d503364 Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Very nice job. I've made a shoretrooper and mimban stormtrooper out of eva foam myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeseballs Posted August 2 Author Report Share Posted August 2 On 7/25/2022 at 4:02 PM, d503364 said: Very nice job. I've made a shoretrooper and mimban stormtrooper out of eva foam myself. Nice man! Speaking of, I’ve been modding the armor into a Mimban stormtrooper For the mud effects I simply dabbed and slapped the grey paint on with a paper towel. I’ll be going over it again with a darker color. These guys were seriously muddy in the movie lol. For the forehead piece what I did was cover the helmet dome in foil, then add slits so I could flatten it to create the template. I used two layers of thin foam for the brow cause the first layer I wrapped around the bottom of the forehead. Making it look uneven. Still gotta add the little details on the side of the forehead and clean it up. Gotta figure something out for the cloak as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 Still amazing to see what some can do with foam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeseballs Posted August 2 Author Report Share Posted August 2 (edited) Coat two so for I think it could be a little lighter with a tint of a bit more green to match reference, but looks very much like mud lol Edited August 2 by Cheeseballs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeseballs Posted August 2 Author Report Share Posted August 2 Reference https://imgur.com/a/kZk0FL6 for some reason this image won’t embed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 22 minutes ago, Cheeseballs said: Reference https://imgur.com/a/kZk0FL6 for some reason this image won’t embed Try the "direct" link option (how to with mobile info) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeseballs Posted August 3 Author Report Share Posted August 3 Blast shield seams filled, and details added, gotta plastidip and paint now Second coat done, gonna use this color for third coat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeseballs Posted August 3 Author Report Share Posted August 3 Plastidipped the blast shield, gotta fill the seams a bit better And my mom found a sheet I can use for the cape, she’s gonna cut, dye and sew it for me. Thanks mom! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeseballs Posted August 3 Author Report Share Posted August 3 Third coat done, gonna do one more lighter one. For the previous coat I used paper towels to dab the paint on, then I used a brush to get in in the crevices. For this coat I just used this sponge and didn't try as hard to get it in the cracks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeseballs Posted August 3 Author Report Share Posted August 3 Blast shield seams filled, white paint added, it’s a little off white compared to the helmet but it’ll probably look fine with mud lol 4th coat added to armor, to lighten it up a little I think it’s close enough now lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted August 3 Report Share Posted August 3 Does look a little darker than the reference, is annoying not knowing how a mix with dry and what color change you will get, trial and error 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeseballs Posted August 3 Author Report Share Posted August 3 13 minutes ago, gmrhodes13 said: Does look a little darker than the reference, is annoying not knowing how a mix with dry and what color change you will get, trial and error Yeah lmao just realized I posted the same paint cup image twice lol, here’s what the armor looks like after that 4th coat good enough for me lol And the brow on the blast shield has been masked and painted 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeseballs Posted August 3 Author Report Share Posted August 3 Tape removed, super happy with how clean the edge is closer look at side detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeseballs Posted August 4 Author Report Share Posted August 4 I added white paint to the edges of the armor to give the effect that the mud was scraped off. I also dry brushed white around here and there for a little bit of a worn look close up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeseballs Posted August 4 Author Report Share Posted August 4 blast shield affixed, I think I’m going to go over the mud with more white since I might’ve added too much mud lol. I might use some grey too, looks a little bit too brown 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted August 4 Report Share Posted August 4 Does look like the reference has a little less grey in some areas but really it's a personal choice how much weathering is too much. Great work getting the helmet shield that curved, just note it does look a slightly different white, I guess not too much of an issue with weathering going over the top 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeseballs Posted August 5 Author Report Share Posted August 5 (edited) I added a little bit of white on the torso areas, but didn’t like it much and covered it back up with the color of the 3rd coat. Then I roughly and quickly did the whole armor in that color. The difference isn’t much but I think I’m happy with it now, just gotta do that all to the helmet Edited August 5 by Cheeseballs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeseballs Posted August 5 Author Report Share Posted August 5 Helmet done! It came out really good, better than the armor lol. It doesn’t match perfectly but eh it’s okay. Definitely used the experience I got from weathering the armor to help on the helmet, I was able to make the scraping off effect on the chin easier by just scraping it off rather than white drybrush cause it’s hard plastic instead of foam. When painting the mud I simply shoved paper towel in the lense to mask them: https://imgur.com/a/HvZQlpR this pic won’t load for some reason, weird. If I ever do make an actual TK kit for approval in the future I might go muddy, it was pretty fun to muddy him up with decent results, especially on the helmet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted August 6 Report Share Posted August 6 2 hours ago, Cheeseballs said: https://imgur.com/a/HvZQlpR If I ever do make an actual TK kit for approval in the future I might go muddy, it was pretty fun to muddy him up with decent results, especially on the helmet. If you do go TK for approval you can always start out with a clean version and convert it to a sandy or muddy later Nice work, weathering on the helmet came out really well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeseballs Posted Tuesday at 10:05 PM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:05 PM (edited) The sheet has been cut, sewed, and dyed and is now the cape! Velcro on the shoulder straps to secure it Test fit Now I gotta muddy the cape Edited Tuesday at 10:06 PM by Cheeseballs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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