Welcome

Welcome to my Stormtrooper blog. My name is Eric. I have always found the Star Wars universe fascinating. I purchased my first set of FX armor in October '03. I sold it about a year and a half ago. I am getting back into the Stormtrooper costuming scene and I have came across many great Stormtrooper costuming resources while browsing the internet. So many, in fact, that I decided to create this site to keep track of them all and to log the progress of my own Stormtrooper armor build. Check out the links section to the right or view the progress of my build below.

Going slow

Before I started this project I told myself I'm going to go slow as I put my first FX suit together in a single day. I haven't been working on it much as I started another project.... Halo Spartan Armor. I did however get the tube stripe decals put on and re-shaped the green flat lenses that I won off ebay as they didn't conform to the curves of the eyes. I having the following left to do:

• Glue & velcro calves & theighs
• Snaps & straps
  
• Finish lens bracket
• Make canvas belt & shoulder straps
• Dirty up the armor

Then once I get my ROM-F/X and Stomper's Hovi Mic Tips -w- speakers I can work out the details for the inside of the bucket and paint it black. Once I get done with that, I can start with the backpack.

Paint

I did alot of taping and painting today. I pretty much finished up the paint on the helmet today. I taped off all areas that were to be painted gray and sprayed them with Testor's Gloss Gray #1238. After spraying the paint I let it sit for a couple minutes and then removed the tape while the paint was still wet. If you wait too long, you might pull up the paint with the tape. With the frown I left small white area for the "fifth tooth" much like the "move along" trooper's helmet. As for the black areas, I hand painted them. I took a plastic bowl and sprayed some Rust-oleum Painter's Touch Semi-Gloss Black into it. I then used a small paintbrush to paint the "mouth" and lines around the traps and ears.  The hand painted lines are far from perfect, but the original helmets were far from perfect. 

I am going to paint the inside of the helmet black, but I want to get all of the other details worked out before I do that. I plan on making a custom enclosure for the fans, mic, ROM-F/X, etc. Enjoy the pics below.