Space Jockey
Super Freak
US COLONIAL MARINE WEATHERING - PART 2
IMAGE 15 & 16
Now for the additional work on the greaves. In the movie we see Hicks tightening up the straps on his greaves as the Marines are getting ready for the drop, and if you look carefully you see a kind of black waterproof material under the straps. For this I needed some really thin plastic or vinyl that was really flexible, and I found a black lever arch file/folder in my closet and after cutting off the plastic, realized it was the ideal material for this. So I just cut it to fit and glued it on with superglue as shown.
IMAGE 17
The left image is before and to the right, after. The Apone BDU's are really brightly colored, and seeing as Apone has both a Flamethrower and Pulse Rifle, I wanted to make use of both weapons. Only in the movie, Apone is only equipped with a Pulse Rifle - in the Aliens nest in the Atmosphere Processor, he grabs the Flamethrower from another marine and uses it to torch a coccooned colonist when the chestburster emerges. So, I really wanted the BDU's to appear quite dirty.
There's a couple of ways of doing it - you could fill a small bowl with water and heavily diluted black paint and submerge the BDU's within it, or do as I did and use black acrylic paint applied with an airbrush. Personally I prefer the airbrush option as I have more control over how dirty it looks, and it dries pretty quick.
IMAGE 15 & 16
Now for the additional work on the greaves. In the movie we see Hicks tightening up the straps on his greaves as the Marines are getting ready for the drop, and if you look carefully you see a kind of black waterproof material under the straps. For this I needed some really thin plastic or vinyl that was really flexible, and I found a black lever arch file/folder in my closet and after cutting off the plastic, realized it was the ideal material for this. So I just cut it to fit and glued it on with superglue as shown.
IMAGE 17
The left image is before and to the right, after. The Apone BDU's are really brightly colored, and seeing as Apone has both a Flamethrower and Pulse Rifle, I wanted to make use of both weapons. Only in the movie, Apone is only equipped with a Pulse Rifle - in the Aliens nest in the Atmosphere Processor, he grabs the Flamethrower from another marine and uses it to torch a coccooned colonist when the chestburster emerges. So, I really wanted the BDU's to appear quite dirty.
There's a couple of ways of doing it - you could fill a small bowl with water and heavily diluted black paint and submerge the BDU's within it, or do as I did and use black acrylic paint applied with an airbrush. Personally I prefer the airbrush option as I have more control over how dirty it looks, and it dries pretty quick.
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You would just need a Hot Toys neck post, the USCM marine armor, the boots, and a head sculpt to finish up your marine. I give you most of what you need in my "starter kit"! Please send me a PM with any questions you have. I am open to buyers on this board worldwide! 
