DoggyDoc

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.

@TookBreaker just order 3 cm round EL panel buttons. Hopefully the 4th time is the charm.

I actually ordered the rectangular ones. Maybe I need to look at the round ones? I actually have a green Gel filter on there as well.

Working on the lighting in the tusks. I had planned to use EL panels, but the ones with the wire that can tuck into the tusk are too small, and the size up ones have a big port in the corner for the power wire that can not be hidden. I switched to an LED diode and did a test run on one of the trial tusks that I won’t be using. I diffused the bulb by wrapping it in white tissue paper (green LED) and filled the space between the green filter and the light source with opaque hot glue. The diffusion works well,but there is still a right spot in the centre. Is this ok, or is there a better way to do this?

First coat of black and the metallic black on the pieces that need it done on some parts, then I ran out of paint.

Started paint today. First primer and filler coat is on. Will touch up sand and fill then reprise before starting the black. Set up a tent outside to reduce mess and smell in the basement. Went with dupli-color primer and filler instead of the tremclad I have used before. Seems to work a bit better with less splatter. First coat done

I think you are correct but there are 3 different versions of the first order storm trooper with slight variations showing up from each of the final 3 movies. Someone with more experience on the sith trooper can direct you on which one it is hopefully.

I went ahead and printed a slightly smaller set of tusks, and I think these look closer to the screen used ones. Here are the 3 versions I have printed. The lower right is the one I think looks best.

I decided to redo the tusks on the helmet to allow for easier placement of the EL panel to light it up. The ones that came with the kit seem to be a different shape from the screen used ones and would be very hard to rig up with the EL panel. My first attempt was too squared off, so I redid them a bit smaller, angled down slightly and rounder. Do these look ok, or are they still just a bit too large?

Looking good. Nice job on the resizing. It was a real hanging point for me too

Got that to do as well. Thanks.

Managed to get a lot of stuff completed this weekend. I attached the shoulder straps using the female portion of 2 Chicago screws embedded into the underside of the buckle and a bolt to secure it to the chest piece. On the back portion I used Velcro similar to @TookBreaker. I now have all of the pieces finished and ready for paint. If you could please let me know if there is anything that you can spot that needs to be corrected before painting. In the photos, the belt still needs to be secured to the abdomen, the shins need to have closures put in place and the undersuit needs to be tweaked a bit for a better fit.

Mine are pretty wide at the bottom to fit everything in there. I did extend them however as they would not have even come close to fitting otherwise

Mine are pretty wide at the bottom to fit everything in there. I did extend them however as they would not have even come close to fitting otherwise

Quick question. For the sniper knee plate, there is a raised ridge at the bottom of the thigh where the front cover strip ends, and then a lower area below it. Does the top of the sniper plate sit on the raised area at all, or does it just butt up to the lower edge of it and stay below that area?

Thighs are resized with a few extra inches of fibreglass now. I used the same technique as I did with the shins to form fibreglass cast material on the inside of the thigh piece before cutting it, then secured it in place with plastic weld, then later down the fibreglass over top. I made the cut in a spot where the groove in the armor came straight across, so that it would be easy to recreate the groove in the armour Fibreglass cast backing secured in place Ready for fibrglass to be applied. Trimmed and sanded just need to do a bit of filling with UV resin.

Not sure where to purchase but they are fairly easy to make. @nanotek has a great guide.

Finished the modifications on the shin pieces. I had to extend the raised ridge on the outer aspect of the shin to meet up with the rear cover strip and modified the raised inner portion on the ankle area to line up with the strip on the other side to get it up to Level 2 standard. Just need to put the Level 2 groove in at the bottom of the ankle.

Thanks again @Chaos for the quick and thorough response.

Can someone show me a photo of what this is describing in the CRL for Level 2 shins; “There is an indented groove approximately 1/2" (12mm) wide that runs along the inside bottom of both shins from the rear center to the beginning of the front boot arc. This detail is partially covered by the triangular closure flap.”

Did a bit more work on the shin pieces. Cleaned up the raised area on the bottom of the one that was done in UV resin as it was a bit uneven. Replaced the cover strips and now all I need to do is bond the 2 halves together and put the greeblies and sniper knee plate on.

Magnets. I have not glued the ones in the helmet yet, until I am certain the placement is correct.