Daric LaRone

Thanks guys. I value the comments.

Whoa! Thanks Mike and Zac; once again, coming from you guys I am honored by the compliments. Thanks so much.

Thanks guys. Paul, coming from you I am now truly satisfied. Full rig shots to come with my deployment request... finally! Additional comments welcome if troopers are so inclined...

Well, thanks to great advice from the troopers here I am finally satisfied with my bucket weathering... Comments welcome!

Now that's dirty! Love the background!

Excellent! Thanks Dutchy!

Great idea; thanks Woodchuck!

Excellent. Thanks guys. I'm so close...

If I only have one hip pouch which side should it go on? I already have a shoulder pouch on left shoulder. Thanks.

Thanks guys; I so appreciate it. I read somewhere on MEPD that you actually wanted some gloss to still show through b/c it is more screen accurate that way, but I always thought that the gloss would/should be really toned down as you both mentioned. So that will be the final task and I'll only be a parsec away from applying for Deployment. I really like the looks of what I've come up with and to get confirmation that my own personal opinion carries a lot of weight makes me feel much better. I'm the one wearing the suit after all right? Thanks again for the encouragement, compliments, and helpful suggestions; it means a lot.

edit: I should note that I realized that this is a duplicate post from a previous thread and I apologize. OK, this should be my last request for opinions/impressions. Here was the previous attempt... Here is the most recent attempt... Thanks for constructive criticism as always.

Peter and Justus, thanks so much. Here is the latest round. Tell me please- should I keep posting updates here or open another thread with latest updates? Thanks guys for all the feedback. I'm not a very good judge of my own work. Thanks as always for constructive criticism.

Well done! Congrats!

Very nice. Good work.

This is what I'm wondering too... Do some glue the canvas straps over the ribbed plastic TK straps? I too have snaps on the underside of my ribbed plastic straps. And then they connect under the chest piece and under the back piece correct? Thanks Seann for bringing up these questions.

Juan, it doesn't look like yours uses bolts or screws in any way. True?

Juan, thank you so much; this helps a lot. When I looked at the photos myself I thought the same thing: I too like the way the areas on the top, forehead/temples turned out... I'll tone down the paint all over and try to replicate those blackish/greyish areas on the facial areas, on the sides, and the back. I think the key is patting down/toning down the painted areas and going over it with my weathering powder- that's how I got the areas on the forehead to turn out that way. The weatheirng powder will help with a more dusty look that you mentioned I believe. The crevaces, especially in the face, are difficult to get the right mix of paint and weathering powder as you all know... but I'm staying on it. Thanks again Juan; any other comments welcome from any troopers.

What do you think? Constructive criticism always welcome...

Thanks man. I used weathering powdering from Doc's Caboose... "weathered brown", "dust bowl brown", and "grimy grey". I hadn't applied any acrylic paint yet, like I did on my suit, because I wanted to see what it looked like with just the weathering powder. I'll probably do some burnt umber, and tans, and a hint of yellow ochre to match the armor. Is it me or does it look kind of bland as it is right now?

This is what I'm finding too- that weathering is a work in progress. I way overdid my first time around and am just about done toning it down. Then I'll walk away and come back. I'm no expert but it looks as if you might have used a blackwash technique or something similar, which is fine but is seen more on clones... the earthy colors really do the trick. If you haven't already look into some type of weathering powder or the like. Your progress looks great by the way. Keep going!

OK, here's my first shot at weathering the lid. Please tell me what you think. Thanks. And without flash... Thanks for any constructive criticism!

Aha! Cool; thanks Glenn.

Dumb question... maybe... what does the Aurbesh writing in the MEPD badge translate as, if anything? Thanks.

I love stuff like this. Thanx for sharin'.

That's looks like a well put together suit. Well done!