fragarock

Here's the Wampa Wear flight suit. Overall I really like it. It's well made and pretty comfortable but not sure how hot it will get. Guess it can't be any worse than my ST or TK. The sizing options are odd though. This is a medium and it fits me pretty well except for the sleeves and legs being long, the legs are really long. I'm short so it's not too bad, can just have the legs hemmed. I presume there's no requirement for the length as they are covered up by the boots. Wondering the same about the sleeves. I could shorten them but not sure there's much point doing that since they're going to be covered by the gloves. Once I have the armor pieces and start fitting this together I'll review the overall look of the suit. I'm thinking I may need to have the pans and sleeve diameters reduced slightly so the suit doesn't look too puffy. We'll see.

Here are some photos of the bag which I received last week. Great quality replica and looks like it will hold up well over many years. I wanted to change the color of this bag to be a little closer to how it is represented on screen. On screen is it has a darker brown tone and in some scenes almost reddish although I didn't want to take it that far. I tried dying it with some tea but couldn't get it quite right. So I used cloth dye, soaking it for a good hour which seemed like a long time but the color just didn't want to take right away. After the dying, I used a mix of raw and burnt umber acrylics with a chip brush to add some weathering to the crevices, buckles and areas of the bag which would get particularly dirty. Then I hit it with dirt weathering spray all over to darken the color and add additional layers of grime. I used this spray and the acrylic weathering techniques on my Shore Trooper build years ago. Once these had dried I applied some fixative to keep the colors from rubbing off. Just got my flight suit today so I'll need to start inspecting it and check the fit.

Great decision to re-work your technique. This looks so good and is a great compliment to the actual screen shots. I'm starting my build and experimenting with different weathering on some ABS sheets. Am still pursuing a nice base layer color for the grime and I think I found it with your technique here. Thanks!

Hey Ron, I didn't know you were building one. Very cool and glad you're giving it a go. I haven't trooped in a long so hope this gets me re motivated. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Thanks for the info on that elastic. Appreciate the help. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Hello, My name is Frank and about a week ago I mentally committed to my next project which will be a Mando Scout. I've been in the 501st for about six years, although I feel like Covid wiped out a couple of those. My first project was a TK that I started back in 2016, took about 6-7 months to complete it but was really fun and I learned a lot of new skills. I'm hyper focused on detail from materials, assembly and weathering so I'm really looking forward to this version of the scout.....nice and dirty. I also have a MPSB grunt ST, built to exacting standards and finish. It is really heavy and difficult to wear so a scout will be a nice option to have. Anyway, I've started some research looking on the forums and people's WIPs and gathered many reference photos from the show, trying to absorb it all into my brain. I'll ask a bunch of questions so hopefully you don't mind being pestered from time to time. So far I have received my gloves from WampaWear, a satchel is on its way from Brodustrial Light and Magic. I have a blaster on order as well as boots coming from Crow Props. And I have an RS ROTJ helmet which I ordered long ago as a display piece, I'll be updating it to look like it's been through hell and back. Next thing to research is flight suits and pick a vendor. Below is my ROTJ bucket. As you can see it was weathered to match one of the screen used buckets but is no longer suitable for this project. I'll have to do some experimenting to find the best way to remove the weathering without damaging the ABS....too much. The weathering needed looks to be a base light tan color with multiple layers of darker tans and brown and even gray here and there with just the right amount of scrapes and wear. A lot of what I see in the image below looks like dirt weathering spray, broken down through various distressing techniques. Most of the armor is covered with grime with the underlying white only visible in certain wear areas and scrapes/scratches. I noticed the chest armor has black scratches, presumably from some kind of wear (real or not) from the arms. Lots of nice little details. Here you can see the heavy weathering on the shoulder and the black scrapes on the chest side. Another thing I noticed is the elastic appears ribbed or textured. Has anyone sourced this specific material? I see it in a few of the WIPs but the CRL doesn't address it specifically. That's it for tonight. Looking forward to this new project!

Hi, Anyone know how to contact Steven Walker at Rebel Base Creations? Curios if he's still making breeches. Need to upgrade mine, only thing really stopping my Vanguard application. I contacted Darkside Closet but they seem pretty busy and the order would be 4-5 months out. Thanks

Hi, I'm 5'-5" 150 lbs and seriously researching Biker builds and armor/helmet options. I just finished my TK a few months ago and looking for a new challenge. Hope to be a Scout in the future.