seantrooper

looking good

so I managed to get ahold of some more accurate screws for my helmet, Also, I have some new accurate shoulder bells and an accurate back plate, so I should be posting some shots up of that soon :)May also try to see if I can get my chest piece shaped a bit more accurately, if I can borrow a mates chest armour I've shaped the bottom edge to be accurate, just want to see if I can mod the fx to have that more accurate shape overall. have one shoulder bell all weathered up already too photos at some stage soon

it says this there for centurion though? sorry about the slight OT Your armour is looking great steve!

Yeah, I don't think any rotj troopers had rivets on the kidney plate...i could be wrong though

we have mouldman in our garrison, I believe he was actually the legions first approved.

you can pick up the shade 3 welders visor from blackwoods The brand is black eagle. should cost about $19

On my TKC, I sanded down my entire armour (including the paint) after I painted it first with 400 grit then with 1200 grit to give it a matte finish. I also made some deap scratches here and there with some 80 grit The weathering stuck to it very well and the paint got a good scratched effect in some areas that I decided to sand a bit. But I just used humbrol enamel with an airbrush to paint mine

looking great mate,TFU troopers rock have you tried using tinsnips to trim your armour?

got suited up today, here is where I'm at. Just noticed my thigh piece had turned a little.. oh well let me know what you think

My helmet -----

Thanks guys I want to make it as accurate as possible. I left the return edge on my chest piece...should I get rid of it? From what reference shots of rotj I have seen it is difficult to tell if there is one or not.

Painted the recently discovered black onto my ears What I did is just brought up the texture file life size on my screen, traced it onto a piece of paper, then used it as a template to mark out the black.

Painted the recently discovered black onto my ears What I did is just brought up the texture file life size on my screen, traced it onto a piece of paper, then used it as a template to mark out the black.

My opinion is I think the drop boxes should be grey. They are clearly seen in the unfolded texture files. Also with the black stripe on the helmet, it looks like you are totally correct with the vertical stripe towards the rear of the ear... You do have to look hard too see it though I'm about to paint on the black of my ears

i guess I'll go paint the black on the ears now

don't forget the 5 ab buttons instead of 4 seen here and in lots of other shots

i just used humbrol no 5, same as the frown

EVERYTHING IS DONE here is how my ab plate is at now. Sides extended and 5th ab button put on. will hopefully get some photos in full kit in the next few days

look at a foam and rubber shop, that's where I got mine from

found the thread for you

don't forget my build thread -----------

sorry to go OT, but I love how that guys suit in your 'action figure' reference looks just like an action figure ok now, back to topic

gday mate, yes, it is only the game version for EIB now. I just finished converting my TKC to the game reference, and you have said everything that is required AS for the butt/kidney, they do have to be joined together. So you'll have to combine them on your AM kit. Go the commanders!

Quick update going to sculpt on the 5th ab button today. have already extended the ab plate and secured all my door trim Will most likely have photos of the ab plate and stuff today, will try to get some shots of me fully suited up tomorrow or later today

Looks awesome, but 1st of all, all the ab buttons need to be black. Also My personal opinion is that you need more weathering (black acrylic wash). When you think about it, If the paint is that beaten up, it would most definitely have been in a few battles, and battles are dirty! I also think there is a little too much paint chipping on the helmet, sort of takes away from the design... but once again thats just my $0.02