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13 hours ago, dutchy said:

btw, I have moved this topic to this section as it is a complete build.

 

Right on

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So my references show that this shouldn't be entirely white.

I used some plasti dip to paint it black.

Much better 

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Really happy with how this turned out. I wanted the jar that hangs down to be removable as this thing is awkward to transport and/or to sit upright. I found a good sized jar that I wanted to use, traced out the lid and used a sanding bit on the dremel to make the hole large enough for the lid.

I got some super cheep sanding head replacements from amazon and they broke after getting just a little hot. I entered through like 5 heads to get this deep.

The cap fits in there nicely and solid after glueing.

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13 hours ago, Airborne Trooper said:

She's beautiful!

Thank you! 

12 hours ago, henselmonster said:

I had to switch forum themes just so I could like your post hahah. Awesome

Lol! Was just too big to be contained by one fourm.

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So the blue I have is just a little too bright, so I just barely hit it with some dark grey primer. In the photo it looks more grey than it actually is. 

Because the shake weight needs to sit up higher, I carved out a track in this piece of wood and screwed it to it. Then painted it black so you don't see it.

Used the same white glossy paint for the canisters as I did for the armor.

It is a great feeling to finally get this stuff attached.

It looks really good! I hit the ends of the canisters with some brown because that's how the sixth scale fig looks, also some black weathering for the top blue cone. I am so happy with it!

 

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I drilled holes in the clips and counter sunk them just a little to try to hide the screws that will hold them on.

They came with holes underneath to hold the grenades in but I couldn't get it to line up right. So my solution was to cover the holes with a piece of plastic.

Then when I screwed them on they stay straight.

After painting. 

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This is the size I'm looking forward. Those two aren't any good but I ran out of styrene so I'll have to wait to get some more in.

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Unfortunately the small 3d printed boxes that go inside the large boxes and a bit too small so I'll have to remake them. To keep them light weight I'm going to try vacuum forming them.

I made this from plywood then realized isn't too detailed to get a good imprint out of it, so I cut it in half.

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I got the canisters sanded up and I didn't need to apply a second coat of resin, so that' a plus.

Cut the ends off of the original canisters and glued them on the new ones 

After priming them they start to look like soup thermoses.

Also started priming a few of the other parts. Sandy and priming a few time to try to get rid of the lines from the printing

I don't remember if I took pictures of my frame before or not but here it is

 

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6 minutes ago, henselmonster said:

Dang!!! That’s some sharp looking armor. Great work!

Thank you! 

 

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On 1/16/2018 at 0:21 PM, LoveMonkey said:

Since I may have missed it, how close are you to being done?

So very close, I had hoped to be done by Sunday, but I've having to remake more of the backpack parts than I had hoped. So hopefully if the next two weeks 

Had a great test fit. Sorry for the blurry photo, the sun was going down and that was all the time I had yesterday.

I learned a lot. I need to change some things 

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I was able to paint the thighs today and hopefully  (with my wife's participation) I can get some pictures tomorrow.

I started on the backpack. the first thing is the white canisters are too small so I'm remaking them using a poster tube I had lying around. I cut circles and glued them to the ends to seal them up.

Then I resined them. It made some tiny bubble in some areas, if they don't sand out I'll have to add a second coat of resin.

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I cut plastic strips for the bottoms of the thighs, glued them on and bondo in the gaps

After sanding 

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I finished up the ab, and I'm pretty happy with it.

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2 hours ago, yoshix said:

Lol thanks! Stupid money is right! If I don't post here for more than a week,  call the cops. Tell them to dig holes in the backyard, it was probably my wife

I'm just kidding, my wife loves me. She would never do that...

 

Or would she

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23 hours ago, henselmonster said:

Keep it up! This is turning out so cool. Now I want to build a R1 Trooper! Stupid money and other projects getting in the way. I will live vicariously though this build thread lol

Lol thanks! Stupid money is right! If I don't post here for more than a week,  call the cops. Tell them to dig holes in the backyard, it was probably my wife

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Great news! The 3d printed parts for my pack are in! 

Because the backpack is supposed to be strapless I'll need to support the weight. 

I attached suspenders to the snaps underneath and that will hook onto the ab. Hopefully that will prevent the back from sliding down and pushing the chest up, choking me. 

 

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Gluing the details on. It occurred to me half way through this project that I could have contacted one of the other armor makers that make shoretroopers and asked to buy the ab only. It would have been easier to cut out that little middle extra top section and add buttons that to cut out all three details and remake them almost from scratch. Oh well

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Finally got to work on the belt today. I cut 1/8 plywood and glued them in the backs of the boxes so I can screw into it.

I predrilled the holes and counter sunk the other side so the screws sit somewhat in the holes. I have a snap in the middle of the belt. I'm debating if I want to do snaps for the sides or velcro. I definitely interested to do snaps for the sides of the back belt.

Apparently I rushed one of the boxes so I had to remake it today. I should have the belt all done tomorrow 

 

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7 hours ago, dutchy said:

You'r really getting along nicely! It's so good to see this trooper come to life!

Thank you! I really hope it turns out as good as I'm imagining.

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I haven't been able to do much in the last few days. I did get the knee plate on though.

Also got the back of the thighs glued together. 

 

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It looks like a mess now, but after I clean it up and paint it it will blend right in

I learned so so much from today's test fit. For one, that top area of the ab has to go.

Another thing is the upper part of my under suit needs to be tailored to fit better. I was bulging out of the elbows and armpits.

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This is one of the things I'm most proud of, vacuum forming my own belt boxes and drop boxes. Replacing the ridiculously large drop boxes was a must.

Almost finished them

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I put blue tape on the 1/6 scale figure and traced out the thigh pattern. Then I put the tape on paper and cut it out. Then I traced the pattern on graph paper. With that I could make it 1/6 larger, and cut out a real life pattern. Then I traced it on the thighs

 

I cut out that back cover strip and I'll reattach it. I'll cut plastic to fill in the bottoms. In the end it should have the look it want. 

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Originally I used velcro to conect in the back, but after the test fit today I decided to go with snaps.

More progress!