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  2. drunken hutt's AP ANH Stunt TK build

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    Apologies for neglecting to update this thread in almost a year. I was placing all my attention into the local garrison thread where the bulk of my updates where being posted.

     

    Well, I am happy to say that as of 22 February 2017 I was officially approved by the 501st Southern Dewback Garrison in South Australia as a TK ANH Stunt. My ID is TK26173. I've done one troop so far (at a shopping centre supporting a charity) and it was a very enjoyable experience getting to put smiles on peoples' faces and high-fiving kids who were ecstatic to see Star Wars characters in real life! 

     

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  3. drunken hutt's AP ANH Stunt TK build

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    Posted · Edited by drunken hutt

    A caulking gun was used to insert white Silicone filler beneath the cover strips of the forearms. This was the first time I'd used one, so there was much fun to be had :)


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    After this I used a combination of T-Cut, Turtle Wax and Novus grade 2 plastic polisher to bring back the ABS shine after the initial sheen was removed due to wet rubbing with sand paper to remove the glue and Silicone stains.

     

    Biceps have been assembled and Silicone also inserted underneath the cover strips due to some small gaps that I couldn't managed to flatten while clamping:

     

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    Currently I am working on the shins and going through the process of trimming and cutting coverstrips for the front areas. Like many guys here I will clamshell the back using white velcro, while making sure that each side correctly overlaps the other. Hopefully pics will follow soon.

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  4. drunken hutt's AP ANH Stunt TK build

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    Posted · Edited by drunken hutt

    Forearms have been assembled using the cover strip and butt joint method. I personally preferred the look of it over clamshelling. Cover strips have also been placed along the inside for extra support. Super glue was used with clamps and 10mm rare earth magnets to fasten the adhesive drying. 1200 wet grit was used to smooth the pieces after foolishly getting super glue stains all over them.

     

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    I will need to trim the forearms a bit more once I finish and fit the biceps on, as that will tell me how well both sets of pieces fit together.

     

     

    Here's your's truly with the forearms on:

     

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    Obvisouly they look big, but I plan to make the forearms tighter fitting by placing foam inserts inside, plus I'll be wearing the gloves when the trooping happens. And you never know if I'll decide to do some weights and beefen these arms :P

     

    One issue while glueing one of the outer cover strips on the below forearm was that as I was applying the strip one of the forearm sides slightly overlapped the other one, meaning the strip was glued downwards at an angle. This has created a gap beneath the bottom half of the strip, as circled below. My attempts to glue the strip down have failed, so I have asked the local garrison for their advice and it has been suggested that I use either silicon sealer, white acrylic or white bog filler. My only concern is that these fillers will be a different tone of white than that of the armour itself, which has a grey tone to it. I do not want the filler to become too noticeable, where it may be evident some patchwork has been made. I was thinking I could perhaps heat the scraps of ABS i have into a putty like substance to fill in the gap, but I know it wouldn't be as strong as the commercial grade sealants.

     

    Any thoughts on what to do?

     

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  6. drunken hutt's AP ANH Stunt TK build

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    Posted · Edited by drunken hutt

    Apologies for the lack of updates. I have not made as much progress as I would have hoped due to committments and study eating into my free time, but here is what I've done so far:

     

    The AB panel piece is trimmed and sanded using sanding belt (leaving 1/8" i.e 3mm around the edge)

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    Trimmed and mostly sanded the knee ammo piece and ammo belt

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    Rough trim of the forearms, lower leg, bicep and shoulder armour

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    Forearm armour further trimmed and rough fitted. Due to my scrawny arms, I have a lot more plastic to remove!

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    And that's where I'm up to :) One step at a time with no time frame for estimated completion.

     

    Because the forearm pieces are quite big relative to my arms, does this mean attempting to use the butt-joint method would be impractical, even after trimming more and getting rid of the extended corners?

  9. drunken hutt's AP ANH Stunt TK build

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    So after 4+ months of waiting for AP's TK armour to be built with his new molds I finally received it late this week in the mail

     

    Big Brown Box Day:

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    And here is everything unpackaged:

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    Under the advice of the local garrison I bought an Ozito rotary tool (an Australian competitor to the Dremel) to trim the plastic.

