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Thank you, Germain!

Right you are about the brow, germain. Didn't see that. For the upper screws, at least on the left side I interpreted the screenshots like that. Even in the right screenshot you posted above, it looks like the screw does sit very low. Or in the Image in my post above (number 12) On the right ear, yes, I set the screw too low. Darn!

Let me be the first to congratulate! Well done, mate! Looking sharp!

Hi! Reporting back with another installment of my bucket-building thread. While handpainting my tube stripes, I did exactly what Troopermaster Paul predicted: I messed up. Royally. I thought green frog tape is working miracles, but in the end it is the same old (insert favourite word here) than any other masking tape. Look here: The paint not only bled under the tape, but also along the ridge. However, I also did another thing that Paul said in his last post: I didn't panic. I let it dry and tried to correct the paint afterwards. These are my first efforts: Still not finished, but getting the hang of it ... Here are some other pictures of the nearly finished helmet: You can see, that I painted the mictips differently. The right one has a white interior, the left one is painted black on the inside. This is how the tips appeared to me on Han Solos helmet. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the left one always looked darker to me and this was my way to achieve that. The Vocoder was painted matte black and then I gave that part some swift wipes with my sweater to make it some kind of semi-matte, but only on the raised parts. After I attached the s-trim I recognized that the helmet was to narrow for my throat and that I was not even remotely able to look down. So I had to cut off more from the Vocoder than I found optically pleasing, because it chafed my throat. All in all I also find the opening of the helmet really tight, but I knew beforehand that I have to "screw" the helmet on. Another interesting fact is, that I don't have any space left between the top of my head and the top of the helmet. There is no padding in the top of the helmet at all. Okay, my forehead is high, but after all I read I haven't expected that. I put some very fine mesh behind the teeth. Air circulation is quite good and nobody's gonna see my face. (The grey paint Looks bubbly, but that is a weird reflection) I managed to get the end of both ears tightly wrapped under the s-trim. No small feat! I painted the right number of stripes for a Han Solo helmet in all the spaces ... ... and even created the gap at the left eye that I found on Hans helmet: What do I stillhave to do? 1. clean up the tube stripes 2. raise the brow, to really make it a Han Solo helmet. Nevertheless, some Beauty shots (thank you, Paul!): But some questions still remain: Take a look at the very last photo. Is the right ear too thick at the bottom? And, are the tube stripes too thick? Thank you all for comments and tips!

Has anybody seen this Video? That guy is ... crazy? Talented? Really into it? Amazing ...

I always thought you put on the forearms without the gloves, which you put on later ... ??? I honestly can't imagine putting your hands with gloves AND handguards through a hole in the arms that looks remotely decent afterwards ...

... no black online and no rank stripe on the ears ... :-)

Congratulations ...I think . :-) I predict may the 4th, around noon ...

You might want to take a look at this thread ... http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/28302-my-2mm-tm-hero-helmet-build-82014/page-3?

The concept art is no indicator for sniper plates on both knees, as the left trooper in the foreground is just a mirrored Image of the trooper in the middle ...

Looking goooood! Concerning the stripes: Yes, way too many

It's weird that way ...

Whoa! What has happened here? Two threads merged?

Okaaaay! Looks like it will be number 8! Troopermasters comment sealed it for me! Thank you all for your quick answers! That was a fast one!

Thank you Firebladejedi! I intend to wear them with TM Armor ...

Hi there! While waiting for my armor to be delivered, I am doing what I suspect most people are doing: buying all the other neccessary stuff. I will go the "paint your own boots white" route and read all the appropriate threads. I can't (or won't) afford Loakes (my everyday shoes are not that expensive!) and so far didn't have any luck scoring vintage boots on the bay. Some of the boots that other troopers chose are simply not available to me or due to customs etc. too expensive. BUT ... I found a huge number of Jodhpur, Chelsea and riding boots online that might do the trick money- and appearancewise (is that a word, after all?) But ... I also need your help! As you know, the bigger the selection gets, the harder it gets to decide. Below is a numbered collection of boots. Which one might be the most appropriate one? I tend to number 7 and 8. What do you think? Thank you in advance for helping me!

Yes, hopefully we will get to see some full armor photos soon. Otherwise we need to rush the new armor to have it ready for the release of the movie, and that is something I really like to avoid ...

Looks terrific! Waiting for my own set ... :-)

Vern, can you elaborate a bit more, please? The price is tempting, availability is given ... What would you change?

Okay guys and gals, I am preparing for the daunting task of painting the stripes! I thought about it for a long time and tried to imagine how they were done in 1976 by the stagehands. I couldn't imagine them cutting out templates for all the helmets. If that would have been the case, then all helmets should have the same number of stripes, right? What would be the quickest and less time consuming way, keeping in mind, that they handpainted all the other stuff? The quickest way would be to take some tape and mark the top of the stripes and the bottom and the just handpaint the stripes inbetween. Just half an hour after I put so much work into thinking it out, I read in another thread, that fellow troopers had the same idea. But years before me ... And I thought I could finally contribute something to the FISD ... Anyway, I kept in mind the sizing of the stripes (just a pencil thickness away from the upper edge and 2 cm wide) and masked of the part for the stripes. This is where I ended up: I was lucky to find sand colored tape that was exactly 2 cm wide. That was the placeholder for the tube stripes and I was able to place them exactly where I wanted them to be. I bought green frog tape (Yeah! Frog Tape! The good stuff! No paint bleeding!) and marked the upper and lower edge. (Picture one and two) I removed the sand colored tape and ended up with an exact field to paint. After that I measured the length, divided it with the right number of stripes (eleven on the right tube and thirteen on the left one) and marked them with blue sharpie (picture tree and four). I took this shot to see the spacing of the stripes (you can also see, that I tried to emulate the weird spacing of the stripes in the tears): Now I need a steady hand and stay away from the coffee.

Standard TK with pauldron? Yay!

Well, actually the stuff I used is some kind of two component stuff. It hardens out after 5 minutes and is rock hard. But if you are thinking about having it removable, take a look at this thread: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/8687-howto-different-way-to-install-mesh-under-the-teeth/

Or take a look at what fellow trooper Gazmosis did with this bucket (scroll down to end of page): http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/28633-howto-ata-helmet-build-hand-painted-details-pic-heavy/

Or in case the superglue won't stick to the White plastic, you can use plumbers putty. Knead some small blobs, put them around and between the openings and press in the mesh. (you can see it painted black already in the lower right image)

Hi Ken! Welcome to the FISD! You can paint the inside of your bucket without any problems. You should preferably do it before you assemble the lid, because then you have the most control over where the paint ends up. The parts that should stay white must be masked off, of course. Paint it before you cut out the eyes, saves trouble ... Grab a semi gloss black rattle can with paint, that is intended for cars, like "Rallye Paint". It needs to be acrylic based, this will stick best to the plastic of your bucket and won't rub off a single bit. Of course it will smell, but that wears of after a week and the toxic fumes are long gone by then. I found, that painting the inside black definitely added some pizzazz to the helmet. For me it turned white plastic into a helmet that means business. I hope, that was helpful ...