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I used UV resin to fill my pin holes. It works well just brush it on thin and hit it with U V light, then sand out the brush strokes. Just be careful using over areas with details as it can fill them in. Bondo filling /glazing putty is easy to use, it dries fast and sands easily.

Hi Paul. great start. Looking forward to following your build.

8 months and it is finally finished and my application has been sent. For some reason, the tusks show up bluish in the photo when they are lit up but they are really green

I did not have any reference or guide for the wiring, I just used LED bulbs and wired everything myself.

There is actually no stitching on the leather pouch. It is just 2 pieces of leather glued together. The front piece that is molded around the wooden form and the back/flap which is glued to the back of the front piece and folds up over the top to create the flap.

Yes. I have both filament and resin printers. The shoulder straps and the barrel of the E 11D were printed on the filament printer. I used TPU for the shoulder straps as the Tenacious flexible resin was not soft and flexible enough. The barrel was printed using PETG and I used the filament printer as the pieces were too big for the resin one. Everything else including all parts for the SE-14R blaster were printed on the resin printer.

Getting close. Just finishing up the helmet and hopefully will be doing submission photos in a few days. Did an upper body fit test today and was happy with everything.

Hi Paul. Great initial research so far. I think your evaluation of 3D printed and fibreglass are acurate. I am just finishing a Jim Tripon kit and have been happy with it. The 3D print files from Martin McLean (MCM designs) are also very good. I am 5”10 and 120 pounds and had to enlarge both the shin and thigh pieces which was a challenge but ended up working out. None that I am aware of other than vacuformed 3D printing can be more expensive in the end and take a lot more time. There is a learning curve to it and results can be amazing but expect some failed prints and setbacks early on. I also used my costuming to buy a 3D printer but have used it mainly for blasters and making greeblies. Looking forward to seeing your build.

I agree. This looks a lot better, thanks for the recommendation The 3 cm button EL panels came today and they work much better than the previous ones. I have a green gel filter over the EL panel to deepen the green.

Blaster is complete, please let me know if you see anything that looks incorrect.

They are pretty matte actually. I think the light just caught them and is making them look shiny.

I decided to go with metallic black instead of weathered silver. I may weather them later.

Ok, the 1/8” pinstripe came today and I am much happier with this result. I also redid the red highlights on the barrel.

I was not going to weather the armour.

How does this look for the weathered silver? Did I over do it?

@Lt. Dan @Chaos Thank you both again for helping to clarify this. It looks like the one that I modelled mine from may have been from the Mandalorian episode. I think I may change the red markings still though because it is going to bug mE. LOL

I am noticing another discrepancy between the images in the photo reference library and the CRL as well as screen shots. The red highlights on the barrel and the stock are slightly different. I followed the photos of the blaster in the reference library images. Will this be okay, or do I need to repaint them? Photo reference library picture CRL photo Screen shot SWCE display My blaster

@Lt. Dan Thank you so much for clarifying this for me.

Thank you @Lt. Dan Looking at the reference pictures of the screen used blaster, I see the one on the top, but it looks like the left side pinstripe is there as well. But this one does not show any striping on the left side. It also looks like I missed a second stripe on the top of the back of the stock. So, is there one on the left, one on top and one on the right side of the front of the barrel or is the one on the left not supposed to be there? Also, should there be 2 sets of stripes on the stock?

Got the first coat of clear coat on most of the pieces. I had to touch up the black on a few pieces, so they will be getting clear coat tomorrow. Also have been working on the E-11D I just need a few screws that should be here in a few days to finish putting it together I have the lights working in the back end of the barrel and put on the pinstripes but I am not happy with them I bought the 1.4’’ one and should have used the 1/8” one. I ordered the 1/8” roll and it should be here in a couple of days

I like this setup because it keeps the smell out of the house. I have a booth in my basement as well but the house still smells afterwards. This one helps with bugs and dust, but if it is windy, it can be a bit of a challenge. If it is very windy or rainy, I don’t paint, but lately we have been lucky with the weather on days thatI have available for painting.

All pieces are painted. Planning on doing the clear coat this weekend.

I did the weathered silver on the helmet. Does this look ok, or is it not silver / metallic enough? Also did the heat scorching on the barrel. How does this look?

Here is what I did with mine. It is not attached yet though

Big day of painting today. Got the black completed on the E-11D, as well as all of the armour pieces except the helmet, chest and ab pieces. Tomorrow it will be silver on the helmet, then the black on the helmet, ab and chest, then clear coat. Getting close now.