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Thanks bud, it was my favourite part of the build. Took me back to my youth painting Warhammer figures.

Thanks Vern, you can't please all o' the people all o' the time though eh? Although, I'll certainly keep your suggestions in mind for my next E11 build. Cheers, Si.

Thank you Glen.

Many thanks Daniel.

Cheers Daz, I just hope I can do a decent job on my armour too.

The day has finally arrived, I am now the proud owner of my first set of armour and it's by the awesome fellow that is Troopermaster. I have no doubt that I will be asking an abundance of questions and taking a plethora of pictures, so let me begin by posting the obligatory brown box shots. And so it begins.

Thank you Ken, hope it helps.

And here it is all finished. I'm pleased with the way it turned out, not too bad for my first blaster. And I'm glad ive managed to complete it tonight as I've been reliably informed that my first set of armour arrives tomorrow. Woohoo! Hope you've enjoyed seeing this blaster build, I certainly enjoyed undertaking it. Si.

Thanks Andy. You'll be pleased to hear its finally finished. But before I get to the pics of it, here's how I did the scope... This pic kinda speaks for itself. I bought a cheap monocular, stripped it down and used the internals where I could. You'll notice the raggedy looking scope, that's the result of rubbing it down after my original painting debacle.

Awesome work Paul, loving it!

Thanks fellas, I'm pleased with my results so far.

Cheers Phil.

Just a quick update with a couple of pics. I've completed the weathering on the blaster itself. I'm fairly pleased with the results. Still awaiting my scope parts before I can finish the modification. Once that's finished I'll add it (and the counter) and consider the job done. Some shots of the plain black base prior to weathering. And the completed weathering.

Thanks Rob, I went with the flat black base & dry brushing on the blaster itself (finished it last night, pics soon folks) and tried my buddy's tip about using hairspray between coats on just my scope. Sadly that didn't work out, my top coat went all mottled so I've stripped the scope down again to repaint. So glad I didn't attempt that method on the whole thing as I'd be weeping right now. I shall try it again, this time without the hairspray. I'll give sanding and drybrushing together a try as you suggested.

Great job!

Stunning work Rob, I am loving this! I had the same idea about my doopydoos scope, have already purchased the OHP inkjet film for that very purpose. Just awaiting my monocular to strip out the elements. Care to share your AutoCAD file of the scope graphic? I'd change it up a bit to suit myself but it'd be a great starting point. Any .dwg version up to v.2012 would be great. Si.

It was my understanding that it was supposed to be upside down with the arrow pointing towards the front of the blaster. I don't suppose it would affect Centurion status either way though.

Seeing my name in the lid made me feel really proud too. Glad to have played even such a small part in this project, well done to all of you for making it happen and doing such an awesome job. Si.

Outstanding! I'm so looking forward to this.

Thanks Vern, yes, I've redone the diagram to show your measurements below. As you can see, I added an extra half a millimetre to the window edge dimension so that I had a bridge between it and the reset switch aperture. (for those of you not aware, this is the thread we're discussing: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/21494-hengstler-face/ )

Hoping to hear back any time now. I even ordered my magnets yesterday in readyness. I've got everything but the actual armour now. lol

Cheers Phil. And I'm always on here at the moment, can't get enough of the place.

Thanks Sean, I hadn't heard about the problems rubbing down over resin. A buddy of mine has told me about the hairspray method where you put a silver base over your primer and leave to dry solid. Then spray with a coat of hairspray and leave that to dry. Finally spray with your black topcoat til it's dry enough to touch then go at the weathering detail with a short bristled brush (like a cut down artist's brush) to pull away the black. He's showed me his scope weathered using this method and it looks really good. I was going to try it out on my scope and see how it faired before I went the whole hog and did the same on the blaster itself. I'm still a little unsure about it, which is why I'm looking for different views at the moment. I'm ok at drybrushing, I used to do quite a lot back when I painted Warhammer stuff, but depending upon what's going to give me the best results I'm staying open minded. For now at least. ****update**** The hairspray method failed for me, had to strip the scope down.

A couple of update pics. First is a few shots of me drilling out my scope to allow me to add the elements from a cheap monocular I've ordered from the Bay of e. How long it'll take to arrive is anyone's guess but I thought I'd drill it out tonight in preparation. These are just a few shots of the blaster now the primer has dried. I'd still like some input regarding painting (see previous post) if anyone has any. More soon, Si.

Loving that! Awesome stuff.