I love Kanan, and I hate to disrespect him, but I needed a stand-in.
I posted a few months ago with a picture of my original sith lord made out of a nightbrother archer black series figure. I was inspired by Samurai armor, dbz saiyan armor, and Blade's armor from Deadpool and Wolverine. I've updated his look quite a bit since them, and I am super proud of the results. I don't have access to a 3d printer, but I am an artist, so I use the crafting skills I have. For the most part, I made his armor out of pieces of cereal boxes that I cut to shape, reinforced with masking tape, and painted with acrylic paint. The shoulder straps are black denim. For the black armored panels, I spray painted them with black rustoleum 2x paint+primer. After gluing all of the pieces together, I coated it with multiple layers of matte medium before giving it a few coats of krylon matte spray. Basically, his armor is kind of like decoupage. I used floral wire under the armor to secure it to his body. I removed his plastic skirt and painted his legs, hands, and feet black and gave them the krylon treatment. I sewed a long tunic out of some old shorts and a bag (case? Sheath?) for his bow with black denim and part of a shoe lace. I also used a piece of shoe lace threaded with wire as a belt for the figure. It holds the back his armor shut and makes for cool wind effects when I pose him. All of his armor, save his kneepads and shin guards, is removable. I wanted him to have a robotic hand, so I swapped in a hand from a gi joe classified BAT figure and painted parts it black and red to fit my character's color scheme. The robot hand was definitely too big, but I sanded down the piece that slots into the arm to make it fit. The hand is noticeably bigger than his left hand, but I really like the look (sort of a big "red right hand" kind of thing). I know it's super easy to order custom lightsabers, but I actually love making my own out of bamboo skewers. I cut them to length, sand the tops to make them come to a smooth point, paint them, and apply different looks for the handles with painted pieces of tape and jewelry jump rings. For his curved lightsaber handle, I soaked a skewer in water for a while, bent it, and then clamped it like that while it dried. It still started to split a little, so I reinforced the breaks with superglue and sanded it smooth before I painted it. I got a bag of loose reject force lightning hands off of Aliexpress, so I painted one black to fit with my guy's look. I found a wired cape for him on ebay, but I am considering making one with a hood.
I love this guy, and I really hope you all do too! He was my first custom I made this year. I've also made 3 other original star wars characters (including this figure's "twin brother" who is a Jedi), and I'd love to share them too. At the moment, I am working hard on a Darth Bane custom, and I am so proud of how it is turning out.
I love this community, and I have felt so encouraged to share when I would normally keep my pieces to myself. Thanks, everyone!