Costuming:MW AxeWoves

Axe Woves: The Mandalorian

Model MW-3909, Photo by Paul Van Dyk

Description: Axe Woves S2 of The Mandalorian Prefix: MW Detachment: Bounty Hunters Guild Context: Star Wars: The Mandalorian Hailing from the planet Mandalore, Axe Woves was a member of Clan Kryze, a Mandalorian clan led by Lady Bo-Katan Kryze. He sought to bring his home world to what it was before the Galjactic Empire’s rule and worked with Bo-Katan’s Mandalorian resistance group during the New Republic’s reign.

For 501st membership, only the requirements in black need to be met. The Bounty Hunters’ Guild defines an additional optional level of costuming excellence. In the page below, requirements for Level 2, referred to as “Infamous”, are listed in blue. These optional requirements are meant for those who strive to meet the highest level of screen accuracy. Please visit the BHG web site for a full description of these standards.

This Visual Guide has been reviewed by the detachment staff and the LMO team and is certified for use as a minimum approval guideline for GMLs. GMLs are free to approve this costume type. This document is not intended to be a detailed how-to on costume construction; rather a visual guide to be used for 501st costume approval. Details on construction may be found on the respective costume detachment web forum. GMLs uncertain about an aspect of submitted costume shall post questions in the appropriate DL/GML peer review section of the Legion forum. Measurements given in this document are intended to be approximate and generalized; not criteria for approval. Requirements for all 501st costumes are proportional to the wearer in scale, fit and size. Text descriptions are only one part of the guideline. GMLs and costumers must consider both text and pictures (CRL and Reference) when reviewing the costume.

General Construction Notes All components should closely match Axe Woves, Season 2, The Mandalorian (See Color Palette). Color palette is intended for reference in building, and will only be used in exacting measurement by Detachment for Infamous Level approval. A Basic level approval is only required to be similar, not exact. All Armor is constructed from a rigid material such as fiberglass, plastic, resin, Sintra, vacuum-formed ABS, firm rubber, metal, or similar. Armor has the appearance of thickness and depth. All weathering closely matches visual references from Season 2, Chapter 3 of The Mandlalorian Disney+ TV show series.

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Helmet Helmet is a Mandalorian helmet, with two very small horizontal triangles (“turn signals”) on the forehead that are situated further apart than on other Mandalorian helmets. Helmet has a dark tinted visor which obscures the wearer’s face. Helmet ear caps, back plates, lower cheeks and range finder are a bright blue with the following exceptions: (See Color Palette). Mandibles, head band, key slots, and bottom piece of the rangefinder are dark gray. Mandibles have silver nicked areas. Upper cheeks are black. There are lines between the upper and lower cheeks that are medium purple. There is a “halo” in the middle of the dome that is light gray. Rangefinder assembly on right side features a dark grey stalk, rangefinder is blue with a dark grey rectangle painted on the top and dark grey framed window (viewfinder) on bottom. A small cylindrical “Diagnostic port” with 3 holes (one larger hole and two identical smaller holes below) is located on wearer’s lower right cheek. Diagnostic Port is similar to, but not identical to a 3-hole Borden connector. This detail may be cast into the helmet. Back of the helmet has six keyhole slots, painted dark gray.

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Chest Armor Chest armor is one or two-part construction, with sizable return edge all around and is dark gray with chipped areas showing blue and silver. (See Color Palette). Upper chest armor consists of two symmetrical breastplates connected by a central recessed strip. Recessed strip features a Black debossed diamond detail. An abdominal section sits below the chest armor. Top of the chest plate lines up just beneath the leather piece that is sewn on the flak vest. Chest armor attaches securely to the Flak Vest without any visible attachment method.

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	Shoulder Armor Shoulder armor is dark gray. Shoulder armor almost covers the entire length of the short sleeve of the flight suit. It can either end at the bottom of the short sleeve or the bottom trim on short sleeves can extend out past the bottom of the shoulder armor. Armor is symmetrical with a raised edge around its perimeter. Shoulder armor has no visible methods of attachment.

