How about a video on how you attached the armor to the clothing?

Absolutely amazing, always wanted to do this armor, but had no idea how to get the chrome look by not having to use actual metal, or a 3d printed element! This is so helpful 🥰

I have been looking EVERYWHERE for the best primer + paint + technique for getting this gorgeous chrome and this is PERFECTION. Such an amazing breakdown and explanation every step of the way, especially at the middle pausing to recap with the products liked up. Had to subscribe!! Can't wait to see more of your content!

You sir are a genius, I’m almost done with my build and it’s about paint time. Thanks for sharing

The graphite Beskar looks phenomenal.

finally!! the saga concludes! thanks so much

You’re incredibly talented. It looks so good. I’ve seen so many complex builds requiring 3d prints, but you’ve found an affordable and effective way to do it. Amazing work!!

Dude!!!!!!!!!!! You are a genius!!!! This looks absolutely incredible!!!!!!!!!!!! It looks soooooooo good!!! Great work!!!!

Well done Tristan really superb you made it look so easy but I know that was a lot of hard work you put in with top class results👍

painting my armor right now - perfect time to see this. Thanks!

Absolutely stunning work. Great job!!!

I just bump into your youtube channel and right away I liked it, luv ur take on the mandalorian costume looks great...can wait for ur next project

Tbh the Gray looks pretty good as a jumpsuit

Wow this really turned out amazing!!

Great build, thanks, great video

You are so talented! Incredible work! Wishing you much more success!

really well done

Wow, thats incredible 🤩🤩🤩

Your videos are very good! Thank you for providing such quality work! I'm definitely a subscriber now.

You've just gained a subscriber. The idea of using graphite is genius. I like how you stick to EVA foam, definitely gonna buy one of your templates in the future

Graphite. Brilliant. 👍

I never thought of using gray as the base. I think it looks more accurate to the show. Thanks!!

That Looks sigg Dude👍🏾

Impressive as always!!!

Nahhhh this goes HARD … I’m making this asap and def subscribed bro 💯💯💯

Wow, so great!

Awesome!!

Amazing

Try that masterpiece on!! Amazing!!

This is remarkable.

Awesome work !!!

Bruh this looks so good!!! I just finished making my first attempt at foam armor, and came out wait rougher looking than yours. Definitely gonna take some pointers from your method!

Talented

Una de las mejores que he visto hasta el momento, estoy haciendo una de bajo presupuesto pero sin dudas el grafito voy a tratar de conseguirlo

Badass 🤘

Very nice my friend. Very nice. This is the Way.

Fantastic 👍

I never would have thought to use graphite powder. I was just hoping silver or chrome spray paint would work fine but I liked the way it looks so much in the video that I’m trying it out. Still have to actually cut out the foam and stuff but I’m just buying all supplies right now

Sir, the armor is among the best i've ever seen. The paintjob is absolutely fabulous. Well done! Constructive criticism: the fact that the jumpsuit and finger tips are in the wrong colour kinda ruins it, but i completely understand that it takes time to complete a 100% accurate costume. So again, well done and keep it up 'cuz your projects are amazing!

Awesome job! That silver shine is amazing.

now all i need is some templates. been racking my brain on those lower leg parts

This is amazing! Could you do something similar with the other mando coloured armour? Like paint it and make it shiny so it looks real?

Super tuto. Merci.

Awesome job! Just bought the templates for the armor and helmet. I've been watching your videos over and over to get item listing and to give myself a heads up on what to expect. I do have a question regarding the finish of the armor and the finish of the helmet. If I wanted to, could I finish the armor the same way the helmet is finished (black primer, clear gloss, and graphite powder instead of spray chrome)?

i love your videos! i just find your channel, i also have a small props and art channel where i just finished my samurai batman cosplay!

These video's are really good man! Will you ever do a attempt at a Season 1 Mandalorian Armor?

yes, might as well use the 'chrome paint' for silver being as it won't be chrome anyway!

“Oh it’s beautiful” -Director Krennic.

Cool!

Awesome video! How do u get the chest, shoulders, back and other pieces to stick/stay in place? Do you just glue or velcro them to a shirt???

