PAINT!

Well no... it's just primer.
Settle down.

That said, though... I picked apart the inner-elbow bits (see the post on that earlier in March)... and riveted back and front together.

Elbows and knees, pre-primer.
Many plastic plant pots were sacrificed
in the making of these costume bits.

For the knee, I did the same, riveted back and front, but both back and front were cut the same way... only their orientation was altered... on the back, the pieces were inside the ones below, on the front, the pieces were outside the ones below.
I'll show more-detailed and up-close pics when I get to the actual paint job - probably in a few days.

I'm going to 'sand' them once with 600-grit 'sandpaper' (is it really 'sand' paper with 600-grit? My SKIN feels rougher... LOL) and give them a once-more-over with the primer to get into the cracks and crevaces - probably bend them to full flexion to gap the plates apart enough to get the primer in-between.

Elbows and knees, post-primer.

Then it's PAINTING time!  Silver for the knees, 'hot-rod' red for the elbows... although in the first movie, his elbows were silver to match his knees... anyone have an opinion on what would look better?
The gold spray paint I bought, however, is about as 'ostentatious' as I can get. It's pretty spiffy-shiny... and I can't wait to finally try it out...

It DOES feel like thinks are starting to move a lot faster... the psychological effect of seeing this level of progress is pretty amazing and really energizing!