custom jakk's pacific stormtrooper

[zeca]

hello,

project that I started more than one now; I started modifying a stormtrooper into a sandtrooper trying to completely erase the toy aspect, and to get as close as possible to the original.

so I decided to make a captain:


and here is the stormtrooper at the beginning :

 

[zeca]

hello,

I start with the legs, disassembly into 2 parts, then gluing, filling holes, and finally sanding. Then I filled the legs with fine sand to ensure a good seat.

 

[korben44]

Looks great! Love the sand idea...

 

[davidvaradyszab]

These large scale Jakks figures are a decent alternative for modding (especially when you consider the price) I have seen some folks doing miracles on them. Zeca, yours is pretty promising too. Keep us posted!

 

[zeca]

it is true considering the size compared to the price

 

[zeca]

legs reassembled, fitted to the torso to see the pose and camber, I took the opportunity to sand the abdominal square (I do not know if we say like that).

 

[zeca]

the arms now, disassembly, then I cut them at the elbows, gluing the different parts and reassembly without glue on the torso

once the arms were raised I was able to determine a more dynamic pose:




once the position of the correct arms I reformed the elbows with resin and fiberglass :

 

[zeca]

in parralel I started to make the pouches of the belt


a bit of leather, foam recovered at work, glue contact, and paper template calculated with respect to the height of a stormtrooper that must be within 1m80 meters, so this gives a scale of 1/25


assembly not complicated, the front glued first without forgetting the closing clip and the back, build the three elements and stick together.



- - - Updated - - -

once installed on the captain

 

[Galactican]

That new posture looks much cooler than the original one. Awesome modding work so far! :thumbsup

a bit of leather, foam recovered at work, glue contact, and paper template calculated with respect to the height of a stormtrooper that must be within 1m80 meters, so this gives a scale of 1/25

Erh, a Stormie would be 7,2 cm tall at 1/25 (I guess you meant 1/4 )..!

 

[zeca]

yes I was wrong I wanted to write 1 / 2.5

some pictures on the progress :





first time and fill holes and second primary.




final gluing of the legs and preparation of the area to be filled between the upper thigh and the ab plate :



then filling the area with bondo


and finally a new primer layer.

 

[davidvaradyszab]

This is truly amazing. I am speechless.

 

[gedmac66]

Hey@zeca ,

Thanks for sharing your modification build . Your idea’s and progress have been inspiring ( I have one waiting to be modded as well ) .
I’m wondering , did you also shave down / remove some material from the ‘ shoulders ‘ - the white armour plating ?
Asking because they don’t appear as high as they originally were in your post #1 compared to post #7 ? i.e. the Black undershirt is the same height as the plating now , and the troopers neck also seems taller .

:cheersGed

 

[zeca]

Hey@zeca ,

Thanks for sharing your modification build . Your idea’s and progress have been inspiring ( I have one waiting to be modded as well ) .
I’m wondering , did you also shave down / remove some material from the ‘ shoulders ‘ - the white armour plating ?
Asking because they don’t appear as high as they originally were in your post #1 compared to post #7 ? i.e. the Black undershirt is the same height as the plating now , and the troopers neck also seems taller .

:cheersGed

ah I see what you mean, for now I have not reattailed the shoulders bells, I planned anyway to raise the matter inside so that they are closer to the shoulders, see the photo or I removed the plastic support.



For the neck, I extended it a little more, I thought the helmet was too deep in relation to the shoulders.

 

[gedmac66]

Thank you for the clarification regarding the shoulder armour plating / bells , I didn’t realise they were separate pieces that attached to the shoulders !
The extension of the neck is a good idea too . Looking forward to seeing how much more you’ll modify and ultimately produce a very fine figure from a reasonably priced ‘ Toy ‘

:cheersGed

 

[zeca]

application now a layer of white satin, I did not paint arms because I do not want to keep the blaster is really too big and I will try to make a 100% scratch, so I do not know again if I have to retouch the direction of the arms.



While waiting to know what I'm going to do with my arms, I start the helmet:

First a shot of acetone everywhere to remove the old paint, then primary beige color, then white satin paint.



Then comes the time to paint the details with the correct color.

 

[zeca]

manufacture of water decals :




water decals installed:

 

[TatooineMachine]

Cool piece, nice job

 

[gedmac66]

Lovely looking helmet zeca , but is there a specific reason why you use decals instead of paint ?

:cheersGed

 

[zeca]

Thanks for your comments

the reason is that I would not have been able to succeed in the thin black line by a show of hands.

manufacture now stencils for the sides :




the blue paint of French humbrol.

 

[zeca]

and the final result :


I managed to find a thin grid to replace the original one, but I do not know where I found it: