The5thHorseman

You can only obtain basic approval with them, for further grades you will need to upgrade them. A pic to show the differences: - basic AP aerator on the left and more accurate one on the right:

Major step finished today ! The lid is finally fully handpainted And it was muuuuch more difficult and longer than i expected. Now I really respect the guys who painted the movie's helmets, these guys are the real heroes ^^ ! (I've just realized i still need to varnish the screws ) BTW what do you use to glue thing inside the lid ? E6000? Hot-glue? or something else?

That's cool, waiting for those full suited pics Also, when gluing the side buttons over the belt rivets try to not center them as you put your rivets. In fact there are almost edge to edge with the end of the ammo belt. I quote Troopermaster:

Alright thanks ! Always useful stuff to know.

My english must be to poor, i can't understand the difference from what i drew They were sewn at only one place ?

Ok, i've been working on the sniper knee plate and here's where i am right now. What do you think about it ? Is that good enough ? I must say this is very hard for me to fit this thing as i don't have any heatgun so i'm heating it with my toaster and this is not simple ! Also the left wing gives me some troubles as i cannot bring the top in contact with the shin without exercising major pressure upon it and i fear it would be inconvenient when i'll have to glue it. is that serious or am i just too anxious ?

I'm not a pro about original strapping but i think you're right: Here's a little diagram i made as it's easier for me And I guess remembering that originally the elastics were glued together rather than sewn but i'm not sure about it. Edit: according to Echo sewing is more accurate, my bad ! Edit 2: deleted the diagram as it appears to be incorrect

IMHO any dull black would do the job. You don't want it to shine for the inside, it would be unpleasant i think ! And regarding the painting itself, i think the major risk would be to spray from to close if you paint the helmet once assembled. Anyway as it will be black, with your head inside and with no light enlightening it I think you really don't care if it's not the best painting job in the world. And of course there's always the risk to put paint on the outside but with a good masking it wouldn't be such a problem. And it's nice for the Nordic Garrison to have a new RS among them, the armor is one of the best (even if i don't like the lid :s). Good luck for your build !

Oh man ! You haven't stolen your nickname for sure !! I'll try my best to clamp the hell of that sniper knee plate

You don't really care about the top return edges on the biceps, no one will ever seen it, just leave a bit where the indentation is. And about the left forearm, the problem should solve by itself when you'll start gluing the cover strips. Personnaly I first glued the front inner and outer cover strips and then the forearm shape issue had been solved by gluing the back cover strips which should line the two halves together, no matter how they don't match. Anyway you will see that the AP forearms are really difficult to glue!

No, as i said in a previous post, it broke when i was attempting to bend it so i had to buy a new thinner one. (And regarding the music choice ) http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3050/jkxg.jpg

Some updates since the last time: I painted and glued the ab buttons, being very attentive to not put them upside down ! And also almost finished the belt, the hoslter isn't affixed yet because it's to my brother's house right now I also bent some metal with my bare hands ^^ (in fact it's almost true because i have no vise ) to make these shiny TD clips ! I've painted the screwheads in black after i took the pics. I haven't glued any TD parts yet because i plan to mod the endcaps as gmrhodes13 did, to be able to remove them in case i want to detach the clips: And i've begun handpainting the helmet. Let's give life to that baby ! But now in France it's time to go to bed !

It's been a while since the last update , so these last days i decided to tackle some work on that blaster and now my scope rail and counter bracket are finally done ! It was tuff because i have no vise but i'm really proud of the result and i feel like the hardest is now behind me And there's always that self satisfaction of doing things by your own Soon this gun should looks like an E-11 and no longer like a Sterling !

Hi everyone, Ok so now i’m really starting my build thread! I’ve been pushing it back later for too long now . I was always telling me “I do that and I begin my threadâ€, “again this and I start it, for realâ€, “oh, and this too…â€, etc…! I’ve begun working on my kit at mid-March and I can’t believe it’s been 3 months since and the armor isn’t finished yet! But the build is coming to his end right now, and almost all the boxes “done†are check on my “to-do list†J I didn't take pics of the whole build but let's try to make a little retrospective of it. The journey began with that Brown Box full of AP-ness (I’m proud, I’ve just made a pun in another language than my mother tongue ^^): But trust me, AP doesn’t line with happiness at all as almost all the halves seem to don't match with their opposite… All the untrimmed pieces lay down on my little student’s bed: D’ya want a sweet? ^^ Trimming time: I did all the trimming with the Score&Snap technique. Just the best technique there is once your hand becomes sure enough. The first cut… …And the first bleed But it worth it, here is my first trimmed piece: The first cuts are really pretty intimidating, especially when you begin trimming the big parts, but I do admit that after a little time you become really confident in you and you just cut it without any fear of screwing it all! First rounded cut… And… …Second Bleed ^^!! Yes sir! This one was pretty nasty and I remember having to stop trimming for the day (the night besides ). It's funny because my first though was to avoid putting blood on the armor Splitting the butt from the kydney: Even if I trimmed the lid in last, this step was still a bit scary :s Blindness is over Above all, DO NOT sneeze now ! The easy work’s over: In fact, you quickly realized that the trimming is the easier step compared to what’s next, you can almost do it in “brain-off†mode. Fitting & gluing: The magnet-crown : I dunno why but it reminds J.Christ with the crown of thorns ? There’s no turning back now, rivets are set: Ears… hum… what can I say about them… DAMN PAIN IN THE A**!! Took me a whole day to fit both of them! Because the worse in that step is to realize that when you’ve done the first one, after having sweat all the water of your body, curse the entire world because it didn’t want to fit, you still have the second one to do!! AP forearms… Trust me, they really don’t want to go together! The forearms, especially the first one I mounted, gave me some good headaches. You have to deal with a lot of shape issues and I gained a lot of confidence in myself after having assembled these. First cover-strip drying. Yes I hadn’t received my magnets yet ^^: So, who’s « Clamps » now ^^! Much easier with some magnets: Very first test fitting! Only the left arm was glued together and nothing was strapped but i couldn't resist ! And after that I almost stopped taking pics . The following is one of the only one I took: First torso fitting test. Behold the underwear and the wookie style I cut off A LOT on the back of the thighs ! Thrilling time: My last cover strip drying. I don’t know for you but trust me, at this time I felt really good, even relieved!! It definitely deserved a pic! My thighs-gather, you can even notice the theory of it near the strap for the left thigh: Thighs on!!! And finally… The first whole (almost) fitting test! I dressed up all by myself, my bro was here but he told me “démerde-toi tout seul!†which in polite English would be translated by “Help yourself†First feedbacks: Strap up all in place is hard, really hard but once all is attached together you do feel good in the armor… unless you put the lid on ! When you put the lid, the nightmare just suddenly begins! You can’t see your feet, you can’t see your arms, and you can’t even see your hands, man!! I was holding my e-11 but I wasn’t seeing it at all. You can’t see what’s in front of you if it’s too low and my lenses aren’t even already installed! So not only you can’t see a damn thing with this helmet but the little you can see, you’re seeing it in green… The truth is: You must suffer to be a Stormtrooper! So now what I still have to do: - Glue the ab buttons (done since) - Glue the hooks for the shins (question about it below) - Fit and glue the Sniper knee plate (I'm so scared about it, i've read some many "horrors" concerning the AP knee plate) - Finish the belt - Finish the TD - Finish the helmet... So now the question about the shins. If i go the accurate way with the hooks it creates a pretty big gap compared to the innacurate way: So, what should i do ? Go with the accurate way no matter the gap, the innacurate, or maybe just take off the loop i did to make the hooks more easy to set, to lose some thickness ? Pfffiou... fortunately i'm seeing the end of the tunnel. The following in the next post soon (i hope !)

The hardest is done ! Great job with the sanding/grinding, i turned out very well. And have you tested to slide the cocking handle all the way along the sliding track ? Because sometimes even if you followed the template well you may have to widen the opening a bit. PS: You can do better with the dremel cuttuing blade

Don't bother too much redoing them, they look perfect to me !

Man, you've just saved my day with this tip !! Great tutorial ! Thanks

When you heat a piece of ABS with a lighter, just don't put the flame in contact with the ABS. This way you should avoid the piece to blacken (even if with all your sanding it looks white again )

I don't think this video has been made for a legal purpose... ... but it will may be useful for someone.

It's nice to see another DVH pipe build However, I think you did a mistake with the holes at the bottom of the folding stock They aren't supposed to go through the whole folding stock because in fact this is 2 pieces inserted into each other. Here is a pic from the dm101's thread to understand what i mean:

I just hope you'll managed to cut the ejector port in that pipe without too much issues . The PVC pipe isn't the best but the advantage of it is that you can make the difficultly reachable cuts with an x-acto. Good luck !

I agree with Paul about the holster placement. You can clearly see the common placement on both trooper on the left and the right on this pic: A part from that this is a really great looking armor ! Good luck on your aproval !!

"chi va piano, va sano" Même si ça te prend beaucoup de temps je pense que le sentiment de fierté d'avoir monté cette armure par toi même sera extrêmement valorisant et compensera toutes ces heures de galère . Perso, je vois le bout de mon build ! Quasiment tous les collages sont finis (il me manque juste la sniper knee plate et les shoulder bridges), la majeure partie du strapping est fini, plus que l'arrière des mollets et la jonction cod/butt, et le casque est à 50% je dirais. En fait maintenant, il me reste surtout à faire la ceinture et ce qui y est accroché (drop boxes/TD/holster). Donc si jamais tu as d'autres questions, j’essaierais de t'aider avec plaisir !

Good luck with your thighs, so long this was easily the hardest parts to put together with my AP kit (but i still haven't glued the sniper knee plate )!

Just read some EIB/Centurion submissions and you will find your answers http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/113-advanced-tactics/