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Hey Ladies and Gents,
I started a build for a female version of Captain Rex from Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series. After reading so many posts on RPF I figured why not start my own thread of the build I've been working on/off for the past few months.
As a brief synopsis of what I have completed and the materials I've used so far:
- templates - I used the Rex pepakura templates from JFCustoms - I did have to modify these a bit to fit me and to accommodate female body type, as well as reduce the amount of seams that would show
- the basis for the entire build are foam floor mats from Home Depot
- cheap snap off box cutters
- adhesives - cement glue and hot glue
- a dremel to round edges and create weathering/damage to armor
- basic white glue to cover the foam as a sealer
- white spray paint (many many cans)
- cobalt blue paint - I happen to have a can of paint that I used to paint a door with so I'm going to try using that for the Rex's custom paint work
- Hasbro voice changer clone trooper helmet - I'm going to attempt repainting this
I wanted this build to be as easy and as cheap as possible so some of the techniques that I used are not going to be canon accurate or good enough to make the 501st. I did however, pull the reference sheets from the 501st for Rex Phase II just so I could get it as accurate as possible given my level of skill and how cheap I am. This build is primarily for Halloween as well as my city's local Comicon.
I will be posting pictures and continuing to update this thread as often as possible.
Please feel free to provide feedback and tips/pointers you may have for me!
Thank you
I started a build for a female version of Captain Rex from Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series. After reading so many posts on RPF I figured why not start my own thread of the build I've been working on/off for the past few months.
As a brief synopsis of what I have completed and the materials I've used so far:
- templates - I used the Rex pepakura templates from JFCustoms - I did have to modify these a bit to fit me and to accommodate female body type, as well as reduce the amount of seams that would show
- the basis for the entire build are foam floor mats from Home Depot
- cheap snap off box cutters
- adhesives - cement glue and hot glue
- a dremel to round edges and create weathering/damage to armor
- basic white glue to cover the foam as a sealer
- white spray paint (many many cans)
- cobalt blue paint - I happen to have a can of paint that I used to paint a door with so I'm going to try using that for the Rex's custom paint work
- Hasbro voice changer clone trooper helmet - I'm going to attempt repainting this
I wanted this build to be as easy and as cheap as possible so some of the techniques that I used are not going to be canon accurate or good enough to make the 501st. I did however, pull the reference sheets from the 501st for Rex Phase II just so I could get it as accurate as possible given my level of skill and how cheap I am. This build is primarily for Halloween as well as my city's local Comicon.
I will be posting pictures and continuing to update this thread as often as possible.
Please feel free to provide feedback and tips/pointers you may have for me!
Thank you