Rwg86

I love the weathering job that you did on the blaster pock-marks on the helmet! Looks really well done. Unfortunately my project is on hiatus for awhile. Thankfully you're giving me great ideas!

Looks great so far Luis! I'm glad you posted the previous question since I was wondering the same thing, although I won't be doing the paint job on mine.

Oh ok. I wasn't accusing anyone, just merely curious. I figured the different craftsmen might sell or loan out their masters to different places. They're great quality gloves, that's for sure!

Working on the final touches of the bicep pieces today and put the final layer of epoxy on the tank before sanding and priming. Below is a test fit of the cummerbund and pouches. My wife is hand sewing the velcro from Grumpy's pouches on because she's afraid the sewing machine will get stuck on the think fabric. Halfway there!

My problem has been since the armor is tighter on me than Grumpy's cummerbund, it pinches the material and causes the straps to come loose. I'll need to add more stitches or live with it, since the CRL image has some bunching.

Wow that cummerbund is big! Is that grumpy's? Undersuit looks good- same color as mine

Spent today sanding and priming the bicep pieces, which have been a pain in the butt. I've been layering then sanding epoxy over the residual gaps but i'm still getting some undulations and imperfections in the plastic. The CRL doesn't say anything about them being seamless but I want them to be as smooth as possible before our GML starts to paint it. My dual bucket fans came in today courtesy of EQdizzle from CT.net. I bought the slim version that comes with a 3 hour lithium ion batter and USB charger. They really put out some cool air and I would highly recommend heading on over and seeing what he has to offer!

OK Today is priming day! The foot, knee, and forearm armor has been primed as well as the shoulder bells and the chest piece. The bucket had its first coat of primer applied as well. There was some pooling of the paint on the bucket and some residual E6000 so I sanded down the imperfections and will apply another coat tomorrow. I used Model Master's Panzer Gray for the outside and used Tamiya flat black for the inside to "sell" the illusion of it being real armor. I primed the outside first, covered the edges with painter's tape then hit the inside with black. Tamiya paint is really stinky.... I will not be applying a chrome undercoat since my GML does not require it, as the effect can be achieved through weathering. Right now, the seams on the bicep pieces and the shins need to be improved before I do any more priming so I will be hitting them with some more epoxy this week before sanding them down and getting them ready. Same with the tank. 41st Clone Scout approves! And below are Grumpy's pouches and Cummerbund. Is it true that Grumpy sold the "blueprints" for the rubber greeblies used on the Kashyyyk gloves? Guess I'm lucky to have a pair of his gloves.

I like Krylon, I've just had great experience with Tamiya when I used to build and paint their Waterline series Imperial Japanese Navy kits.

Yup that's Heidi! In regards to your question about bondo- I use the Bondo automotive spot putty to fill in minor dips and holes. No amount of reinforcing will prevent straight bondo from cracking if you use it to fill an open gap. I used JB Weld and Quick-Cure epoxy to fill in the gaps.

Looks good so far! I don't think anyone has done a white version. It's fun to order stuff like blasters since it keeps things in perspective. My bucket cooling fans are on their way and I will be ordering a DC-15a long rifle from Heavy on CT.net soon.

Below is the current state of the tank and backpiece. The tank was initially attached using Trippler's "backpack strap" method. The gap was filled in with JB Weld and Bondo. In some areas Quick-Cure epoxy was also used. It's about 2/3 of the way sanded before it can be cleaned up and primed. The grey blotch on the back is Tamaya German Grey that I'm going to use for primer. Expensive, but Tamaya paints really are the best. This weekend the first small pieces such as the foot and and forearm pieces are going to be primed Tamaya German Grey on the outside and flat black on the inside. Also, my poor wife is beginning the process of sewing the velcro strips onto the cummerbund for the pouches. Did a test fit and the whole chest piece fits, although I could stand to lose a few more pounds.

Nice to see a big tank- I thought mine was a tad too large but it looks pretty close to yours in size.

Looks great! You're getting very close!

Honestly Bungle's shins fit a lot better i think. Plus I found the BC set to be very tall to the point of getting too close to the knees. These are just right.