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	Shoulder Plates Plates are dark gray with chipped areas showing blue and silver. (See Color Palette). Plates are rectangular plates which curve downward to match the yoke of the flak vest. Plates are decorated with a thin raised border and raised center rectangle with a large gap at the front and rear of the shoulder strap between the border and center raised area. Plates are sized so they do not cover the shoulder straps of the vest completely and are mounted without visible attachments.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): The corners are angled slightly to create an octagon shape. Shoulder straps are made with a flexible material/rubber.

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	Left Gauntlet Gauntlet is bright blue and weathered. Chipped areas show silver. Gauntlet is a clamshell-style without any visible closure methods. The top of the gauntlet features three steps with the tallest at the beginning of the wearer’s elbow. Four trapezoidal shapes feature on the side of the steps, three on the inner right edge and one on the outer left edge. A tapered rectangular greeblie appears on the outer side of the gauntlet. Keypad features 4 horizontal rows of 5 circular buttons and is dark grey. A detail outlined and recessed is present just above the keypad.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): The center 3 buttons of each row of the keypad are slightly larger than the outside buttons.

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	Right Gauntlet Gauntlet is bright blue and weathered. Chipped areas show silver. Gauntlet is a clamshell-style without any visible closure methods. The top of the gauntlet features three steps with the tallest at the beginning of the wearer’s elbow. A trapezoidal shape is featured on each side of the step housing next to dart’s section. A third rectangular detail is found centered at the slant between mid and lower steps. Four silver darts extend slightly from a recessed section at the front edge of the tallest step. A recessed display (with 3 red Mandalorian letters) is featured on the front edge near the wearer’s wrist.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Display screen is illuminated.

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	Hand Plates Hand plates are dark gray with chipped areas showing blue & silver. (See Color Palette). Hand plates are symmetrical with eight sides, angled corners, and two bent faces. There are six discernible sections with a small ridge that surrounds the edge of each plate. Plates secure to the gloves without any visible means of attachment.

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	Posterior Armor Posterior armor is dark gray with chipped areas showing silver. (See Color Palette). Posterior armor covers the back of the body at the waist and is trapezoidal in shape. Armor ends at the middle of wearer’s buttocks. Top edge of armor features a lip that sits under the Belt, so that armor face is mounted flush against top of Belt.

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	Thigh Armor Thigh armor is dark gray with chipped areas showing silver. (See Color Palette). Right thigh features: Raised rectangular ridge in the center that merges into the top and bottom raised edge. Left thigh features: Raised rounded edge An offset recessed groove on the inner side which terminates at top and bottom edges. Both are worn with no visible means of attachment to Flightsuit.

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	Knee Armor Knee armor is damaged, bright blue, and weathered. (See Color Palette). Left and right are the same design with the following differences: The left knee armor has an extended outer edge with 2 cylindrical dart launchers. The right knee armor does not feature an extended outer section or the cylindrical dart launchers. Knee armor has a ¾" to 1" (1.9 to 2.5cm) black strap attached which wraps around the back of the wearer’s knee when worn. The dart launchers are a dark gray and weathered.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): The shorter strap has a rectangular, metallic tri-slide buckle attached to the end which the longer strap is looped through. The longer strap is secured by looping through the rectangular tri-slide buckle then folded over onto itself and secured with a Velcro closure.

