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Getting the ball rolling with my work in progress...

My kit is in the mail, arriving Friday!

CRL:
https://databank.501st.com/databank/Cos ... _tfu_royal

Kit: Walt's
Helm visor: Kalevalavisors.com for mirrored red/smoke
Jumpsuit: Re-tailored RedKap coveralls
Belt: MagmelCreations Etsy Montreal (great quality)
Kama: Will tailor one, leaving this likely to last for paint-fabric colour matching...
Gloves: Wampawear (in the mail)
Boots: Crowprops (needed custom for calves for IOC officers)
Weapon: Printed from STLs in this forum (Lorsaberus lightsabre)

Thanks for help and advice to @ugcsspawn @tk9589 @shikkakku

While I was waiting, I got working on the sabre pike...





To accommodate the raised activation button on the lightsabre, I thought it best to cut out a slot with chisels, rather than print the "emitter" piece too large. This also prevents the sabre from passing all the way through the emitter accidentally during trooping:



Discussed this with my GML:



The STLs include a nicer upper handgrip #2, but the CRL sabre pike appears to have 2 x #1 handgrips (different set of STLs). I preferred to go with one of each from this style of grips, so cleared this early.





The emitter fit to the sabre. I cracked it a bit landmarking the hole, but this is easily fixable.

I then secured a 1" diameter hardwood dowel (larger looked wrong to me).

The Loresaberus lightsabre comes with a screw-on adapter for the end (to connect two of them together in Darth Maul fashion), and this proved useful as the adapter could then be drill-tapped-screwed into the dowel, and then the lightsabre can be screwed into the adapter. Since the blade of the lightsabre is also screwed in, this created a readily collapsible sabre pike for transport.

Still considered making this even further collapsible by bisecting the stave and then enabling them to be screwed together within one of the handgrips... but we'll leave that to later.



With some paint, we're done!

Also put a PVC cap on the end to finish the look.

This will be the initial paint choice:

Duplicolour CBFM0306 "Cardinal Red"



More to come when the kit arrives!

Posting that I had a discussion with Keep Trooping about their (outer) Shadow Guard Robes.

I asked and it was mentioned that these could also be done in red, if the pattern is identical (I think it is, AOTC?)

Also spoke to LeggendeSegreteCloth on Etsy (Italy), and those are comparable in price but are tailored.


Do we have a preferred source of Royal Guard (red) outer robes/AOTC robes?

Largely documenting my process for our "det database"

Helm is well underway according to the "Walt method":



Walt's helm comes in hemispheres, which makes it a bit challenging to line up the contours of the helm for gluing (with the plastic lip in the way).

For alignment, I placed some glue (E6000), then relied in part on touch to align the two halves inside the helm. You can also eyeball the outside at the base of the helm and along the sides to ensure an exact fit.

I then glued some spare strips of ABS along the inside seam and to reinforce the main ridges. This will allow me a good fill of any holes along the halves (ridge being built up with bondo) and also allow me to grind the join down smooth with a sandpaper drum on a rotary tool / Dremel:



Same process was applied to the forearms / vambraces.

good job, keep it up!!!!