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| How to Make a Federation Trooper Action Figure |
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| Model and Instructions by Paul K. (Thanks Paul, it's
brilliant!!) |
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- 1 inch black vinyl insulating tape, folded in half, makes perfect
Federation straps!!
- A season one trooper has just the belt and one diagonal strap,
while a season 2 NCO like I produced has two straps crossing over
on his back.
- The NCO chest panel is a 70mm high triangle with a 50mm base
cut from textured carpet tape.
- Some TV versions seem to be like this, while others have a FEDERATION
logo embossed on them. Bit too tough, for me, that!
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- As with the helmet, some compromises had to be made in design
of the gun due to the scale.
- The body is basically a 55mm length of a 10mm wide black biro
with the end cut to an angle!
- The back of the gun (The magazine) is where the ball point used
to come out!
- The grip and shoulder rest were guestimated by me from video
pauses, so are a bit innacurate, and the slats are just five 3mm
x 40mm strips of the 1mm plasticard layered around the pen!
- Details, such as the stock and chrome barrel shroud were all
obtained from my model 'bits' box, so should be relatively easy
to find.
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- The buttons on the uniform and studs around the helmet are all
pin heads glued in place.
- The pocket is another piece of insulating tape, with a hand-painted
logo. This is up to you, as it can be silver or red and blue.
Red insulating tape strips detail the blaster, and the boots are,
obviously, the ones that came with the figure.
- When complete, the figure retains all his posability for 'playing'
with, and as long as lots of good glue joins were used, it shouldn't
be too fragile.Careful with the gun though!
- The finished trooper makes a good shelf display model as it
will be a 'unique' collectable.
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Click here for Page 1: TOOLS / SKILLS / UNIFORM
Click here for Page 2: HELMET / VISOR / GREEN TRIM
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