Today I show you the process of making the abs. I thought the abs were going to be one of the most difficult parts of the armor, but as I've said before, some of the big parts are much easier to do than the trickier small parts. For the abs I started...
The shoulders were quite a challenge due to the very round shape. It took me a while to find out on how I could start. The first try went right to the bin. Finally I started getting an idea of how I could do the shoulders and this has a lot to do with...
As I have already said, there are many things that I will have to change on the armor. I took an hour or so and started marking the rims I have to cut off, the edges that I have to sharpen and some other things. The arms are two of the thinest parts of...
With some costumes it is an ongoing process of improving them. Especially with those costumes that consist of various layers and that you are wearing the whole day. My Starkiller - Sith Robes costume is one of these costumes. After trooping in it for...
The biggest challenge of my snowtrooper kit are the missing details. Edges are smooth where they should be rather sharp. This also lead to the problem with the backpack. The sides of the backpack have such round edges, that there is simply no space to...
Now some updates on the Ori Soldier Version 3.0! Part of the upgrade ist to replace the leg armor. As the parts on which the "metal plates" sit aren't quite well formed I decided to go for a pepakura build as well. But as I don't know how it will work...
As I am still not quite content with how my Ori Soldier is doing and I find lots of things I want to improve, I'm always working on developing the whole costume. The first version was a very poor version I think. The armor parts were made of real metal,...
A Republic Commando has been a dream project of mine for a long time. But as I've never had enough experience and enough ideas to build one, I decided to push this project back. Of course I could have bought a kit, but most RC kits are huuuuuge. And that's...
Not really part one, as I did the pants and tunics first, but the belt is the first thing I have photos of. The others will follow, I promise. The belt is such a simple part but it can cost lots of trouble, I realised. The problem with the clone belt...
Okay, I have to apologize. It has been a while since a last posted on here. The problem was that Overblog wouldn't just let me log into my account. Problem solved. Now there should be plenty of updates in the next few days as I worked a lot on the costumes...
One of the problems with the chest armor was the indented box in the center. As with all the other parts the edges and corners were rather soft and also the box was not deep enough for all the things that will be painted and glued into it... Therefore...
In the last days of 2012 I found a great deal on the internet. So I could buy a really inexpensive Snowtrooper armor and from someone else the complete package of soft parts for this costume. The soft parts are great, the armor...a bit less... It's a...
Today I post some photos of one sanded arm part. As I mentioned before, some details of the armor are not really great and rather round and flowing instead of sharp and edgie. As it has been from the beginning my intention to strengthen these armor parts...
While I am still waiting for the new leather strap, that will go over the left shoulder of the armor to arrive, I keep on creating the left shoulder armor parts. With all the details that is quite a lot of work, especially for the top armor plate. While...
Okay, here we go: the knees. The knees have been a challenge from the start: thin material, hardly any detail, different length and no rim. So I started with trimming, that they are about the same size. After that I cut two stripps of PVC and heat-formed...
Okay, so a little more RC. The next small part was the biceps. It was the first time that I used foam for a build. Therefore the biceps was the ideal part to try working with it. The biceps needs some depths, which I created with the foam. But see for...
Okay, so now that my bolo tie holder has arrived, I can complete the belt. The bolo tie holder is silver in color, so I used a sharpie to make it black in color. Before doing that, I worked on the belt loops. I made the leather having the correct form...
Some more Republic Commando photos! This time I will show you one of the bigger parts of the armor. The big parts aren't really the problem you might think of. As those parts are constructed rather simple and don't have lots of curves and round edges,...
The chest wouldn't be complete without the back. The back is a real challenge, at least when I will start doing the real stuff about it, because it has to hold the backpack. I could have done the back without having all the details, as the backpack covers...
Okay, the elbows weren't really the easiest part - but still the perfect part to begin with. There is one thing that is easier to make, at least in its basic version out of paper and foam. I guess the left hand armor will be quite a challenge as I intend...
After not having so much time over the last few weeks, I took some hours today and sat down to get my Ori Soldier up-to-date. Only a few weeks to go to Chevron 8.0!!! I made a huge progress with the shoulder parts. They all have the right size and form...
This time, let's have a look at the detonator. Another very special story for itself... The detonator that came with the kit was as inaccurate as it could be, also parts were missing, the parts that were included had the wrong size... and so on... It...
Over the last couple of days I have also made some progress with my snowtrooper - though I killed the backpack. The reason for this is, that in one of the side parts the epoxy just didn't harden. I have no clue why that was, as I did it the same way I...
Apart from the leg armor it is my intention to redo the left shoulder. Up to now those three armor parts consisted of fibreglas and are to a certain degree hollow. That gives them a light weight, but it is also quite a challenge to keep them where they...
While the Snowie build is getting more and more nasty (parts being not detailed enough or completely different.y as they should be), at least some parts are moving forward. I could make a lot of progress with the hands and the abs. The hands were differently...
