Hot Toys Sandtrooper MMS 295

[Solo_bones]

Try and heat it up and then since down in it and hold it until it cools. Glue is a good last resort.

 

[Solo_bones]

Next up is to do proper shoulder straps for the duty pack.

I found several of theses rifle slings on eBay that should do the trick. I just need to weather them and add buckles, rivets, and a couple d-rings.

They will partially sit in between and under both the shoulder bells, and the shoulder portion of the chest armor. A fair portion will stick out in back just before they attach to the top of the pack frame.

You can’t really see if they have these nicer padded straps in any of the hi-def screen grabs from ANH, but you can (barely) see that there is some buckles and hardware in a couple scenes. The Jedha Patrol troops also have padded straps for their duty packs in R1, so it’s in continuity even if you cannot clearly see them in ANH.

Something else of note is that all of the more advanced, accuracy obsessed Sandtrooper cosplayers all add these padded shoulder straps to their life size duty packs. So wether they are 100% accurate or not, they look amazing, add a level of detail and realism and are in-line with real life military gear, so it works for me.


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The shoulder bells might stick off to the side with straps that wide and thick. I live the accuracy...will be following results.

 

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The shoulder bells might stick off to the side with straps that wide and thick. I live the accuracy...will be following results.

Yeah, the width of these particular straps concerns me a bit, I may have to modify them to be 2/3 the width they currently are.


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Did some work on my Sandie’s eye lenses. Added some foil to the neck socket to reflect more green. Adding foil directly to the back of the lenses reflects too much green, that’s why I set the foil further back against the neck socket, it’s much more subtle while still giving a needed boost to the green.

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[Chakaman]

Looks great. Nice work.

 

[r3dPyramid]

That's awesome. Gonna have to try that.

 

[FlyAndFight]

That does look good. Well done.

 

[SilverStar17]

Damn, that’s some painstaking attention to minute details. Very nice.

 

[Waste Time Continuum]

Thanks guys!


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[Waste Time Continuum]

Damn, that’s some painstaking attention to minute details. Very nice.

It is painstaking, but I really love working on the minutia.

I’ve found over the years that the little details add up to make the figure look more real. You may not notice it but your brain does. [emoji14]




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Here’s what I was working on tonight.

Before starting on this project I did a lot of research, and I found that Hot Toys is way off base with the leather MP40 ammo pouches. So I’m customizing some more accurate ammo pouches. I have to weather them, and make the white thread black, and you can see where I removed some stitching, but I think I can fix that with some decent weathering. They should look a little beaten up.

My customized ammo pouch on the left, and the stock, Hot Toys pouch is on the right.

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[Solo_bones]

Here’s what I was working on tonight.

Before starting on this project I did a lot of research, and I found that Hot Toys is way off base with the leather MP40 ammo pouches. So I’m customizing some more accurate ammo pouches. I have to weather them, and make the white thread black, and you can see where I removed some stitching, but I think I can fix that with some decent weathering. They should look a little beaten up.

My customized ammo pouch on the left, and the stock, Hot Toys pouch is on the right.

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III is! Great work.

 

[Waste Time Continuum]

“How long have you had these droids?”

“Move along, move along.”

Having a blast customizing these knuckleheads. Haven’t had this much fun since I started customizing the ANH Vader.

I have to pick up one more Sandie, then the real work begins. I need to rebuild four of the Hot Toys duty packs, and make them into four unique, and screen accurate duty packs from ANH.

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[Solo_bones]

If anyone is looking for extra Hot Toys Sandtrooper Helmer’s I have a bunch I’m willing to sell. Some are weathered a tad more the original, some have had weathering reduced, for variant purposes.

 

[Waste Time Continuum]

If anyone is looking for extra Hot Toys Sandtrooper Helmer’s I have a bunch I’m willing to sell. Some are weathered a tad more the original, some have had weathering reduced, for variant purposes.

I tried to PM you but your inbox is full.


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The shoulder bells might stick off to the side with straps that wide and thick. I live the accuracy...will be following results.

Yeah, the width of these particular straps concerns me a bit, I may have to modify them to be 2/3 the width they currently are.

Found something much, much, better. They are padded shoulder straps from a Vietnam era rucksack for a communications pack. The hardware and fixtures are metal too.

Two came today, and holy crap, they are the perfect size and they naturally sit against the armor, to perfectly replicate the look in the film!!!!! [emoji13][emoji13][emoji13]

All I’m going to do is paint them black, wire them to get them to stay in the right shape, and add a small strip of industrial strength Velcro to the under side of the strap and top of the shoulder armor to keep it in the right place. Between the wire and the Velcro it will look perfect.

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[Waste Time Continuum]

They perfectly tuck behind the chest armor so they won’t interfere with the pauldron or the ammo pouches either.

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[Creighton]

outstanding custom work!

 

[Waste Time Continuum]

outstanding custom work!

Thanks!


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[Solo_bones]

PM me if you want;