Racermouse

Ready helmet sans tube stripes.

Tube stripes... DAMN THEM! The best I could produce is not even close to my own standard Transfer decals?

You should see the tube stripe test pieces, absolutely horrible no matter what way I paint. Think I'll go for decals here.

More painting. This has been the hardest part for me. I suck at painting! But with a lot of time and redoing I will get there. Decided to airbrush the vents in.

Suddenly this day became... HELMET DAY! This has been a long day at (helmet) work. This is crazy, I'm actually holding a Stormtrooper helmet in my hands. Lots of work still left on this one, but I'm pretty happy with my accomplishment.

Right arm, check. [ Tomorrow the left one is done. Hey! Progress.

The seam is measured for 16mm strip, but as you said it looks quite wide, I'll have to look into that. Fortunately I still have some room to narrow it down. The RS suite is really wonky, and it's no easy task for a beginner. No kind of assembly instructions are provided with the armour. The cover strip seams on many places are not that straight, so a little improvisation is required here and there. I learn as i go, and thanks for the input.

Is this a proper fit, what do you people here think? [

Thanks! I'm very glad I got the belt sander. It was about $100 and is a Chinese piece of crap, but it does the job. I really don't see how you can build an armour without one. Got the torso sanded down to about original size so i can see what needs to be done. But biceps first to get the hang of how things are done.

Working hard... kind of. At least this much has to go from the but plate, which means the kidney plate also needs rework. Heat sealing iron on its way, I'm going to need it a lot.

Finally here. For a first time builder the amount of pieces is overwhelming, so let's start with something easy. Done. Beautiful RS E-11 blaster. I don't really know where to start but I think I'll go for the hardest parts first, the torso. I am short and thin so there will be a lot of trimming going on. Any good suggestions on what order parts should be done?

Almost ready. Couple of things missing tho. BBB's will be at my door on Friday (according to UPS). Yesss!

Gloves done.

Hi there! Moved my build thread here to the right place. My journey has begun. So far I got my shoes, neck seal and holster done. Cheap jodhpur shoes converted with the all famous Angelus paint. If you want a nice even finish, use a sponge to paint with, but you need more layers. I haven't put any finisher on yet, and probably won't so I get a more authentic look. Awakening my sowing skills Thank you pandatrooper Acquiring the right kind of leather in my town was almost impossible. And I got my hand guards from justjoseph63 and they are great. Thanks man. Now it's just to wait for the BBB day, which should be in about a week. Yay! This is a great forum and the information here is endless, so I feel quite confident in my build thanks to you all. I've red hundreds of threads and watched thousands of pictures. I think I've put this TK armour together in my head hundreds of times already. I'm quite short and skinny so this will be challenge. I'll put up some pics here now and then, just to keep some kind of record of my progress (for my self). Cheers!

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