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[Vassk]

After 2 years it's finally time to retire my old kit and start making a new one.
It'll be rather heavy armor, I was thinking of 2 color schemes:

or

Still not sure which one is better, but probably I'll change my mind at least 5 times and end up doing completely different paint scheme 
I started with making belt and all that leather stuff, after 2 weeks I got this:

It's my 1st attempt at leather working so I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. It's still not ready ofcourse, I have to sew some pieces of leather together & make holster. Also I'll probably dye it to darker brown.
Comments & criticism are always welcome

[Kavryn Falco]

Nice leatherwork! That's something I gotta get into one of these days.

As for color scheme, I kinda like the second one

[Vassk]

Thanks Kavryn
Started my new helmet a while ago, here's the result of several weeks of work:




The dome was sculpted in clay & the rest of the helmet was made with 3 mm sintra.
It's all very rough, also dome needs some reshaping, but other than that I'm quite happy with the results so far.

[Redness]

Well I personally like the second design better glad to see you back at work I dig the helmet, looking forward to seeing it complete!
Oya!

[Oren-Cathal]

Belt/harness looks awesome. I vote for color scheme 1.

[Vassk]

Thanks guys 
Cheeks are almost done:

[Oren-Cathal]

Really digging the boxed out cheeks, like the look better then the rounded style.

[Vassk]

Vor'e Oren    I wanted to create something between standard Boba and assassin/destroyer buckets + I feel like that kind of cheeks gives helmet more agressive & intimidating look.

[Oren-Cathal]

I've always liked a sharper look, I have to agree it looks more agressive.

[Echo Darklighter]

Ahh!  Square cheeks!  Be still, my beating heart!

I've always been a fan, and yes, they do make the helmet look so, so much meaner.  Keep up the good work, vod!

[Kitala-Enby]

Commenting for updates. That helmet looks solid.

[Raestin Ke'Varek]

Looking great vod!  The leather work is awesome and that helmet is gorgeous, super clean work!!  I'm also digging the second color theme. 

[Vassk]

Finally I managed to make some progress with my new bucket.
Ears, rangefinder & back panel are done so everything is ready for bondo now.
I taped ears to bucket to see how it looks and took a few pics of it:

[Raestin Ke'Varek]

Wow! 

Really nice work on the helmet vod!!  Super clean lines. 

[Vassk]

Thanks Vod .

[Mi'ix]

Jealous of that leather work and bucket.

Well done!

[Sevrin Cerar]

Amazing work on the bucket vod!
Really liked your 1st kit so I'll certainly keep an eye on this build 

[Taakur Beroya]

Those cheeks look so awesome vod  I vote for color scheme one, it just looks really good   

[Rax Ar'Canus]

I vote color scheme #2. And those cheeks are awesome. I'll have to do that for my second bucket

[Vassk]

Ori'vor'e Vode glad you like it.

First layer of bondo was done yesterday, now it's time for my most hated favourite part - sanding  , though I will have to wait for better weather so I can sand it outside.
In the meantime i started building handplates, inspired by airborne DW troops:

(the darts will be repainted)

Also I decided to choose the second color scheme (and modify bucket's colors a bit):

After the helmet will be casted I'll add forehead plate (probably will make it out of layered sintra [Fenn Rau & new stormtroopers from Rogue One were my inspirations]). I Think it'll give it quite a unique look.

[Pulse]

That hand armor/darts is awesome! Great idea, vod! I may have to make something similar.

[Vassk]

Hey guys
I'm still alive & working on my bucket.
At the moment I'm almost done with bondo/sanding phase (minus the ears & rangefinder, because they need much more work) . All i have to do now is to correct dome's shape in few spots & smooth everything out.
Pics:


Hope you like it.

[Xundor Wrex]

I really like the design of the Rebels helmets. Can't wait to see how this turns out.

[Kol Varek]

This is some really clean solid work! This is an awesome WIP!

[Vassk]

Thanks guys

Almost ready:



Ears are almost done too, just need to prime them (pics soon).
Next week I'll be ordering molding/casting supplies...finally