TheDon

Is it ok to trim the bottom of the ears flush with the bottom of the tubes? My ears flare out a bit. Also, hand painting is difficult! Good brushes do make a difference. TK4510's videos on painting are great. I'm going to use some mineral spirits and remove the vocoder if tooth pick chipping won't do it. I hope I can use that method to clean up a lot of my helmet.

What's the best way to take down that bump? I already put the lenses in with sugru. I kind of like the bump, it adds character. I just hope I can get this helmet looking decent enough for 501st approval. I took all I could from the eye openings, went right to the mold lines. I guess I can remove the sugru and use plastic blocks to mount the eyes after trimming a bit more.

How do I remove the black paint? I put it down and walked way because I was so frustrated and now the vocoder paint is dry and I have some paint that needs to be removed

Still talking to myself here.... Well the stupidly soft pull of the details of this helmet really suck for painting. The vocoder is terrible. The bucket came with a decal to put over it but that didn't really work out well and now I'm just going to let the paint dry and attempt to clean it up. Seriously..this sucks

Yeah....this one isn't as clean as that. I'll get an ATA helmet in the future to replace the one that came with the armor I bought.

The screws that came with my ears are ridiculously short, they are outlet cover screws. And not long enough. My lowes doesn't have any flat head brass machine screws. They do have regular steel screws but all of the flat heads have a stupid phillips in it too. Those short screws screwed me up on my ears. My helmet didn't come with a second set and I'm not very happy with them. I trimmed a lot of I think. I have a set of hero ears but I'm doing a stunt build. I also should have just trimmed to the trim line on the rear helmet portion instead f leaving excess. Now that it's riveted together it's impossible to trim. Anyone have a spare set of T/MC ears for sale? Question, the bottom part of the ears looks odd to me, do I trim it flush with the bottom of the tube? I do need to adjust the right ear some more to close th gap and then I'll be good. They won't be perfectly flush , but hopefully good enough. Tomorrow I paint!

Eyes cut out. The green lenses provided with the helmet dot really sit flat. I might need to heat them up when I glue them on so they retain their shape? The frowns as hard to do, the soft pull made it hard, only 6 teeth. Were visible and I think I got a little too over zealous on the left big opening. Hopefully no one notices once I paint it. Now to figure out the brow and start riveting it together. I think I'll trim the ears first before riveting. Looked through the reference photos and liked the brow right at the eye lid, lids... Hope it's ok, I don't feel like drilling out the rivets.

I guess I can leave it the way it is...it adds character?

I've trimmed most of the helmet, not sure if I need to follow the mold lines by the bottom of the rear portion or not. My rear half top looks a bit odd Before I get to riveting the sides together, how do I reshape this or will the brow trim sort it out?

I decided to paint the inside of my helmet before assembling. I taped off the edges and used new soaker to cover the rest. I'm using a gloss black plastic spray enamel. It's worked well on other things I have done before. However, I should gave used the plasti dip I had sitting next to it. I'll spray one last coat in the morning so I can start assembling in the evening.

I was going to do that as well as add a small dab of E6000 onto the back of the mic tips to hold them onto the plastic, unless that's not needed. My lexan cutting scissors didn't show up today...amazon says tomorrow.......

I want to do ANH....some of the stunt lids show 3 teeth cut out.This helmet will work for basic entry but level 2 requires 4 teeth on each side.

Do your microphone tips sit flush in the mask? Mine came with some rather short screws and they aren't long enough with how they currently sit. Frown concerns

Please do. I'm doing ANH stunt. I also need to figure out if the lenses that I have for it are the correct type for sand trooper and or where everyone gets their green lenses.

Could someone with a Tray Nichols TK helmet possibly post some pictures of it before assembly and after. I bought a set of un assembled armor, AM body and T/MC helmet. The helmet looks good but my main concern is the frown. The middle 3 teeth are clearly defined but the 4th on each side are hard to notice. Not too concerned, I'm not going for Centurion, just a sand trooper is all. I think I answered my own question with this thread http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/16270-anh-frown-reference-pix/ Looks like some stunt helmets had just 3 cut out on each side.

So after about 5 years of being on the back burner I decided to go all in and build my TD armor. I was going to wait 11 months for ATA armor but read about AM's armor and an awesome fellow FL member messages me offering a set for sale. I took him up on the offer and now I'm the proud new owner of a big brown box. Obligatory box photo. I didn't take an boxing photo yet, I will soon. But what I've got is the following AM armor V1( and off of it's stock items) T/MC bucket ( and all stock items..it came with decals and such but I want to paint the details) latex gloves Latex hand guards White belt (need to shorten it to fit) Humbrol paint Adhesives ANH Hero ears ( probably won't need them since I'm doing stunt) Accurate hovi mic tips Garter belt The plan is to build it for 501st approval and make it a generic TD. I know there are different levels I can build it to and certain TD's but this is my first one and I want to make it mine. I'll get a pack eventually. I already have DD's resin parts for a Hasbro blaster coming. Need under suit, boots, stuff for the inside of the bucket, and other odds and ends. I am going over pandatroopers build because I think we are the same build. I'm 5'10" and 145lbs so I think I need to do a little re shaping and trimming to the armor. I'm attempting to sew my own neck seal currently, we will see how that goes..... ....sewing is hard...second try at a neck seal and the fabric keeps bunching up in the machine. I'm going to buy a neck seal..... Anyways...stay tuned for more!

I saw that post about "The First Order" too. This is going to be awesome. Actual droids, sweet armor, oh man oh man. I'm already itching to order tickets for it in IMAX

Anyone else notice the empire symbol looks different? It's somewhat clear in the scene with the TK's turning around. Plus who is on the stage?!? So many questions!!

I'm thinking about getting a set of AM armor still in the box, this is pre V2.0. I'm 5'10" and probably 150lbs. It says best suited for larger troopers but panda trooper seems to have made it work. Anyone else here around my size suggest this armor? The price is right and it's all still in the big brown box.

$17 shipped via fed ex from orlando to Hollywood California with a declared value of $50. I usually make my own boxes so it's a custom fit. Something like this I wouldn't bother with my usual 3" of support around the item being shipped. Just high quality rigid, single wall cardboard.

Thanks. I can get in and see everything now however its still showing the "resend validation email" next to my name. I hope that doesn't cause my name to get flushed again

Anyone here a moderator over on the mos eisely forum? I joined but I'm not getting any validation emails and it's been a few days. I'm really itching to dig more around there since I want to start my pack build while I wait for armor. I'm trying to validate the username "TheDon" if that helps. Thanks for any help.

$55 shipped in the USA for a Hasbro blaster....something isn't right with that.

I emailed DD so we shall see I didn't say cancel the order I inquired about upgrading but whenever they email back I'll just keep the order.

I live ridiculously close to disney world and wouldn't mind helping anyone here get one. Blasters are $24.95 plus tax and probably fit in a $12 flat rate box