Ravenwood

Got the helmet back together, ears and frown painted with a fresh coat of Grey and the grill has a fresh coat of black. its coming together slowly.

OK spent tonight dismantling the armor, removing all the nasty Velcro and masking the helmet ready to spay the inside black. After a coat of black on the inside of the helmet it will be time to put it back together and then paint the details, put in the padding, install the Skull works fan and speaker system then on to re doing the armer to fit me did a little test fitting tonight to get an idea on what and how much trimming will be needed, very excited to get going again.

This is looking really good, love watching others build, it motivates me to finish mine excellent work

looking really good. I am hoping to get back on my build soon. Keep up the good work.

This is awesome, the Keaton '89 suit is my personal favorite, and is on my wish list of costumes. Very nice work looks great, very jealous lol

OK I have to get back on track with my build after Halloween. I received my TK boots yesterday and it got me wanting to get going again I am missing the two of the buttons from the belt does anyone know where I can get some replacements? This week end I am packing up the TARDIS and the Halloweendecorations, then can get back to my TK build

I decided to add a little more dimension with some sound to the inside of my TARDIS for Halloween night and my party..... what do you think? of course the pictures are just so you have something to look at while you listen lol. http://s203.beta.photobucket.com/user/jeryhorn/media/TARDIS_zpsd5885662.mp4.html

Thanks guys.. it turned out great, I'm really happy with it. Now once Halloween is out the way back to the TK build

OK here is the reason why I haven't make any progress on my TK....... also here is my build pic on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152164600640417.912808.724595416&type=3#!/media/set/?set=a.10152164600640417.912808.724595416&type=3

Thank you both

I can do that, but how do you move a thread?

I'm in Kenyon not far from Rochester, where are you ? I found all the canvas and elastic straps at Joann Fabrics in Apple Valley I also got the heavy duty snaps and snap pliers there too. I did order some incidentals from Trooperbay too. I want to finish my helmet before I move on to the armor, but Halloween is a busy time for me. We throw huge Halloween party and I put up alot of props and decorations inside and out side. I am going to build a full size TARDIS this year to stand by the grave yard LOL not sure how its going to turn out, but it should be fun.

I got the rest of my supplies today, so now can move on. I have stripped the helmet and rebuilt it, so I think I will finish that first then move on to the armor rebuild.

While I had the camera out I snapped a shot of the gap between the ab and kidney plates. Yes I am not a skinny trooper lol so I am thinking as the gap is close to 4" I will use the white sign idea that some people shared with me unless any one has other ideas?

OK just waiting for the reticle decal for the scope but other wise done... what do you think?

Thanks Ingrid, It has a D ring on the end already, just terrible photo taking lol. I think I will get rid of all the Velcro and glue (apart from the back of the greaves) and I have been reading and looking at snap and strapping threads for weeks, and this looks like the best way to go, a little more more but I think it will hold up better during troops. I have started to remove the Velcro from the armor already on some pieces. Really excited to get started on the armor, just waiting for some supply's to come.

I am almost done with the blaster. I got a couple of coats of satin black on the E11 then one coat of clear coat. I have a recticle decal in the mail to finish it of then its done.

I Did a little work on the Ab plate and buttons tonight. Stripped it back and re trimmed and cleaned it up ready for VaderDave's Ab buttons. Also took apart the thermal detonator re trimmed and cleaned it up ready for a new coat of Grey paint, the tube then its ready for new belt clips. I am having a load of fun getting this together and its gonna look awesome when its done. Still a lot of work ahead of me but am feeling more comfortable doing it with every step I take

All filled and sanded ready for a new paint job.

So I decided to do a little upgrading and revamping of the E-11 while I wait for a few things to come in the mail..... its looking really good so far, a little filling then a new paint job and on to the armor next week

I did a quick fitting on some parts last night, but didn't have time to snap pics, and have a super busy week end one thing I did learn is this armor has been boxed for many years and need some work, the elastic and Velcro is not hold well at all so when I do take pics it I will have to hold some pieces in place. All in all this is a good quality armor from what I can tell just needs some TLC

Thanks for the welcome, and I think painting will be the way to go. This Friday I am going to do a test fit and get some pics, so I can see how the armor sits and fits as is. Then I will have a good idea where and what may need trimming or shimming. I am excited to make a start on this.

Thanks for the welcomes guys, next week will be my first fitting to see what needs trimming and what doesn't I will try to get pic so I can get everyone's input.

The charity part of it is my biggest motivation and am looking forward to doing more.

The more and more I look at the helmet I keep saying "I can paint this" but was worried about screw ups, now I know you can use a little thinner to clean up messes I think I will look at doing most of the painting myself As for mum, well she really doesn't the whole idear of a grown man dressing up lol and I can say "but its Star Wars" till I'm blue in the face lol, I also have a cough - X-wing pilot - cough cough - and Jedi - cough and she ddon'tget them either