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Thanks for the feedback.
As stated, I ordered a D-Ring last night from Trooperbay, so as soon as it arrives I will install it and submit a photo that evening.
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For Centurion....
I do already have the rubber gloves and white hand guards ready to go.
I had seen that I needed the white elastic shoulder straps. That will not be a problem, I already the 1 1/2 white elastic, so I can make those easily.
The stickers that are on the helmet are the ones that came with my armor kit. I will look for replacements or try my hand at painting....yikes!!
I will tighten the strapping between the back/kidney.
I have the rivet to add to the knee/ammo belt, just need to install.
Have what I need to make the buttons and split rivet on the crotch.
The only thing that will be a bit more work is trying to re-size the biceps and legs. The shims were made to fit closely. I need to do a better job of getting them to fit better when velcro'ed in place.
I will try to have all of this done when i go to submit for Centurion.
Thanks for letting me know what to work on.
Michael
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I am no longer the Detachment Officer.
The honor of clearing you has been passed on to Darth Aloha.
Good luck in your clearance process.
Thank you for your service Phil.
Standing by for a report.
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Yes the pictures seem distorted because I re-sized them based on the photo checklist sheet that requests the pictures be 1280 x 960. That did seem to stretch some photos.
I ordered a d-ring for my blaster from Trooperbay last night.
Yes I do want to get to Centurion, so it is up to Phil if I pass EIB as is. I can start re-sizing my biceps and legs for Centurion. Currently I have foam in them to keep them in place. But I can remove the foam and cut the pieces down.
Yes I am skinny... except around the midsection.
So the 3 inch shims were necessary to bring the ab plate around to line up with the front. I am not THAT big but it is the way the T/MC armor is. I can't get it any closer to line up without the shims. I understand a 1/2 gap is permissible, but I thought if the joints weren't almost joined I would have issues with Centurion.Thanks for the feedback.
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- Name = Michael McDermott
- TK ID = 51508
- Garrison: Star
- Armor = T/MC
- Helmet= T/MC
- Blaster= Hyperfirm
- Height = 6'1''
- Weight = 175 lbs.
- Boots = TK Boots.
- Canvas belt = TKittell
- Hand Plates = ABS Plastic
- Electronics= Icomm, Aker amp
- Neck Seal = Veedox
- Holster = TK Bondservnt 2392
Armor Photos
Front
Back
Left - Arms Raised
Right - Arm Raised
Right Side Detail - Arm Raised
Left Side Detail - Arm Raised
Abdomen Details
Action Shot
Interior Strapping
Helmet Front
Helmet Side - Right
Helmet Back
Helmet Side - Left
Hovi Tip Detail
Helmet Lens Color - Backlit
Blaster Left
Blaster Right
Neck Seal
Thermal Detonator Back
Holster Attachment
Helmet Off.
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This one is in the tutorial section.
http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/24717-how-to-make-waist-belt-rivetsnap-cover/
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Thanks for the complement Tray. Now to move toward EIB and hopefully Centurion!!
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On the ears, I found that something you had to keep in mind is that when you screw all the screws in and tighten things up the ears will pull down into the helmet.
So on the ears from my builder, he had a cutout line that he had drawn some little dotted lines on for because he knew I screwed up the first set... Thanks TRAY!! There was still another line that was the closer to the bottom that showed where things should end up, but I went to that second line the first time and that was too far.
I rough cut, I dremmel'ed down to the "cut line" that he advised as a guide. I then fit them and I could see where the parts of the ears were touching the helmet and where it was not. So I used a pencil to mark the touching parts and took the ears off and only sanded those parts until the pencil was gone. Refit, remark with pencil and re-sand. I knew after my reading on these forums that the ears were going to be one of the most labor intensive items to fit. So I committed to it and even though it took a while of on and off and on and off, i think they turned out just fine.
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I loved the inside of your helmet so much... I had to steal it. HERE.
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Would you please provide some detail on how you built your helmet? Painted, stencils, etc? Looks great.
Sure. And thanks, I am pretty happy with how it turned out as a first time attempt.
It was a standard 2 part kit. Standard assembly as most threads show. I did screw up the ears on my first attempt with them. I cut them too shallow, so I had to order an extra set from my builder. But I was MUCH more careful with the second set and they turned out much better.
The mouth is hand painted, the rest are stickers from the kit. I was going to do hand painted, but I chickened out. I want to buy another helmet from my builder so I can build a hero version, so I think when I do that I will attempt the hand painting.
After I had the helmet assembled I took it apart and sprayed PlastiDip on the entire inside. I really like how that turned out. It is very nice texture.
As I stated previously, I saw THIS thread during my build process and really liked how it looked. I was going to do the construction helmet liner plan that TrooperBay teaches, but when I saw the motorcycle helmet idea I just liked how it looked better.
Just like TJTrooper, I went to CycleGear, which had a store not too far from my house and I bought THIS helmet. The liner is buttoned in, so it came out easily. I used the small velcro squares to attach the liner to my TK helmet. When I put the helmet on it fit great on top, but when I looked down, the helmet didn't move with my head. I kept having to pull the front of the helmet down with my hand to be able to look down. So I pulled the side padding out of the motorcycle helmet and did the same velcro install. That made the fit VERY tight and the helmet now moves with my head very well. My mother-in-law sewed in the Imperial Cog. The velcro will also make it easy to take the liner out to clean it when needed.
