spoudastis

So here are a few images of the lid so far. There may be some elements that might drive the hardcore screen accurate folks nuts. I started out wanting to do a completely screen accurate helmet but as usual for me I started to drift and build what I think looks good. As you can see the frown is not not painted all the way to the corner, I really love how the hero frown looks so for my stunt version I make the frown just a bit narrower. On the left side I didn't leave enough meat to attach the front and back halves with the screw so I had to epoxy them together. The blue bit is the remnants of a shop towel that was protecting my clamp from epoxy seepage. Roughed out ear. The gap was way too big obviously, next attempt will be better. This has been a fun build and much more challenging that I thought it would be. Sorry for the sideways images, I don't know how to fix that.

Haha thanks voorhees, I still have one to go and I hope that is enough. Cheers

Thank you all for your help and taking the time to take pictures too. I'll take some pictures of my messed up ear to show you the trouble spots, I'll have to make sure the next one is perfect. Cheers

Hi all, I am in the process of building my first TK lid, an ATA. So far it is going ok and looking pretty good but now I am at the ears and after a first go on the left side I had less than fantastic results. I am ending up with a sizable gap between the circular part of the ear which is flat and the curved helmet. Also do I need to notch the ear to account for the step where the two helmet halves come together. If anyone has some incredible super secret tips about how to make this easier I would be forever grateful. I have gone through many different build threads and panda troopers tutorial but I feel like there may be other useful tips floating out there somewhere. Thanks! Chris

Wow this is amazing, great work! The subtle scuffs and scratches really add a lot of character.

Thank you for this,very very helpful!

Absolutely fantastic build, very inspirational!