Ruthar

Touched up the white around the soles, now they are ready for patrolling the Dune Sea. I'll be using pandatrooper's method to weathering as I really like the look. In other news, the big brown box will be here on Monday while my DLT-19 from HyperFirm will be here sometime next week. It's starting to get really exciting now!

Boots are done after 9 coats of paint, 3 coats of fabric paint, and acrylic finisher. Still should hit up the little bits of white that got through the tape with some touch up black around the sole. Then it's onto getting them all sandy which I should do tomorrow before I head out for work.

Started work on the boots this afternoon, will be continuing shortly: 1st coat: 2nd coat (it's crazy how much just one more coat does): While I was waiting for those to dry, I used the neckseal template to make something a little more passable. It's a bit thick like I thought, but it'll do until I can get my hands on a tailored seal (despite my name, I'm not really a tailor): 3rd coat: Coat 4 - not a huge difference between coats 3 and 4, but now that the base is relatively even, I will go a little heavier with the Angelus. Can't wait to see what they look like with the acyrlic finisher after a handful of more coats. 5th coat - getting closer! Will probably end up with 8 or 9. Coat 6: Coat 7 - it's pretty white by now, but can never be too safe I suppose: Coat 8 - the penultimate: And finally the final 9th coat! Tomorrow I will be putting on the acrylic finisher to make em shine and dying the fabric to the required white. Really looking forward to how they will look after all the paint is done, then its just a matter of making them look like they've been through the Dune Sea and back!

Hi everyone! Had the pleasure of chatting with the good folk(s) of Trooper Gear over the last week or so and decided to get their full kit. So as I wait for that delicious box of goodies to arrive, I figured it was time to start on the some of the other things. First up is the neck seal. A friend of mine had an old neck piece made of foam laying around, so I decided to try to rework it a bit to make it a usable neck seal and bib. Its a little on the thicker side so it might not work, but it's something to try as I wait for the armor anyhow. Just to test, I taped the felt for the bib to the neck seal. It seems like it will go fine one I sew it in for real (hopefully tomorrow). Fortunately I have a day off tomorrow, so I can work on the boots. I have a comfy new set of Bass Amsterdams waiting for painting (with white Angelus leather paint, of course!), so I'm looking forward to that project tomorrow. I managed to get all the sheen off one of the boots with a good bit of alcohol, so that should go nicely. Boots, belt, neck seal, and gloves, to start: Can't wait for the big ol' box to arrive - greatly looking forward to diving in!