SirCalcium Mudtrooper WIP

[Blackwatch[CMD-DCA]]

you can certainly dye it darke, since it contrasts with the coat These are the old GI scarfs and may be lighter in appearance once oyu have it in hand. 

[SirCalcium[TX]]

I've done some looking across the web, and found something that looks similar to the one lonnolan linked.

Scarf

Like that one I may need to dye it the right colour

Quick edit, I found another one on ebay that also looks the part.

scarf 2

[SirCalcium[TX]]

Done some painting (at last)

Shoulder Bells


Bicep
  

 

Shin
  

  

Buckles and Boxes
  

Whilst looking at a Shoretrooper backplate, I saw what the indent is mean't to be, not a groove but an actual recessed part. Got a plan to fix that.
Still waiting to see if those scarfs I linked earlier will work? Also got to buy new gloves, Highland Spec Ops.

[SirCalcium[TX]]

Whilst looking at the CRL I see the biceps requirements.

• Each bicep may feature a slanted fishhook detail that is inset into the bicep top facing outward.

I'm double checking that the fishhook is facing forwards towards the chest and not the back, correct?

[minimo[CMD-DCA]]

Hmmm, at least in the shore, the fishhook faced inward towards the middle of the bicep. There was also one on either side, this was used as a rigging device. See screen used shore:

 

 

[Blackwatch[CMD-DCA]]

it may be something we misinterpreted looking at screenshots. We partly used the shore as a basis since parts are the same. 

[minimo[CMD-DCA]]

@SirCalcium This is not a screen grab, but it’s a close representation:

 

 

 

[SirCalcium[TX]]

Some more updates to make.
First up will be the biceps, and thanks to @minimo I can see what the CRL means by the hooks must face outward (away from the body)

  

  

Next thing to do with them is weather the green one, and add the yellow stripes on the red one.

When the GML for my Garrison had a look at the goggles and respirator he noticed some print lines that needed filling.
I got to work on the goggles and respirator (photos of that to come later), now I'm at the stage to paint the goggles. The CRL requests the frames be an aged chrome, any recommended paints for that?



One of the scarfs I looked at was offered to me at a better price, so I bit the bullet and bought it, just need to see if it was correct or not?

  

For reference my foot is a size UK12 or US13

I've been working on an E-10 to accompany the kit, I think it's a Sean Fields model, I'm not sure I asked someone in my Garrison who makes and sells 3D prints to print it.
What I noticed was the muzzle doesn't recess itself into the barrel. Will it matter if it's stuck on the barrel, or does it need to be recessed in?



And finally, whilst at a convention I looked at a Shoretroopers back plate and noticed the indent in the backplate isn't a groove like I thought it was. Using a rotary tool I've carved out the excess, and will use fillers to smooth it out again.



Not sure how much more progress I'll be able to make since I'm going on an lengthy holiday to Australia for 4 weeks in April.

[minimo[CMD-DCA]]

Scarf should work. I used this paint on the goggles and subsequently weathered:

 

[SirCalcium[TX]]

Hello again. Once again I apologise for my absence. I was away in Australia for all of April, which meant no progress could happen, but I did meet and troop with the Desert Scorpion Garrison (although I was trooping through the RL)
Anyways now that I've been home for a few weeks I can continue. First I bought some bigger gloves  (no photos yet), and I ordered some CrowProp Mudtrooper boots, these would be my 4th set of boots I've purchased from them, if anyone's been considering them, well there's your testimony.
I've also been working more on that groove on the back plate, I refuse to be beaten!
Some things I have photos of. I bought the paint @minimo recommended and got the goggles and tusks painted

   

Obvious flaw is they're not flawless yet, but once I've painted everything else, I'll get them weathered.

Going back to my blaster of choice. When looking at the CRL for the E-10 I decided to add the M4 x 25mm screws, but I'd like to check to see if these are acceptable?

[minimo[CMD-DCA]]

Awesome, can’t tell on yours, but respirators have a darker inner, kinda like this:

 

 

Also the middle screw is brass, just in case!
 

[SirCalcium[TX]]

18 hours ago, minimo said:

Awesome, can’t tell on yours, but respirators have a darker inner, kinda like this:

 

 

Also the middle screw is brass, just in case!
 

I'll.get onto brassing the adjustment.

Sadly the link to the respirator image is broken

[minimo[CMD-DCA]]

17 hours ago, SirCalcium said:

I'll.get onto brassing the adjustment.

Sadly the link to the respirator image is broken

Apologies, here ya go: