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[Xundor Wrex]

How have I not seen this WIP yet? Everything looks awesome so far.
And that is indeed a beautiful bucket!

[Kryamla Redalur]

How have I not seen this WIP yet? Everything looks awesome so far.
And that is indeed a beautiful bucket!

You’re too kind!

Alright so I’ve been working on my shin armor and I need some opinions... all references I can find show that the shin armor doesn’t extend over the calf. Obviously this is because of animation but I need to get that look too. Does it seem like this is okay? On the right track with maybe a trim needed? Scrap it all? Keep in mind that these are abs and can’t shrink and warp if heated.




(Pardon these weird pictures; I’m alone and did the best I could lol)

[Malakier Vhett]

I'm having a really hard time finding reference images of her leg armor, but from what I can find you look spot on.

[Kryamla Redalur]

There’s not too many out there (other than constantly watching the episodes she’s in on repeat... guilty of this ) but this is one I’ve been referencing a lot. There’s a little flare at the ankle which I think I accomplished?

[Xundor Wrex]

I'm assuming you're going for TCW Bo, right? Because her shin armor is apparently different between TCW and Rebels.
GoldenCat has a phenomenal post of Rebels references in her WIP. I can quote it here if you want (if that's a thing... I don't know if that's proper forum etiquette...).

[Malakier Vhett]

I'm assuming you're going for TCW Bo, right? Because her shin armor is apparently different between TCW and Rebels.
GoldenCat has a phenomenal post of Rebels references in her WIP. I can quote it here if you want (if that's a thing... I don't know if that's proper forum etiquette...).

From pg 1 :

Yeah, forgot to mention that! Clone wars bo

[Xundor Wrex]

From pg 1 :

Haha, oops... Thanks for the clarification.

[Kryamla Redalur]

From pg 1

Yeah what he said! Hehe

So went to a build day with some local 501st and some fellow Mercs, got a lot accomplished.

I taped on my collar, shoulders and ab plates to my vest to see how it’s coming. I’m pretty pleased! Obviously the tape isn’t perfect but it’s pretty cool to see it coming together! I’m still unsure what to do with the chest plates so that’s why they’re missing. (Also evident in these pictures is my scoliosis lol)





My next small steps are to sew Velcro or magnets onto vest and drill out a hole in my helmet to attach the range finder.

[Ruus bal'Neta]

You are really making good progress on this kit. Everything looks great so far.

[Havelock]

Yay for progress!

[Kryamla Redalur]

Whew it’s been a minute since I posted anything. I lacked motivation for a bit but now I’m back to work!

Gauntlets! I’m painting the buttons currently and need to find a good silver paint for the darts and rockets/whatever they are lol. At the very end, I’ll do a light sanding and black wash but I’ll do that once all the armor is painted and ready to go.




Her weathering doesn’t look like it has a silver base so I went with a light grey base color and then painted the blue over it. Then, very carefully, sanded away the blue to achieve this look. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out!

Also started placing the armor on my lower half. Might need to do some minor shaping but overall, it’s getting there. I sewed the Velcro on last night for the thigh but it was getting late and I was tired and forgot to snap a picture of it. I’ll post more when the other side is done

[GoldenCat]

Looks very good *_* 

I do have some slight concerns about the knee shape

[Kryamla Redalur]

I’ve noticed that recently too... i’ll see what can be done with these ones if anything (I may be able to round out the corners a bit, and if I can’t fix it, I’ll make some out of sintra or see if I can get some 3D printed to be the correct shape

[Kryamla Redalur]

I’m backkkkkkk!! That Clone Wars trailer has the hype train rolling at full charge! I got back to work today and I’m feeling good about my progress

I recently received some new chest plates from The Mandalorian Arsenal that fit me so much better! (Sorry I forgot to take pictures of them on me!) There’s nothing wrong with the imperial surplus kit but the chest plates were just way to big for me. I am a smol human after all lol.

Bo’s base paint doesn’t look metallic to me so I went with a very light grey as the base. I haven’t decided on which collar to go with yet and I need to finish some repairs to the bigger one (I dropped it and the bondo I applied previously chipped which is why it’s not painted). After the light grey base, I added a light-medium grey to the chest plates. I had smudge the base coat for the belly plate so I figured it would be a good opportunity to see how a different grey would look. I think it’s much too dark and so I sanded it down.

Everything is currently drying and I’ll start adding the blue to the collar and shoulders tomorrow as well as paint the correct grey to the belly plate.

Without further ado, pictures!
Base color

Light-medium grey (per CRLs) added to chest plates and diamond. Ignore the belly plate, it will be repainted tomorrow!

There’s still much to do: helmet, lower half paint, attaching, gloves, jet pack, and belts plus a good blackwash to everything. But I’m excited to be working on armor once again!

[Xundor Wrex]

Progress! Yeeessss!

[Havelock]

Woohoo!

[Kryamla Redalur]

Chest and belly plates are painted and weathered, they’ll just need a black wash at the end. I have a couple of tiny spots to touch up but nothing too major.  I’m working on painting the larger collar currently, I’ll likely go with this one and I’m hoping to do a spacing test fit the chest pieces ASAP.

I misplaced my chest diamond but I think i left at my friends house when I was painting. If they find it, great, if not I can easily make a new one out of sintra.

Gauntlets are finished (minus the blade, also lost that but a friend printed me a new one) but I forgot to take pictures of them.

Anywho, that’s all I have right now!

[Havelock]

Yay!  More progress!

[Ruus bal'Neta]

You are making great progress here. Keep it up.

[Malakier Vhett]

Looking good!

[Kryamla Redalur]

Thanks everyone!

I’ve been busy sewing Velcro onto my vest and I finally have a test fit to show! I think I need to move the belly plate up a tad and maybe the chest plates in a bit, but overall I’m pretty pleased with this progress! (Also my face looked real dumb so I covered with an emoji  lol)

[Havelock]

I think your ab and chest plates look pretty good where they are.  Moving the chest plates up (without trimming the collar) would put them too close to the collar based on the reference images, I feel.  So personally, I think you're spot-on.   

[Kryamla Redalur]

I think your ab and chest plates look pretty good where they are.  Moving the chest plates up (without trimming the collar) would put them too close to the collar based on the reference images, I feel.  So personally, I think you're spot-on.   

Thanks the belly plate just feels low, idk i may have to move if depending on where the belts end up when I get them.

[Ruus bal'Neta]

You might want to sand down the return edge on the collar plate a bit. The thickness there looks out of place next to the other plates.

[Kryamla Redalur]

You might want to sand down the return edge on the collar plate a bit. The thickness there looks out of place next to the other plates.

Not a bad idea and now is the time to do it before I paint the blue lol