zebrabuse
-
Posts
455 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Articles
Media Demo
Posts posted by zebrabuse
-
-
Hi Eric and welcome!
Sign up and introduce yourself on the Southern California Garrison forums. There is a very active group in OC that would love to help you on your TK journey!
-
Great work and keep the newsletters coming. Thank you!
-
Welcome Dante! Make sure you say hello on the SCG page so you can find an armor party and fellow troopers. San Diego is a very busy area with lots of helping hands.
http://www.southerncaliforniagarrison.com/forums/index.php?act=idx
All the best on your build!
-
My mom just sent me my original Vol-Tron I had from the 80's which is pretty awesome! She also has a huge bin of Lego from those days, but I'll probably have to pick that up in person...
-
Does anyone sell FX buckets?
I see them used from time to time. There are a lot still out in the wild. I've seen people selling recast FX on eBay as well. I understand that is was the standard for the legion for years, but there are definitely more accurate and affordable alternatives at this point. They still remain very sentimental to people though.
My first kit was a FX kit, but I donated the FX lid to a garrison mate for a charity fundraiser (it brought in $200) and never even used it for my approval into the legion.
-
On 8/14/2014 at 2:51 AM, Locitus said:
Nothing prototype about it. You can read some more from Lindsay, the wife of Brian Muir, the sculptor of the armour here:
------------
Great link and thank you. I remember this story, I just didn't know it was still in play.
-
As I understand it, this is a fake prototype, made by AA for the court.
Now that is interesting!
-
A friend showed me this item for sale in their magazine, and I was intrigued by the mixture of bubble lens and stunt frown, and whatever that brow material seems to be. So I looked it up and found even more unique features such as the ribbed texture on the back of the lid.
It also appears from their online catalog that it's been up for auction three times without a buyer.
Any thoughts or info on this? It would make for quite the conversation piece in your bucket collection...
http://natedsanders.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=26072
-
It's really hard to think they didn't have an FX helmet on hand (or at least photos) when designing. Those cheek proportions have a lot in common.
I'm not a fan of it and I think it sets the work of this detachment back a bit, but I also appreciate the fact that there's a whole lot of Star Wars on the way to be thankful for.
-
Thanks for the warm welcome! It's a new day so that means time for more research. I'm gonna stalk the build forum and learn all my acronyms haha.
I was just in Ventura this weekend visiting fellow troopers up there and working on a Fett Proto lid for display.
Make sure to introduce yourself on SCG forums and we'll try to keep you posted on the next armor party to meet fellow troopers.
-
Does anyone know how long it takes to get approval to join the SCG website/forums?
Just for basic access? It should only take a few days to be confirmed. You won't have full 501st access until after you're approved and updated with your TK number.
If you're still having issues feel free to shoot me a PM and I'll check with our webby to see if there's a problem.
-
Awesome job by Gabriel (TS-10422) and Bryan (TK-10427) on a Daft Punk grammy night stormtrooper mash up... Bryan will be at SDCC this weekend and I fully expect some "one of these things is not like the others" photos with him and other TK's!
-
MOAR TK's!
Let us know how we can help and looking forward to trooping with you!
-
I see a stormtrooper being born. Nice work!
-
Welcome, Scott!
Make sure you introduce yourself to the garrison here on: http://www.southerncaliforniagarrison.com/forums/
We'd love to help direct you to fellow troopers in your area on your journey to shiny white.
All the best!
-
thanks guys I am 5'6 145 lb so this sounds like a no brainer. I had a fiber glass kit before that fits well. However fiber glass is a pain to work with. So I can use that as a template for measuring each part. The kit is a standard size so I will have to trim it to my size. The part that scares me the most is how to glue it. I had terrible experience gluing fiber glass. it stunk like a meth lab and the glue did not work well (apoxy). Can I trim this new armor with regular scissors or with dremmel?
thanks again
Another vote for AP here. It took me a couple months to assemble mine, and I've tweaked on it quite a bit since.
I used E6000 glue and clamps for the majority of the build. I did steal away with using zap a gap (and zip kicker accelerate) for most of my internal snap plates.
Take your time with it though. If you hit a road block or you're unsure, snap a couple photos and post up here and the community will help out.
All the best on your build!
-
-
I have decided to get abs armor from troopergear@gmail.com. Now i'm trying to get a e-11 blaster. I'm going to get the e-11 hasbro conversion kit. What toy is the conversion kit used with? I it this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Galactic-Blaster-Blastech/dp/B003UY1WO6
If this is not the one or if there is a cheaper one, please let me know or send me a link. Thank you
That blaster would work for a conversion kit or paint up for basic approval.
You might find them cheaper though. I seem to remember them in the $30 range. Or even used on Ebay etc.
Good luck on your build and welcome!
-
Welcome! If you can seek out a local armor party, they are usually a great opportunity to meet fellow troopers and see gear up close and personal.
All the best on your build.
-
-
Another vote for Echo fans here...
-
Welcome aboard! I'm in Burbank area near Warner Bros. Armor parties June 28th in Brea and July 12th in Bellflower. I'll shoot you a PM for more local support.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
-
-
Well done! Thanks always for the shiny white updates!
Classic Stormtrooper helmet spotted in TFA?
in TFA Stormtrooper
Posted
Yeah I flipped out at the "FEAR" part. Very cool!