Thanks for detailing that! On my old version, I was able to do everything myself except the jetpack. I have still yet to finish that (I basically just have to do the straps for the backplate), so we'll see if I can do it on my own.
With weathering the armor, that's probably my favorite part. It's like playing guitar with a wah-wah pedal where it turns some mistakes into something people see as cool.
I've repainted my chest armor several times just to get the weathering right. I was wondering though, didn't you paint everything silver then grey then green? Why didn't you mask each layer to have it show through the next layer? I'd never tried that before, always painting the main color then doing the silver etc topically, but I just used masking fluid for the first time on a PP1 helmet and the only reason I would go back to topical is if I'm feeling lazy. The BOBF armor shouldn't be too bad though with wear, though again mine is a medley of different suits so my torso armor and gauntlets are ROTJ style. And I'll probably repaint them using masking fluid because that was definitely a process but a fun one.
Either way, your suit looks FANTASTIC. Yeah, some weathering would add to it. I really don't think this suit needs a lot, so I would absolutely not drag it on the road. Maybe a little sand paper, maybe a little dusting with fabric paint. Having silver showing on the edges and along some of the dings will help a lot too.
