Topic: Darth More's Customs: Ugnaught Smith

[hemble]

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out and so far your doing a good job.

Ron

[FialaFernbrugg]

The Purge Trooper is one of the coolest trooper designs I've seen so far.
Really a great custom project and you have done a great job so far.
Do you have any plans how you will make the imperial cockade on the shoulder plate?
I'm really looking foraward to see more of this awesome project.

[Darth More]

hemble It's always a pleasure to read your feedback, Ron! I'm very excited about this project, too! Casting the missing parts will take some time for me though. But I'm going to share the latest update right now!



FialaFernbrugg Thank you for all of your feedback, Christoph! I was going to repaint one of my (many) Airborne Troopers from the fodder as a Shadow Airborne Trooper. I got a specific stealth design in my mind before the Fallen Order trailer was revealed. Well, both designs look awesome and pretty similar. So I take the occasion to make some new molds of the missing parts and to make this new Purge Trooper in 1/18 scale. It looks like we're going to see a 6 inch Purge Trooper from Hasbro in November, too!
Working on the Purge Troopers is great fun! And I think I found a good way to make the Imperial emblems and found an accurate red paint for the details. So stay tuned for that! 


- Philipp

[Darth More]

About Special Effects & Easter Eggs



Here's my update on the Imperial Purge Trooper from Jedi: Fallen Order.

Yesterday, I painted the first Airborne Trooper with humbrol 27004 Gunmetal and Citadel Abaddon Black.
Today, I polished the Gunmetal paint with a paper towel and here's the result:







The paint needs to dry for 6 hours. After that I polished the paint with a paper towel. The effect is well visible.
As metioned in my last update I had forgotten about this special effect of humbrol's 27004 Gunmetal. Still, the paint doesn't look as the sample on top of the tin. I chose to use this paint instead of 27003 Polished Steel because 27004 is more consistant and doesn't leave streaks.

Special thanks to ImperialOfficer for his support and suggestion on which paint to choose! 27003 & 27004 look extremely similar once dried and polished. And I think we now got the perfect colors for the Purge Trooper!

Although it doesn't need much pressure to polish the paint, some of the Metal Cote was accidently removed along the edges. I will repaint these areas before finishing the custom.













This is my little Easter Egg* for you guys!

* egg used is organic, no animals were harmed for this test paint. Make a choice for more protection and welfare of animals. Thank you!



This is my latest custom, which was finished last Monday. I was on fire that night and worked until late at night with good music. I got this incomplete ARC Trooper for 2 bucks on ebay (4,39€ shipped). I couldn't wait to add some details. As mentioned before I'm a big fan of the Clone Heavy Trooper from Pandemic's Battlefront II. I used my very first resin cast of the Heavy Trooper helmet, which was made by my girlfriend. It came out flawless! The helmet's visor and the antenna were also painted with humbrol's Gunmetal, but haven't been polished, yet. I might repaint the visor with humbrol's 50 metallic green though, which I need to buy first. Details will follow soon! It'll take some time to make the molds for the missing parts of the Purge Trooper. I hope you like the result! Please, let me know!






Have a nice & peaceful Easter with your family & friends!

- Philipp

[Tamer]

Oh yeah, looks like the right color to me. You are bringing this project along nicely. I like your egg and the custom with it. Nice way to celebrate Easter! Off to share your update.

[Darth More]

Thank you Tamer! I'm glad you saw may post today! Thanks for sharing it! Yes, the color looks accurate right away. Seeing how well the color turned out makes me very happy. Also the Clone Commander Concept / red Clone Heavy Trooper / Clone Trooper Specialist turned out nicely. I'll share the full story about him, soon!

- Philipp

[Darth More]

Jayson over @YakFace.com shares some presumptions about his pre-order of JEDI: Fallen Order at GamesStop. His order details might give a hint at what you get with the game itself.

