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i decided to upgrade my rubies e-11 with some more greeblies to make it more accurate. i made them out of polystyene, toothpicks and random stuff. im planning on sanding down the T-tracks some more. it did have the power cylinders, but they were 3d printed and kept breaking. Im getting new ones soon. im gonna repaint it after sanding the t-tracks more.

started filling seams

cut out the eyes and added some details. for these parts, I traced the side of the head onto the paper side of adhesive craft foam, stuck them on, trimmed them a bit, beveled the top part to make it more seamless, then cut the grooves and hit them with a heat gun to widen them. I cut some grooves going across the helmet too, but they're harder to see cause of all the sharpie lines. I've already started filling the seams. more pics coming soon.

I'm pretty sure this doesn't count as a costume, but whatever. I'll probably be making this out of foam and wood and whatever I can find. some planning and rough templates: I used scale factor on my (broken) black series battle droid to roughly determine the head size. Pics of the head so far: I'm basing this off of the Clone Wars season 7 and the Bad Batch since the realistic movie style is way too complicated.

Sorry for being a month late, I was kinda procrastinating on uploading it. It was pretty fun walking around, everyone wanted pictures . I tried staying in character as often as possible, and even stopped a car and asked if they had seen a golden protocol droid and a blue astromech I did learn a few things about the suit: It wasn't as uncomfortable as i thought it would be. maybe cause it's foam and not plastic like all of your guys' armor. It's HOT. when I was walking inside I was boiling, however it was a breezy day outside, so i was fine while outside. after a few hours out there walking around, I was pooped. luckily I'm made of squishy flexible foam, so I could sit down (sorta) and take a rest. I was a bit sore the next day. Its annoyingly loud. the plastidip coated surfaces rubbing together as I walked made a loud squeaky sound, and it sounds very dumb. we all know stormtroopers make a "clack clack clack" not a"squeak squeak squeak" when they walk I'm thinking of painting the suit with plain old gloss white spray paint to reduce the squeaks and make the texture less rubbery. every now and then one of the shins would ride up on the boots and there would be a gap above the boots and the shin would be all twisted. so I might put some velcro on the boot and inside of the shin to remedy this. I also noticed That some plastidip on the caulk seams on the chest started peeling. I'm not too worried about it, I'll probably just clean that up before re painting with the gloss white spray paint. I'm also contemplating making a new foam helmet or finishing that paper/pepakura one just for the heck of it, but I'm not sure yet. Do y'all think I should? If so, which option seems ideal?

So with May the Fourth just around the corner, I plan on trooping outside of my parents restaurant. Wish me luck guys

Thanks mate

thanks! more pics after shortening biceps.

Alright, I made a suit up video. After that I walked around outside for awhile and waved to some cars. It was pretty fun

Wow really? Thanks I would love to be featured! thanks!

almost almost done!!! action!!! and on second thought, I've decided to do what Ukswrath (Tony) suggested, and shorten the biceps, so that's what I'll do. please feel free to criticize, and tell me if I should change anything for accuracy.

updated padding in the helmet, now it fits better. so now... I'm done? I can't believe I'm done already. I'm gonna try on the completed costume, and see how it looks.

holster done! I finished the silver on the greeblies then cut slits in the holster and slid the tabs of the brass heads into them and the craft foam was adhesive backed, so I just stuck it on. finished holster with blaster

sliver added to brass heads and another coat of plastidip added to craft foam.

added velcro to the neck seal, so now the neck seal is done! so now I just need to finish up the holster parts. Im also thinking of adding a bit more padding in the helmet, then I'll be done?!?!

I found these brass heads and I cut a piece of craft foam for the holster. test fit on the holster paint preparation '' added plastidip on the foam, primer on the brass heads. after they dry, I'll add silver.

finished plastidip on the holster and neck seal! I didn't put plastidip on the back of the neck seal cause nobody sees it.

My undersuit top arrived! paired with the pants I already have, It works pretty well as an undersuit.

finished side straps! inside the armor on the outside test fit!

alright, but I'll just try shaping it first. here's my strapping system in case anyone wanted to see

Yeah, I took note of that. Would ROTK style straps connecting the chest to the backplate help do you think?

alright, as per the advice of gmrhodes13 (Glen) and ukswrath (Tony) I trimmed the chest at the top. I've decided not to trim the biceps cause, well I'm lazy lol first I ripped off the shoulder straps then I trimmed off about an inch around the neck and two top points then re-glued the shoulder straps then I heat shaped it a little bit then I tried it on with the rest of the armor, along with the new boots! action!!!

thanks for the suggestions! I want this to be as accurate as possible, so I'll make those adjustments. I'm actually a teenager, not an adult. That's why it all looks a bit wonky, cause I'm about 5"5 tall, and the templates I'm using were meant for a 5'8 tall person.

thanks! boots came in!

test fit the chest flares out at the sides way too much, so my dad suggested a side strap, like the ones on ROTK's. I'll probably do that.