Just got my verification for the 501st Legion, Western German Garrison White Shadows. :) Very happy about this and needed to share with some guys who know what I am talking about.
Thank you Daz, it's your work that will look great on it. The lights won't hit the armor directly and I will only turn them on for display purposes anyway, so I guess I am pretty safe. Still not 100% sure on how to highlight this thing. Washes on a stand that large might result in a weird look...
Thank you! Still thinking about how to highlight this thing. Need to work outside to do this, but it's snowing as hell here, so I can't continue at the moment. Hope to be able to give you some more pictures soon. :)
Thank you guys for not letting me down! Will try to find the materials needed here in my non US country and shorten the vest a little then. I think Daz did great work, he just has to modify it for my size - I don't blame it on him I have the physique of a stone troll. ;)
Okay... to answer in a little bit more elaborate way - I am in a slighty frustrated (and drunk) mood right now. ;) I want this thing to look as accurate as possible and I have spent a considerate amount of money and work into this, so I am not willing to stop now. But I am kind of noobish, when...
Base color laid down. Tomorrow I will start with the washes, the airbrushing and the drybrushing. Also have to glue the lamps in place and color the sockets. Happy with it so far.
Everything is in place now, and after chipping the wood with a jigsaw and laying down a base layer to uneven the surface and priming the plastic with primer spray i coated everything with epoxy filler.
I also placed some small round metal pieces in the filler on the walls to add...
Back at working on this thing again. I screwed the frontpanel into place and a knob foil used for isolating walls was cut and attached via double sided adhesive tape.
Next steps will be the chipping of the wood and then the texturing via dental plaster and a whiteglue/water/sand...