Utapau Airborne Clone Trooper (Parjai Squad)

Figure Era: ROTS
Year: 2006
Primary Appearance: Star Wars, Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith
Difficulty: Intermediate

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Recipe

Fodder
ROTS Commander Bacara - kama, pauldron/shoulder strap
ROTS Clone Trooper - arms, legs, torso (all except head)
Custom cast of airborne trooper head - courtesy of Glassman6!
Custom made shoulder pad from styrene strip and styrene rods
Custom made strap from styrene strips
Elite Forces soldier - pouch cut from right hip
1 TSC Obi-Wan Kenobi - 2 small pouches cut off the belt
Elite Forces soldier - small pouch cut from somewhere


Paint
Krylon Fusion Satin Dover White Spray Paint (2422)
white armor

Polly Scale Br. Ex. Dk. Sea Gray (F505264)
kama, dry brushing for pouch and strap
soles of feet
vertical strap on right side of torso

Polly Scale Night Black (505214) (RLM 22)
pauldron, mouth areas on helmet, bodyglove under armor (if needed)
dry brushed scuff marks/battle damage on armor

Polly Scale Light Gray (505061) (RLM 76)
front straps on kama

5:1
Model Master Acrylic International Orange (4682)Polly Scale CP Yellow (F404058)
orange markings on armor


Weathering Powders
Prof. Weathers Rustic Rust
feet



Directions

Parts used for the Utapau Airborne Clone Trooper

Making the Left Shoulder Pad
Cut a piece of styrene for the base of the shoulder pad, from .020" x .250" styrene. Heat it slightly (just a couple of quick passes over lighter) and bend into position over the shoulder pauldron. Make sure to measure and do this with the arm in the raised position. Otherwise, you may prevent the arm from raising. My strip ended up with 9 rods sections along the length of it.

Once that is done, cut strips of styrene rods (3/64", 1.2mm diameter) to even lengths and glue them along the styrene strip.

Making the Right Shoulder Pad
Cut Commander Bacara's shoulder pad to the shape you want, and glue it onto the torso. I found that trying to do it with straps doesn't work too well, because the layered thickness of the strap from this, the vertical strap, and the strap from the pouch make it hard to get the head on correctly.

Making the vertical strap
Cut a strip of styrene, from the .020" thick strips, that is 1/8" wide and 2" long.

Making the strap for the pouch
Cut a strip of styrene, from the .020" thick strips, that is 1/16" wide and 3.25" long.

Making the pouch
The pouch from the Elite Forces soldier is open on one end and hollow. I stuffed it with epoxy clay to make it solid, and cut a slit in one of the top corners. Then into this slit, and the other side where it was already open, I inserted both ends of the strap while the clay was still wet. You can also reshape the outside of the pouch a little with the clay, and use it to reinforce where the straps are inserted.

Then cut a rectangle of the desired size from the stip styrene and glue it to the lower front part of the strap, on the side closest to the figure. Then cut 2 smaller strips and glue to the front side to make it flush with the strap. Use plastic cement for gluing styrene to styrene. Glue the three small pouches to this (two from Obi-Wan, one from the Elite Forces soldier) using superglue.

The completed pouch

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