EVA foam stormtrooper armor build

[Cheeseballs]

 

Adding some more to the rubies blaster, finally plugged up the holes in the scope with cut-up sunglasses lense. I cut it to fit almost perfectly in the holes then superglued it in. I know super glue on clear stuff is a no-no but eh I’m lazy. Turned out okay, I just had to touch up the edge of the scope with some extra gloss black paint.

before
  

 

after

 
 

Really happy with how it turned out.

 

 
 

I found this flashlight I might try to attach to the blaster cause it’s a good size and looks the part. Im still thinking about how to attach it well and make it removable. It does have a clip on the side that may help with that. Any ideas?

Edited October 8, 2022 by Cheeseballs

[Cheeseballs]

Went to the local church’s trunk n’ treat. Mostly hung out with friends and messed around in costume. Was pretty fun.

 
 
  

 

[Infern0[TK]]

Nice!! I bet that was really fun. Armor is looking fantastic too!

[Infern0[TK]]

On 10/8/2022 at 4:48 PM, Cheeseballs said:

 

Adding some more to the rubies blaster, finally plugged up the holes in the scope with cut-up sunglasses lense. I cut it to fit almost perfectly in the holes then superglued it in. I know super glue on clear stuff is a no-no but eh I’m lazy. Turned out okay, I just had to touch up the edge of the scope with some extra gloss black paint.

before
  

 

after

 
 

Really happy with how it turned out.

 

 
 

I found this flashlight I might try to attach to the blaster cause it’s a good size and looks the part. Im still thinking about how to attach it well and make it removable. It does have a clip on the side that may help with that. Any ideas?

I wonder if you could do something with rare earth magnets to mount the light… Maybe sink a hole in the blaster and glue a little bar magnet in there and then patch and paint it up, then make a little mount attached to the light with another magnet in it?

 

Or you could just glue a magnet or thin strip of ferrous metal to the side of the blaster and paint it…

[Cheeseballs]

20 hours ago, Infern0 said:

I wonder if you could do something with rare earth magnets to mount the light… Maybe sink a hole in the blaster and glue a little bar magnet in there and then patch and paint it up, then make a little mount attached to the light with another magnet in it?

 

Or you could just glue a magnet or thin strip of ferrous metal to the side of the blaster and paint it…

Oh that’s a good idea. Might give it a go sometime, probably won’t have it in time for Halloween though.

[Cheeseballs]

20 hours ago, Infern0 said:

Nice!! I bet that was really fun. Armor is looking fantastic too!

And thank you! It was really fun

[d503364]

So awesome!!!!!

I made my own mimban stormtrooper too and I would love to know more about how you made the cape.
I have looked at buying a russian palatka but I am trying to go a cheaper route. I bought a simple hooded poncho but it's vinyl and just feels cheap.

[d503364]

Here is me (stormtrooper) and my son at our own church's trunk or treat event.

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

6 hours ago, d503364 said:

Here is me (stormtrooper) and my son at our own church's trunk or treat event.

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[d503364]

2 hours ago, gmrhodes13 said:

Image is only showing as a thumbnail  

unfortunately I was only allowed a max of 20kb in upload size

 

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

26 minutes ago, d503364 said:

unfortunately I was only allowed a max of 20kb in upload size

 

Yes the forum only allows a small amount of attachments this is why many of us (if not most) use free online image hosts, upload your photos there then paste the link into your posts.

 

[Cheeseballs]

On 10/27/2022 at 10:37 AM, d503364 said:

So awesome!!!!!

I made my own mimban stormtrooper too and I would love to know more about how you made the cape.
I have looked at buying a russian palatka but I am trying to go a cheaper route. I bought a simple hooded poncho but it's vinyl and just feels cheap.

Nice! I dm’d you back.

[Cheeseballs]

Went to the zoo last Sunday, got to meet some members of the 501st and rebel legion! Was definitely a cool experience. Took my rebel helmet as candy bucket again
  

 

Officer in this pic let me hold his se-14. 
 

 

 

penguins!  

 

 
 

Got a lot of compliments on the costume, as well as a lot of kids pointing and saying “Star Wars guy!” Lol. Very fun overall, but also very tiring being in the suit for a few hours.

 

also added some greeblies and panels to the hengstler counter on the rubies blaster to make it a little more accurate and nicer looking. They’re make of polystyrene sheet, and the clear piece i just cut from something random I had. Going to add silver and bronze weathering, debating on if I should add a little dirt or not.

 

Before greeblies

 
 
 

 
 

greeblies

 
 
 

 
 

after greeblies

 
 
 
  

this next piece here I had to heat gun then flatten with a book to glue it right since it was slightly curved and much thicker and wider than the other pieces.

 
 

 The clear piece is over the numbers sticker, I used e-6000 for that one. The rest I just superglued, then touched up with some extra black paint to cover up the superglue leaking out.

[Cheeseballs]

Added weathering to rubies blaster. Did a silver drybrush on edges minus T tracks and handle, copper drybush on scope, and two coats of a brown wash over the whole thing. Next up is clear coat which is why I masked the scope lens. Really happy with the result

 

 
 
 

 

 

added silver on the selector switch as well

 
 

 

I made the wash by mixing some old acrylics and Vallejo pigments

 
 

Edited October 29, 2022 by Cheeseballs

[Infern0[TK]]

Wow, the blaster looks great! It’d be a shame to hide that beautiful work, but do you have to do a mud coat on it to match the armor now?

[Cheeseballs]

9 hours ago, Infern0 said:

Wow, the blaster looks great! It’d be a shame to hide that beautiful work, but do you have to do a mud coat on it to match the armor now?

Thank you! Wasn’t planning on a mud coat, loos pretty grimy enough as-is imo.

[Cheeseballs]

Touched up the wash in some areas where it didn’t completely flow into the cracks, then matte clear coated. I didn’t have spray clear on hand so I used brush-on. Looks pretty good.