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i can only tell you what i did

i lightly sanded the whole of the armour to take off the shine of the ABS in truth it doesnt really matter that you do this and the Armour begins to yellow because your going dirty anyway

i then used different shades of fullers earth, ocre, light and dark brown and then just covered the whole of the armour, i did this a few times and then wiped off all the excess, pay particular attention to crevases on the armour try to imagine where dust and sand would settle and just keep applying and wipeing off the excess eventually you will reach a desired effect.

for added authenticity i added some really fine sand particles in certain areas then once your happy with the whole look spray the whole lot with spray glue.................... for the life of me i cant remember what its called.

If you can try to avoid going down the Airbrushing route, honestly i think it looks very fake be artistic and use your freedom of expression with Fullers

unfortunately i am unable to upload pics but somewhere on here is the Armour i had ill try to find it.

hope this helped please ask away if you need any other hints

The thing to do is just take your time, the great thing with fullers is if you apply to much you can get it off and vice versa, once youve airbrushed youyr pretty much stuck with the paint job

i found my Sandtrooper in the archive hope it helps, i tried to base it on the move along Tooper, i did the assembley of the armour and backpack and the paint job all by myself

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