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Hello my  name is Willi, after 5 years being TK, it's now time for me to transform my slowly yellowing TK into a beautiful TD. First i removed all the parts that make up a TK.

shoulderstraps, kneeplate etc.

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When I finished that, I also started removing the characteristics of a TK from the helmet and started the oily sandy weathering at the same time. I use burnt umber, yellow ochre and black acrylics.

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Torso front and arms. 

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Thigh left and right

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Lower legs and boots

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I know what you're thinking: where is the sniperplate?  Since the photo's are a bit older, this is already mounted and will of course be submitted later. :)

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That's all for today folks. Criticism and suggestions for improvement are very welcome :duim:

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Hi Willi, good to hear that you are joining the dirty side, welcome to the sand pit! :salute:

Your weathering looks already very promising, just a piece of advice: the white parts in between the patches of dirt still look way too white and shiny so I would suggest giving it a wash with some watered-down Vallejo game color earth:

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Use a brush to apply it and almost immediately dab it off again using some paper towels (Küchenrolle;)). 

Then let it dry and repeat until you are happy with it. 

I've used this technique for all my kits and helmets. 

Have fun weathering! 

Cheers mate

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Thanks for the welcome and for the positive feedback Hausi. Will order the color the days. I already got a lot for my pack in this week. A Wip will follow shorty. 

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Hello folks,
after a long time I finally have time to post my progress again. In the meantime I had not been idle and took Hausi's advice to heart and took away the shine of the armor a little. Unfortunately, the pictures didn't turn out well. I will do new this weekend. The white pauldron is from RWA as well as the sniperplate.

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A few weeks ago I was also lucky and was able to bid for a Stolla MP40 and a Lepuschitz magazine pouch that are the same as the Stolla. Unfortunately, one of them was brown. This was colored in several layers with black shoe polish. Unfortunately I don't have this process in pictures ... But hope you can see a bit in the photos above. Detailed pictures in better quality will follow.

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With kind regards Jeaz

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Since I forgot to take any photos of the creation of my pack # 5, I leave out the WIP. The radio is from Angryape, Seedtrays from RWA and the detail on the right is from Thomas. Big thanks to the three! In the case of the radio, the missing details such as the antenna and the "locks" at the bottom are added later. The basic structure was an original Karrimor totem frame that I found by chance on Facebook some time ago. So enough of the words! Follow pictures.

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Criticism and suggestions for improvement are welcome!

With kind regards 

Jeaz 

Sorry for my bad english.

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Excellent work, Willi, well done. 

Your armor suits you well and the weathering looks very promising too, although I can't really tell because of the rather blurry nature of the pictures but I think some areas still look quite shiny. 

Your pack is amazing, the only flaw I can see is the colour which is too bluish,it's rather supposed to be bluish grey, I always use RAL 7031. 

Keep up the good work, looking forward to seeing some clearer pics of the armor. :salute:

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Thanks for the kind words Hausi!  Maybe the clear coat highlighted the blue or my dealer sold me nonsense... will then order new paint the days. If my wife finds the time today, sharper photos will be set tonight.

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Hi Willi,

i like your built! Yes, there are some shiny spots on the armor. It could be the exposure of the photos or the incidence of light. If necessary, do a light wash over it again and the problem is solved. RAL 7031 is actually also the right color. Again, it can be due to the camera setting or the light. Did you use a semi-gloss clear coat? You don't actually need it on your backpack. Just take pictures in indirect light or in the shady area (not too dark). Although I think it's because of the camera setting when you look at the lush green lawn and the bright red. I think the pack is well built, great work.

Regards bigwam (Thomas)

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As announced, new photos were taken and in better light conditions. Unfortunately, this only makes the RAL appear bluer ...

@bigwam: thanks you too for the kinds words! I use a matt clear coat, because the paint didn't hold up so well without. The 2nd reason why I used the matt clear coat is, that I used it to fix the weathering, which is made of terrarium sand.

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with kind regards

Willi

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The weathering of your armour looks pretty good while being rather subtle but two things stand out: the helmet and the sniper knee plate. The helmet just needs another wash with some sandcoloured paint, the knee plate on the other hand looks like it isn't weathered at all. :sweat:

The parts on your pack look definitely too blue. Take some pics indoors. 

By the way, I also use abload.de to upload my pics and there's a direct link button, if you use that, the pics will directly be shown in full resolution here. 

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Thank's Hausi for the advice. I will do more weathering the helmet and sniperplate. 

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I will add new photos for a better overall picture for the days.

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Moin everyone. The thing with the blue shine of the parts did not leave me alone and I contacted my dealer. After a conversation and a few pictures he agreed that he had a mistake in shipping and immediately sent me a replacement. This arrived this morning and it was repainted right away. Now that's the result.

 

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In the shade

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It looks now right

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Hi Willi, now it looks right, good job and also kind of your dealer to send a replacement at no extra cost. 

The weathering on your helmet (that's a Shepperton, isn't it?) and the sniper knee plate look good too. 

Now get the rest of the blue parts painted and submit for Police Officer deployment. :peace:

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Thank you Hausi and bigwam! You both were / are a very big help to me! The parts were painted immediately this morning. Now it looks really good. Unfortunately it is raining today and my shooting is canceled. But pictures of the revised pack are there.

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New pictures and excuse the tail .... my wife has not seen it and unfortunately I was too late .... But overall it looks better now and I'll make new ones tomorrow and send them out for the standard aproval.

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Thanks bigwam for the hint. Hadn't seen that at all. Fixed immediately this morning.

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