DL-44 Finished

Last night I dry brushed the pistol using Citadel paints.  For the silver colour I used Bolt Gun Metal.  On the grip I used a brown (the label had come off) then dry brushed with a bit of Chaos Black, then did a very light layer of Bolt Gun Metal over the top.

 

Now all I need to do is make a holster for it. :)

DL-44

For my Imperial Officer weapon I have chosen a DL-44.  The brightly coloured, blue and orange toy arrived on Friday and I have been modding it since.  Here is my progress...

The DL-44 blaster in its packaging.

I am worried by the "other play" that they mention... :S

The front was removed from the blaster tip, holes drilled in the muzzle, putty put in the screw hole, writing sanded off, and the mould lines were also sanded away.  I have painted the muzzle black already to see if it needed more work.

A bit more sanding is needed...

The gun now has had a few coats of Games Workshop Chaos Black, a good paint for plastics.

Ready for the dry brushing!

Imperial Officer Code Cylinders

On eBay a few weeks go I came across old dosimeters for sale that can be used for Imperial Code Cylinders. They arrived this week and look great! They just need to be cleaned up a bit and have the blue top painted on.

SuitAbility Jodhpur Resized Pattern Links (Imperial Officer Jodpurs)

If you are getting confused how this is different from my previous post, please let me explain. The previous post includes the SuitAbility Jodhpur pattern and instructions. To make my pattern, I took the images from the pattern file and resized them in Photoshop, then saved each page as a PDF. I then placed the PDF file into a full version of Adobe Acrobat, set "print scaling" in the "print" menu to "Tile Large Pages" so I was able to print the large sheets onto A3 sheets (but it can be printed on what ever paper you have).

The files below are the resized ones I made. They are all PDF's.

SuitAbility Jodhpur pattern page 5
SuitAbility Jodhpur pattern page 6
SuitAbility Jodhpur pattern page 7
SuitAbility Jodhpur pattern page 8
SuitAbility Jodhpur pattern page 9
SuitAbility Jodhpur pattern page 11
SuitAbility Jodhpur pattern page 12
SuitAbility Jodhpur pattern page 13

Please note, Page 10 is not required. To reduce file sizes I made the images gray-scale.

SuitAbility Jodhpur Pattern Links (Imperial Officer Jodpurs)

For the SuitAbility jodhpur pattern, you can find it at Char Tozard's site,

or mirrored links here:

SuitAbility Jodhpurs Pattern (3 MB)
SuitAbility Jodhpurs Instructions (2.1 MB)

Mock-up Jodhpurs

Here are some images of my mock-up Imperial Officer Jodhpurs based on the SuitAbility pattern.

The pants have not been cuffed, and I have not put the waistband on. Alterations to the pattern that are planned to include a slight increase in the back (for the times like now when I have eaten far too many Easter eggs), a slight trim of the sides of the Jodhpurs so it isn't as extreme, and an addition of about 3cm to the length of the pants to be cuffed properly.

For the pattern

Time worked on pattern: 9 hours
Time spent waiting in Spotlight to be served: .5 hours

Before You Start...

Before you start a project, it is recommended that you move the cat...

Spook enjoys large sheets of fabric and paper and has to be taken to another room otherwise he rolls and dives on it all very cutely. :D

Imperial Officer Pants Pattern

I have been interested in the Imperial Officer uniform for a while, especially the black one. So I thought I would give it a go sewing one. I have been using the out of print SuitAbility Jodhpur pattern that Char Tozard made available, scaling the photos to the correct size, printing them on A3 sheets, gluing them together, then tracing the around the correct size. This is the result.

Now time to cut out the calico and test the pattern.

Time worked on pattern: 4 hours
Time spent waiting in Spotlight to be served: .5 hours