Hi guys, thanks for all of the feedback.
Sith Lord Chaos - You're right, the first Clone would probably be better with some more of his "underwear" showing instead of so much armor. I plan on making a couple more to be in his unit, so I'll see if I can come up with something that looks a little more battle hardened for the next one. For the effect of his unshaven face, it was just a little bit of paint.
Gregorbian - Funny that you said that about the helmet, he actually has an EP2 helmet as well!
Perennial - Some of my AT-TE gunner forearms are loose, others aren't. That's a great idea about switching out the forearm, I'll need to try that.
Diddly - I'll put together a little "recipe" on Commander Grae and explain about the shoulder pad.
Dressel Jr - Pretty close on the paint scheme, I'll explain in his recipe.
Ok, here goes...
For the Commander Grae, he's from the following parts -
- Bacara body
- CT Stormtrooper helmet
- AT-TE Gunner top helmet piece
- Snowtrooper backpack
- Djas Puhr gunbelt
What I did was first take the Bacara body, and put the gunbelt on him. I had to trim it down a lot to get it to fit.
Then, I cut the neck knob off of the figure, and fitted the Stormtrooper helmet onto him.
Then, with some epoxy putty I got the helmet attached to the AT-TE gunner head piece, and make a thin strip on the top of it to fill in the gap that the head piece would have left.
After that, I added the AT-TE Gunner shoulder pad (had to cut the back strap then glue it back on).
Finally all the pieces were together, but I didn't know what to do for a paint scheme. I was going to hand paint him regular gray, but decided to experiment. Instead of "dry-brushing", I decided to try spray paint. I guess you could call it "dry-spraying" or something like that.
What I did was get black and tan spray paint, and used nice expensive $4.00 cans instead of the cheap stuff. I lightly would spray with black, then tan, then black, then tan, etc. about 4-5 times with each. Then I touchup up certain areas with a hand brush (like the eye holes) and then sealed with an acrylic matte spray.
I think I answered everyone's questions about him?
Also, it actually looks a lot better in person. My camera kind of makes it look too grainy - it's not actually that grainy in person. Much more sleek and smooth.
This is the same "dry spray" technique that I used yesterday on my Arachnid Mining Droid for the monthly customizing challenge -
Usually you guys know that I don't make all that many Clone customs and like to try crazy stuff that is just fan fic. With that in mind, here's another one I made tonight for the Rykrof Enloe series. His name is Jobe, and he's a Badoo Coraba terrorist.
