mr paul

Some more parts ready for prepping. Hopefully soon have a full shin to reveal. looking good so far.

Pair of shins from the new project.

Tremendous amount of work making that 850 kit presentable well done. May I advise you that your shoulder straps are facing backwards. The slanted edge to the teeth of the straps should be facing forwards.

Work has begun on upgraded shin straps for the new shins.

Here is the prototype of the right shin we are working on. Straight off the print bed to be finished by myself. I am awaiting the other parts to arrive to complete this shin. As it is, it expands to allow my foot to pass through and currently appears to be the correct scale.

Some images taken at a recent troop showing my current kit.

The masters for my new shin straps have arrived. I will cast these over the next few weeks into functioning straps for my new, more accurate shins.

The 38mm black webbing? cut with scissors.

As I am always looking to improve my kit and feel I have exhausted what can be done with my current suit I have formed a team of artists, industry insiders and ST enthusiasts to bring a new, improved and accurate armour to the community. Here are some sneak peeks of it so far.

I am finally able to fit my latest belt boxes to my kit. Here is a tutorial showing how the belt boxes are fitted to the belt.

Some more shots of my current armour. This is the with the new TD, hip armour and mag pouch. I am really happy with the way things are looking proportionately and shape wise. Especially the armoured skirt. I am offering updated belt box kits again and this time with the webbing slot already present to save on work for the the builder.

Some cool pictures of a troop I was at from the weekend along with fellow members of Reaper Squad. I was really pleased with how my costume held up over the 6 hours without anything falling off or coming adrift. I did not overheat at all and the costume as a whole is very comfortable. The Troopacoola fan kit in the helmet worked very effectively and made the Anovos helmet brilliant to wear.

Here are my sketches and dimensions for the TD and pringle can. These are not confirmed however this is what seems to look good and works with my kit.

Finished the TD and pringle can. These upgrades have really sorted out the proportions of the belt elements and spacing of the individual parts. Once again thanks to Germain and Luke. The oiler pouch just overlaps the belt box. Everything in its place. Lovely.

Should be receiving these soon. Look forward to getting these upgrades on my kit. These should be pretty much sized correctly to their screen used counterparts.

Side by side with a screen used suit. Shoulder straps and buckles looking on point.

He is back on the full mannequin for the time being. Should have an updated TD and pringle can for him soon.

Something I have missed but is now added to my kit is this sloping angle to the top corner of the long box. Its quite clever as its presence removes the risk of this corner being broken off when being articulated and it would allow some sideways movement from the long box when it is pushed forward. This detail is consistent across the ST, TK, AC-ACT and Tanker.

Getting there.

Shins. Bastards. They will do for now. I will have to do a full dress up to see if they are looking less bulky than before. Fingers crossed. The plates on the front are more angular and less soft which is a good thing. The 2 studs on the left may be a little too low so might need adjustment.

Not 100% accurate but 100% improvement on the previous set up. A lot more in proportion to the rest of the shin and all of the studs both left and right side have been sculpted from scratch and cast in PU. Both of the tops of the shins have been completely resculpted or rebuilt then mounted on to the existing BSP ABS parts.

Both of the tops of the shins have been resized and reshaped. The right leg still needs some refinement. Need to add the 2 large studs to the right as well. The studs are a lot more accurate than the previous set and a lot smaller. Total repaint coming up and hopefully they should appear a lot more convincing on the leg.

Braces have arrived.

Having a go at the right shin.