Tsalagi

The next installment of progress on the TK kit..... "The Helmet" Getting overworked with cutting, scoring, snapping, gluing, creating snap plates, setting snaps and REPEAT, so moved over to the long anticipated work on the helmet. Many hours have been spent gathering reference pics, staring at movie stills, handling the untrimmed helmet, and envisioning how all this is going to manifest itself into one of the most recognized and feared "Faces" on the planet. Awesome. Being that this part of the project was so critical and Fun, I took lots of pictures along the way. The helmet is a very integral and standard part of the TK Armor, yet lends itself to interpretation, creativity, and individual vision. Of course I goofed some things up along the way, did some back tracks, and its not perfect. 1. Prepping the Helmet with Pencil On the teeth I went for a rough cut look with some irregularities and un-uniformity 2. Making first cuts, with power 3. Bag over my head Painting on my smile Vocoder 4. Applying the DARK SIDE Using lots of electrical tape to mask off the teeth and eyes Almost ready for paint Dark Side Treatment (Plasti-Dip) Removed all the Tape 6. Getting the lenses put in... Didn't come out clear as I'd like. Used a heat gun to soften the lenses then hot glued them into the socket There are several very blurry spots in my lens and if cleared up would make it very easy to see out of (relatively of course) Got more done just need to get some pics uploaded

Hi Nicky- Funny I have a friend from Gothenburg and another close close friend from Grums. Thanks for the compliments, I've been trying to do a good job on this. Originally I had planned to use the coverstrips, but the guy who made the armor suggested the overlap method which is what he did. I do think the hard edge would look better at those joints. I'll probably turn this kit into a TD and get another one for secondary TK where I can use the coverstrips. I need to post some pics of my helmet work which is what I've been working on lately.

Good luck on the build Dustin. I'm also in process on a T/MC kit, you can check my build thread at the link below http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/21694-tsalagis-tk-anh-stunt-build-tmc/

The torso and other connections were next up. The the snapping and strapping took tons of time, thanks to all who came before me on that front with all the examples. Used Split rivets on the ab to add an elastic connection on the left side The kidney to bootie connection The whole shebang Still have a couple things to sort out, namely the kidney to ab "GAP"! It's not much but still not quite the 1/2" for EIB. Trying to locate some ABS or like material that can help me close the gap. Now I'll need to back out the split rivets on the kidney side, make some ABS paste and fill the holes and sand.... ugggg.

Excellent, would love to put one of those together

Awesome and welcome. Can't wait to see some more TK commander pics

Here's what I did over the weekend. Used Plasti-Dip and cut eyes teeth prior to painting, just taped thoroughly.

Juan - That pic of your TD is awesome!

I Will be one of the next 23

What he said ^. Fwiw I'm going TD I'm my first build for two reasons. They are totally BA and my armor is not as white as I would like it for TK. It's more off white and dull compared to other pulls. Not sure if the novus will just make it shiny but not whiten

I just did mine last night and used Plasti-dip. It is some type of rubber like substance. $5 at home depot

What is the latest update on these? These look awesome

What is the official EIB count now?

The scraps from trimming are not smooth so it would look odd with my smooth kidney slapped up against an irregular shim

The shim to the kidney is my plan to close my gap. Only issue us marching the color. All my scraps are lumpy and new abs or styrene is a little too white??