Locitus
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I assembled the belt so that the drop boxes would be easily removable for HWT purposes. Also, I initially tried to put the inner drop boxes in place without permanently gluing them, but they wouldn't stay put. I'll have to come up with an alternate means to store hotel keys and other credit card sized items.
What about gluing in two magnets on the opposite side of the inner wall? With the appropriate strength it should be no trouble keeping the halves together and also taking them apart when needed. Haven't tried it myself, but that's what I would try.
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Got my TK-Boots today!
Fits great, and I got a white shoehorn too!
Think I will do some work cutting up the finishing strips in proper lengths, so I can start gluing things together real soon.
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Can't say I've worn the helmet for long periods yet but the lense material doesn't touch my nose anymore.
Sounds good enough for me.
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Helmet looks great. I fitted the lense material exactly the same and indeed cut out a big U-shape in the middle to make room for my big snout!
Thanks! You feel the big U-shape will be good enough for trooping?
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Recently worked some on my bucket, which I'll post pictures of today. Today I mostly did rough trimming on the shoulder bells and thighs, but no pictures of that.
Here's the vocoder
Left ear
Right ear
And last, but not least helmet interior. Frown mesh is held with painters tape, which I'll replace and glue it on. Later. Lenses, dunno if I'll keep this mounting, but I can't keep it unless I trim off some of the plastic in the middle, bottom area as it is scraping my nose ridge, in a most unpleasant way.
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Awesome! Have fun!
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So yesterday I wrote how I got decals from Mike and that I had put them on. So I thought it would be great to do some painting today, to get back on some slow progress last week. Here are the images!
Painted frown in humbrol DARK ADMIRAL GREY #5
Closeup on frown
Trap, tear and left ear
Traps and back
Trap, tear and right ear
Painted ab plate in humbrol FRENCH BLUE #14 today, as well.
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Today I got my decals from Mike aka TK-4510 among with some frown mesh, brow trim and stunt lenses. Increadible stuff! I got the "handpainted look" decals and they really take the helmet to a new level. Even though I came home at 00:30 in the night I couldn't wait to put on the decals (although I still got the tube stripes left)!
I'll see if I can get a picture of it tomorrow, but right now it's nap time.
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Quote Wikipedia:
"Polyvinyl chloride is the third most widely produced plastic.
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No mention of it being a fabric.
Full article found here:
I'm not trying to prove what the strap may or may not have been made of, but there is a fabric made from vinyl, which is very common, as a quick search on google will show.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=vinyl+fabric
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No problem. Good luck!
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Apart from some kids-version of FX, you might want to talk to troopermaster who made an armour for his son.
Might be other suits out there, but none that I've seen.
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You're working fast!
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Hah, yeah I know the sore hand feeling. Mine's still recovering!
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i did not use a dremmel just modle curved sissors and some snips for trimming and lots of sanding be cafefull i dont want to keep hurt yourself check out peter(sukatrooper TM tutorail)IT HELP me a lot on my build.
Regards
Steve
Yeah, I am already using stukatroopers flickr-page as a guide
I've been using the scissors and blades to trimm off the worst bits, and then took the sanding-tool for the dremel to get the final shape. Later I'll get the sanding paper to smooth out the edges which are still a bit rough from the dremel.
I don't know if I'm doing more than necessary, but I kinda like this approach. It's forgiving in case I would have messed up in a previous step.
Thanks!
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Do I see blood on one shin/calf piece?
Yes you do! I don't think there is one single piece (or yes, maybe the chest straps and kneeplate) that haven't got/had my blood on it somewhere. I even cut myself on the plastic itself twice. I barely touched a knife today.
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Today I had a long session out on the balcony with my dremel and the drum sander-tool. For a good 5-6 hours I trimmed down 23 pieces to a state where I only would need a quick rub with a sanding paper to get those edges perfectly smooth.
Before
And after
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That is one awesome mod! It almost completely removes the need for industrial velcro!
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Congratulations!
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Welcome!
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You can fill in the gap behind the Hovi with a rubber washer from the plumbing department at your local DIY store. Get the half-round shape - the flat side rests against the back of the Hovi, and the concurve side fits into the concavity in the helmet. Fills the gap, and strengthens it as well.
Cool, thanks!
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Here are two pics of the hovi-tips I installed yesterday.
And here's a thing I was wondering about. The hovis can't fit snugg to the inside of the "cavity", they are slightly too wide. Is this expected? See the gap between the back of the hovi and the back wall of the "cavity"?
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Did not have much time to work on my pieces today. Did some more trimming during the weekend, fixing some return edges and such. Did however mount my speaker-hovi-tips today. They're the ones from 501st creations which I bought from Boklast, including the microphone and amp, which I'll mount in the helmet later. I'll post a picture tomorrow if I got the time!
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Thanks anyway, to all of you!
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Hey, skinny is screen accurate!
Yeah, but I don't think they padded the insides of their armor!
I'm a bit like Mark Hamill size-wise.
Hi from Norway
in New Member Introductions Archive
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I'm building most of my TM on my floor and/or on my bed, so it doesn't take much space. Depending on what tools you use some kind of outdoor workspace could be good. I've done some rough sanding with a dremel tool on my balcony, which you DO NOT want to do indoors.
I don't find the TM that hard to put together, although I just glued my first inner joining strip. But if you just look at your armour I think you'll see how it's supposed to go together. And if not - just ask here.
You go a long way with a good knife, a ruler, a piece of pliers and some common sense. But some other tools could make your life easier, but it's far from required.