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	Jet Pack Jet pack consists of a main body with 3 rockets and “piano keys” between the left, center, and right rockets. Jet pack body is a medium blue (See Color Palette). (See Color Palette). Piano keys and center ridge are silver. On both sides of the cylindrical housing for the main rocket are two, 2-tiered trapezoidal shapes that widen slightly at the top. The upper tiers are a medium blue and the lower tiers are silver. Three rockets on the top of the jet pack are an identical conical design with recessed cylindrical tip, two grooves around the circumference of the base, and a square-notched lower section with tightly spaced vertical ridges inside each notch. A center silver rocket cone includes additional 2-tiered extension at the base. Left and right rocket cones are a medium blue and base details are silver. Directional thrusters are recessed into the bottom of the side tanks. Cone of thrusters feature inside and outside grooves near bottoms. Directional thrusters are a metallic silver with a medium blue band positioned over the recessed vertical grooves of each thruster cone. Fan shaped greeblies, which do not extent beyond outer side of Jet Pack, are found on outward facing side of each thruster ball. A recessed exhaust vent is centered on the bottom of the jet pack, which is a circular shape with rectangular extensions protruding outward on the left and right sides. Exhaust vent grill is silver. A thin silver stripe is present on the raised edge above the thrusters on each side of the jet pack. Jet Pack gives the appearance of being mounted directly to the Flak Vest.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Jet Pack is mounted with the top of the jet pack main body lined up at or near the top of the flak vest back panel. Jet Pack is sized so that it extends down past the bottom of the flak vest beginning from the directional thruster balls and below. Directional thruster balls have dark recessed circular detail in center back, with recessed square between center detail and start of cones. Quick release pins are added on the bottom of the jetpack.

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	Flight Suit / Neck Seal Flight suit is a medium gray and made of cotton/cotton-blend, plain-weave material, similar to duck cloth/canvas. (See Color Palette). Topstitching is light gray. One or two-piece in construction. If the flight suit is one-piece, then there is a waistband between the top and bottom sections to create the appearance of a two-piece flight suit. Flight suit top shows no closure when worn. If a zipper is used in the back, the top of the zipper should be covered with a panel. Flight suit top may have a high collar or a separate neck seal to give the appearance of a collar featuring three rows of horizontal topstitching in the front and eight quilted vertical ribs in the back (four on each side of the zipper). Ribs angle to create a radiating pattern that continues approximately 4 inches (10cm) onto the upper back. Flight Suit has double sleeves: long sleeves with short sleeves layered on top. Short sleeves have an extra strip of fabric added at the bottom, as well as vertical trim along the front and back, approximately 1.5 inches (3.8cm) wide. There is also a rectangular reinforcement patch on the shoulder area, approximately 3.5 inches (8.8cm) wide. All feature topstitching. Long sleeves have 4 horizontal quilted ribs visible between the short sleeves and the gauntlets. There are triangle designs sewn on the front of both long sleeves and aligned with the horizontal rows. Flight suit top has a tapered center panel which gradually reduces in width and ends in a flap extending approximately 2 inches (5 cm) below the waist band. Flight suit top has quilted ribs along the sides, approximately 2 inches (5cm) in size. Flight suit pants have angled vertical seams on front and back to resemble the visual references, in addition to side seams. The front, back, and outside seams have vertical top stitch detail. The inner thighs feature pentagon-shaped reinforcement patches with double top stitching. Flight Suit does not have any visible pockets, zippers or logos when all costume components are attached.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Two-piece in construction. Cuffs are present on the bottom of each leg and are black and fitted. The cuff area is the same height as the spats. Flight suit has a brown tint.

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	Flak Vest Flak Vest is made of pale gray canvas or linen for the shoulder straps, and gray leather/leather-like material for the vest body. Shoulder straps have ribbing along the length from front to back. Straps meet in the front and have visible distance between them in the back. Flak Vest body is sized to closely match the height of the Chest and Ab Plates, but short enough to stop before reaching the belt. Vest main body has horizontal stitching on the front which lines up with the separation between the Chest and Ab Plates, and vertical ribbing on the sides under the arm holes. A trapezoid shape piece of dark brown leather/leather-like material is sewn on at the top of the vest starting where the bottom of the shoulder straps end, and continue down tapering inward underneath the chest armor roughly 2 to 2.5 inches (5 to 6.3cm). The thread color is white/off-white. Flak Vest closes down the middle back.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Ribbing on the shoulder straps and sides of the body are quilted. Flak Vest is sized so it leaves a large gap between the bottom of the Vest and the Belt. Flak Vest is sized so it extends out past the sides of the chest plate.