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    Because I'm new to the whole assembling/ constructing business I'm going to be taking big baby steps and start with trimming the smaller pieces first, like the ears and shoulder straps.

     

    To avoid any nasty mistakes I'll bring the larger pieces to the local armour parties/ shed nights to get the experienced troopers to help me work on them.

     

    I'm just about to start trimming the AB buttons and I noticed that there are three large buttons contained in squares:

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    Does anyone know what these three buttons are used for? I haven't been able to find them in the CRL. Cheers.

  15. How to tell if clothing is 'textured'?

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    As you can tell from the topic I'm not particularly trained in the art of fabrics, which leads me to the following question:

     

    Given that the undersuit for the TK requires 'black non-textured material', I'm wanting to know how one identifies any sort of clothing material as lacking texture. Whenever I feel a piece of clothing I always notice some unique kind of texture to the fabric (e.g. roughness, silkiness) so I suppose in the context of the CRL 'texture' means something different, as technically all clothing has some form of texture to it? I suspect I already know the answer to the question but I would like a definitive response to what has been causing me some head scratching.

     

    The undersuit I plan on eventually buying will be used with the ANH Stunt kit that I've recently ordered from AP.

  21. Knockerbot large AP build

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    So when I started his kits weren't as full as they are now, he just changed them and actually now a lot of that stuff is coming from Mark. <br><br><br>

    The paints are because I want to instantly aim for centurion and I want paint not decals for my helmet, same with the s trim. The one that AP sends isn't good enough for centurion unless he's changed that too. He made huge leaps the past few weeks.<br><br><br>

    The garter is to hold the thighs up. Super simple to make and I can walk you through it myself if you need or you can order it on here from the sales page from another person. <br><br><br>

    If you're going this route with AP make sure Mark know you want everything he has.

    I see. Good info. I think out of this list i'll focus on acquiring the garter for now; ive seen at least a thread or two where someone has been selling their own. Mark hasn't told me of any other non-armour parts i need to complete my cert 1 ANH Stunt build so i think i'll wait till i get my kit and so what's with it before getting anything else.

  22. Knockerbot large AP build

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    Hello everyone,

    So I put in my order with AP today and I'm waiting for my brown box day. I figured I'd start this now even though it's pretty far off because I'm going to start what I can now.

     

    What else can I do (other than order things) while I wait?

     

    List of things ordered/ Made/ Acquired:

    AP Helmet - Ordered

    AP Armour - Ordered

    AP Holster - Ordered

    AP Gloves - Ordered

    ANH hand Guards - Ordered

    O2 Clips - Ordered

    Bifercated domed rivets - ordered

    Canvas belt - Received

    Garter belt - Made

    Inner Drop Boxes- received

    Black 2 piece compression suit - Received

    3d printed Hovi Mic tips (from Vaj) - Received and awesome

    E-11 - Received

    Piping for thermal detonator - ordered

    S type stripping - Received

    Darker lenses- Ordered, need to pick up at Acklands-Grainger in Guelph

    Trooperboys stencils - Received

    Humbrol Paints - Received

    Fans for helmet - In process of build

    Foam for Bucket - Ordered

     

    List of things needed:

    Ribbed neck piece

    Audio system (both types)

    TK boots from Imperial Boots

     

    I've just discovered this thread and I too have recently placed my deposit with AP for the stormtrooper helmet, amour and gloves/holster combo kit (ANH Stunt).

     

    Excuse my ignorance, but I was wondering, what is the pupose of ordering the ANH hand Guards, O2 Clips, Bifercated domed rivets, Garter belt, Piping for thermal detonator, S type stripping and Humbrol Paints? (the bolded items.) I would have thought some of these items would come with the AP kit, like the hand guards, rivets and piping (when you say piping you refer to the those grey strips on either end of the detonator right?)

     

    I ask this because if you acquired these items separately from the AP order then it means there are more items for me to obtain to build my kit than I first thought. I was under the impression the AP kit included everything I needed to build the armor on a basic level (minus the undersuit, canvas belt and boots of course). Sorry if i've befuddled you with my inanity :rolleyes:

  23. My E11

    in ANH BlasTech E11

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    Blasters aren't required for 501st approval

     

    Thanks. I was aware of this, but I wasn't sure whether the blaster from Brett needed any work done to it. I currently plan on buying my blaster from him.

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