Hey guys! I figured I'd start a WIP thread. I have had my NE armor for a while now and I'm just now really deciding to get started on it. My work is slow, and I'm full of questions and worrying I'm doing things wrong, so bear with me here.
I decided to start with the helmet and the blaster:
The blaster is a Doopy-Doo's full E-11 kit. I've glued it together, given it three or four coats of metallic chrome silver, and a few light coats of matte black, then lightly scuffed some edges and areas of most contact for some light weathering.
I do not have the scope rail yet...I'm working on getting one or making one.
Here's the pictures:
The helmet...is looking pretty bad. It's a three piece helmet, and I did the best I could to get the smallest amount of gap between the cap and back, but it's still pretty obvious. The gap where there's an edge in the mold on the helmet back is minimized by cutting a notch in the faceplate where the edge is. The gap is still there, but with the pressure that will be applied when attaching the ears, the gap is minimized to a point that I'm comfortable with (pictured below):
Here's where I start asking for input.
I'm pretty positive I seriously messed up the ears.The left one has been trimmed WAY small, and still doesn't fit right, and the right one isn't looking too good either. They both already have WAY too much of a gap in them, even with legitimate pressure applied.
I may need to get new ears.
Pics:
And last but not least, I accidentally got a drop of super glue on the dome of the helmet, and it kiiiinda melted a dent in the finish...
Is there a way to buff this out or something?
Thanks for reading, and I look forward to reading your replies!
I would make a request...but I feel like my posting on this thread makes it pretty self explanatory.... http://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=14691