The Asylum's Custom Armor Progress Thread

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Wow............:eek:
That looks like it has seen a few days on the front lines, AWESOME :love

-Tim-
 
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didnt know if anyone else used lighter fluid as paint thinner... stuff works great and cleans white armor to a high polish... and did you use duct tape to weather your chest pieces.. cuz the pattern reminds me of old dried tape adhesive. looks great man!(y)
 
That's actually where my blue masking tape tore off a hunk of paint while I was masking off to paint the red. Once I get done with weathering that piece, you won't notice that.
 
Thanks for the compliments gang. I gotta tell you though. ANYBODY can weather like this. It's the absolute easiest way to do weathering on a piece like this. Since I've joined this hobby the one thing I've been shocked by is how overly complicated you guys make weathering by doing everything BACKWARDS. When you do it right, you can't help but get results like this.
 
I've been talking with TK1223 and it looks like I might start painting armor for his customers. I don't know what pricing will be if you buy armor from him and have me paint it, but I'm willing to entertain requests for armor painting OUTSIDE of his customer base as well. My only condition is that you send me armor in 'ready to paint' condition. I hate trimming and shaping armor. :D
 
Thanks younginfett! I've still got a long way to go on it but I'm pretty pleased. The belly armor still needs a little more of a beating along with the mando shoulder armor piece. But I have a vacation coming up and I'm going to spend a couple of days FINISHING the hard armor, putting a grimy wash on everything and airbrushing some carbon scoring where appropriate.

Then on to the hard part for me. The soft bits. Jumpsuits and vests, etc...

Oh, and I still need a set of gauntlets...
 
I'm interested in seeing what you are going to do with the clone helmet. Got any plans?

I'm not entirely sure.

I want to change it up enough so it doesn't SCREAM clonetrooper. I like the T-visor the way it is. I'm thinking of going with chopping the part below the visor out, replacing it with a flat plate, and mounting a hose there that will run back to my backpack. I also would like to build in a new-style rangefinder. Not something on a stalk like the standard Fett but more of a flip down or slide over type thing.
 
Thanks for the compliments gang. I gotta tell you though. ANYBODY can weather like this. It's the absolute easiest way to do weathering on a piece like this. Since I've joined this hobby the one thing I've been shocked by is how overly complicated you guys make weathering by doing everything BACKWARDS. When you do it right, you can't help but get results like this.

No truer statement has ever been spoken! I did all my weathering topically and without using the silver base + tracing fluid + top coat and it came out beautiful. You just have to be patient, steady, and not go to overboard with it. But yeah it is made to seem really complicated when it isn't.
 
I hope you don't mind If I post some pictures, but here's a few rough sketches I just whipped up.

This is sorta what I see you meaning for the visor:
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Also, I personally never really liked the cylindrical shape of the clone helmet, and maybe slapping some custom ears on the side might help it gain a unique shape, and maybe look a bit more mandolorian:
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