Darktrooper Progress Thread 8MAR2011: Getting back to it

Quick update for this afternoon. I put on the surface details, and sanded the sides up a bit, and its looking a bit cleaner. The Durham's is drying right now, and I will have to finish sanding that later tonight. I am expecting to finish this tonight as well as begin attaching the vents. Hopefully by this time tomorrow, you'll begin to see it taking more shape. But right now, I have to perform at a concert....

-tubachris
 
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Here's a quick teaser until I finish the rest tonight...

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-tubachris
 
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Sorry guys, something came up while working on the JP. I managed to sattach the front side vents, and the bottom, left side vent, but was unable to finish the rest of it tonight. I will present it when I get them on.

-tubachris
 
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Alright, I spent my morning working on the boxes that I wasnt able to finish last time. Took me awhile to get this one side done, but im still not done with it, still need to bondo and re-paint the grey around it so it will look cleaner than it is. Im also getting concerned about the accuracy of the jp now. I spent countless hours trying to get the right look to everything as much as possible, but im starting to wonder if the box looks "stubby" or too short. Let me know what you guys think.


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-tubachris
 
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Awesome bro!! That jet pack is coming along VERY nicely! This thing is going to kick some major bootay when done!
 
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Awesome bro!! That jet pack is coming along VERY nicely! This thing is going to kick some major bootay when done!

Thanks dude!
Lets hope there arent any jet pack malfunctions or else it'd be kicking my booty..

-tubachris
 
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Thanks guys!

Im a bit ticked cause I have been trying to upload the ref pics of the JP that I have, and its just not working! There is one inaccuracy which concerns the trapazoid box details, but if I decide to try and fix it, I would have to redo the whole jp, so I'll make sure to keep note of that when I do a version 2 vacu-form version.

-tubachris
 
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I spent countless hours trying to get the right look to everything as much as possible, but im starting to wonder if the box looks "stubby" or too short. Let me know what you guys think.
-tubachris
Actually, from what I can remember, the JP on the Darktroopers looks very short AND stubby. Frankly, I think you are right on in terms of accuracy! 'Grats!(y)
 
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Alrighty then!

I managed to get the pic scanned finnally. I wish I could have made it a bit larger, but my photoshop skills arent all there yet. LMK what you think in comparison!

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-tubachris
 
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Mate that looks outstanding! I think you've captured it really really well.

Keep up the great work

Dan
 
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I finnally got off my rear and did something productive and got most of the biceps done. The only thing left is I want to add a thin pice of flat wood, just like the stuff I got for the hand guards. On the trapzoid (outside trapazoidal box where the two pieces will meet) and the front rectangular section between the angled section and the curve of the inside, is where I will add the wood to raise the details and make it cleaner looking. That'll be it for the biceps once I do that. Next up, the shoulder armor!


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-tubachris
 
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Well, just as a side note, you could actually make quite a bit of money selling these pieces to 501st guys looking to make a dark trooper. It looks like your pretty much just making all of your own vacu-molds, so you could just do tons of castings.
 
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