Scout Trooper – Weathering

Let’s Get Dirty!

While my DLT-19x is printing and we’re having unseasonably warm weather today, I will take advantage and add the weathering to my Armor…

For the weathering, I’ll be using the suggested Tamiya Matt Black spray paint, along with a few other colors that I hope will work.

Because I’ve never really done this type of weathering before, I decided to start with the Boots…

The Boots now have a bit of weathering…

And, the rest of the Armor has been weathered, as well. I also weathered the Codpiece and Cummerbund/Pouches but forgot to take a photo…

    Scout Trooper – Armor – Knees, Upper Arms, & Forearms, Final Assembly

    Finishing Up..

    Final bits…

    These Armor parts still need the strapping added…

    I’ll start with the most complicated. The Knee pieces get two different sizes of elastic…

    The bottom gets 3/4 inch elastic…

    To make them adjustable, I’ll be adding loop Velcro to the armor…

    Here, the loop Velcro has been added…

    The elastic straps will get the hook part of the Velcro…

    Attaching the hook Velcro to the elastic…

    Lower straps complete…

    The lower straps installed…

    The upper straps get attached with rivets…

    Everything ready to be rivetted…

    1/2 inch elastic, with rivets on each side…

    The rivet ends filed smooth…

    The completed Knee Armor pieces…

    Next up will be the Upper Arm pieces…

    They get attached with two inch elastic…

    The elastic straps with the ends sewn…

    They will be getting hook Velcro, as well…

    The Armor will be getting the loop part of the Velcro…

    The loop part of the Velcro added to the Armor…

    The completed Upper Arm Armor…

    The last pieces are the Forearm Armor…

    These require one inch elastic…

    The elastic with the ends sewn…

    The elastic ready for the hook Velcro…

    The hook Velcro attached to the elastic…

    The Armor will get loop Velcro…

    The loop Velcro attached to the Armor…

    The Forearm Armor completed…