Sooo the figure is broken.. the bodysuit is torn to shreds.. and the armor is yellowed?.....Get the HT figure, bin the Marmit.
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Sooo the figure is broken.. the bodysuit is torn to shreds.. and the armor is yellowed?.....Get the HT figure, bin the Marmit.
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Lots of black body suits on Ebay. Use a Soldier Story S2 body, and soak the armour for maybe 2-3 hours in a container full of 7% hydrogen peroxide in natural sunlight. Careful, 7% is caustic....especially use eye protection but gloves too.
Your pharmacist can mix it up for you if they don't stock it at that strength. Can get a little price-y.
This is if you want to go to the trouble of restoring the Marmit. I've lost track of how many I refurbished or built up...they're really nice.
Or just wait for Hot Toys.
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Your pharmacist can mix it up for you if they don't stock it at that strength. Can get a little price-y.
This is if you want to go to the trouble of restoring the Marmit. I've lost track of how many I refurbished or built up...they're really nice.
Or just wait for Hot Toys.
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Lol. The armor isnt too yellowed. Its pretty much the only salvageable thing on it. Oh and the blaster. I'm still getting the HT. The more troops, the merrier.
Awesome! Thanks for the info. Got a soldier story body on the way and just snaggged a bodysuit on ebay. I'll try the whitening method. Will I have to repaint the helmet and armor detailing afterwards?
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The peroxide works. Just make sure the pieces are totally submerged, and in direct sunlight. No glass as you need the UV to get through as a catalyst for the reaction that will mobilize the bromines. It will not affect any of the paint.
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Cool. Thanks so much! 
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Why not just some cheap hair salon volume 30 peroxide cut with some additional water if necessary? It's 9.something% straight. Got the tip from someone else on the forum last year.
It's under $5 for 32 oz: Salon Care Volume 30 Clear - those Sally stores are all over the place here in Ontario.
Just looked up the details elsewhere, "volume" is the amount of oxygen released when the peroxide breaks down. The factor of percentage to volume is 3.3, so volume 30 is 9.09% and that makes the regular 3% stuff 9.9 volume.
It's under $5 for 32 oz: Salon Care Volume 30 Clear - those Sally stores are all over the place here in Ontario.
Just looked up the details elsewhere, "volume" is the amount of oxygen released when the peroxide breaks down. The factor of percentage to volume is 3.3, so volume 30 is 9.09% and that makes the regular 3% stuff 9.9 volume.
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Hmm. There's a few Sally's around here too. I'll check that out. Thanks!
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Nicely done, sir. I hadn't thought of going that route!
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I wonder if Oxyclean would work?
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My guess, from using it on other things like carpet and clothes, is that it's not caustic enough. That said, I was following directions, so maybe it's possible with a more concentrated batch.
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I've seen it referenced, but it won't be as effective as-is. Same with regular 3%(?) pharmacy peroxide...it works but not as quickly or effectively necessarily...also depends on what temperature it's been stored at and for how long, if I'm recalling that right....
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My few custom marmit troopers with sideshow snowy and custom vader. I love how the helmets will fit over most of the dragon head sculpts
My few custom marmit troopers with sideshow snowy and custom vader. I love how the helmets will fit over most of the dragon head sculpts
generalgrevious
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which bodies did you use for the marmit`s so I can grab a few
The bodies are dragon and true type knock off's spliced together(chest and arms true type and abs down dragon).I just wanted more movement in the shoulders for better posing. Feet are also from a true type for full articulation. You can still just use the full dragon body and they will still look great! As nice as those new HT troopers are, you can't beat the reveal look
kevb0977
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What about the unit next to this one? I can see there's more clones.
That's an impressive set of clone troopers, only ever bought 1 of each clone myself as I have limited space but they look great in bigger numbers.
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What about the unit next to this one? I can see there's more clones.
Just a few Clone Commanders with other Star Wars figures...
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kevb0977
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Thanks, knew there would be lots more. How many figures have you got? I see another unit in that picture. lol & what's going in the spaces on that unit?
& what's going in the spaces on that unit?
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Thanks, knew there would be lots more. How many figures have you got? I see another unit in that picture. lol
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