Captain Rex

I love it! When I saw Rex and Cody, I was amazed. I want a set of Commander Cody's armor. We could troop together haha. Amazing work!

El1te
 
where the last couple of days have been all about the fail... tonight went well!

in addition to getting the duster done for mr. snowy, i re-painted all of the blue parts of my armor with a better shade of blue, and started cleaning up the first of my pistols.

i've poured both, and done some basic sanding / drilling on one of them:

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the belt sander tomorrow will take out the big chunks, like the sprue from the pour hole.

and here's the helmet now:

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and here is before:

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the reason for the repaint was realizing that he was a distinctly darker blue than the 501st clones that he leads. there are a couple of scenes in the clone wars with him and the 501st in the same frame, and he's really not at all the same. the action figure in the before pic is actually pretty much spot on, near as i can tell. a little too close to navy, but in that general vein.

i'm much much happier with it now!

tomorrow night i make the holsters (new mold is done cooking!) and hopefully wrap this project up!
 
Love the blaster! I modelled this one in 3D to make templates of it. Looks very similar to yours there. I like the new blue alot too!! The difference may only be subtle but it is better I think. ;)
 
holster, all bondo/sanded/primed. i painted the insides black, so that when the gun scrapes on them, there's a better chance of it coming out ok ;)

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pistol painted, but not weathered yet:
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comm pad in place, also not weathered:
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I love it. I always get a little jealous when I see a really well done Clone, and this one has me greener than ever! :)

Well done Brian. ;) Can't wait to see your custom parts.
 
first real troop in the rex suit today! a couple miles of unseasonably warm parade will sure break in a suit. the shoes have GOT to go... comfier ones are in my future SOON!

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and just WAIT until you see the rest of the parade group... WOW! what a day!!!
 
Amazing and I love your display case in the background. I have the Legos collector edition AT-ST in my room XD. I kinda would like to do an Omega Squad suit eventually.

Great work mate.
 
Darn you Bob the Builder! :lol: :p ;)

It looks like there a little Clone right outside the frame too, I bet he was excited! Your suit looks great! :D
 
Darn you Bob the Builder! :lol: :p ;)

It looks like there a little Clone right outside the frame too, I bet he was excited! Your suit looks great! :D

oh man... all these kids in their anakin, obiwan, ahsoka and rex costumes were just freaking out when they saw our little mini-group in the parade. lots of cody costumes too.

grievous and ventress were getting a lot of love too. you can really tell that the animated series is resonating well with kids!
 
wow that is a really good looking captain rex have you thought at all about dry brushing some chrome silver on the edges and barrels of the blaster to give them a more weathered metal and battle worn look?
 
wow that is a really good looking captain rex have you thought at all about dry brushing some chrome silver on the edges and barrels of the blaster to give them a more weathered metal and battle worn look?

i'm going for a look that's as close to the animation as i can get... the animated ones have no silver weathering on them, so neither do i :)
 
Awesome suit!!

Are you going to eventually mod the ab and chest plates to make it more like the anim version? I like it the way it is, just curious.
 
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