Hello Tristan, At the moment I am building this armor for my son. But I couldn't find a view of the two back plates, how they are arranged?? Can you please help me? Thank you and thank you for such a good work

Can you please list all the paint and materials for the project!?

Dudeeee ! Your work is truly amazing ! I'm making my own Mando suit and armor and your tutorials are helping me a lot ! Btw , I wanted to ask If any kid of Filler Primer gives the same result or if it'r mandatory to use the Duple-Color one ; because here where I live it looks impossible to find it XD Same for the Paint , I'm pretty unable to find the Rust-Oleum one ,even trough Internet stores , so I wanted to ask if I find a gloss dark grey color that match and have the same features as the one you show in your video ... Is it still good ?

Great job! Incredible that you could make that out of foam! 👍 Where can you find the Cresta color graphite powder in Quebec? Do you know of a place near Montreal where they have it in stock? That would be the final touch for my build, thanks!

great job! btw can you make a video to show us how to make a simple star wars pistol like blaster

this is awesome! i can do this with other colors aswell right?

Would only plasti dip work for the priming? I've used it before and it worked perfectly with no problems, but I don't know if it will work for this, considering i need to make it look glossy and metallic.

I just finished my paint job! Overall I am happy with it, I did some further testing on some scrap pieces and was worried that the graphite was washing off when applying the floor sealer (similar to pledge), I thought my dark grey gloss spray paint was perhaps too dry and not tacky enough to have the graphite powder stick, so I applied the graphite at about 30mins. Unfortunately I think the same thing happened with my final armor, it looked so good after first applying the graphite and buffing, and now it’s back to dark grey after applying the floor gloss :( I used foam brushes for the floor gloss and went with as little pressure as possible applying it. Maybe the air brush is crucial for the pledge/floor gloss step?

Thank you Tristan for these amazing videos and tutorial! I bought the templates and have been working hard, I did a paint test on one of the shoulder pieces and ran into the same texture-issue that you did. Parts of it look great, and others have a texture/stippled appearance. I used all the same products you show in the line-up..any ideas what went wrong? Maybe the filler primer and dark grey gloss paint reacted with each other? I waited 4 hours for the filler primer to dry before sanding it and applying the dark grey gloss, maybe I will try waiting overnight for the filler primer.

wow men ! youre verry talented , i wish i was at your age.. daimit lol so much time waisted with people i didnt care doing thing that warent good.. continue to have hobby my freind, this is the way ! ho and by the way, this is the only paint i found on the internet that is verry close to the show.. using black under the powder never gave the good result, i knew charcoal was the good answer to that, you prouve it !!

Is this flexible and durable enough for a foam sword? Or would it crease to much? If it isn't flexible enough could I swap out any of the products with something else to make it flexible enough? Also could I use golden gac 500 instead of spray max 2k clear glamour as the final sealer? I want to use golden gac 500 since it's cheaper than spray max 2k clear glamour

Love this!! Is there an alternative to pledge? I have difficulty finding that plus i dont have an airbrush

I have the black edition of the Mando helmet and I can't actually wear it with the armour I've made from your etsy shop. BTW your templates are absolutely awesome! The armour is a very darker shade of silver. I'm going to have to make the helmet and use the one I bought only as a display piece now😮‍💨 is there any way to make the armor more 'beskar' silver? I've been using the same gloss grey as you. Would graphite powder still work with a lighter grey spray paint? I've just bought Alclad ll chromium for my airbrush. I'll let you know how it goes. Sorry for the rant. I think it may be valuable to some of your followers here in regards to colouring beskar. Thanks in advance and keep up the great work!!

Dope! Can you do a 1313 boba fett?

I made a different comment on this video before - so I don’t want to bother you - but for the revised steps of painting the armor does the Plasti dip go straight on the foam? Or does it still need a layer of Mod Podge first. I did a few test runs on foam, and I’m having trouble with the plasti dip bubbling and giving a rough texture.

