Paint Prep:
I snagged some scrap wood planks from a contractor friend of mine and mounted the greeblies, ab boxes, knee plates, belt boxes and hand guards.
I also sanded down the helmet so that the paint matches head to toe. Thankfully the nose bridge of the helmet is slightly elevated so I was able to wedge in tap under that to get clean lines. I also used an exacto knife on the neckline features. You may be wondering about the tape stuffed in the vents. Wellllll, long before I switched to KB's kit, I had the Anovos kit on order, thought its arrival was soonish had already installed Tony's FOTK audio kit. I gave one corner a tug to see how easily the foam backing might dislodge and...nothing doing. So that is to hopefully protect the speakers from the paint. Fingers crossed or else Tony might get another sale as a result!
Finally, I taped off and covered with plastic grocery bags the black portion of the Executioner Yoke as that will be painted later.