hahaha I doubt it, there are a lot of lurkers / lazy posters who check this out I'm sure of it. And thats a good idea, can't wait to see pics!
Knowing that at least one person is interested in this build is somewhat gratifying.
So, I bought some transparent spray paint for polycarbonate:
I masked off the outsides of the blades and painted the insides.
So, I finally have blue shiny blades!
I shoved a few lights in a blade (not final!) just to see what it would look like, and as you can see, I've got some light diffusion issues. I'm going to give it s spray of a "frosted glass" spray that I found the other day, should help diffuse things a bit more while retaining the shiny blue look on the outside.
On the foam front, I decided to make some replacement shoulder pieces for myself. The first one I did was oversized, so I had to redo it again with this more reasonable sized piece. The grooves I burn in the back coupled with the heat gun really help make nice curves:
14 days till comic-con! Definitely entering panic mode as we get closer and I still have so much to do! I swear we're going to be hot glued into the suits like last year. Funny thing is, I didn't intend to have this much work. Orginally I was going to replace my chestplate and helmet and build one suit for my girlfriend. Now, the only pieces of my original suit left are just the shoulders (not even the add-on plates!) and the shins. Plus, the whole "build a vacuform machine and make some swords" thing has been very very time consuming. Wish me luck in getting these suits done in time, I'm pretty much going to be burning the midnight oil everynight for the next 14 days.