Hey Tristan great vid! I'm following you to make my own Mando armor. I'm having some issues with painting though, I'm doing 2 coats of plastidip, followed by 2 coats of Rustoleum dark gray, and then buffing with graphite powder and pledge floor gloss, but it's looking a bit too dark and unreflective still and there is a bit of texture left. Think you could give me a hand on what I'm doing wrong?

If you can’t find the pledge what should you use to seal the powder graphite?

Where did you find the jumpsuit at?? Amazing work!

any videos on painting the gauntlets?

Does anyone know of a good replacement for Pledge Floor gloss that won’t ruin the metallic affect? Apparently the Revive It floor gloss is discontinued and I can’t find it anywhere that isn’t insanely expensive

Hey man i was following your steps and one thing that happened to me that i was hoping you could give some insight for is that for some reason when i applied the filler primer and the gloss spray paint the contact cement that wasn't covered by foam was reactivated and became super sticky. So when i buffed in the graphite powder it would stick to the glue and not be shiny but rather matted. It ended up looking like dirt which wasn't too bad but how did it not happen to you? Hope you can help.

Wish there was a video for attaching the armor to the flight suit

How well does the floor polish seal in the graphite? Is this something that has to be touched up over time?

Using a test piece(saving armor for when decided on paint), using the method in this video and I’m still getting cracks and wrinkles on the foam. Is it possible your 1st attempt and repair made a layer that helped prevent wrinkles and cracking on your 2nd attempt?

Hey, mine came out really dark after spraying on the SprayMax gloss coat. Is there anything I can do to fix it?

Anyone have tips for forming the visor? Always seem to want to flatten the helmet. How to I shape it.

I remember people who used to use Pledge floor gloss to shine their boots when I was in the Army. It was a bad idea for that, and I think it's a bad idea for this. If it gets warm, scuffed, or bent, that floor gloss looks awful and is a huge pain to get rid of.

Could you also use the clear/gloss clear coat instead of pledge on the graphite to seal it?

Do you think its possible to apply masking tape and spray paint on top of the graphite powder? Maybe with a clear coat in between? I really want to use this technique and add some more designs on top of the chrome but can imagine the powder might come off or that the spray paint will react badly with the powder.

Do you think that the foam clay would work as a filler for cracks and seams?

How do you get the pieces that don’t wrap around you to hold like the chest piece and shoulders?

i forgot about this video so now mine doesn't look great but ill use it next time

Does it have to be a gloss black or grey before you put on the graphite? Cuz i did a silver chrome and am planning on putting graphite powder on it. I feel like it'll turn out fine.

Is there anyway you could list every material that you used in this project?

Would it work if I used the same process as the helmet to paint the armor?

Hi, I'm looking for the same paint as you, rust oleum 2x ultra cover dark gray but can't find it, where do you buy it please? could you put a link to each product you use to order them? thank you

How did you make the bandolier and can you make a video on it?

Can you polish the floor gloss after it's dry for a shinier finish?

Would the pledge that comes in a spray can seal the graphite the same as the bottle kind?

How do you harden the EVA Foam once you put the pieces together. I'm thinking about making a Boba Fett Armor

If I can't find Pedge Floor Gloss then could I use any other brand of floor gloss? Like Koblenz High Gloss floor finish?

Hey. How did you get your armor to stick to the jump suit? I'm almost done with mine and I don't know how I would attach it.

What are some alternates we could use for the pledge to seal the paint at the end. I cannot find any pledge floor gloss, I need a different sealant.

HI! I followed your priming and paiting instructions, using the Rustoleum glossy dark grey before the graphite powder, but even after the floor gloss on my test pieces it looks pretty dark, dull and one is even finely cracked in the finish. I feel like that spray max might be a necesarry component. Do you have any other suggestions, or should I give the spray max a go?

Is there an alternative to Pledge? I can't find it in my country.

How do you attach the armor pieces (like the shoulder plates, and other assorted pieces) to the jumpsuit?

Hey what did you do for the flight suit?

Why mod Podge if you sealed with Plasi dip?

question, on the final steps you skipped the spray max on the list, so are you not using that on the final piece or did you accidentally not list it?

Hi I have a question How do you stick our put the chest piece on the jump suit and btw I love your work 😁