Grimez

You can find a fully assembled E-11 on here for cheaper. I know Darth Voorhees is selling them for 175. http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/27284-dvh-assembly-finishing-service/ TKittell offers belts for $33. http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/19803-fs-white-canvas-belts/ The holster looks iffy, and its an ESB variant. I got my fully assembled ANH E-11 holster from Darman. http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/16744-leather-e-11-holsters-35/ I'm not sure about the neck seal, it looks like a hero variant. I got mine off trooperbay for about 50 and it is fully woven, no leather. http://trooperbay.com/stormtrooper-neck-seals/ As for the armor types, ANH Stunt is most popular one seen in A New Hope. It features a long, grey frown, hand painted decals, flat dark green lenses, and latex handplates. ANH Hero is an ANH Stunt with a shorter frown, bubble lenses, different style ears, and different neck seal. ESB is an ANH Stunt recolored with a black frown, vinyl decals, different style holster and clamshell handplates. ROTJ has so many differences it is hard to cover here,

How do these look? I have about 4 coats on them, don't know how I feel about them. The cheapo walmart brand brushes i got kept losing bristles in them, but you cant see them in the pictures which makes it better. Here they are as they stand. Do they look alright? Any advice on any changes?

The amsterdams are a good choice, the deer stags are just a budget version.

Didn't even notice this. Yes, they are slippery, but they have a rubber heel which keeps them stable. I went running in them the night I finished them and they held up fine, running up and down hills and streets without issue. You just have to watch your step on things like carpet. Hope that helps. Here is mine as it is currently:

How long did it take the dye to dry?

So close but yet so far.

I was wondering, since nobody seems to use the chat on here, if there was somewhere where people in the 501st, garrisons, etc have some sort of real-time chatbox or the like to talk about anything in real-time rather than the boards.

Took some nail polish remover to the paint i got on the heel, it took off some of the polish but it was worth it, MUCH less noticeable than the giant white smear on the side.

Oh, haha! That's funny.

Did you just compliment your own joke? Lmao.

Touched em up a bit, but for the most part the paint didnt want to come up. I think they will be fine, you can only really tell if you get up close and personal with them.

Hm, i'll give it a shot. Moment.

And here we are, the grand reveal! I went through with an exacto knife and scored along the connection to minimize paint peeling, i will probably need to go through with a smaller brush in the areas i couldnt reach with my sponge brushes and touch it up with white and then clean up the soles with paint thinner. There wasn't any cracking or peeling that I could see when I put them on and walked around with them from what I could see.

Haha yeah, my impatience combined with a free day really got some progress going. Now that I think about it I could probably put the last coat on now, its still warm enough.

I'll likely go off of Brandon's recommendation and use this fabric dye off amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Tulip-Dimensional-Fabric-Paint-Slick/dp/B00114M278/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399256626&sr=8-1&keywords=white+fabric+paint

Coat 4, last of the day. If I get time tomorrow I will put on coat 5 and see if it looks good, if it does i'll move to touchups. Otherwise i'll go all the way for 6 and then touchups.

3rd coat, I expect 2 or 3 more will be needed.

Checked on the boots again and they seemed completely dried, no smearing or removal when i touched/scratch at it. So I went ahead with the second coat. In comparison to Brandon's thread further down I was pretty light on my first coat so I used the paint more liberally this time around.

Very light, rough first coat on now. Going to check on them later once it gets brighter/hotter and likely put on the second coat.

Nice! Feel free to follow my thread and give input, i'll be painting today.

Ah, ok. I had to modify the link to find your album. From what I can tell the tube stripes will need to be redone and the ears look a bit off. I can't speak for the accuracy though, you'll need someone more experienced for that. What are you paying/trading for this?

Can you get some more angles? I know there are some mods you need to make but in the end it will still certainly be better than an FX.

Sorry about the necro, but dear LORD that armor is fantastic!

Here they are all taped up, that was the most tedious thing i've ever done in my life. Edit: Thunderstorm is rolling in - not going to get any painting done tonight

Finally I can get started on this, my Fiebing's Deglazer just arrived in the mail today, went to Wally World, got some rags, and went to town. Used all of it both to be thorough and because i'll never use it again. Letting them sun dry for a bit now, i'll wash them when they get back in and possibly start painting tonight. We'll see how it goes.