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Hi folks, Another step closer today. Benefits of being up at 5:30 with the baby is getting a head start on things!! Lol I used the Trooperbay Dave M style templates and a ‘special’ vintage shade of blue (thank you again, P). I was a little nervous about applying the templates in case they damaged the top coat / thankfully, they peeled off perfectly in the end. Just one coat here, carefully applied, using the paint sparingly. As you’d expect, a little bleed here and there but nothing that a gently scrape with a cocktail stick/wooden toothpick wouldn’t fix. Also, added the hovi tip mesh (although I don’t think this is overly accurate) and added the acetate lenses. Apart from the s-trim for the neck, were pretty nearly there. Please feel free to comment on the hovi mesh. Note the orientation of the stripes - see here for more information; https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/44755-tube-stripes-anh-stunt-dave-m/ Tubestripes approx a pencil width from the cheeks. Lightly and carefully applied just one coat of paint, trying to avoid too much pressure which could force bleed under the template; Pre-toothpick Post-toothpick

Thanks. I realized as we were taking pictures that the cover strips were long. I did paint my own boots and am not happy with how they look, and have better paint already in stock. The thigh covers are wide so they match front and back( I have big legs from years of bike riding). Drop boxes are were they belong I think I missed saying anything to my wife who took the pictures. I have a spare set of ab buttons as I thought they might be a little thin on the sides. Thanks so much for the input.

Furiously working to get this kit d-o-n-e! We were out of town last week, so my plans to finish the suit then went completely out the window. But almost there now. First, to follow up on the issue I had with the elastic strapping for the brackets being too long... can you spot which one of these isn't like the others? That's the elastic from one of my own kits. Much shorter. With a quick pass of these on the sewing machine, I shortened all of them up. And here is Mr. Cricket- his name is Chris (no kidding!). Yeah, yeah, I know: "Chris and Christine". We've been together for over 20 years and have heard it a gazillion times. The strapping to the shoulders/bells was just taped together, and there were no elastics on the biceps/bells, so the bells look kind of wonky. Everything was taped together for the chest/back connection with black gaffer's tape (my white tape had disappeared), so it looks kind of odd in the back, too. But! It's all coming together, and Mr. Cricket is able to move around in his suit with no bites reported. You all know how it feels to get into kit for the first time like this. So much WOW! And he has great helmet hair, I must say. Here he is after seeing himself fully dressed for the very first time. He couldn't stop saying, "Oh WOW!" over and over again. And who can resist the allure of an e-11? So after all the fun came the final work for me. Cover strips for thigh fronts. Strapping for the chest/back connection and bicep/bells to be installed. Attaching plastic straps to chest plate. I had to remove the sniper knee and add some plastic to pop it out away from the shin because we couldn't keep the plate from digging a bit into his knee (despite adding padding to the inside of the shin at the top). Let's just say that there was a lot of final stuff that needed to be glued! This is what it looks like when I use every single set of my magnets and clamps. What a mess! After all the glue has set, I still need to paint the white rivet/screw heads on the armor. And that's that!

Sorry, I missed your post. It's a Diyino Stardust 3.

Someone from my local garrison was in my area for an event and stopped by afterwards and took a look at the kit I had received and advised of the issues with it making it as a normal approved kit. He noted from pics I posted to my local the crack (I actually had missed it initially in my excitement of unpacking) and took the rest of the helm pieces and said it would extend past where the parts I have would cover. I actually am missing pieces and since this is a failed return I won't be getting the missing parts so the helm has no ear pieces and can't cover anything up. Even for a death trooper I am going to have to come up with ear pieces .

Excellent! Nice job

Sand all edges to a smooth finish... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Cool looking blaster none the less

Very nice work! Thanks for posting the progress.

Sensational work on this build Christine, the finishing line is in sight. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Great job!! Welcome aboard! :-)

Did I mention how happy I am with how it turned out cuz I'm really happy!

Okay, last post for today. To simplify the scabbard I cut of the frilly bits. Here I shaped one of the parts and attached it back on the right side. I then made a paste out of superglue and baby powder to fill the gaps. I'll be able to sand this down later. I am glad at the rate this is going. I am heading into Salt Lake tomorrow to pick up some silicone and resin. I still am not sure how I will mold these yet, so any input would be valuable. Cheers!

Hey there, go ahead and fire away in here of PM with questions. I haven't been in here for awhile cause I have long since completed my ANH Stunt....but have been researching some other stuff. I sitll want to refurbish this since my skills and knowledge in building have vastly increased.