my 3 year clone armor build ( pic heavy)

so on and off over three years i built my own custom clone, when i started i had no idea about molds, casting, fibre glass or bondo. but this build slowly taught me all those (with the help of youtube). The reason its taken me three years is cos i always have 3-5 projects on the go at the same time.
By sept last year i finally finished this off, wore it twice ( halloween parties) and sold it to a guy why is opening his own sci fi museum in DEVON south england. So maybe somone somewhere will spot this!!!

let me know if anyone does!

 

some starting pics are missing, this is the earliest one i can find...

 

some parts i struggled with, so i got an old school friend with a vacum bed to help out,

 

i gave up on these boots, they never came out right as when i cut them shorter, the sides went silly.

 

i created about 5 buckets..... i sold these to fund my hobby.

 

i made this out of kids soft drink tops and the water filters from the inside of a tap fitting.

 

side mounted light, this was the closest match to a clone wars light i could find.

 

these were just £2 from homebase!!

 

this was the first lid i made

 

the visor fitting is chrome, got it from the U.S its a football visor cut to shape.

 

these green sauce jar lids are great and i use them for almost everything, at the mo, im using them on my IRON MAN build for leg hinge bolts. here im using them for my back unit.

 

i made two and sold one off to cover costs......

 

these are based on the electro shocks REX used on the clone wars when he shot durge ...

 

finished ends

 

my sexy legs....

 

second lid

 

as you can see i like dirty things.

 

i never understood why clones and stormtroopers wear all that armour.... but never have protection on their fingers??? must be something about ' health and safty' in the deathstar about that????

anyways, heres mine..

 

guess the gun????

 

the voice unit sits behind the grill, so i speak though VOX and out of my chest.

 

i liked the idea od commander cody's side mounted shoulder unit, so i based that on this.

 

ITS ABOUT THIS TIME.... THE WIFE HATES ME..........

 

another lid....

 

NOW, to make the leg holsters, i made one for each leg based on REX

 

anyone guessed the gun yet?

 

the light unit on the first lid.

 

here im making fan units for the back.. on the back i used vacumforming.. i dont like VF i prefer cardboard and fibreglassing.

 

these leg sections i created were a killer on the inside of the legs.....

 

AT THIS POINT, THE WIFE IS WONDERING WHY IM WITH HER.....

 

this is taking over my life......

 

now making shadow lids......