Next I went to Hobby Lobby and bought some black felt panels. They were cheap... 4 for $1. I cut out a pattern to cover the eyes and the mouth. I used a white pencil I got at Hobby Lobby to mark where to cut out the eye holes and mouth opening, then used hot glue to glue each piece down.
Next I added my in helmet fan system that I got from Evilboy. I mounted the fans and the battery back with the same velcro squares. It took a bit of work to get the wires to wrap around the bottom of the helmet as well, but I used black electrical tape to keep the wires in place.
Lastly was the microphone. I bought the Aker set from TK6294. I cut the wire headset down so that I only needed to mount about of inch of the wire in the helmet. I will have to run the mic wire down my neckseal to plug it into the iComm and Aker system.
So I am very happy with how it tuned out. It looks good both inside and out.
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Yea I wish I could change the title. I started as a hero which is what I wanted to do, but I found out my builder only provides a stunt suit. So I had to change to a stunt build. I may be able to change things later if someone makes some bubble eyes and 3 dot ear kits.
And gazmosis... the kit is T/MC. And the tube strips are stickers, not painted, provided in my kit. Maybe just the light, there is a lap RIGHT above the helmet.
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So I admit... I am the WORST at taking pictures of this process. Pretty much a total failure. Since I have about 5 pictures of my whole build, but I am done and submitted my 501st application and pictures last night.
But here are a few pictures of my helmet.
Front, and the inside.
This is the inside. I totally STOLE the ideas from THIS thread.
And a full view of the inside. You can see the battery pack of Evilboy's fan kit in this one.
The blue thing in there is the liner out of a motorcycle helmet. I have it velcro'ed in so I can take it out and clean it when needed.
I will post some full armor pictures later.
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Ok, I see it now, thanks. Boy that's gonna be a pain to fix.
Anyway, more on the inside. First a lot of credit has to go to Trays helmet for what I did to mine. I painted the inside with a layer of black Krylon fusion and then covered that with spray Plastidip. The covering over the lenses is headliner material that I picked up at Joann. The padding is a removable liner from a motorcycle helmet that I picked up on sale from Cycle Gear.
I would think the XL padding would work for just about anybody, and it fits the helmet pretty well. I just held it in with Velcro. You can buy just the liners from different companies off of Amazon, but I wanted to be able to try it on before I bought it, and for $40 it was worth it. It's extremely comfortable, and no bobble head.
Thanks TJ. There is a Cycle Gear not far from where I live, so I am going by there tomorrow. What is that on the sides of the helmet that looks like tubes? Thanks for the info!!
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Hey TJ. Please post more about what you did with the inside of the helmet. I think it really looks great and would like to steal what you are doing!!!
What is the item you have the cod sewn into? And talk about what you did around the eyes.
I have Tray's same kit and am working on it myself.
Thanks!!
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Yep... what a fun day. My first time as a handler. It was great to watch the kids, and some adults RUN over to get their pictures taken.
The whole day was SERIOUS motivation to get my TK suit finished!!!!!!!!!
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Echo you are a wonderful person!!!! I looked EVERYWHERE on this forum for this!!!!!
And after doing EVEN MORE searching... I finally found the thread.
http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/23605-putting-it-all-together/?p=297858
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I know I am not crazy!!! Don't ask my wife to confirm this!!! But I KNOW I have seen a picture/diagram on the forms that showed a recommended count and placement of the snap location on the chest and ab pieces. It was not a photo but a Billhag kinda style of diagram. Chest and back butterflied out with specific locations of snap placements.
Please help a brother out and restore my sanity by helping me locate this lost item. I have been searching and reading these forums for the last few hours looking for this one item.
Any suggestions????
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Will someone PLEASE come take care of these kids and work at my job so I can WORK ON MY ARMOR!!!!!!!
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Ok more trimming tonight. Decided to try a handle that I bought for my dremel. Seen in this photo.
I do think it helped me control the dremel quite a bit. It was like using a brush. I was able to sand down right to the line I had drawn. Then take some sandpaper and clean up the edges.
Here is the pic of what I worked on tonight. The smallest pieces. Handguards, the thermal detonator, and I cleaned up the shoulder bells. The hand guards seem soooo huge, I can tell there is going to have to be some serious trimming of those to make them look right.
And I think I am going to have to convince the wife I need a belt sander. I can see how much that machine would help me.
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Thanks for the post Tray. The steady hand of scoring worries me as this is my first attempt at this and I don't want to ruin it. And not having a belt sander also limits my abilities. The good ol' dremmel will have to do the job.
I did post in the the Hero upgrade kit in the commissary to see if they are available.
But I was leaving the helmet as my last item to work on, so I have some time to sort it out. I have plenty of other work to keep me busy!! Now if I could just get a free evening to trim so things!!
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Mine are 4... I will investigate.
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I have the same kit (Yea Tray!!
) and have just started trimming my shoulder bells and hand guards. The thoroughness of your posts have been great and I will be using many of these as a reference. I can see we will have many similarities. Keep up the great posts!!! I'll be watching!! -
First is the picture of my parts laid out and looking good!!
And then I
MADE MY FIRST CUT!! The picture shows the Shoulder bells I started with. I decided to get the scissors at Loews today when I was looking for other tools for my build. I don't feel comfortable with the score and snap approach just yet. I did feel I had more control with the big scissors though. So we are off to a good start.
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Welcome more Texans!! I am a newcomer around here myself and the guys in the North Texas area have been very welcoming and helpful to me. I have just started my TK build. So don't be bashful and welcome.
TK-51508 Requesting ANH Stunt EIB Status [TMC] [350]
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2 inch it is then.
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