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Yes, I know my Magma Trooper's not done yet! But working on that is a pain in the an impolite person, so I'm going to be working on something new until I summon the willpower to finish the TX.

Today's another brown box day, and I'd like to share with you all what lies within:

Eternal Armory's v 1.0 Deathwatch helmet kit.

 

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Size comparison to CAP Stormtrooper and Rubies Jango

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This is the guy I want to emulate:

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Wish me luck!

 

 

Posted

Good luck. That's a cool costume.

Posted

Thank you Todd.

I've got some work done on the helmet done today. Here's my first attempt at weathering.
I used metallic silver for the base coat, and dabbed toothpaste on the spots I wanted to look like paint chips. I might re-do the hand print in a darker shade of gray, or maybe even a black. I used acyrilic paint for that so it should come off easily enough. Pointers and critiques always welcome
The paint drips on the left cheek are intentional.  :D 
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  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

Here's a quick bathroom selfie to show a little more progress (flipped the image to show what it would look like if it weren't in a mirror). Tidied up the "paint drips" and added a 5th black finger print-looking thing next to the handprint to match the reference picture a little more. Darkened the handprint with black acrylic and did a couple blackwashes to bring out the weathering a bit more. 
I'll have a visor installed tomorrow. I've got a lead on an armor kit which I'll be buying from a fellow garrison member within the next couple weeks.
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Posted

Thank you sir, I try my best.  ;)

I'm calling this helmet 95% done. The whole thing is clear-coated to protect the acrylic I have on there. I have the visor loosely installed with velcro, but I've yet to find a way to permanently hold it in place. Super glue doesn't work and I ran out of E6000 (but I doubt that'd work either). Thoughts from any of you Mandalorians who happen to be looking?

 

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Shown next to a CAP Stormtrooper helmet for size compari -- actually, I just wanted to show off a little....now I have two helmets "ready" for trooping tongue.png

Posted

1/ Glue chicago screw halves inside the helmet next to the visor opening (make a small notch, place a half of the chicago screw inside and then fasten it with JB weld or a similar stuff),

2/ Make matching hole in the visor (of course you need the visor to overlap a little the inside of the helmet),

3/ Secure it in place with the other half of the chicago screw. 

 

Works also with normal screws and nuts too.

Posted

1/ Glue chicago screw halves inside the helmet next to the visor opening (make a small notch, place a half of the chicago screw inside and then fasten it with JB weld or a similar stuff),

2/ Make matching hole in the visor (of course you need the visor to overlap a little the inside of the helmet),

3/ Secure it in place with the other half of the chicago screw. 

 

Works also with normal screws and nuts too.

 

great idea.

  • 4 weeks later...
Posted (edited)

Some stuff came in the mail recently... :)

Pictured is the WCA Deathwatch armor, with my Eternal Armory helmet (which needs a new, longer visor)

Ordered a Season 5 comm link from EA to attach to one of my gauntlets.

 

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Shoving a Magma Trooper project under the rug so I can try and get this finished in time for a Mercs troop this June. This costume will be a first for the Mandalorian Mercs and 501st Legion, so I'm going to try my darndest not to screw this one up! 

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Posted (edited)

Posting my latest update on the Supercommando chest armor paint app.

Clear coating tomorrow and starting work on the collar and shoulders!

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This project is infinitely more satisfying than my trooper build. You all should go try building a Mando... it's actually a lot of fun trying to replicate all the little paint chips and scorch marks.

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Posted

I'm more active on the Mercs forum, but I figured I'd post another update here. Thanks for the kind words, Evan!

 

I have a carbine from Woodchuck painted up and weathered. I don't think I sanded well enough on one side...you can see evidence of that near the end of the barrel. I'll have to revisit that later. For now, pics.

 

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Knees, handplates, back plate, shins and cod are done.

 

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Waiting for medical scrubs, a couple of Westar 35 pistols, a new T-visor, and a Season 5 wrist commlink to arrive in the mail.

  • 2 months later...
Posted (edited)

I've made a fair amount of progress on this and thought I'd share with my FISD friends. As some of you may know, this is to be my primary 501st costume, with a TK Death Trooper (in progress) being the secondary. I have scrapped the Magma project.

 

Here are some pictures of the kit taken at PortCon 2014 in Portland, Maine. My Mercs clan wanted to see my kit in person - I warned them it would look incomplete but they didn't seem to mind  ;)

You'll notice there's some exposed velcro on my temporary sweatshirt vest. To be fair, I had to change without any help, not in front of a mirror...

 

With Kyram Sorenn, blaster borrowed from Mereel A'Denla

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With Jerek Darr - Wampa Clan Alor'ad

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Some solo shots....

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Striking a pose

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So that about wraps it up for pictures of me. I wound up leaving my prepared scrub bottoms at home so I had to leave my knee and shin plates in the armor crate  :6:

 

A couple days later I received these in the mail. These are Eternal Armory's v1 resin DW pistols, bought secondhand from a garrison member.

 

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 As soon as I have a proper vest, I can get my plates attached correctly. Just gotta do that, attach some square boxes to my belt, and build a jetpack.

The jetpack will have to wait a few months. Sorry for the long post  ;)

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