MKE-Trooper – Mandalorian Scout Trooper WIP

[Chopper]

Ah oils. Ok. If you want to be conservative, I'd give it maybe 5-7 days to fully dry.

[MKE-Trooper]

3 minutes ago, Chopper said:

Ah oils. Ok. If you want to be conservative, I'd give it maybe 5-7 days to fully dry.

Thanks @Chopper!

[MKE-Trooper]

99% done with weathering the hard parts! Just need to do some touch ups over the next few days and then onto dying the soft parts.

 

[MKE-Trooper]

Well, I learned a very important lesson tonight, weathering the soft parts (Cummerbund, Codpiece and Pouches) is NOTHING like weathering the hard plastic armor. Just the smallest amount of oil paint on the brush goes a long way. Luckily I tested on an area that does not show, getting oil paint out of fabric does not work very well

[Chopper]

Glad you tested it first. Good thinking. 

[MKE-Trooper]

Has anyone removed the lining in the Wampa Wear Gloves?  While the quality of the gloves are amazing, they are also VERY warm. I don't plan on trooping in 20 degree weather.  Wondering if anyone else has done this and if so, are they comfortable without the lining and did it help with making them not so warm. 

[MKE-Trooper]

1 hour ago, MKE-Trooper said:

Has anyone removed the lining in the Wampa Wear Gloves?  While the quality of the gloves are amazing, they are also VERY warm. I don't plan on trooping in 20 degree weather.  Wondering if anyone else has done this and if so, are they comfortable without the lining and did it help with making them not so warm. 

I just found this thread in the "ROTJ Biker Scout Soft Parts" forum. I will give this a shot and see how it goes. 

[MKE-Trooper]

13 minutes ago, MKE-Trooper said:

I just found this thread in the "ROTJ Biker Scout Soft Parts" forum. I will give this a shot and see how it goes. 

Well that was super easy!  First I turned the glove inside out, then I made a small cut along the seam all the way around the opening of the glove. From the there the lining pulled right off!  Fits much better now and much cooler. 

[Retrofire]

Great work trooper!

[MKE-Trooper]

Soft parts (Cummerbund, Codpiece and Pouches) weathered and a majority of the hard parts are done. Now I just need to weather the boots and attach the holster. I have spent way more time on weathering than I would like to admin but I am SO happy with how everything is coming together. 

[Chopper]

Looks solid

[Tarok]

Great job on the weathering!

Thanks for the notes about removing the glove liner. I’ve been contemplating removing mine.


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[MKE-Trooper]

And the boots are done! Now I wait for everything to dry.  The weathering on the armor seems to be drying in 2-3 days, but the boots seem like they are going to take 7-10 days. Once everything is dry I will glue down the dogbones on the boots and add the straps back onto the armor.

I am beyond happy with how everything turned out. The weathering is more of a reddish brown (I used Raw Umber on everything), but it is not showing that way in the photos. I will have to figure out how to capture the color better when I suit up for pictures. 

 

 

[Chopper]

Just a question, but did you use chicago screws to attach your holster?

[MKE-Trooper]

6 minutes ago, Chopper said:

Just a question, but did you use chicago screws to attach your holster?

I did, I saw in another post that chicago screws were approved and added to the CRL. 

 

 

[MKE-Trooper]

Question for the group. I did a partial suit up today so I could measure where to attach the velco on the flight suit for the Codpiece strap in back. Looking at others suit up pictures I feel like the Cummerbund is to tall. On others the pouches come down to the bottom of the Cummerbund, where mine has a good two inches below. I measured the pouches and they are exactly  6x5x2 inches. So my question is, how tall should the Cummerbund be?  Mine is 11". I am sure it will look better once I add the belt but I want to make sure this isn't going to be a problem for approval. 

[MKE-Trooper]

4 hours ago, MKE-Trooper said:

Question for the group. I did a partial suit up today so I could measure where to attach the velco on the flight suit for the Codpiece strap in back. Looking at others suit up pictures I feel like the Cummerbund is to tall. On others the pouches come down to the bottom of the Cummerbund, where mine has a good two inches below. I measured the pouches and they are exactly  6x5x2 inches. So my question is, how tall should the Cummerbund be?  Mine is 11". I am sure it will look better once I add the belt but I want to make sure this isn't going to be a problem for approval. 

I did some testing with the belt and I think it looks much better shortened. Hopefully I can talk my wife into doing some sewing. 

Left is untouched and Right is with it pinned up 1 3/4 inches.

[Chopper]

Most bunds are between 8-9 inches in height.

I agree that the photo on the right looks better.

[MKE-Trooper]

7 minutes ago, Chopper said:

Most bunds are between 8-9 inches in height.

I agree that the photo on the right looks better.

Thank you very much @Chopper

[MKE-Trooper]

Per the 501st how to join page for existing members, I reached out to my local Garrison Membership Liaison (GML) requesting approval to add additional costumes to my Legion profile

Wish me luck! 

[Chopper]

Good luck with your approval!

[MKE-Trooper]

I just got the approval email!!  TB-80504 reporting in!

 

 

[Chopper]

Congrats on your approval. Don't forget to request Pathfinder access: https://forum.501stpathfinders.com/forum/162-access-requests/

[MKE-Trooper]

6 minutes ago, Chopper said:

Congrats on your approval. Don't forget to request Pathfinder access: https://forum.501stpathfinders.com/forum/162-access-requests/

Thanks @Chopper I will do that right now before I forget. 

[Aradun]

Congrats! Well done!