no kidding about that rub and buff mysterious fingerprints eh? advise to anyone would be to always wash you hands before touching anything...lol. Ya I'll be taping it up for sure before doing the r&b. I decided to put some satin clear on the two colors to bring them even in appearance as far as the finish. waiting now till tomorrow to r&b the rest..but...
seeing as i couldnt stand by and do nothing...cause i hate that...lol, i did a little more.
first i decided that the armor needed to get weathered. I also decided that the vest was too "new" looking and needed some weathering as well. I took some 60 grit sandpaper and went to town on the vest, suffing it up, eliminating the sheen it had and exposing some of the leather along the piping. you can see some of that work in these pictures of the armor weathering....
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I also finished wetsanding and reclearing the helmet...again...flash and no flash
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and this is the backplate modification to the cut out to bring it more towards the correct accuracy...
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