ForlornHope

could allways just do what I did------------

I use to really be into 40k. I enjoy the background fluff and the stories and love reading the books. I still have alot of models around but i doubt ill ever get back into the game. Im more of a Warmachine guy now. The game takes a bit more brainpower then 40k did and the models have alot more character.

Wow the side angle really doesnt show the helmet for its true greatness. Sorry i havnt thrown up pics as i promised but it might be a little longer if you cant find the numerous number probably on the internet by now. I had some issues and some thoughts over the course of the con on the armor. First of all I never once was refered to directly as a ROTJ trooper unless it was brought up in conversation. I actually had 501st members ask if the armor was rubies (i know...) and was called a "disney trooper" Also had some troubles with the armor itself. The edge trim which was painted seperatly apparently lost its stick in the process and i lost a couple pieces during the con and whats left are falling off. The bondo on my abb plat got air in it somehow during the application process and has not cracked all the way around and is splitting off. SO i decided in the course of fixing these mistakes id repaint the armor to a Stormtrooper Commander. Ill have to switch back in the ANH handplates and convert the helmet to an ANH stunt. The armor in the force unleashed is ROTJ so that will remain the same. I will also be repainting the armor semi-gloss with the trim on instead of seperatly so it keeps its stick and isnt soo shiney.

its just a repackaged version of the old one that was released to people who pre-ordered the game. nothing new

Thanks for the encouragement. Weathering is finished and everything is fitting right so far. List of things left to do tommorow. - Finish Strapping and velcro - Finish Belt and holster - Add foam pads to helmet and pieces that need it to prevent twisting or sliding - Make bubble lenses and glue them in along with hovi mics Expect a full shot of me in the suit tommorow evening!

Update time. I wasnt able to assemble last night because my Urban planning professor decided to give us a test. However i hope to finish most of it today with a guarenteed finish date of tommorow in time for comic-con on friday. Some pics of the helmet soo far and the painted edge trim.

Its the weathering. Chicks dig a dirty trooper.

they fixed most if not all the the glitches since launch as for ganking...its not that bad any more because of the criminal system. However people around you level will still try to kill you for pvp xp but it usually ends in the gankers getting overrun by the gankees

Just a quick update Ive finished painting the hard armor and its all dry. The edge trim was painted today and took many hours but its now sitting out to dry. Ill be doing most of the assembly tommorow as well as the helmet details. Should have my first armor fitting tommorow night hopefully

I play age of conan all bow before the might of Set!

When i was a little kid i allways thought the belt cannisters on the stormtrooper's backs were lightsabers and wondered why they never used them. I allways thought up until the prequals that the clone wars were fought entirely with lightsabers and the empire brought about the proliferation of blasters and the lightsabers the stormtroopers carried were just old standard issue from the wars. would have been way cooler

Some painting in progress pics. This is after the second coat of pro enamel. I did one more coat and now its sitting in the garage. Got a little dripping under the right tusk mostly out of sight and some rough patches where i didnt get enough paint under the vocoder but mostly stuff thta cant be seen very well and overall i think it came out good.

Well i finished painting the armor yesterday so now it has to sit and dry for a couple more days before i can assemble it. Most of it came out great except i had one noticable run on the chest of all places which perpexed me since it wasnt even on a vertical surface yet the legs which i painted completely vertical didnt run at all.. <_< . Hopefully the weathering will cover it up. I finished assembling the helmet finally. It still needs alot of suface prep to get old paint off and get it rdy for paint. Ive done quite a few mods so remember this use to be an ANH. Things ive done were as follows. -Clean up the mess of a bucket that it was before you will see alot of bondo in normal places liek the brow but in other places where holes and cracks has to be filled. The green is epoxy putty i used to filled the back of the wholes to provide a base for the bondo. Soo much sanding... - The clamped the helmet in a vice and squeezed it narrow while i heated it up all over with a heat gun to give it the pinched look. -I trimmed hte hears down alot to make them thinner and sit close to the bucket. - I filled the inside of the ears with plastic wood filler and drilled holes on the inde into the ear and i have about 4 screws on each ear going in from the inside to keep them firm and flush to the bucket since i cant use screws on the outside because ROTJ didnt have them. So here it is... hopefully ill have it painted this evening

You can get acetone at any hardware store

option A is ROTJ style son!