Now, most people say that I go overboard with my weathering techniques. So here’s a small journey down weathering lane.

But first here are the objects you’ll need:

- Krylon Tan, & brown cammo spray paint

- several green scotch-brite pads

-120 grit sand paper

my original GT/FX suit. out of the box.

I’m on the right.

Now, i added a Space Pack and some accessories, like a pauldron to the kit.

My Second Event in NYC, i decided after being clean for several troops around my own town to add some black weathering to the armor.

Didn’t really like that, so i cleaned it up. But over the years, its just gotten weathered on its own.

Than at some point i deceided that i need to look dirty. The actual weathering had come off over the years. But took it a bit far. I think you’ll agree.

I got some help at the Rose Parade from TD-0013, TK-2053, and several Italians and one Austrian Sandtrooper.

This was the final result.

I’ve had this ANH kit sitting around from Hong Kong since 2002, finally put it together and started weathering the helmet.

And the other night i finally finished the armor for the same helmet. As you will see it fits much tighter than the GT/FX suit i had.

Took the weathering cans out and went at it again. Hopefully not as bad as last time.

After a first try, i decided to start again.

What I did was spray the lower parts of the armor, or rather from a lower angle with both colors and later using spirit gum (paint thinner) to wipe off the access paint i didnt want.

Lower armor

Mid section

After a few years, I decided that it was finally necessary to build a proper set of shoulder armor.

I used 18g steel.

Unfortunately i don’t have too many pictures reviewing this process. But here’s what i have.

We can see here how the plates curve

And here we can see how they look from straight on.

I than primed them with automotive self etching primer, and coated them, like the other plates with several colors before top coating them with yellow.

I don’t have too many details surrounding the creation of these parts, but perhaps i can explain what’s going on by looking at some detailed pictures.

Here we see the left shoulder pad. It is built out of .9mil ABS. It was primed and painted with several varying colors of paint than a vinyl decal was added. I than weathered the plate by using an angle grinder and some sandpaper.

The same was done with the above plate, just with a different design.

Upper Armor

Here we can see the detail on the weathering used on the left chest plate. It was painted in a similar pattern as the shoulder plates. Multiple colors followed up by a heavy weathering technique which, in this case ONLY included an angle grinder. You can imagine which angles where used to hit the plates briefly or for a long time to achieve the resulting details.

And as a happy accident i happened to notice the armor showed the detail exaggerated under a blacklight, so perhaps this can help as well as a guide.