My snow mando - Finished!

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 24, 2009

• #61

Today I added the grime to the crevices of the armor. I did this by shaving the tip of a brown color pencil (didn't have any chalk) to make fine powder. Then I took a napkin dipped in water and barely wet the edges of the paint. While wet, I dipped my finger into the powder then rubbed it against the edge of the paint. Then repeated until I got the desired build-up.

That just about does it for the chest pieces. All I have left to do is apply a clear coat.

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 24, 2009

• #62

Here's pics of all the plates dirtied up. And a pic of before for comparison.

Although the dirt is subtle, it gives the paint incredible depth and makes it look fantastic up close.

Clean plates....BOOOO!!

 

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Commander720

Hunter

• Sep 25, 2009

• #63

Amazing.....great job!

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 25, 2009

• #64

I got my boots today! I ordered them from one of the star wars halloween costume sites (can't remember which one). They're pretty good, better than what I thought they would be....but they're still a little cheap. The only thing I think I will have to do to them is put a strap around the top to keep them tight because even with my suit tucked in theres still about 1 inch of extra room.

 

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Czane

New Hunter

• Sep 25, 2009

• #65

Ori kandossi ner vod...ori kandossi.Great so far!Keep up the good work.

 

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adonian

Active Hunter

• Sep 25, 2009

• #66

Oh, I like those, if you remember where you got them, lemme know so I can get a pair... I can put some armor on them to give 'em hard boot look.
Are the pants Dickies painters pants?

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 25, 2009

• #67

Czane said:

Ori kandossi ner vod...ori kandossi.Great so far!Keep up the good work.

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Thanks a lot Czane!

adonian said:

Oh, I like those, if you remember where you got them, lemme know so I can get a pair... I can put some armor on them to give 'em hard boot look.
Are the pants Dickies painters pants?

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Here's the link for the boots, http://www.starwarscostumes.com/adult-white-boots-trooper.html

And I'm wearing white coveralls by Dickie's

 

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adonian

Active Hunter

• Sep 26, 2009

• #68

I completely forgot about Dickies Coveralls DUH, thanks.

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 27, 2009

• #69

More Updates!

Got the legs finished at an armor party yesterday. The shins have been extended to cover the knee eliminating my need for knee armor. And the foot plates attach directly to the shins.

Started painted the leg pieces today. So far I've got the primer, 4 coats of black, and the masking pulled off. This time around i'm going to let the paint dry for about a day before putting more masking on there. So I should have the white coats on there tomorrow.

Sorry for the blur in this pic..

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 27, 2009

• #70

 

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Replicant Shadow

Active Hunter

• Sep 27, 2009

• #71

Cool! I am partial to snow characters

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 27, 2009

• #72

Replicant Shadow said:

Cool! I am partial to snow characters

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Yeah I like the cleanliness of snow mando's...or partial cleanliness. I made up my mind to do a white mando after seeing the white Boba Fett.

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 28, 2009

• #73

Legs painted, still need to dirty them up..

 

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Nevu440

Guest

• Sep 28, 2009

• #74

quick question for ya. I don't see it in any of the above posts, or I may not just be looking hard enough.
What did you use as your masking? I think I saw you say masking fluid... not sure though.
thanks
-nevu

 

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ioelus

Jr Hunter

• Sep 28, 2009

• #75

Very nicely done. Top notch work, especially the metal work (though your weathering's pretty impressive, too).

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 28, 2009

• #76

Nevu440 said:

quick question for ya. I don't see it in any of the above posts, or I may not just be looking hard enough.
What did you use as your masking? I think I saw you say masking fluid... not sure though.
thanks
-nevu

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Yeah I used liquid masking, can't remember the brand name. But I'm a little displeased with it. Even after letting the black coat of paint dry for a day before reapplying the mask it still pulled up most of the black in the end. Or maybe I'm not using it right.

ioelus said:

Very nicely done. Top notch work, especially the metal work (though your weathering's pretty impressive, too).

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Thanks! I'm very impressed with how the pieces turned out because I was learning as I went. But I had Novall watching over me so I couldn't mess up too bad, and he would step in and lend a hand when I did mess up.

And the weathering turned out better than I thought, I just started roughing up the pieces with sandpaper and made it look really worn.

 

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Lifeburn

Hunter

• Sep 29, 2009

• #77

Everything is good and dirty now. Only thing left to do is throw a couple of clear coats on there and these pieces will be done. Would've taken more pictures but the batteries in my camera went dead.

ALMOST done with the armor!!

 

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Plastic Fury

New Hunter

• Sep 29, 2009

• #78

Wow, thats a lot of work and it shows. Can't wait to see it all finished.

 

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NovallTalon

Well-Known Hunter

• Sep 29, 2009

• #79

Plastic Fury said:

Wow, thats a lot of work and it shows.

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Oh trust me, you have no idea how many evenings we left the shop with sore hands. I'm never making armor pieces as big as that shin armor out of thick aluminum again. :cry

All thats left is the cod piece and diamond..both of which should be fairly easy to do.

 

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Raz Zencora

New Hunter

• Sep 29, 2009

• #80

Nice job on the armor. Love the detail! Nice job ner vod!

 

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