I'm making some good progress! My armor will be here in a few weeks which I'm really excited about. The only parts I have left to assemble are my holster (straps), gloves, and gauntlets.
But here's what I really wanted to show you all:
Am I doing it right? I'm very happy with the look of it, I just hope it looks up to par with some of the great helmet WIPs out there. I'm sticking as close as I possibly can to AFFO$ outline.
Also, this is the other thing on my paint table (sorry for the bad picture quality):
I'm still working on this. I've mostly just blocked out my colors and damage. I'm going to go in and clean everything up with my airbrush and then complete the weathering. My yellow is all wrong. I'm hoping some steel wool will tone it down and I can get it to the right shade with some other techniques.
So this is probably bad form since I haven't been updating this thread, but for anyone who's interested in seeing how this costume turned out, this is where I ended up:
*Note: in the studio shots, the photographer was using a green tinted light so my shoulders and knees look very red, but they aren't like that.