mikedwelle94

Thanks gents - but there's much much more to be done I got this helmet in the mail today... It was a steal for how much I paid for it. The seller told me it had some imperfections - which it does have, but you wouldn't even notice them unless they were pointed out. I almost don't want to butcher it, but of course I'm going to

I've been looking at a ton of tutorials on how to make prosthetics. I probably am going to apply some directly to the parts of my face that will be exposed - a full mask would probably hinder visibility in the helmet. And funnily enough, the closest thing I have to light yellow acrylic is golden brown. I've been doing very light washes with that (and a little olive green in some places) - but as you probably noticed, it doesn't look true to the statue. I will be getting the correct acrylic paint soon. For now, here's a pic of some thighs and the plastic belt. I thought the legs on the GG statue didn't look good enough so I did something different. I used athletic tape for the bandages - I'll be super gluing that to the armor soon.

I finished the backplate. I'm looking for ideas on how to create the crater of gore on the abdomen plate...

Keeping it up. Between working and playing video games, I made a little progress. le shoulder bells All of the cracks were made by the dremel's cutting wheel, then painted black to emulate the Gentle Giant statue's appearance. le backplate For now, the pen marks on the back plate represent where I plan to use the Dremel's cutting wheel. The only reason I haven't cut these out yet is because I got home late from work tonight and I didn't wanna wake anyone up I'm not too pleased with the weathering job so I might come back to that after I hack it up. And one shot of all my progress made so far

Looking prime. Good luck with approval!

Progress!

Good idea. What I may end up doing now is gluing and weathering multiple layers of plastic under the claw marks.

I've seen his build. He happens to be in my garrison The first cuts have been made. The chest plate will be weathered tonight or tomorrow with sandpaper and acrylic paints. Plastic "for sale" sign pieces are going to be glued behind the holes in the lower right side of the plate and weathered.

I've made a fair amount of progress on this and thought I'd share with my FISD friends. As some of you may know, this is to be my primary 501st costume, with a TK Death Trooper (in progress) being the secondary. I have scrapped the Magma project. Here are some pictures of the kit taken at PortCon 2014 in Portland, Maine. My Mercs clan wanted to see my kit in person - I warned them it would look incomplete but they didn't seem to mind You'll notice there's some exposed velcro on my temporary sweatshirt vest. To be fair, I had to change without any help, not in front of a mirror... With Kyram Sorenn, blaster borrowed from Mereel A'Denla With Jerek Darr - Wampa Clan Alor'ad Some solo shots.... Striking a pose So that about wraps it up for pictures of me. I wound up leaving my prepared scrub bottoms at home so I had to leave my knee and shin plates in the armor crate A couple days later I received these in the mail. These are Eternal Armory's v1 resin DW pistols, bought secondhand from a garrison member. As soon as I have a proper vest, I can get my plates attached correctly. Just gotta do that, attach some square boxes to my belt, and build a jetpack. The jetpack will have to wait a few months. Sorry for the long post

Let's also hope they'll give us new costumes to make, like they did with the other games

Well done!

Hey Tim, nice kit. I'll be watching your progress.

Thanks guys! So I bought the eyes, and I'm now looking for a mask that more closely resembles the GG statue. I just have another question - what should I use to dye my red canvas belt? (don't say buy a new one, coz I won't.) The decision was painful yet necessary. I think in the end if I capture the look of the statue, I won't have any regrets.

Thinking about picking these up and modifying them. Thoughts? http://www.suntekstore.com/goods.php?id=15000267&utm_source=gbus&utm_medium=paid http://www.ebay.com/itm/ZOMBIE-FLESH-DECAY-MASK-Halloween-Masks-COSTUME-/310964709647?pt=US_Costume_Accessories&hash=item4866f0e90f

Hey man, thanks! I discovered I had a liking for replicating details with my current Mando project, so I'm confident this trooper's going to be a fun build. What you suggested sounds like a good idea, but it's likely I won't need to go that route. I have all the parts I need already and I don't mind hacking up the few good ones

If you've seen my Magma Trooper build thread, you've probably seen how much of a hard time I was having. Not learning from my repeated mistakes, I have a whole bunch of cracked parts. I don't have unlimited money for replacement parts, especially after tackling a Mandalorian project, so I figure the only way for me to get anything out of my Magma armor was to convert it to a DT. I have most of the tools already -- paint, dirt, a dremel, pre-damaged parts, etc. I just need to pick up a cheap skull mask, some fake flesh, maybe some bones I'm building a collection of images of the GG statue. I plan to replicate every detail from that as I can. I hate that I can't give the NEG its first Magma Trooper, but it is what it is. My armor before the DT idea came up (pic taken a couple weeks ago) The CAP helmet in this picture won't be used on this build. I'm instead going to hack up my old EFX and keep the red CAP as a display piece First coats of white paint laid down (there's no going back now!!) Hoping to get this, and my DW Supercommando close to done by the time school starts back up in September.

I don't have anything constructive to offer, but this is one of the best Death Troopers I've ever seen. I'm thinking about scrapping my disaster of a Magma Trooper project and converting it to a DT, and using this thread as a reference.

I'm very excited about this, but it's not enough to make me want to get an Xbox One or PS4 right away. Maybe when Destiny and the Halo games come out along with Battlefront, I'll buy. I'm also a bit nervous about EA being in charge of it. If you've seen what they did with Battlefield 4, you know what I mean. Rushing incomplete games to market is not cool. From what I've seen so far, they look like they're putting some time and effort into it. Yes, the visuals are pretty but it will mean next to nothing if the gameplay isn't solid. For now, I want a Wii U more. I just finished watching Nintendo's live stream and I'd say they won E3 a million times over. Smash Bros. for life!!

I can't agree with you completely. The suit does look very, almost shockingly, different from the traditional TK, but for the armor to not be made at all would mean that those who want it will be deprived of the opportunity to make a new impression on a child Star Wars fan. I say that if you don't want it, don't support it and don't buy it. I'm cool with that logic. If you don't want to clean vomit out of your helmet, skip all the troops that the Rebels TKs sign up for. Before long, we're going to see them regularly, just like with the animated clones. We'll get used to it, I'm sure.

If that's true, it's probably good then (but I'd wait for others to chime in). I've never done business with him, but I only hear good things

Of course. I would think it's actually encouraged. Anyway, if that vendor is not on our list of vetted armorers, you're taking a big risk. http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/11538-the-various-types-of-armor-and-where-to-find-them/

Nice Magma bucket. I'm a big fan of the red troopers

I've been able to get replacement parts from ATA in the past. His contact info can be found here http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/11538-the-various-types-of-armor-and-where-to-find-them/

The sad thing is that Rubies suits cost the same (or more in some cases) as some of the legit armor kits It's not that they can't afford good armor. They're either unaware that better armor exists, they don't have the know-how to build their own, or they're too impatient to wait for someone to build one for them That aside, the video itself was sorta "meh." I derive more entertainment from looking at funny cat pictures

I think you can do better than FX armor. Considering all the (relatively) cheap and more accurate options are out there.