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The gloves are in:

I got the pouches and cummerbund from Chris Hale, good quality and great guy! I believe he also does the gloves, but I had those made locally(hope to get them finished tonight..)

Got some good news today, and I may just have more good ones tomorrow and the day after. But first things first: First try with flash, not good, the uniform looks grey and black.. Second try without flash, still not very good: Third try with a light pointing in my direction:

I glass fibered my tank after glueing it with Nural.

Yesterday's update:

...not a fan of Krylon? I´ve have very good results with Krylon so far(not only in this build but also in paintball, where I painted numerous milsim markers)

RG: Heavy = Heidi? Grumpy did the white trooper and is helping with the CRL for it I think, he may be the best source for information, plus he has pics on facebook(can´t recall if he posted them here..)

Some of today's work:

Yeah it looks bigger because my plate is pretty cut down too, but you really can´t compare this with the biker tanks. Most people will probably find it too big or like "something's off" because in their minds the one they really know and remember is biker's which is pretty smaller... The good news is that it´s not really heavy

Ok, two great things happened today and hopefully will get me closer to my objective in no time: 1. I went "cooking": 2.I started on the magic dust(the legal kind so don´t worry), first pic is one knee pad with next the other without:

So, some more work done in the painting department except for the chest plate that is on hold pending the side repairs the green is done and the brown has been started: Plus I got to try out a little(and I must stress "LITTLE") of the green in the Tamyia weathering kit to see how it performs... Without: with a little magic stuff:

True. I'm very short and had to cut a lot... Enviado do meu GT-I9301I através de Tapatalk

I´m still working on mine as well as RG, so anything we can help just ask away!

Its looking good!!!

Looking good! Keep it up!

I got the feeling those are way sexier... But I can´t afford scraping pieces and getting replacements+shipping+customs... I´ll just make the best I can with what I got. That being said, love what you did and I can´t wait to get to see this part finished!

As the back plates are supposed to overlap the chest ones, my guess now is that even tho i´m pretty slim i could have let them as they came without trimming. As it is I just glued the leftovers back into place and will have to sand it down for a smooth finish... Has to be done to look good! In other news, Leticia from Spain(my neighbour country) had her costume approved! Congrats to her on a job well done! I´m next!

Still doing the green spots in the camo with very thinned paint, in order to try and get a smooth finishing in the end:

So a small update from yesterday, had to put the bits back on the sides of the chest armor: Also started painting!!!!!

Today´s job was painting the cod piece(and forgot to take pics of it too) And applying some Krylon Tan to the boots to make them match better with the armor plates: Before: During: Afterwards: (with flash) (without flash) Now question time: 1. The correct position to glue the greeb in the arm plate is in the back correct? Not the side? 2.The color on my greebs is darker than the silicone straps, is this ok? Do I have to paint the greebs in a lighter shade? Can I paint the straps in a darker shade to match the greebs? 3. What color are the round greebs that go on both sides of the visor? Grey or Black?

You still don´t have access to the trade forum i'd guess... Take your time to get aqquainted with the various WIP topics and in no time you´ll get your access... If you have any questions post them up and we will help. Cheers, Luis

So, on to the piñata, sorry painting the snout with aerators: And also did the belt's paint:

Hey Grumpy, Good eye there. I can spray it with the same Tan I used on the armor plates. What type of weathering would you suggest for the boots aftewards? Something like Adam does in the vids below with brushes and rags?: Or thin layers of black and brown, maybe a little white(white sand on screen?)

Alright, got some more work done and the Tan coating is finished(unless I screw something up..) Continuing to paint greebs: .....and I got the RIGHT STUFF: Pretty happy clone here!!!

Yeah i think you got the right model, but those are horribly over priced, you should get them at around 60 bucks...