^^^ Stiil need any Chrome mount advice...
I worked and worked and worked this entire weekend on my Centurion! Whoooooo
(I found out on Saturday night that this weekend was the weekend of my local Planet KC Comic Con - SO I MISSED IT! FRACK! However I have seen the headliner before - Mr. Sulu - and even though it was closer to me this year, in KC itself, I am okay with missing it. I spend the time on my Centurion so I'm good.)
Left: tape holding the right arm armor together - WEAK!
Right: Some sheet plastic
Left: Glued in sheet plastic - STRONG!
Right: A bicep with the fuse strip as well... I did this to all 6 parts, 2 biceps, 2 forearms and 2 boot armors (Below)
Left: Close up of putty to fill up the seam.
Right: All the fused parts now have putty on them and I let them dry overnight so everything would be ready for sanding.
Left / Right and Below: Putty all sanded up. Ready for primer!!!
I was looking into a Custom "Garrison Commander" Insignias set from Skullbeast, but he wouldn't have time to get it done before Galacticon... So I have started to craft my own. It will be a single set, not cast/copied. It is my first scratch built item - SO BE NICE TO ME!
Left / Right: A paper study of the chest insignia. Fitting it to the curve of the chest armor was a mind bender, but I finally got close enough that I was happy.
Left: Sheet plastic parts cut from my paper templates
Right: Glue is on... waiting for it to dry. I was not sure at this point if I would keep on with this insignia or consider it a first try and start over. I added bars on the inside to have more area to glue too. If I had cut the sections with a big "X" near it that would have been better. The full length ribbing made bending the parts all in unison REALLY HARD!!! However, it turned out good enough that I was happy with it to continue with it (plus I really didn't want to start over).
Left / Right: Test fit of the new plastic Insignia base. It is pretty close, I will need to trim up some of the left side to get it to sit flush on the chest armor. The gluing process and bending plastics let one side get a tiny bit out of "square" from my paper master.
Left: I went to Hobby Lobby for a Centurion supply run... I got some paint for my insignia set. Not going to bother to have the chest one chromed with my armor... I think they look good "slightly" different. And it will let me test this "fancy pants" paint.
Right: Ahhhhhhhhh my back pack collar cap insignia... can you say... CYLON-KNIGHT
Left: My plan for my chest insignia (Again Knight Rider theme). You can see the black "screw detail" that I'll be adding. I got two sizes of pure black doll eyes that will be perfect in my build. They even have nifty attachment rings for the back. Once painted all silver, they will rock!
Right: I bought some clay to craft my F.L.A.G. chess piece logo. It is actually silver clay. So once I sculpt it, bake it (to set the clay) I might be able to just tint the edges?! I'll have to see how well it matches the paint with a test later on...
This is how it stands now - I added thee trim on the front. After the glue dries (and I go to work!) I'll add some putty onto this again to fill some spots then it will be ready for the "doll eye screws" and then I can figure out the final size for the F.L.A.G. Knight logo.
WHOOO STILL GOING!
I am going to get a Skullbeast Belt when he get them done up, but they also will not be done in time for Galacticon 3. So I am following the path of our own Nashslash with is wooden blocks he so kindly sent me. I got some "pleather" fabric at Hobby Lobby as well. I had picked up sticky back felt like nashslah used, but then found the fabric and it was on sale and would actually wind up being cheaper to get plus it would match a leather bet better (that I still have to buy).
Left: My fabric and the block
Right: Block wrapped in fabric and the cover in place
Left: The back, all perfect to go against a belt
Right: My secret... after working and working and WORKING to figure out how to wrap the blocks in fabric and not let the bulk of the fabric get in the way/all messy. I had the idea to put the "ugly" part under the cap!
Here I have tape holding it all down just for testing. I will staple into the wood to affix the pleather into place. Then just use screws through a belt into the wood as nashslash did.
BUT WAIT! THERE IS ONE LAST THING
(I told you I worked all weekend on my Centurion)
Anyone need a Baltar be-headed?
I have my scabbard in the works now too.
Thanks once more to our Cylon-At-Arms, Sean for keeping me armed - ready to deal with lowly humans.
Your sword is AWESOME and the scabbard rocks!!! I need to source a clip for the belt for it. I don't want to glue it shut till I can mount the clip. In this photo I had the scabbard halves taped together and crafted a belt loop out of tape just stuck to the plastic.
P.S. CENTURION NOOBS NOTE: Right arm, right armor. Left arm, left armor. 
