mikedwelle94
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Kit's looking real nice, good work. Con looked like a lot of fun!
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Freshly painted Bass Amsterdams. Soles painted silver to match references.
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It's Rustoleum Ultra Cover paint+primer, gloss apple red.
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Found a great resource for a DiY tutorial on building the Special Edition pack and thought I'd share:
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Finished the chest plate and shoulder bells. Might give the abdomen plate a blackwash tomorrow.
Yes, that button was painted white on purpose. On the game model, you have one white button and 8 black buttons.
Painting and weathering is fun. I don't think you'll ever see me wear a clean, shiny TK.
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On 12/2/2015 at 2:05 PM, Comfy Turtle said:
hmm any guides for painting like this? i'm not 100% i should do this as i might have to sell my second set but it would be fun to try
though i doubt i'd get it approved since its Anovos and not RotJ
Just mask off any areas with painters tape that you don't want red on. You can *lightly* score the tape with an x-acto blade once it's on the plastic as a means of being more precise with your masking, taking care not to scratch it underneath. Dab toothpaste or liquid latex on parts of the soon-to-be red areas before painting to simulate paint chips. I also went back with a white enamel paint marker to add a little more battle damage.
(still need to fill the screw holes on mine)
Your Anovos could get approved as a ROTJ-style Shock Trooper if you make modifications. Flip the ab button plate, construct everything with the overlap method, and attach rubber trim to all your torso plates. Apply ROTJ decals to your helmet and paint the frown ROTJ style. Maybe slim the ears of the helmet down and fill the screw holes. Find ESB/ROTJ clamshell handplates and add bubble lenses to your helmet (they're more common on ROTJ troopers vs. flat lenses)I'm using 90% ANH armor for mine (ordering a fused kidney/butt plate from TM or CFO) and I plan to get approval with this by the time FISD elections end. -
Sounds like you're going about it the right way! Good luck with your project.
Just a few things you didn't mention about the helmet:
- You need to fill in the seam running along the faceplate. Caulk works fine.
- Replace the decals and tube stripes with ESB/ROTJ decals and tube stripes. Maybe you could give CFO or TM a shout and see if they could hook you up with a set.
- Replace the lenses. Bubble lenses are more common on ROTJ helmets vs. flat lenses.
You said you have TK Boots right? They can't be the ones your pictures - those are more like Elvis/Mariachi style boots people find on eBay. TK Boots are good if you can find them in your size, but a painted set of Bass Amsterdams is a good alternative. Just gotta take the shine off with acetone and lay down some good leather spray paint.
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I'm just a little obsessed with how good (I believe) this helmet turned out. Decals are fitted, all that's left is to fill in the screw holes on the ears. I've given up trying to take the ears off to slim them down - this bucket was constructed a little too well ;p
Boots came in too. I'll make a trip up to the store for nail polish remover and hopefully find some red spray paint for leather.Sent from my SCH-R530U using Tapatalk
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Flipped the buttons on the FX abdomen armor and tried on some cheap door trim I found at Walmart today. Still planning to get the good rubber trim from either TM or CFO, but I'll be painting this up tomorrow to get a good idea of what it'll look like.
The over-sized handplates need to be trimmed some. I'll use the scrap to make ABS paste which I'll use to repair the crack near the gentleman's region as well as the little gaps around the ab button plate after repositioning.
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Trooperbay decals are coming, Bass Amsterdam boots are coming, and a set of MonCal thighs are coming. Just waiting to hear back from TM and ATA for the rest of my parts.
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It's good to be back! I did my fair share of research while I couldn't build - this one will go 100x more smoothly than my first attempt at building.It's good to have you back Mike
I can't wait to write this CRL.
FYI: You're totally helping.
-Eric
I'll feel good knowing that the effort put in now could make it easier for people building this after me. I'll be happy to help with CRL-related efforts however I can.
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Definitely share your helmet's new paintjob with us! Just keep in mind if you're using your Anovos kit (which is ANH I believe), you'll need to construct it as an ROTJ trooper. That means you'll have a couple mods to make, and you may even need to buy a replacement kidney/butt from TM or CFO, which is supposed to be a single piece.
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+1 on the Bass Amsterdams. I've ordered my second pair just recently. They're good boots!
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MTK helmet as it arrived in the mail.
Trimmed the eye holes a bit more, masked everything off, and painted.
The traps and tears are handpainted (for now) until my decals arrive. Also temporary are the ANH tube stripes. I plan to take the ears off and slim them down a bit. Also will fill in the screw holes with bondo.
Let me know what you think!
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Found a couple really good pictures!
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Discovered a few things playing the game.
Playing as a Shock Trooper, you carry a T-21 blaster and no backpack.
Encountering a Shock Trooper on Tattooine, you'll notice they carry both a DLT-19 blaster and what appears to be a backpack resembling the Special Edition Sandtrooper pack.
I'll try to get a better shot sometime. It's incredibly hard to sneak up on these guys' rears without them noticing. I keep having to kill them and hope they land on the ground the right way.
An example of the SE Sandtrooper pack, from http://www.tk1336.com/tdtrooper.html
Plastic shoulder straps and a thermal detonator attached to the belt are present not only on the playable model with no pack, but also on the AI trooper with the pack. For the sake of common sense, I would hope that those approving this costume would overlook those two details on the latter variant, but who knows.
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Sweet. Might pick up the parts for a Sandtrooper backpack. Lots of good deals here.
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I'm looking to add the rubber trim to the few pieces of ANH armor I have that need it, rather than try to find ROTJ armor parts. Just don't know where to look or who to ask.
Thanks in advance for your help!
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I'm going out Black Friday shopping tonight and will be picking this up for Xbox One. I'll be able to capture some hi-res screens. The trickiest part about it will actually be getting the opportunity to spawn as the Shock Trooper, as that's only possible as long as a teammate is on the field playing as Palpatine. I know for sure that in some game play footage I've seen, the trooper is NOT wearing a pack.
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Has anyone been able to get some screen grabs? I've only been able to find front shots on the net. I want to paint up my second set of armor parts like this. Curious that this trooper is missing the drop boxes and knee plate... is that the way it is in game?
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Tried it today but kept getting disconnected less than five minutes into my games. Went back to Destiny.
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Sure, their costumes weren't top notch, but I can appreciate anyone who can help spread the infection.
I'll share our dance clip if someone asks c:
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Found it! These masks look great, and are a LOT cheaper than what I was expecting. Might just pick one of these up. Thanks for sharing and good luck with the rest of your project
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Where did you get your zombie flesh? Everything looks awesome, btw.
Star Wars Battlefront (DICE) Shock Trooper
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I'd be going faster if I HAD all my parts, lol. Someone else actually got the whole thing done yesterday, but there's just a couple things I noticed on his that I would change before submitting.
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