Bolt builds a Kashyyyk trooper

[Bolt_2112]

Made some great progress today! 

I clear coated all my armour with MTN 94 Acrylic Varnish. I used the matt finish and when it dried you can hardly tell it was applied, just slightly more shiny when the armour is in the sun. Two coats of that and all my hard work is protected from scratching. Clear coats are absolutely necessary! 





Taped up the visor with low tact tape because I was too eager and put it in before I was done painting 

In other news! My amazing wife Snips sewed the leg pouches on my pants, we had to resize them to be proportional to my body. Some build threads I've read on the Pathfinders page say you can just move the cargo pockets to the front... yeh nah! Waaaay too big. (

Pic is from before we added velcro closure)



Snips also sewed velcro closure to replace the top button of my shirt and added a neck seal/sash that closes off around the collar, I bought a second shirt and cut the collar off of it, attaching it to the main collar and adding velcro closure. 
Very very pleased with this! 

We also sewed the arms so they are a tighter fit. The shirt had huuuuuuuge baggy arms which would look stupid with armour over them. 







Very happy for an afternoon's work! Now to dye the shirt and pants and onto the cummerbund.

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Nice job Bolt , you’ve done a really good job of dealing with the colour blends and negative space .

Thank you Bruce, that is high praise to be sure