Krysis

Time to blow the dust off of this build!

Agreed! 100% smooth shoulder straps... all 3 pictures show no texture.

found these https://www.ebay.com/itm/Uvex-Double-Lens-Supravision-super-anti-fog-Snowboard-Ski-Goggles-with-free-sack/153231235434?hash=item23ad4b196a:g:uCAAAOSwmLZb0MkE:rk:23:pf:0&autorefresh=true

Since Wren is interested in this, I am getting to work on making a Smaller helmet for her. I will post some progress shots as it develops... I am currently waiting for resin to arrive to move forward.

I got the Anovos Kit a slapped it together in about a week, I wanted it done for an upcoming con this month. Now to overhaul my shadow scout lol. 65 troops in it is starting to show its wear.

Thanks, this paint has been really testing my patience, but I am kinda a perfectionist when it comes to paint. As chef said prep and clean environment is Key From there ALWAYS read your paint can! stay within the optimal temps. and follow the recoat times. I am using Rustolium 2x Meadow Green, all of the parts have been preped by sanding it with 400. From there I put 1 coat on the inside of the parts, waited at least 48hrs then coated the surface. The helmet was easy going for the most part, the blinder gave me some issues. 2x (I believe) is an Oil based paint so it has a tendency to react with any contaminants. I don't know the exact chemistry but the gloss colors have a tendency to spider web for no "apparent" reason, so I blame it on contaminants. The rest of the armor on the other hand was very tricky. I was painting during the summer in my shop (upstairs in a warehouse) and it got too hot (between 100 and 112 degrees F). The paint would start to harden before it was done off gassing and it gave it a really bad finish. I sanded and repainted at 4am before the sun came up and that helped but still not good enough for my liking. The only thing left to do was bust out with the elbow grease and polish it. I generally started with 800 or 1000 grit wet sanding depending on how bad the finish was, then worked my way up to 3000. the next step was wax and glaze, which i just used automotive polish, and it worked great. In retrospect I wasted a ton of time on this thing I should have just waited until this fall and paint it all and gloss clear coat the parts VS polishing them but it is almost done now, The knees are the only parts left to paint, and those are 2x primer grey with a gloss coat. The exact same thing I did for the snout.

My experience with rustolium 2x (works best with plastic) is spray it with a thick even coat, let it sit for 48 to 72 hours (depending on temp, your window is between 50 and 90 degrees F. 48 for hot, 72 for cool) then re coat it. After that let it sit for a week and it will get very durable. from there you can polish it or if you are happy with the finish let it be. I am currently doing this process for a swamp scout. But the Green 2x is very moody...

also got some webbing for the drop boxes but I'm not sure if I like the color

Yes...I am a slacker...I am back to work on this. I finished the helmet a while back (side by side with my shadow) Most of the parts have been coated green, inside and out, but I have been having a hell of a time with the paint, and have polished most of the parts to give it a nice finish. the chest back and shoulders have had the finial polish on them wet sanding with 1000, 1500, 2000, tri zac, then wax and glaze.

Yeah she comes out and troops when she can, toy drives and free comic book day. She wants to join both RL and 501st when she turns 18. On to progress. the vinyl for the boots arrived yesterday and it is such a close shade of green i think it will work nicely. I painted the out side of the helmet after giving the inside the weekend to cure. When I got into the shop today I noticed the paint had a ton of tiny bubbles in it, so it was either to hot yesterday when I painted or I didn't mix it well enough. It should be fine after another coat on Thursday. Its hard to see in the picture, but if you look next to the reflection of the light you can see them.

Got a bit more trimming done today, started some painting as well. I filled the back seam and primed it (Forgot to take a picture) painted the insides of the front parts Also painted the snout bit but didn't take a picture of that either

I'm not sure what the difference between the realistic and animated are. Honestly she has been trooping with us when she can in her Jedi, and just wants an imperial costume as well. I pointed her to the website (naturally she went straight to spec ops) pulled the picture and said she wanted that. lol. If the animated requires modification from the normal scout then I know she would rather not do that she like the basic scout.

No I don't plan on weathering it... at least not at first lol. She wants it shiny for now, but down the line it might get some abuse.

In my support of future generations of spec ops... I am building a Swamp scout for my God Daughter. She isn't quite old enough for membership yet but she wanted to buy it (Her portion of it) with her graduation money. Scouts are pretty easy builds so this should be a fun side project. Today was big brown box day, and I got a lovely box of goodies from SC Quickly did some cutting and assembly of the helmet before the heat index hit 110 degrees. Now as for color I could use some input. I looked at Neoakaj,s build and he has a very dark green and Chef's build and that is a very bright green. I painted a color sample today and i would place it right in the middle of those 2 but it is a very nice green. would this work?