Sandtrooper, 1:12, Julius Perdana design

Hello everyone,

I’m taking a short break from the armor section again

As usual, this is my “rest” model — and this time also a test build in terms of paper and print. It’s the first time in quite a while that I’ve printed model templates at home.

I printed everything on a Canon printer using Canon Photo Paper Matte (170 gsm).
After printing, I coated all the pages with Americana varnish to protect the surface.

For this project, I chose a relatively simple free model of a Sandtrooper from the Star Wars universe — my second favorite subject after WWII armor

Julius Perdana from Paper Replika has designed some excellent models in this theme.
I’ve already built his Scout Trooper on a 74-Z Speeder Bike in 1:12 scale.

This model was originally in 1:6 scale, so I downscaled it to 1:12 to match my collection.

This particular Sandtrooper (also known as a Desert Stormtrooper) is a squad leader, identified by the orange shoulder pauldron. He is equipped with an SD-48 survival backpack and a T-21 light repeating blaster.

By downscaling, I slightly increased the difficulty, but so far everything has been manageable in terms of part size and paper thickness.

If you’re interested, you can read more about this trooper here: here

Originally, the model consists of 12 template pages. I managed to fit two pages onto a single A4 sheet, so in total I ended up with 6 pages.

The instructions are very simple and are provided only as images on the Paper Replika website.

I started with the shoes and the base.
The base was laminated on 1.5 mm cardboard for added strength.

Continued with the legs and torso.

Everything still fits perfectly, although you need to think ahead about the order in which you glue the angled sections at the top and bottom of the torso to close it cleanly.

Next was the lower section of the torso vest and the supports for the leg armor.

You need to glue it tightly along the angled edges of the torso so that you can close it properly at the back.

And I tried to dry fit it into shoes Fits perfectly!

Thanks

A small update:

I worked on the leg armor and the ammunition belt.

Because the ammunition pouches became smaller due to downscaling, I removed the top and bottom flaps and glued the edges together using super glue.

It’s a good idea to label each part with its number to avoid confusion when assembling the left and right sides.

The next step was the arms, shoulders, and some armor details on the torso.

I glued everything together and assembled the shoulders intuitively, because shoulder parts 7 and 15 have a smaller diameter than upper arm parts 8 and 16.

This is how I attached them to the torso, following the shape of the markings, including the armor supports.

Then I moved on to shaping the arm armor.

Strangely, the supports were too thick, so I removed some layers.
On the left upper arm, however, I removed them completely because the armor was only slightly wider than the arm itself… maybe this trooper was left-handed with an especially strong left arm 😉

But then I noticed I had made a mistake — the left arm was pointing too low compared to the reference drawings.

I had to remove it and reglue part 15 again, this time starting from the inner right edge of the arm. After correcting the mistake, the arm began pointing in the proper direction.

Now I’m not entirely sure about the right arm. The drawings make it difficult to understand because the viewing angles are too wide. I even tried assembling those two parts again using regular paper just to check whether they could be connected differently, but it seems there is only one possible way on the right side.

I decided that the next step will be assembling the weapon and the hands with fingers, just to verify that the blaster can be positioned correctly in the arms.

I also tried to photograph the arms from every angle for future reference — just in case I positioned something incorrectly.