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Some people trim it off but from what I've seen to do that properly you have to be really thin to join the ab sections together or you need to extend them somehow. Others have just filled in the step with bondo but the proportions look off to me.

New pants from the Darkside Closet:

No, unfortunately BSP is still wrong. I trimmed the back return edge off so it would be almost flush with the abs and bondo/sanded it smooth. It uses the ridge in the middle of the ab connector at the step. You can see it in this shot:

And ta-da...some shots my friend took. The pants are not black, I swear! I got a friend to make some for my basic approval and in these photos they came out a lot darker than they actually are. The blaster received more love later and some things were tightened up and others were dirtied up. So much more I want to improve but I guess that's something we all struggle with.

Weathering...didn't get enough photos of the process but oh well.

Trying it on! Pre-weathering. Really hard to do by yourself but I can get about 95% of it on without needing a handler.

Some strapping...want to redo a lot of this to use the elastic method. I added foam to the bottom of the shoulder bell (not pictured) to keep it from scratching the biceps.

And the gang's all here...I fixed the shin plates being on the wrong shins (see the buckles)

The "thermal detonator"...I needed a few of these after trying to keep that thing together while the glue held.

The painting pit...espresso brown, black, then sahara beige

Trying stuff on for fit

Great day when the boots arrived from the UK

One of the hardest parts was fitting the torso together with the belt. I spent ages measuring and trying it on while it was held together with gaffer's tape. These are Mr. Paul's faulds armour which I highly recommend!

Everything laid out...looked daunting at this point.

Thanks!!

I meant to start a WIP thread but was so busy building that I hardly stopped to take photos! So I'll start a thread now and add what pictures I did take. Starting with Big Brown Box day and first troop! I received a BSP kit in January and was approved by the end of March. The helmet and E-22 are Sean Field's design printed and built by me. Had a blast building this kit, it was worth the effort!