ROTJ armor (all the green is done!!!!)

Im seriously impressed! That looks great man. I wish I had the talent.

Thanks!

I´ve never done this before, so this is my first attempt. So far I´m happy with the progress. But greater challenges lie ahead... :-)

Are you gonna put a piece behind the diamond to fill the back of the cut out part?

I thought I´d just glue on a piece of sheet metal or something from behind. As far as I can tell from the pics it metal at least.

Yeah that would be cool. How long did it take you to make that set?

Cutting out the pieces and forming them was done in an evening. I did the priming and painting over several days, just to let my wife have a pause from the paintsmell every once in a while. But the process up to this stage can easily be done in two full evenings. I´d estimate about 10-12 hours of work all together if you keep at it.

for your first try you are looking like a seasoned veteran great job so far!!

Thanks for the kind words!

Wow! That armor really looks great, man! Keep posting your progress.

WOW....

That looks awesome for sintra!

UPDATE:

Painted the yellow layer on the chest and collar today. I was afraid the yellow was a bit off, but when I painted topically on the MLC pieces it looks ok.

Check out the pics (next up is doing the green):



The MLC pieces weathered:

Great looking stuff man! Keep up the good work!

G-Fett

Thanks!

Painting the green sometime this coming week. I´ll post an update when it´s done:-)

Man who hooked you up with the MLC armor? LOL. Great job man. Cant wait to see it finished.

That would be you bud!! Hehe. And thankful I am! It all fits and is a good reference for when I´m mixing my greens for the next layer

Ok, I'm on the verge of getting going with the green stuff. I've tried searching all around without really coming up with an answer. I know some people just eyeball the color (seeing as pictures don't always show you the right shade). I've got some armor pieces that are spruce green and I'm thinking about trying to match that color by mixing some humbrol. But would I also ned another shade of green on top of that as well?

I have humbrol #76 which looks ok. Does anyone have a definitive humbrol paintlist for ROTJ armor?

Worst case and I'll just sand it down and do it again. But I'd like to skip that part, if I can :-) Any help would be appreciated!

Wow...really nice shaped armour you got there! I'd be interested in how you got the right shape for the chest plates? - I'm working on a custom mando armour and mine just doesn't want to shape propperly

I just heated it in the oven at around 80 degrees centigrade for 5-10 mins, shaped it with my hands and put it in cold water. Voilà!

I'm considering offering these at a later time, depending on what I'll have to pay for the sintra as opposed to what it costs in other parts of the world. We'll see how that fares at a later time though. Gotta finish up Boba first:-)

Looks good man!

Got the pieces misted black and added the chest decal. And yes, I know the diamond is missing. I can't find it after my wife cleaned the house...

I still need to do the black wash and seal the deal with a clear cote. Probably get that done tomorrow. Stay tuned

Here's the pics:

I'm kinda impatient, so I got the black wash done today as well. The prepeinted MLC pieces are now more the same color as my own paintjob, and with a dull clearcote I should be fine :-) Check out the pics:

Any feedback is welcome guys :-)

I think it looks great man!

Thanks! I was afraid it was a little heavily weathered, but I might just be my own worst critic though. Hehe.

Nah. It just means you been in more battles!

Not bad but the black wash looks too painted on, I would use either a larger brush or an airbrush to eliminate the brush strokes. I'd probably also take some fine grade sandpaper or 00 steel wool and carefully sand out some of the black spray and wash from some of the silver parts.

A minor nitpick, instead of masking out all of the yellow and silver I probably would have sanded some of it out instead to make some look more like it's been worn off gradually as opposed to chipped or scraped off. But that's just me and you clearly have more experience at this than I do since I've never painted anything larger than a (new) BSG blaster and weathering some like that is quite different than weathering armor. Good job overall.

I see what you, at least with the cod-piece. It's not as noticable in real life, the flash kinda brings it out a bit more. But I'll try the steelwool on just to remove the "strokes" the paper made when I added the wash.

When it comes to teh silver/yellow, I always thought of it as chipped and scraped though :-) BUt things like that seems like it boils down to how you interpret it all in the end

Thanks for the the tips though. I'm learning as I go here, as this is my first paintjob ever.

wow... nice progress

Originally Posted by maycol

wow... nice progress

Thanks!

Got some of the wash of yesterday, just to brighten them up a tad, not much though.

Time to get with the knees and shoulders now

That looks awesome! if only my first attempt then would come out so well...

Have you found the diamond piece yet?

Nah...gotta make a new one I guess:-S