My first attempt at weathering

[locokarma]

Well, here is my first attempt at weathering my TB armor. I'm not quite brave enough to use paints or anything hard-core, so I went with the old newspaper route. To be honest, it wasn't too difficult to get the effect I wanted, but it took a lot of rubbing the paper against the armor. And for me, it took more than one page of paper on a specific area. It's not perfect, but I am pretty happy with the outcome. I need more work on the belt area and the next step is to work on the boots. Constructive critiques are welcome.

 

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[chimei]

the weathering actually looks pretty good...with just newspaper? i would also not be too careful when packing your stuff for transport to local troops. allow your pistol to flop about in your trunk/bag...things will get scuffed up pretty well and be super natural looking. of course, your pistol may need some touch ups, but i think that those weathering marks look great as well.

 

i would swap out that snout though...for the more accurate one from MC.

[Chex]

Need to change that snout and visor bolt covers!

[locokarma]

Thanks, Mark. Yes sir...just old newspaper. I'm going to go back and hit the creases of the armor area with a little work wear and tear look. And as for the snout, I'm looking to upgrade eventually. A lot of small things on my list, including getting a blaster. :-)

 

 

Mike... working on doing that ASAP. But can you provide a link for the correct visor bolt covers? I assumed the ones I had were okay?

I have a long way to go before even thinking about going Lancer :-)

[chimei]

you want to look for 3M speedglass bolts. there was a thread from someone doing a large order (http://forum.bikersc...owtopic=8800= visor bolt&st=0) but they said the grey ones aren't being sold. you can check out 3M (http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/PPESafetySolutions/PPESafety/Personal_Protective_Equipment/Product_Catalog/~/3M-Speedglas-Headband-Assembly-Kit-SL-Welding-Safety-05-0660-00-1-EA-Case?N=4294696531+5011378&Nr=AND%28hrcy_id%3AWZ14Q4KK43gs_GPXTX60TMD_N2RL3FHWVK_GPD0K8BC31gv%29&rt=d) and/or check out the forum link.

[Griffin-X]

Looks pretty good Tracy, nice job. Yeah, the helmet will look even better with the 3M bolt covers and a new snout. Not required for basic-general clearance, but sure looks better.