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Cool beans dude!! Thanks.
Back in the saddle - foam armour for my kids
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What is life without surprises?
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A finished suit.......? 
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So I guess ill insert my periodical "thatta boy" here.....
Lol sorry I know you posted that somewhere once and something about it just stuck.
Anyway these are turning out great anxious for the big color reveal
Lol sorry I know you posted that somewhere once and something about it just stuck.
Anyway these are turning out great anxious for the big color reveal
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Base coats are done!
And the colours are....
A bright green for my youngest and a light blue for the eldest.
Painting went pretty well. I was a little worried on the first coat as the coverage wasn’t good but I remembered having this same initial problem with my armour.
I wound up doing three coats to each set.
I also painted the gloves. I decided instead of making hand armour to buy kids motocross gloves from Chinese ebay (like $3 a pair) and paint the glove armour. I think they turned out great.
Tomorrow morning I will do the black/dirt wash and hopefully later tomorrow afternoon the metallic highlights.
Then it is padding/strapping, visors and fans for the helmets (which are super easy) and I am done!
No weapons for the kids for now as school won’t allow them and they won’t need them Halloween night.
But I am already planning on boots and weapons for Toronto Comic Con/Fan Expo 2018.
Fireteam Sierra is almost ready!
And the colours are....
A bright green for my youngest and a light blue for the eldest.
Painting went pretty well. I was a little worried on the first coat as the coverage wasn’t good but I remembered having this same initial problem with my armour.
I wound up doing three coats to each set.
I also painted the gloves. I decided instead of making hand armour to buy kids motocross gloves from Chinese ebay (like $3 a pair) and paint the glove armour. I think they turned out great.
Tomorrow morning I will do the black/dirt wash and hopefully later tomorrow afternoon the metallic highlights.
Then it is padding/strapping, visors and fans for the helmets (which are super easy) and I am done!
No weapons for the kids for now as school won’t allow them and they won’t need them Halloween night.
But I am already planning on boots and weapons for Toronto Comic Con/Fan Expo 2018.
Fireteam Sierra is almost ready!
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The colours look great. Nice and clean. Your idea of using motorcross gloves and painting to match is genius.
We must be communicating telepathically. I decided to do the exact same thing withe my son's boots and weapon for FanExpo next year as well.
Thanks!
For sure we are communicating on a telepathic level. Probably our AIs have used our neural interfaces to speed up things.
Or something.
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A bit, but did it while watching Supergirl with the young Spartans.
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Painting is done!
Sadly I couldn’t take many photos as it got dark and I have to get dinner going.
The area around the neck looks really odd in the photos but very cool in person.
I will probably be doing a test fit for padding on Tuesday so will take more photos then. I should also have the visors done then too.
Sadly I couldn’t take many photos as it got dark and I have to get dinner going.
The area around the neck looks really odd in the photos but very cool in person.
I will probably be doing a test fit for padding on Tuesday so will take more photos then. I should also have the visors done then too.
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Thanks I love doing the weathering.
Use cloth to wipe away and dab parts. If you put too much on just wipe the excess away. You can dab the paint with the cloth to even it out.
When putting the metallic on I often use the side of the brush to just get the high points. I like being able to use the metallic to actually highlight mistakes in the foaming process to make them look like damage.
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That looks like it will do the job nicely! Thanks, I'll pick some up today...
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Happy to help.....
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Test fit!
Okay, things I know.
The shoulder pauldrons are too big. I am going to cut off about an inch at the bottom of each. I also need to cut out more on the inside so that they can move their arms more. And I need to figure a way to attach the shoulder to the chest so that it doesnt fall down.
The thighs appear too small in the photos. They aren’t in person, they fit perfectly. So well in fact that they don’t need to be strapped.
The shins appear way too big, but aren’t in person. I am going to have to cut them and add Velcro so that they can get their foot in with the padding. I may, may cut some out of the the shin. The shins also are short but that is to accommodate boots eventually.
I have figured out the padding and am using kitchen sponges from the dollar store.
No Spartan diapers so that they can move and sit.
Okay, things I know.
The shoulder pauldrons are too big. I am going to cut off about an inch at the bottom of each. I also need to cut out more on the inside so that they can move their arms more. And I need to figure a way to attach the shoulder to the chest so that it doesnt fall down.
The thighs appear too small in the photos. They aren’t in person, they fit perfectly. So well in fact that they don’t need to be strapped.
The shins appear way too big, but aren’t in person. I am going to have to cut them and add Velcro so that they can get their foot in with the padding. I may, may cut some out of the the shin. The shins also are short but that is to accommodate boots eventually.
I have figured out the padding and am using kitchen sponges from the dollar store.
No Spartan diapers so that they can move and sit.
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