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Welcome to my build tread for my Troopmaster Snowtrooper build. 

 

This will be my 5th costume build this year and technically my 4th costume (As my first build was converted to another costume). I started the year off with a AM Stunt Stormtrooper rebuild. It was a 501st members costume I bought used and had to extensively modify and replace half the pieces and redo all the strapping to fit me. In that rebuild process I wished I had bought a new kit and built it for myself from the start, modding someone else's build is a lot more work that building a kit from scratch. So before I finished my rebuild I did a lot of research on makers. I really wanted a screen accurate TK so I finally decided on what I wanted and ordered a TM Hero Stormtrooper from Paul. 

 

My first Stunt TK was built from Jan to Mar and then approved. My second Hero TK I received in April and had it finished and approved for June. The plan was always to convert my first TK to a Sandtrooper so I started gathering all the extras for a TD build and decided to replace several parts of the AM armour with more accurate pieces so I ordered extra parts from Paul for the TD conversion. It was around this time that I did a troop with a Tusken Raider and was really enthralled with the costume. It was always a favorite of mine as a child so I leaped over the edge and ordered everything in late June to build a Tusken Raider. Late July rolled around and there I was working on both my Tusken and Sandtrooper to get them ready for the Fanexpo show in September. It was a lot of working every evening and weekends into the wee hours of the night but I got both completed and approved in time for the show. It was a few weeks before the show when I saw a Snowtrooper build up close and was captivated so much with it that I decided I wanted to order a TS kit. I reached out to Paul as I knew he had a finished TS helmet on the forum still for sale so I order it and a kit.  

 


The BBB...Sam my dog is not happy about another build, less play time for him. 

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The unboxing and layout along with my other extras I ordered for the build...Boots, pants, holster, gloves, helmet fan...

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My Duster has arrived, I ended up ordering the Rob "Ice Axe" Kittell Duster. I have his amazing belts for my TK and TD and from seeing his photos knew this was the Duster for me. 

 

Here it is layed out:

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Side view

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The pouches, I did order his belt but am going to use the TM belt that came with the strapping set as its more screen accurate. 

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Mukluks are ready. Straps added weathering is next. I wear a size 10 1/2 shoe in Canada and ordered size 9 and these fit great with the wool liner inside. I had orginally got a size 8 but with the liner they were too small. I'll be posting them for sale soon.

 

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Progress continues...

 

Weathered gloves with hand plates sewn on.

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Knees prepped for sewing the elastic straps on. 

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Shoulder bridges trimmed.

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Shoulder plates ready for sewing.

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Belt and pouches assembled to the abdomen plate. 

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Cod plate strapped

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more to come soon...

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Progress was slow this past week, holiday parties, attending the Rogue One premier, and a few troops.

 

Almost finished all the sewing on the duster, here are the completed knees with straps sewn on and foam backing added for comfort. 

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Basically I finished of the build over the holiday break...

 
Chest straps added
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Shoulder straps and pack connectors added
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Chest with straps
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Pack sides attaching
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Bracing added to the pack to add support for the front panel attachment
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Bracing is PVC 3/4" U-Channel glued to the underside of the sides, a suggestion from Paul of TM
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I did a test fitting of everything assembled, just a few painting details to add on the pack then onto weather the armour and soft parts. if you have any recommendations please let me know, thanks.
 
Front view
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Back view
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Right side view
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Left Side view
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3/4 view

 

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Weathering has begun, here is a few photos. 

 

I do my weathering with oil paint, a mix of black and raw umber brown. I did this technique for my Sandtrooper as well. 

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The belt and cod plates weathered.

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Knee, before and after.

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Hands before and after.

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Belt pouches, the bottom one has a tea dyed wash added, the top has weathering added. 

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Forearms, before and after

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Boots, before and after

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Both boots weathered, I'm not a fan of how the front straps slip down. Thinking of sewing the underside strap to the front of the boot so they all stay in place and don't slip down and get bunched up. 

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Well everything is weathered now the drying game starts, takes 1-2 weeks with oil paint weathering to dry. A pain but so worth it in the end.

 

The chest mid weathering...

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The finished chest...

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The back pack before...

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The pack after...

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The helmet before...

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The helmet after...

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The holster before and after...

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The shoulder before and after...

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Everything done and laid out to dry, the pants and duster are in the garage hanging to dry from the spray weathering, pics to come of them soon.

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Submission photos to follow soon...

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Well the pieces were dry enough today to try on for submission photos so here you go...

 
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Back
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Right Side
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Left Side
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Helmet Off
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Action Shots
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And the Snowtrooper is approved! 

 

Here it is with my other 4 costumes I've made this past year...there is two more non-Star Wars costumes underway currently to add to this in a few months. 

 

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