Master of the Knights of Ren By starwarsisme Watch

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Debuted my complete Kylo Ren kit from Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the first time at Granite State Comic Con. 501st approved. I was so excited!



Guys, I can't even begin to put into words how many hours I slaved over this costume, the amount of research I put into the character and small details, and how much pain I went through to get him to look as good as he does. All of it - physical, emotional, and mental stress was worth it. I don't even want to think about how much money I sunk into him, and at the end of the day, I don't care about that. I care that I was able to see this project through from an idea in my head to physical reality.



Some interesting side things about the kit that I think is cool to point out:



The cross-guard lightsaber - THE. FREAKING. LIGHTSABER. Custom built for me that I had commissioned from a friend way smarter than I ever could be. The blades are completely removable, and the hilt has a functional saber clip imported from Great Britain. It acts like a door lock - press a button, and it slides out from the hip clip. Super cool to see in person! My intent now is to make the blades more film accurate, look more unstable, and to weather the hilt, because as of right now, its all black. Custom soundboard that has 9 different settings. They say a kit is never done!



The helmet - I completely gutted, repainted, solidified, and reworked a Black Series helmet. Build is in another post. To give it a distressed and "battle worn" look, I dry brushed existing scarring to make it more prominent, repainted it, added FlexSeal, which gave it a more uniform texture, and repainted that. As close to film accurate as I could get without breaking the bank (even though I pretty much did anyway)...lol



Weathering - On both the pleated sleeves and the surcoat. For the pleats, I melted a 50% beeswax 50% parafin mixture with a hairdryer to make it look as shiny and distressed as possible. For the surcoat, it was a paint mixture that consisted of Fabric Fusion, acrylic black paint, and shine clear paint for exposure, that was painted on with a paintbrush. Took forever to paint, and it took forever to dry. Still flexible afterwards too.



Let me know what you think!



Photo credit: Christopher Weatherill Photography

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Published : Sep 28, 2016