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[Eman'nelo]

I'm getting pretty close to paint, this is a sintra kit I've been working on for a little while.  I know the legs are baggy but when I make my holsters it should take care of that problem.  The gauntlets should be here by the end of the week, courtesy of StarLord.  The sash and cape I'll get once I know exactly what colors they will be.  Eventually I'll have a Stalker helmet (pre-ordered already, thanks NME!) and I'll be on the look out for an arena style jetpack.  What do ya think so far? How's the plate placement?

[Tracyn Ordo]

That's looking nice man! My one suggestion is that you add boot armour since you've got Jango coverage leg plates.

All the plates are sitting right though, which is what typically catches people out so well done.

[Vin Daco]

Yep looking good cant wait to see some paint 8)

[Niabi]

looking real good vod nice work on the placement its spot on

[Eman'nelo]

  Thanks guys I appreciate it! I do have boot armor that I was tenative about putting on, but you're right Tracyn it'll fill out the legs nicely.  I'll start painting it once I get/paint my helmet, that way I can get a good feel about a design.  Until then I have plenty of other little things to finish, i.e. the gauntlets I received today

[Tracyn Ordo]

You could always use mando maker to work out the colour scheme prior to getting the helmet

[Niabi]

You could always use mando maker to work out the colour scheme prior to getting the helmet

Tracyn speaks the truth

[Dar'manda]

Paint design scheme is always the part that takes the longest for me.

[Eman'nelo]

So I shaped the boot armor and this is what I came up with, it's a little loose because it's just duct-taped right now but once it's painted it's getting a healthy coat of epoxy.

Sorry for the angle it's the best I could get while wearing it.  As I'm posting this though I'm not sure I'm a fan of the buckle and strap that randomly cut across the boot, those might have to go.

As for paint I think I'm leaning more towards white plates with scarabeus and silver/chrome highlights.  I used the scarabeus paint on this pilot helmet and loved how it came out. 


I think on white plate however it will really bring out the color change.  The design however is a different story.  I feel kind of lost without the helmet yet, I feel like the armor design should flow from the helmet, so I'll just start throwing some base coats at the armor for weathering. What do ya think??

[Niabi]

Thats a nice paint  would look cool 

[imm0rtal reaper]

Off to a great start. The pilot helmet is awesome too!

[Zadkiel]

Really unique paint. Can't wait to see pics of those plates painted up.

[pinocchio]

lookin good

[Eman'nelo]

Thanks guys! Sorry for slacking on the updating.  I just got done painting all the plates with the base white after several coats of silver and black for weathering purposes.  I'm currently working on a design for the paint.  Don't want to accidentally copy someone so I'm taking my time.  I have been working very hard on adding more LEDs to my gauntlets, I'll post pictures soon once I have them completely assembled, but for now all I'm saying is that I'm putting a battery pack in my vest to power the right one 



Ok since I didn't want to double post I'm just modifying this one    I started sanding my boot armor and before I go all gung-ho on all the plates I need some feedback.  How's this looking so far?   I'm used to weathering things with my airbrush, this is really my first time weathering armor this way.  I really like the effect it's having but I wasn't too sure how it looked from an outside perspective 

[Eman'nelo]

Ahoy vods.  Been pretty busy lately but I've made some progress.  Now I wanted to give an update with some great electronics and gauntlets that were near complete, but I got too ambitious and tried to fix something that technically didn't need fixing.  In turn I ruined what I had and am now back to square one.  So feeling a little discouraged I decided to take out some aggression by weathering  So this is what I have so far...

Butt plate and boot armor are pretty much at 100%


I also made a holster out of some spare vinyl I had from when I made my flak jacket


Now the gauntlets, weathering is pretty much at 100%, electronics on the other hand is a different story. Lesson : IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT! 



The flamethrower gaunt is all wired up and ready to go, you can check out the wiring in my other thread.  Once I have the right gaunt back to where I want it I'll be posting some pictures of that.  Although I'm still looking for a good source for rockets, looking for about 4...
I also drew out a design for my armor but need the helmet to make sure my lines are perfect.  Slowly but surely I'll get to OM status... 

[Byloc Phosmont]

Looking VERY good. Keep it up vod!!

[Choruk Diryc]

Awesome work!

[Eman'nelo]

Thanks guys    So a quick update before I head to work.  The holster for my blaster got modified yet again.  It wasn't sitting properly and was way too tight (actually started to chip paint) so this is what I came up with.  I put wires in the ends to keep it's shape, and I'll add a thigh strap eventually. 



I've also started to paint the thighs, knees, shins, and cod.  This is a cool pic I took to show you the color spectrum of this paint.  I must say that it looks much better on a white surface than a black like my pilot helmet.  I LOVE how it changes..


I'll update more when I do some weathering tonight 

[Tact Kor]

Great looking kit, I'm bookmarking this one for sure

[Niabi]

that thigh love it

[Eman'nelo]

Great looking kit, I'm bookmarking this one for sure

Thanks vod! Grats on the OM status today too!

that thigh love it

A little thigh always gets attention  Here's a diferent pic not using my cell phone camera, despite the glare you can see the blue turn to purple


Knee's and shins in this pic.  Shins are ready to be weathered and greebled, then attached to the boots.  I weathered the knees tonight, just need a touch up and some clear coat then they'll be good for now.  They'll be replaced eventually...

[Tact Kor]

Shins look good nice shape!

What is wrong with those knees? Just add a lower piece to create a curve and build up the sides for darts launchers and whamo!

[Eman'nelo]

Yes I'm still here and plugging away    This is what I've done since I last posted.

Weathered thighs and cod, now just have to add greebs to the cod and attach it to the butt plate.  As I'm posting this though Im realizing I might  have to weather the top of the cod a bit more.



Boots are 90% done, just have to scrape up the leather a bit and add some greebs to the shins.  I also made some heal plates as well.  Now when I say add greebs to the shins and cod I'm going to add the heads of allen bolts to give it the effect that those silver plates are bolted on. 



Also made a thigh bandolier, I started painting the cylinders but didn't take a pic yet.


You're probably wondering what that skulls doing up there, that's my next little 'project'.  It's going to be a lighted symbol to cover my belt buckle 


Both symbol and housing are made from sintra.  The idea is to float the symbol in the housing about 1 cm from the back, throw a couple blue leds behind it to give it a nice glowing effect.

Shins look good nice shape!

What is wrong with those knees? Just add a lower piece to create a curve and build up the sides for darts launchers and whamo!

Thanks vod! You're right, they're not as bad as I first thought, found some good images and got some ideas 

Well that's it for now, let me know what you guys think, good or bad!

Oops I almost forgot, I got my bucket today too! This is just a rough trim..

[Pointoforigin]

This is looking great! Excellent weathering on those legs.

[Tact Kor]

Nice progress, boots and armor look awesome!