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Alright, I started this adventure as quarantine began and here I am trudging along. I’m attempting to toss together an Army Trooper in the same vein as TurboCharizard and PerniciousDuke.
I’m going to do a full cost breakdown as I go and try to ensure I follow this thread through to completion. I tend to fall of the finish your thread band wagon due to the limitations of mobile posting.
So far I have about 80-ish wip images from start to present on fabrication. I have lots of catching up to do.
Costs in brackets will be used to tally up the total all in. I have a fairly large on hand stock thankfully due to cosplaying for a few years so lots of scrap elements were used for this gear. I am trying to do this as a budget build, in doing so I am using more commonly available foams and attempting to limit my costs.
If I miss any tools or things I'll try to come back and update ye olde list.
Tools
Heat Gun
Hot Glue Gun
9mm Knife
18mm Knife
#11 Pen Knife
Dremel - Sanding and grinding bits
Sand Paper - 150, 120, 220, 400, 800 grit
Super / CA glue
Painters Tape
Barge Contact Cement
Armorsmith Designer ($50.00)
3 straight edges
Sharpies
Pencils
Pens
Scissors
Paint Colours - Acrylics
Bark Brown - Plaid ($5.00)
Burnt umber - Paid ($2.50)
Territorial Beige (???that name) - Apple Barrel Acrylic ($2.50)
Black - unsure on brand ($3.00)
Administratum Grey - Citadel
Khorne Red - Citadel
Evil Sunz Scarlet - Citadel
White Scar - Citadel
Foam
12mm - Walmart 12$ each 2 packs ($24.00)
4mm - On hand
2mm - On hand
Sealer
Leak Seal - 12$ for 3 cans ($36.00) I sealed inside and out
Filler: Kwik Seal - ($3.50)
Soft Components
Magcosmen Jacket in Grey ($45.00)
Knee Pads - On Hand
Duty Belt - ($15.00)
Webbing - 38mm and 50mm - ($12.00 roughly)
Buckels - 38mm ($6.00)
Buckels - 50mm ($15.00)
Tri Glides - ($6.00)
TOTAL COST SO FAR - 215.50 Cad roughly
If you're just starting out don't be afraid to take breaks between steps as tools aren't cheap.
Also to be fair, I have a head start on this. Back in 2018 when I visited Seattle I got handed a foam vest and chest armor set up by Evakura Armor and Jon the Worlds Tallest Spartan during a visit to their shop all because it happened to fit me and was already dumpster bound. I won't be making a flak jacket as the foam vest covers that territory. One day I want to replace the foam set up with something a little softer and less rigid but that's neither here nor there.
Character design - Full armored modular Army Trooper - No Ruck
CH252 Reach Style Combat Helmet with Flashlight and Range Finder
Chest
Gungnir Variant Right Shoulder
Gungnir Base Left Shoulder
Chest Plate
Ab Plate
Thighs
Shins
I'm going to try and get close to TurboCharizard 's Army Trooper colour scheme wise for the effect of uniformity IE: Storm troopers are dudes that look the same. Gotta follow the Sarge come heck or high waters.
So let’s just jump into it.
I’m going to do a full cost breakdown as I go and try to ensure I follow this thread through to completion. I tend to fall of the finish your thread band wagon due to the limitations of mobile posting.
So far I have about 80-ish wip images from start to present on fabrication. I have lots of catching up to do.
Costs in brackets will be used to tally up the total all in. I have a fairly large on hand stock thankfully due to cosplaying for a few years so lots of scrap elements were used for this gear. I am trying to do this as a budget build, in doing so I am using more commonly available foams and attempting to limit my costs.
If I miss any tools or things I'll try to come back and update ye olde list.
Tools
Heat Gun
Hot Glue Gun
9mm Knife
18mm Knife
#11 Pen Knife
Dremel - Sanding and grinding bits
Sand Paper - 150, 120, 220, 400, 800 grit
Super / CA glue
Painters Tape
Barge Contact Cement
Armorsmith Designer ($50.00)
3 straight edges
Sharpies
Pencils
Pens
Scissors
Paint Colours - Acrylics
Bark Brown - Plaid ($5.00)
Burnt umber - Paid ($2.50)
Territorial Beige (???that name) - Apple Barrel Acrylic ($2.50)
Black - unsure on brand ($3.00)
Administratum Grey - Citadel
Khorne Red - Citadel
Evil Sunz Scarlet - Citadel
White Scar - Citadel
Foam
12mm - Walmart 12$ each 2 packs ($24.00)
4mm - On hand
2mm - On hand
Sealer
Leak Seal - 12$ for 3 cans ($36.00) I sealed inside and out
Filler: Kwik Seal - ($3.50)
Soft Components
Magcosmen Jacket in Grey ($45.00)
Knee Pads - On Hand
Duty Belt - ($15.00)
Webbing - 38mm and 50mm - ($12.00 roughly)
Buckels - 38mm ($6.00)
Buckels - 50mm ($15.00)
Tri Glides - ($6.00)
TOTAL COST SO FAR - 215.50 Cad roughly
If you're just starting out don't be afraid to take breaks between steps as tools aren't cheap.
Also to be fair, I have a head start on this. Back in 2018 when I visited Seattle I got handed a foam vest and chest armor set up by Evakura Armor and Jon the Worlds Tallest Spartan during a visit to their shop all because it happened to fit me and was already dumpster bound. I won't be making a flak jacket as the foam vest covers that territory. One day I want to replace the foam set up with something a little softer and less rigid but that's neither here nor there.
Character design - Full armored modular Army Trooper - No Ruck
CH252 Reach Style Combat Helmet with Flashlight and Range Finder
Chest
Gungnir Variant Right Shoulder
Gungnir Base Left Shoulder
Chest Plate
Ab Plate
Thighs
Shins
I'm going to try and get close to TurboCharizard 's Army Trooper colour scheme wise for the effect of uniformity IE: Storm troopers are dudes that look the same. Gotta follow the Sarge come heck or high waters.
So let’s just jump into it.
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