This Clonetrooper armor project took about 18 months to complete. This was partly due to busy family/work life and partly due to the Darth Maul project. The intent from the start was to build up an all-white, Episode II grunt.
I trimmed and fitted this armor to fit my 5'08", 175 lb frame. (I'm a shorter trooper amongst the giants in my Garrison.) I got a lot of help from clonesix and Darren (DW design Studios), the current maker of this C6 armor. I tried to photo-document the process as much as I could. Here are some pics from my build.
Chest and Back: The two halves are held together by slot and tab as well as rare earth magnets. The shoulder straps are made by SB.
Shoulders, Biceps, Elbows and Handplates:
Abdomen, Belt and Cod: The belt is made by SB. I painted the SB belt while it as wrapped around the abdomen area. There are several layers of Tulip on the belt.
Thighs and Kneepads:
Calves Done with Spoons:
Completed Thighs and Calves/Shins:
Clone Shoes: For my first attempt, I used an old pair of Converse 1 Stars.
And finally, the helmet:
I began by cutting out a section of the neckring.
Next, I trimmed out the visor area and frown holes.
I added a Magic Sculpt ridge on the sides of the helmet's fin.
Primed and painted.
I padded the helmet with sections of foam knee padding. The battery box to the fan is a Clone Wars Easter box. I added an on/off switch on the side. The wires run out the top of the box to the "ceiling fan" positioned CPU fan.
Here are a few photos from the test run:
(Photos by Annette Wamser)
A retention clip for the spoon in the right calf snapped off while suiting up. That's why the spoon piece is sticking out a bit in the two photos above. Problem has been fixed since then.
I still need to dirty it up. I thought I'd take the armor out as a "shiny" for the first troop.
Thanks for looking...
I trimmed and fitted this armor to fit my 5'08", 175 lb frame. (I'm a shorter trooper amongst the giants in my Garrison.) I got a lot of help from clonesix and Darren (DW design Studios), the current maker of this C6 armor. I tried to photo-document the process as much as I could. Here are some pics from my build.
Chest and Back: The two halves are held together by slot and tab as well as rare earth magnets. The shoulder straps are made by SB.
Shoulders, Biceps, Elbows and Handplates:
Abdomen, Belt and Cod: The belt is made by SB. I painted the SB belt while it as wrapped around the abdomen area. There are several layers of Tulip on the belt.
Thighs and Kneepads:
Calves Done with Spoons:
Completed Thighs and Calves/Shins:
Clone Shoes: For my first attempt, I used an old pair of Converse 1 Stars.
And finally, the helmet:
I began by cutting out a section of the neckring.
Next, I trimmed out the visor area and frown holes.
I added a Magic Sculpt ridge on the sides of the helmet's fin.
Primed and painted.
I padded the helmet with sections of foam knee padding. The battery box to the fan is a Clone Wars Easter box. I added an on/off switch on the side. The wires run out the top of the box to the "ceiling fan" positioned CPU fan.
Here are a few photos from the test run:
(Photos by Annette Wamser)
A retention clip for the spoon in the right calf snapped off while suiting up. That's why the spoon piece is sticking out a bit in the two photos above. Problem has been fixed since then.
I still need to dirty it up. I thought I'd take the armor out as a "shiny" for the first troop.
Thanks for looking...
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