to modify a RG helmet that would be a first. Andrew :tr: :s...

Looking at various pics an CRLs for the SG there helmets def look different shapre wise to me, smaller on the sides an bottom. So do most people who do SG just modify a RG helmet or are there SG helmets available out there. Cause if I have to modify a RG helmet that would be a first. Andrew :tr: :sh...

Have seen a few member with a piked saber for the shadow guards and was wondering if there was one commercially available or if these were custom made saber pikes? If its a commercially available model could someone give me a link to it. Thanks Andrew There are none of these commercially available....