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Abdominal Tasset Tasset is medium brown. (See Color Palette). Made of leather or leather-like material. Sides taper inward toward belt with rounded bottom corners. Stitching is white or off-white and separates the pattern into 14 sections per visual. Tasset is worn underneath the chest armor, starting at the top of the ab plate, but under the belt and ammo pouches. Bottom of tasset also extends past the belt and ammo pouches approximately 2 to 3 inches. (5 to 7.6cm).

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	Gloves Gloves are made of plain soft black leather or similar material and worn tucked into the gauntlets. Logos, designs and any other non-canon details are not visible when worn.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Gloves have a wedge-shaped pattern at the base of the thumb with visible top stitching along the edge. Three stitch lines are present on the back of the hand.

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	Belt Belt is medium brown leather or leather like material. Belt is 2 inches (5cm) in width. Belt buckle is silver with an irregular octagon shape with the top and bottom being longer than the other sides. Belt buckle is approximately 4 inches (10cm) long by 2.5 inches (6.3cm) in height. A single large snap or rivet is visible approximately 1 inch (2.5cm) from the buckle.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Buckle and slide are made of metal. Snap to the right of the buckle is a Swiss army pouch stud. A small belt hole is present to the left of the buckle.

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	Ammo Pouches Pouches are made of medium brown leather or leather like material and are or based off of Swiss K31 ammo pouches. The top flap features a curved design and is secured with a metal stud or snap. Belt pouches are worn attached to the belt. Two pouches are positioned on the left and right side of the belt buckle.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Both 2 pouches on each side of the wearer are connected together by one piece of leather on the back side.

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	Blaster Pistol Holster All Holster components are made from medium brown leather or similar sturdy material, and stitched along the outer edge. Features a single retention strap with a snap button closure to secure the blaster pistol. A single leg strap has a nickel-finished buckle with a loop to secure the excess strap. Holster features a single large wide belt loop at the top and is worn on the right side and hangs down roughly 6 to 7.5 inches.(15.2 to 19cm)
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Holster is made of leather. Leg strap buckle will be metal.

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	Boots Dark brown leather or leather like ankle-height boot with black surface weathering, midsoles are light gray and weathered over in black. Elastic U-shaped side panels that span from the sole up to the top of the boot are present on both sides. Boots have no zippers, laces or other embellishment.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Boots are brown Clarks Un Larvik Up Chelsea boots with weathering to match screen sources. Soles are flat.

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	Boot Gaiters Made of black leather or leather-like material to cover the tops of the boots and extend to mid-shin height with a gap between the spats and the knee armor. Fastens on the inside seam with a flap hiding the fastener. (Velcro, zipper or other) Top has a cuff. Right boot top has two loops on the outside rear of the cuff to hold two cartridges, modeled after the UK PolyPlum socket reducer with spigot reducer inserted. Boots tops are lightly weathered.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Greeblies are actual Polyplumb found parts.

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Optional Accessories

Items below are optional costume accessories. These items are not required for approval, but if present appear as described below. If adding in an accessory after initial approval, the item still needs to be submitted to local GML for approval before use.

Blaster Pistol PLEASE NOTE: Blaster is to represent a live action version of the Westar-35. Blaster pistol is based on the Infinity Firearms pistol (2011 frame) with Infinity Skater Terrain Grips and Billet Grip XL Magwell. Blaster pistol grip and Magwell do not have any logos or writing. Blaster Pistol slide has angled top corners and the slide extends rearward to meet the end of the grip safety. Blaster Pistol slide features a raised greeblie with 5 horizontal rows on the end. Blaster Pistol features an extended slide safety on the right side, immediately below the slide and behind the grip. Blaster pistol is silver and black. The Magwell and grip screw are a metallic silver color. The textured pattern on the grip is a light or medium grey color. The inside of the Magwell is recessed and a black color.

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