Posted by Dustin on August 20, 2019 at 03:42 PM CST
For last year's Silicon Valley Comic Con, Adam invited prop builder Darrell Maloney (aka Broken Nerd) to San Francisco to spend the week collaborating with him on his cosplay. Their idea: to create the Knights of Ren characters that were only briefly seen in The Force Awakens. Darrell kicks things off with his 3D modeling of the helmets, and brings the prints to the cave for a packed week of building. Let's follow along!
With a good amount of progress made on the Monk costume, Adam and Darrell turn their attention to the Rogue--the other menacing member of the Knights of Ren! More patterning and sewing! Darrell also gets to a really fun part of the build--adding some damage weathering to his 3D-printed helmets!
On the third day of this costume build, it's time to focus on the costume's accessories. Darrell works on adding a big dent to his Knights of Ren helmet and painting it, while Adam gets to work on their custom lightsabers. Pulling parts from his shelf of unfinished projects, the sabers going to be composed of found parts combined with machined ones. We also get a peak into the cave's rarely-seen loft storage!
In the final episode of this build series, Adam and Darrell finish their lightsabers, add some weathering to their cloaks, and try on their costumes for the first time!