Find out after the jump:


https://yakfaceforums.com/main/2019/04/19/jedi-fallen-order-preorder-reveals-clue-to-black-series-figure-identity/


So what do you think? Which could be the new (exclusive?) TBS6 action figure? Are we going to see the Purge Trooper in 1/12 scale from Hasbro in November?


- Philipp

[Darth More]

So as mentioned before, making molds for hands and pauldrons will need some time and cause some delay. Back in January I made a series of new molds. The helmet of the Airborne Trooper was one of them. Now, I only need to cast a few in resin. I won't use rare original parts for my customs.


Update: Check out my topic on molding & casting parts & accessories:


http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10633.0

[Darth More]

FialaFernbrugg asked how I was going to make the Imperial emblems for the Purge Trooper. Well, from the beginning I knew I will use decals for it - either from a model kit or print them out myself.
You can find loads of videos by searching "making decals" on YouTube.
I decided to share a video from restoration expert of Vintage toys Toy Polloi on here once, again.

He does a fantastic job explaining how he makes vinyl decals for his Kenner AT-AT and AT-ST Drivers!
He even shares his template of insignias as PDF file! You can find them in the description below the video on YouTube:

Double-click for full screen view.

And here is another video from Doctor Faust's Painting Clinic which is about general making of miniature decals and provides all the information you need!

So now I need to get some suitable vinyl sheets for my laser printer from ebay...

- Philipp

[Tamer]

Looks like you are well prepared. Enjoyed your updates. Off to share this to the front pages.

[Darth More]

Yes, it should be doable. Glad to hear that! I know many people are interested in molding & casting. I’ll share how I make parts with resin as far as I can.

I told the guy who sold the red ARC Trooper to me, that I was going to make a custom of it. He asked me to send him a picture of it, so I did today. He replied and told me he was now charing 20€ for it if he still owned it. Well, I take that as compliment. lol


- Philipp

[Starchaser]

Thanks for sharing!

[FialaFernbrugg]

Now these are some Easter eggs I would like to find during the next Easter egg hunt. Really cool idea my friend.
The polished paint looks very good. I think you found a very good colour for your Purge Trooper custom. I think this colour could also work on a Super Battle Droid but I'm not a droid expert.
The concept art Clone Commander looks phenomenal. The paintjob on the helmet is amazing.
Thank you very much for the very interesting decal tutorials. Definitely useful for future custom projects.
Excellent work as always.

[Darth More]

Starchaser You're very welcome! I ordered five sheets of vinyl foil on ebay. Can't wait to print some decals!



FialaFernbrugg Thank you for your feedback! Yes, I'm quite happy how the paint & polish turned out! Using it for a Super Battle Droid is a brilliant idea, Mr Understatement! I'll definitely try that!
I'll share full details on the Clone Commander, soon! I knew I was going to do something with it, but the final idea came to my mind very sponatnously while I was working on the Desert Recon Specialist.

Thanks for your feedback guys! I'm always thrilled to read it!

- Philipp

[Darth More]

While I was searching ebay for customs this morning, I came across this custom from seller rundown70 here:

It's an Imperial Purge Trooper! So this talented customizer here seems to be in serious business because he already finished a 3.75" Purge Trooper! I really like his interpretation of the Purge Trooper, although it doesn't quite look like the design of the trailer. And I'm pretty sure, this custom also uses a resin cast helmet.
Oh well, and I thought I was the first one to finish the Purge Trooper in 1/18 scale...

This auction ends tomorrow (Sunday), April 28, 2019:

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Star-Wars-Custom-Imperial-Airborne-Trooper-Fallen-Order-Jedi-Assassin-Rundown/223491567036?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20170511121231%26meid%3D9cba74be0b4b4ab5b20e9b92def13e2c%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D223491567036%26itm%3D223491567036&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A9c2e8f59-68e4-11e9-bad8-74dbd18000bc%7Cparentrq%3A5eaeb5de16a0aa485f655854fffabf3e%7Ciid%3A1


If you're interested I wish you good luck. I won't bid because he ships within the U.S. only.

- Philipp