Bulldog44

This blaster came out stunning! Excellent work!

Cool! Looking forward to this build. Seeing a Doopy kit these days is quite rare. And you have Tino's completion set to top it off. Good thing you have not lost any parts during your moves. There are so many fun mods you can do to make this kit look top notch. Best of luck. Will be following.

Here is how it came out. Not great, I didn’t get the wrinkles I was looking for. I think I need to try using this paint in a wind free environment. Purposefully left the magazine housing masked off to keep the text visible and create a worn tapered off look. The power cylinders will be mounted on top anyway so I guess it really doesn’t matter too much. I will paint a little more on the sides of the housing, the sight guard and the sides of the rear sight.

Sadly the results came out more like test 1. I can try again with another coat but worried it will not look good. The problem was also the wind which probably caused the paint spray to dust more and not evenly coat the tube. It requires a good thick 3 layers I think. oh well live and learn. I will let it dry fully and do a little weathering. I left some of the smaller attached parts masked off because I feared this paint would hide too much of the details. I might try giving them a light coat. Once I get all that settled I will spray it again with a nice even coat of black paint. Then weather again. yes this VHT paint stinks a lot. My family not happy about it

Long overdue update. Painted the receiver and most of the parts with a black coat of surfacer paint. Did a test of the wrinkle paint I purchased. First attempt after quickly heating the paint to reveal the wrinkles. This unfortunately creates tighter wrinkles and not exactly what I was shooting for. Second attempt: The wrinkles appear more accurate to the original wrinkles on a sterling but only when I slowly let the paint air dry. After a few months of waiting to paint the blaster. Freshly applied wrinkle paint in 3 layers. I made the mistake of leaving the paint drying in the direct sun so the wrinkles appeared faster than I had planned. I did't have any real space to dry it so it could not be helped. Plus this paint gives off a very powerful odor so not recommended to keep in doors while it dries. Even the test parts gave off an odor for weeks. I will post the result later. The wrinkles are okay but not as nice as the second test piece. I plan to weather it lots as the DVH kit parts were quite rough to begin with.

Congratulations!

Looking forward to this! Keep up the great work!

Awesome update to the lock system you made. Hope you can get some troops in soon to test it out.

Awesome design! Congrats! There were some other amazing designs too so great job on all of them!

Looking good! Not a problem to take more off those bicep return edges. I left a bit on there for aesthetics but not much.

Nice final touch with the greeblies! Well done!

Congratulations!!!!!!!! Fantastic achievement! Excellent effort put in by so many troopers. Special congratulations to our 500th Centurion!!!!

Wow! Congratulations to Grave and Max!

Nice! The Reference continues!!!! Hopefully more high def pics or some undiscovered pics can help shed more light on these parts.

Agreed. Optional is the way to go. Too many variations with the screen used blasters. But adding details like these makes for fun blaster building.

Congratulations Jakob!

Great research going on with this. I had sort of given up on what these little parts were.

Ooh La La!!!! lights!!!!! This turned out awesome! Tino , you are the MacGyver of prop making!

Nice work Joseph! Looks great! Hope we can get more info on these parts. Be cool to know exactly where they might have come from or from what.

I had seen the parts on the scopes but never the other parts. Thanks for sharing this Glen. Rob, I want to check out the RPF thread in this. Interested to know what all the identified parts are.

Congratulations guys and welcome to Centurion! Nearly 500 strong! Finish line in sight!

Congratulations Jim!!!!!! Welcome to Centurion!

Agreed! That is for sure. Okay Tino, the project is there for you to challenge! Armor and blaster! Get this completed and submit to LFL and maybe we can see it in a TV show or movie!

The aurebesh came out great! If you are looking for a more worn look I guess you could do a little chipping to the letters, but I like it as it is. The hose idea is another cool mod for this helmet. I think this helmet needs a full set or armor and backpack to go with it.

Just when I thought you were winding down on this helmet you go and add more amazing things to it. The flashlights take the cake. This gives the helmet a more search & rescue/First aid/special Op feel. If you add lights to props you have my full attention. As a kid I loved any toys that lit up. The mini bacta tube idea is super. I think a small addition of some aurebesh text on the tank or box would look cool too. Just an idea.