WIP Comander Blitz & Z-6 Rotary Cannon

[Lord Sitan]

Hello MWG,

Here are my two projects I’ve got going right now,
First is my clone armor, it will be ARC Commander Blitz when all said and done (hopefully with swap out parts for a Grunt and ARF trooper). This project is slow going so I only have the body of the armor right now and will pick up the kits I need as money and time become available.

Here are the pix so far:



Next is my Z-6 Rotary Cannon’ I have made more progress on this one only because, if I screw up parts on this I can just hop over to the hardware store and get more. But I like how it’s coming together, thanks to the troops over at CT.N for the input on parts.

But here is just a brief set of pix as I have lots:


any input would be great!

Thanks,
Thomas

[Zombie_Bunny]

It looks awesome so far! Just be weary of the lip on the crotch and butt pieces. They look like they might leave some marks. Also, the gun, how heavy will it be after your done? Keep in mind you have to carry that thing!

[Lord Sitan]

I'm not looking forward to the armor pinch but I'm sure I'll get it doctored enuf to not hurt to bad.

And the gun is about 6lbs right now, that no guts in it (drill, wire, drill mount, and handles). Depending on what drill I use I'm guessing between 12 and 16 lbs. or should say hopeing. Anyway if it's to heavy it will at least look cool!

[Zombie_Bunny]

Well for the gun, a strap would be the best way to go if you haven't thought of that yet. Here is one of the MWG members that recently moved to another state. Not sure if you can see it, but he has a strap that goes around his shoulder.

[Lord Sitan]

That's not a bad idea for parades Or long troops!
But I'm still a ways off from thoughts, ( sad face).

Also, here's today's progress;





And I think this might be part of tomorrows project;

[Lord Sitan]

My first go at sludgeing;




Still lots of work togo, but doesn't look to bad before sanding.

[Lord Sitan]

[Lord Sitan]

[Lord Sitan]

[Lord Sitan]

Hello MWG,

so its been a while, my main thread is on clonetroopers.net. but ive made a lot of head way. ill get this page up to date:
i've got all me extenders on the cod/butt, Ab/kidney , and Chest/Back making it fit me (a heavier troop). ive also got them all sludged, sanded and bondoed the small air bubbles.


i don't really like the gap i get from the Velcro


after the bady was glued, sludged, and bondoed i tryed it on for the first time, to my surprise it fit fairly well



here is some of the work i did to the chest


i have also got one of the legs half done but mostly mocked up. i had to make it a lil bigger but by doing that i think i can go seamless with them now

[SHEEPDOG54]

Bondo is going to crack on you. Might I suggest using the new JB Weld ABS PLASTIC WELD? I found it at Home Depot and let me tell you I wish I would have had this from the beginning of my 501St Clone build. It's putty in a roll and the activator/ hardener is in the middle of the putty. You cut what you need to use. You need it in your hands and fill the seems. It hardens in a couple of hours and then you can sand it. I tried bondo...what a mistake. Then I used the expensive flexible bondo for boats and that worked well but mixing it correctly was a pain and it smelled really bad. But I ordered a new set of thighs because I didn't like the way the first set looked and used the JB WELD ABS WELD and it was God sent! it won't crack on you!
Otherwise your doing a great job and it is a lot of work but will be kick ass when it's done!

[Lord Sitan]

I'll have to look into that, however the main fill I uses was sludge (abs melted in acetone) and CA glue. The bondo in the pix is mostly to fill it he small air bubbles and dremel dents. But I have a few places that the abs weld might fix for me.

[SHEEPDOG54]

Yes! I used CA glue on my Clone build and my ATA STORMTROOPER. I tried other glues but this worked the best for me.

[Lord Sitan]

so i have hit a dead end for the moment, so i thought i would give a progress report:

so starting form bottem to top. i got my shoes mostly done, paint, straps, velcro, ect. my lower legs are kinda a problem, i have what some have called tree truncks for caffs so i have to do some modding for them. the upper legs i got seamless but my short legs make me think i might have cut them down a little.

got my hip boxes and thumel det on my cod/butt. also the vest velcroed to the ab/kiddny

got the straps glues to the top of the chest/back. also got the sholders bondoed, biseps and for arms glues and seamless. i used a rivet on the forarms to help get my hand in the armor.


have most of my ARC upgrade stuff glued and bondoed. have to heating and bending to do for the pali.

but over all i think its coming together nicely. trying to get a meet together with a 501st guy afound me so i can have help with a test fitting. parts of my armor feels wrong and need a little help.

[Zombie_Bunny]

It does look pretty BA. I'm a little confused about your tummy piece. It's attached to a shirt?? I do think that is a creative invention, but be weary of wearing too many layers. On days like today.... you'll die. Lol. Also, is the pauldron also plastic? That's pretty cool. I know sandtroopers wear the leather, but it gets a little floppy over the shoulder after some time.

It's really coming along. Thanks for all the pic updates!!

[138]

Its coming along fantastic bro

[Vadersblade]

Your build is coming along very nicely! It'll be awesome to have another clone in the area.

[Lord Sitan]

So thanks to SL-9965, I've jumped back into my armor project. Got just about everything assembled.



Here is some of my arc accessory placement

[Lord Sitan]

I also got some painting done, here is the yellow I'm thinking about for my blitz.

And some blitz ref pix


Also my chest and some boxes


Any thoughts or caritas ism would be helpful.

Thanks,
Thomas  

[138]

rock on bro !!!