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Well I looked over my boots this am. Flexed here & there & no paint came off. So maybe this lite coats & 12hr dry time will work. Just means it will take 10 days to paint my boots
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white paint for boots - anyone try it?
Chunk replied to TK5144's topic in Boots, Soft Parts, and other Accessories
Well I used the lite coat with the 12hr+ dry time. I looked over the boots & flexed here & there. Paint stayed on. So maybe this lite coat, 12hr thing will work. just means it will take 10 days to paint my boots -
I contacted the manufacturer today. They suggested stripping the boot down to bare leather or using a lite coat of paint with a 12hr dry time in between. I tried stripping the boot best I could. used more of the color prep, then used acetone & even tried gasoline on one of the heels. Let me just say that black is staying on there. So I went with option #2 I sprayed a lite coat on the boot & will let it set for over 12hrs. At this rate Im lucky if I can get 2 coats a day. Been cool in the mornings, so prob will have to settle for 1 coat a day.
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white paint for boots - anyone try it?
Chunk replied to TK5144's topic in Boots, Soft Parts, and other Accessories
Bought the Nu-Life spray paint. Used several lite coats, 10-12 with 20-30min in between coats & they came out really good. Left them overnight in the garage. Next morning I put my hand in the shaft to look them over. Where ever the boot flexed, the paint cracked. I contacted the manufacture & they said. The leather has to be cleaned almost to bare leather & it requires 12hrs in between paintings. Neither is mentioned in the instructions or thier website. Took me all day to remove all the paint. Will attempt again after an aceton bath -
Ok I have another thread here with my progress & failures. Can anyone help out with the preping of the boots before painting? I contacted the manufacture & they suggested cleaning the boot almost down to the bare leather. Or letting a dry time of 12hrs in between each coat. Neither is suggested on the instructions or mentioned here on the FISD. I removed all the paint from the boots. Im gonna run to Walmart to get some aceton & rub the boots down with that. So can some of you that have painted your boots help me out. I'd really like to know how you pained your boots & what process did you do before painting. I used Melatonan Nu-Life Spray Paint & Nu-Life Color Prep. ----------
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All the paint is removed. Wearing them around the house to break them in. Will apply 2-3 coats tomorrow with at least an hour dry time in between.
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Ughhhh ran in to a problem, Paint didn't stick. I will spend the day scraping off all the paint. The only place the paint stuck was on the rubber sole. I will write the company & see what they say. The paint did not stick anywhere! The boots looked really good, so I stuck my hand in the shaft to look them over. Thats when I noticed the paint start to crack where ever the boot flexed. So I knew it was a no go. I put them on & walked arond the driveway for few mins. Everywhere the boot flexed the paint came off. I will scrape off all the paint & walk around the house a few times. Maybe the paint will stick better to a worn in boot. I will try one more time. I think this time I will spray 1 lite coat a day. Anyone have any ideas?
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Would These Be Acceptable?
Chunk replied to T-Mo's topic in Boots, Soft Parts, and other Accessories
Same boots. I bought mine from the TKBoots website a few years ago. I bought my wife these boots from Ebay last week. Both boxes have the sme shipping address. Gotta say best shipping in the buisness. Ordered them 6am & received the next day 3pm -
Here are the boots with about 10-12 coats. I've looked at them in direct sunlight & outdoors in the shade. Seems the whole boot is the same shade of white & I'm happy with them. I will let them dry overnight. Tomorrow I will add the dog bone & toe trim.
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Here's the boots so far. The first 4 pics are of the boots with one coat of paint. The pic with both boots in frame have about 5 coats on them. I will add a couple more coats as there is about 1/4 can of paint left. I bought 4 cans to start with, didn't want to run out. I also bought 3 jars of Color-Prep & used about 3/4 of 1 jar on the boots. So Im thinking for those of you who want to repilcate my work. 2 cans of Nu-Life White spray paint & 1 jar of Nu-Life Color-Prep should work fine.
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Color Prep on, rubbed the whole boots several times. Dries very quickly. I noticed on one of the boots there was a tiny circle of leather comming up. Barley noticable, but I know it's there. So being the perfectionist I am I decided to glue it. I was gonna use superglue. But I figured E6000 would be better since it's flexable. Now I gotta wait for that to dry. Like I said it' so small, probably already dry. But I will have some luch & paint the boots when I get back. I would have taken pics of the boots after the color prep was applied. But there was no real diffrence when I stood in direct sun light. So the next pics will be of 1st coat of white paint. Stay Tuned.........
