Anduril

It's about time I got back here. Well as of last week I have been approved into the 501st as TK 9226. Here's my application pics I'd sent in but want to have a nice photoshoot in the near future to show it all off that much more: I tested it out at Armageddon Expo this past weekend as well which is what I was aiming to have this completed by. Apart from a few minor adjustments I need to do it held up great over the 5 and a bit hours I was in it for.

I've done some more work on my kit over the past couple of weeks. I have got the belt all together plus thermal detonator as you can see here (Sorry about the horrible quality pics): Front: Back: Work has been started on the blaster (Doopy Doos pipe build). Drilled all the holes in my aluminium pipe, I just need to cut the ejection port and cocking piece out. Some of the resin pieces have been cleaned up, the folding stock pieces put together, gap filled and sanded smooth plus holes part drilled on the underside where the hollowed out parts were on the originals. Here's a snap of it all after the long drilling session: Today I finally painted the tubestripes on my helmet pretty much finishing it off (I just need to add a little more padding inside to stop it wobbling around some more and putting fans in it). Done with 13 stripes on the left and 11 on the right, Han style . Here it is: Also, here's how i've set up my chestplate to hold my amp while trooping (Idea courtesy of the guys here on FISD ): I'm just painting over the exposed rivets on my armour pieces white then I'm almost done with just the blaster to go! So close now!

Ok...been quite a while between updates...distractions everywhere but I'm finally back on the project hoping to get it done and approved soon Over the last week or so I've re-fitted the ears on my helmet (they fit so much nicer now ) painted nearly all of the details on it apart from the tube stripes which are taped and marked out. I also adjusted some of the strapping so it fits better. Anyway here's where I'm at: I still need to tweak a few bits and finish putting the belt and blaster together but It's all slowly coming together

Hiya Troopers, I'm getting my armour close to completion with just a few things yet to organise, one of which is the neckseal which I plan to attempt making myself since I can sew at a reasonable level. I'm going for as close to screen accuracy as possible and since I'm doing a Hero, I'm trying to find references of the Hero neckseal complete with bib. All I've managed to find are the hero neckseals riveting made back in 2008 which look awesome and will probably end up doing mine up like that but was hoping someone out there somewhere may have a stash of behind the scenes or screen used pics of what the actual neckseals looked like without the armour over the top of it. I have the materials needed and just need some photo reference to work off. I know it's a long shot but I thought I'd ask anyway. Thanks

Been a while so I thought I'd post up some pics of where my armour is currently at. Arms and all upper body bits pretty much done, just need to shim the sides between the ab and kidney plates with some plastic to cover up the few centemeters of gap there: Leg parts done for the most part, just need a little bit more trimming so that I can actually bend my legs and add the boxes on the right thigh. Front part of the belt is done, I just need to make the soft parts: Will also be going for EIB (Plus I always want to get my costumes as accurate as I possily can) so rivets already added on the left sides of the Ab and Kidney: Added the snap to the right side of the Ab Plate: Snaps added to the bottom of the Butt Plate too as seen on Han's armour: The Helmet is getting there. Right ear needs fixing up, some paint work needs touching up like the vocoder and teeth, still need to put grey in the tears and traps and rubber trim added around the bottom. Oh and tube stripes need to be painted on too: I have flat lenses just taped into the helmet at the moment too but I want to get some bubbles organised and might make them interchangable if I find the bubble lenses hard to see/troop in. So if anyone has any suggestions feel free to chime in

OK, time for some more progress photos since I've started assembling the armour! Chest and back done, biceps and forearms assembled, just need to be strapped together. Also Ab buttons painted and glued on to Ab plate: Showing my Chest and Back setup: Yeah I painted the Helmet interior before doing any trimming so it saved me some extra masking. TM armour is super awesome so good luck when you get your hands on some, and good luck with your AP

I've seen your build too and it's looking great. I've finally got some progress here to show you all. Most of the armour is now trimmed with a bottle of unopened E6000 just waiting to be used but I'm still doing a little adjusting and test fitting using a handy roll of masking tape I've painted the inside of the helmet black and trimmed most of it with just a little bit of trimming left to do around the neck area. Here's a pic of what I've done on the bucket so far, let me know if there is anything that could use some work that I may have missed or if I've completely messed something up and have not yet realised it It's not atttached together yet just slid into each bit to see how it all sits together. I'm making sure everything's right before I take a rivet gun to it! I have one question for whoever can answer in regards to trimming the main Thermal Detonator "middle" piece or whatever it is called. I just want to know the measurements of where to trim that piece, like how many mm each side of the detailing? I thought I read about it somewhere a while ago but havn't located it again yet... Thanks, and so far so good!

Thanks everyone I havn't had a lot of time to work on it over the past week because I've been so busy with other things. So far I've just trimmed some of the smaller parts such as ab buttons, drop boxes and knee plate to get used to what I'm doing before moving on to the bigger pieces. I should have a a fair bit of free time over the next week or so so I'm hoping to get heaps done then. Oh and also my "Totally Killer Boots" from tkboots.com arrived yesterday too so I can't wait to wear those with my armour.

A nice big box from the UK arrived this morning so I thought it time to start my build thread. I'd ordered a set of TM ANH armour with Hero Helmet, this will be my first armour build so let me know if I'm making any rookie mistakes, even though I've been living on these forums the past few months getting as much research into my brain as possible. Anyway, onto the armour pics: I'll start with the "What's in the Box" pictures which seem to be all the craze here recently . Unopened: ...and....OPENED! Packed very well so no worries about it being damaged while being transported across the face of the planet: I was thinking about teasing you all and leaving it there but I'm feeling nice....well impatient and just wanting to show of the epic armour that is TM so here it is: Now I just have to put it together so watch this space and I'll keep you all updated with my progress as I go along. Enjoy

Looks awesome! Nice work!

Thanks for the pics, I'm looking forward to reading your build. TM armour looks so awesome, I can't wait to recieve mine!

Give yourself a pat on the pauldron because that armour looks fantastic! Nice work!

Looks awesome! I can't wait to order my TM kit!