I redid the way my shoulder straps are on my TD. They are now separate from my chest and back plate and have a strap that my pouch clips on to so it is no longer attached to my pack. Contrary to what I say in the video, I also attached the biceps to...

Replaced my belt with an uber-accurate vintage cargo strap material from TK-4205.  This stuff is absolutely amazing and dead-on accurate as to what the original ANH sandtrooper (and stormtrooper for that matter) belts looked like.  If you see some close...

Here's my chest and back-plate weathered... I love how this is turning out.  It looks much less weathered in person.  Not sure why the camera really picks up the weathering colors... but it still looks cool...

My weathered TE2.  Ready to patrol the dunes of...

I weathered my TE2 bucket using "Folk Art" paints.  Just get a range of colors of any craft paint going from a "maple syrup" / dark color, a couple of "sand" or "twill" colors, and some grays.  I also got one bottle of "yellow ochre" for sparse...