TK8776 jgarrettg

6' 11 and 150 pounds......6' 5" and 125 pounds... This forum resides on the planet earth.....Right? I'm 6' 4". When I was 18 I weighed 196 pounds and my ribs were showing. I would do anything to get back to that weight. If you guys have a secret to staying slim I'd sure like a tip or two. I'd love to be 220 again.

Cool.

I've finally started my vacuum form table build. I decided to make the frame out of steel for longevity and stability. Also I've got a welder and need an excuse to use it. I thought I would share my build with you guys. I started by making a set of plans so I could work out all the measurements and adapt it to steel. I'll post them soon in case someone is interested in the details. I'll update the plans as I go. If this table turns out viable I plan on remaking some of the troublesome parts of my FX armor. Hopefully, making it a lot more screen accurate in the process. My ultimate goal is just to make it fit better. Then there's all those other costumes I want to make. So here it is as of today. -John 1st Frame section Two down one to go Welded frames.

I've got to finish painting the garage 1st. Then I'm welding up the vac form frame. Playing with the kids for awhile and then pulling an all niter to meet a deadline at work. Thanks to my coworker who bailed out on me and left 20 hours worth of work to finish by Monday. Arrg! If there's anything left of the weekend, which I doubt, I'll be trying to finish up the last couple of things on my TK. Oh yeah, and put a tack on my coworkers chair.

Yeah I've got Firefox too. Works fine. My old laptop is getting tired too. cleaned out your cache lately?

That's some first class weathering. Good job!

Along the way you'll learn how to make it out of other materials. My first Star Wars costume was made out of things around the house. Plywood, scavenged model parts black spray paint. What ever it takes. It's amazing how much much stuff like that you see in SW ANH. I was painting an X-wing cockpit for a project I'm working on and right there in the photo reference is a kitchen sink strainer with the bottom cut off glued to the dashboard of Luke's Xwing. Good luck on your project. -John

Beautiful helmet Dan. I'm glad to see the tear drop dimple. Your attention to detail is right on. -John

Thanks Paul, I agree. They're on my upgrade list. Right behind a dozen other parts.

Ok, finally the technical difficulties are subsiding. Whew! Here's the picture I promised of the Dan111h2o size 13 boots. See what I mean by "Square in the Toe". What do you think of these? ---------

Looking great! Sorry about the paint spill. I hate it when that happens. -John

I shot mine with gray primer and then a clear coat. I used Duplicolor automotive paint from the auto parts store. It matched my helmet stickers really well. I've found its 100 times more durable than typical spray paint. Besides the clear coat I used is heat resistant to 500 degrees. Comes in handy when battling mandolorian warriors.

That's really cool.

Good point Paul.

I made a canvas belt based on a tutorial here on the forums. I found the best way to make the holes is with a soldering iron. The heat seals the the threads and burns through the ABS and elastic or nylon like butter. Be sure not to breath the fumes. One modification I made to the belt was to use 2 inch nylon strap instead of elastic. It makes the belt much more solid and still allows a minimum amount of give. So far it's working well.

I think they look good. I counter sunk mine a little deeper which required a tiny bit of glue to hold them in. Since they aren't required to hold the ears on with the CE, they're just cosmetic, I don't see the need for nuts on the inside. Just my opinion. Besides, even if I had used nuts they would be covered up by the padding I'm installing. Do you guys really care about the nuts inside?

PM me when you're ready. We'll work out the details. -John

Thanks Tony. -John

There you go. Lots of expertise here. Also it's another reason for Garrisons to get together. Weekly drill practice.

We can only hope. I hope it's more exciting than the Young Indiana Jones series. I like history and details but I can't stay awake to save my life when I watch that show.

Here's another option some guys are using. Check this thread ---------

That's an awesome idea! Maybe we could make a basic training video to distribute once the drill team gets going. There are a lot of basics that would be useful to everyone. Spacing, cadence, keeping step, etc. If we could get a top notch team together every parade would want us.

That's cool. Funny thing is I have access to a first class video studio. If there's anything I can do to help you get this footage digitised just let me know. -John

Something just occurred to me. There's a whole lot of conceptual work being done in this time frame between EP3 and EP4. "The Force Unleashed". I wouldn't be surprised if any possible stormtroopers in the storyline might be based off the work being done currently. You might see something like the EVO trooper. The designs are definitely a cross between EP3 and EP4. They have a little more of an EP3 influence though. Either way I hope to see some real armor and less CGI.

Hopefully it will be true live "action". I'd hate to see more political intrigue stories based on a hard day in the Galactic Senate passing an appropriations bill. There's enough of that on TV already.