Ferra´s WIP

[ferra]

Seems like i´m making good time now:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ferra]

A little more done today, the camo spots are done, still a lot to paint(in black) in the buy'ce tho...

 

 

 

 

 

[ferra]

Hope all you guys had a nice peaceful Easter with your loved ones, I had and also some free time to paint:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bally]

I suppose I can say now, but that looks so much better than your previous job. The sponge seems to work well. Are you planning on adding any burnt scoring to the blaster hits in the chest piece?

[ferra]

Hell yeah, first i paint the chipped details then carbon scoring and then dirt. This is my favorite part of the painting process...

 

Still have to finish the buy'ce, I have a lot of masking to do on the snout/aerators and also the stencil details of the "trapezoids"(sp?), "teardrops", the "rectangular bars" and the "fishhook"... only afterwards i'll get into the chipped details and such...

[ferra]

Chestplate with carbon scoring and dirt(made with black, brown and white powder from the Tamyia kits):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ferra]

It´s so nice to get home from work and finish off a part...

 

Take a look at some pics of the front and back plates in daylight without flash:

 

 

And here is the tank with stripe:

[Scavenger]

That edge weathering looks fantastic!

[ferra]

Thanks bro! Just finished sealing it all up yesterday!

 

Now I gotta finish the boot+leg armor details and then the helmet...

[ferra]

Here´s the weekend's work that i've done, everything in the pics is now weathered and sealed with krylon UV protection satin finishing , one of the boots is also almost complete:

 

Also started work on the visor:

[ferra]

I think i found the solution for glueyng the buckle to the belt:

 

Also did the straps on the other leg and weathered both straps:

 

 

Finished the silver detailing on the visor:

[ferra]

It´s late so the Cummerbund is gonna get finished tomorrow, today I spray painted black the tops of the foam pieces I used to fill the pouches, to give a better look if you are peeking over the edge of the flaps:

 

Weathered the 'bund:

 

Placement of the pouches, they look pretty crammed together because i'm pretty small:

[Bally]

That looks really nice mate.

[ferra]

IMO the most chalenging part of the KT is done, I´m not handy with fabrics and needles so I had lots of help from Chris Hale and my seamstress helped put the belt and the hanging pouches in place.

Afterwards had to paint the belt and you already know it was kinda troublesome. Stitched the regular pouches in place myself:

 

[Zark_T]

Keep up the awesome work. Makes me wanna get my butt in gear

[TXBolt]

Keep the updates coming. It's helping a lot with my mental preparation.

 

I can't wait until the tax deadline is over (I own a CPA firm) so I can actually get working on my own with force (ugh... bad pun).

[ferra]

OK! Lower legs are finished!!

 

[ferra]

Apart from the helmet, I believe everything else is done save putting in the right place(webbing+snaps+rare earth magnets):

 

[ferra]

Pretty close to finishing the strapping on my arms and shoulders and also got some time to do the black details on the bucket hope you like it:

 

[ferra]

Detailing done, tomorrow will do the weathering:

 

[ferra]

Clone brothers, painting is officially over, no more parts to paint/seal:

 

[ferra]

This is slowly getting there, but I need your help:

 

Shoulders seem good, but I may shorten the lenght of the elastic strap by 1cm:

 

 

The right arm armor need to be raised by 2cm? can´t come up much more or it will be hitting the shoulder bell:

 

 

The left arm needs to come up by 3cm? But it´s a little misaligned, how do you cope with that? Just fill it with foam it sits REAL snug? Is that it?

 

Please let me know your thoughts.

[Rezboy]

I sewed Velcro on my shoulders and that's how it attaches rather than straps. I also added Velcro to my biceps and that's how I keep them attached as well. I think the straps lets them hand down too much in my opinion.

[ferra]

So, after 5 long weeks this arrived from Australia:

 

So I got on to finish the buy'ce:

 

..and tried it on with great success, as even with two layers(i put the one that come with the kit in the back to give it some structure) i can see pretty well!

 

 

...and I also look good

[Bally]

Ooooo where do you get them from in Australia?