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Bodysuit under the TK armor
Chunk replied to moxtrooper's topic in Boots, Soft Parts, and other Accessories
That will work fine. My first undersuit was a diveskin. Let me tell you, it was freaking hot! I have since changed to an Under Armor type 2pc. I get them at Walmart for around $12 each piece. I belive they are Starter brand. Same as Under Armor, just waaaaay cheaper. -
Alexey keep an eye out on your emails. Another guy asked for a specific size & received an email saying they were out of stock. Then the next day or so he received another email saying a pair was found & they were his if he still wantd the.
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i already have the shoe paint. Bought 4 large cans of NU-Life White. Just not sure how to use the prep. No directions on the bottle. Was wondering if I should use a little all over the boot & repeate. Or is alot better as to where the boot is saturated with color prep?
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I read some where on here that they are considering making the Ralph McQuarrie "concept stormtrooper" 501st approvable. How is a concept being considered but not an actual stormtrooper that is seen multiple times & has a speaking part not approvable?
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Hello All, Just wanna consult the experts here before I attempt my project. I will be painting 16" tall black engineer boots white to turn them into Biker Scout Boots. I know they will not be screen acurate. I will add the "dog bone" to each boot & paint the soles a tan color. But living in 110' summers the glue on my scout boots is starting to come off. Since everyone over in the BSN reccomends Marcell for boots or a tutorial on how to make your own. I'm back to my original problem. Hot temp & glue not mixing. So I wanted to get your help with painting the all black boots white. I purchased Nu-Life White Spray Paint & Nu-Life Color Prep. I know how to use the paint, but I've never used the color prep. Do I just use a towel, rag, or a make up wedge to apply. Do I saturate the boot, or use in lite coats. Will the boot turn white or ashy with application(kinda a drying out) Just wanna get this right as it being a huge project. Will post before & after pics. Here's the boots new out the box. -------------
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Nice, Im tinking of turning one wall into an armory wall. Was thinking of making Death Star corridor wall. I've always likes the gray & long oval lights.
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Thanks Guys. Soon as I get some time I will take some pics with it in costume in the woods. I have a lifesize Ewok, prob take some with him too.
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alternative for tkboots.com
Chunk replied to stratocaster's topic in Boots, Soft Parts, and other Accessories
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There used to be a area for weapons not specific to the Imperial Stormtrooper. I wanted to share my Concept Biker Socut Carbine. I used a Hasbro Ultimate Clone Blaster as the base. I replaced the original stock with a Nerf N-Strike collapsable stock. I decided to keep the scope, but added the insides of a small pop up sprinkler, plexiglass lense. The rear eye piece has a plexiglass lense with an inner lense with crosshairs made out of a 7-Up bottle. I also added some brass knobs as windage/elivation knobs. I attached the stock to the original stock opening with a PVC brace & pvc glue. Sanded the whole thing & used an air compressor to blow off all the particles. Next I used apx 3 coats of gray primer followed by 5 coats of silver paint & finally 3 coats of flat black. Next I gently sanded the entire gun hitting the edges & where I wanted battle damge to show a lil harder. then wiped the whole thing down with a wet hot water towel. I chose to keep the original scope & magazine because they make noise when removed or reattached. I love the reloading sound it makes. Here's a couple pics of what I started with & the completed blaster.
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Ordered some TKBoots off Ebay yesterday morning around 6am. They arrived today at 3pm
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I ordered a pair off Ebay today. Already shipped. Should have them by Friday. TKBoots is selling few odd ball sizes there.
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Just picked up a new pair size 6 TKBoots from Ebay. These will be my wifes, so worked out perfectly. Few odd ball sizes left, but going fast.
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I just thinks it BS that this guy will take your $1000 & not take a few mins to update you & why can't he be upfront & let people know that it will take almost a year & half to make your armor. Which is BS. If I was paid $1000 to make something I would do it as soon as possible. I know it does not take weeks to pull a kit. My friend here in town & here on the FISD can pull several kits in one day. We all knw real world problems do happen. But a lil 3 line email would solve everyones worries. It's the same with all armor makers & everyone just deals with it. ohh he's the best in the bussiness, good things come to those who wait, can't rush perfection...ect if we all stopped sending this guy & others like him our hard earned cash things would get better. Sorry to hijack, but this stuff erks me. This poor guy was told "DL" was the best & was lead to belive he would have product within a reasonable time frame. I bet he's still waiting for his kit.
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RS Prop- Shipping Time Question
Chunk replied to Scifity's topic in Getting Started - Read this First!
Sent you a PM.