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  3. John Child's TFA First Order Trooper Build (Imperial Surplus)

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    On 12/24/2021 at 1:00 AM, fishgoh0nk said:

    I looked into dichloromethane as a solvent and plastic welder, it sounded like a nice way to bind the armor components together, but after some of the research, it seems that it's similar to the effects of acetone, but evaporates quicker and builds a bond much faster. But from what I know on acetone on ABS, even though it can weld two piece of plastic together, I'd be opposed to using it as it's simply liquifying the ABS into a bondable state, and re-solidifying; however, it has repurposed the material used for the structural integrity of the piece into a bonding element. Personally, I'd add more material to increase the strength and rigidity of the piece rather than juggling it. I guess since you're out of a good 2 part epoxy resin for joining, this may be a decent substitute. My big fear is how much of the plastic integrity was compromised, only time will tell.

     

    Have you tried sanding/roughing up the pieces when epoxying? Might help the joining process as it gives more surface area to cling to?


    On the latest parts I did just that and sanded the material which gave a much stronger bond. Regarding the welded parts, I'll keep everyone updated to the performance in the form of a video of me in tears or trooping with a smile depending if it breaks lol 

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  11. John Child's TFA First Order Trooper Build (Imperial Surplus)

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    Posted · Edited by sillyface

    *EDIT: I've since discovered the FA Thermal Detonator has a visable seam between the canister and backplate. I will redo this at some point, but for now this will still look passable.

    Awkward to join without lots of gaps due to it being a multiple part vac-form. But I got there in the end with endless filler, paint and repeat.
    VIDEO LINK HERE: https://youtu.be/14oshMvuUNw

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  14. John Child's TFA First Order Trooper Build (Imperial Surplus)

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    Episode 4 of my Storm Trooper armour build now available to stream. One of the larger parts that took up a lot of space. One day I’ll look back at this from my huge fully equipped Tony Stark Iron Man style workshop and be amazed how I did it... Where there’s a will, there’s a way.  
    VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE: https://youtu.be/yKlwKIu-TPs

     

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    My special addition to the armour with breathable mesh interior.
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  16. John Child's TFA First Order Trooper Build (Imperial Surplus)

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    Now that I've caught you up, here's my first video building/preparing the armour. I will dedicate a video to each piece.
    (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO OF A REALLY HAPPY MAN WORK ON HIS CHEST)

     

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    Hole cut out and resin vent installed.

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    Pill indents sanded down to reveal holes.

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    Prepping for final white primer paint

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    Will paint the final Gloss White when all parts are ready. And I will do it in one session.

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  17. John Child's TFA First Order Trooper Build (Imperial Surplus)

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    As mentioned at the start, I was lucky to purchase almost all the supplementary - soft stuff, from an absolute gentlemen that abandoned his build due to waiting years for armour that didn't come.

    (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO OF EMOTIONAL GOODNESS)  

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    The under armour soft stuff is from Geeky Pinks

     

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    Gloves are Imperial Boots and also the boots (not pictured)

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  19. John Child's TFA First Order Trooper Build (Imperial Surplus)

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    Posted · Edited by sillyface

    Hi, I already started on my build a few months ago, but someone reached out and suggested I make a WIP thread here. Makes sense... As White Armour has been my go-to for trying to work out how to put this all together. My WIP is slightly different as I'm also documenting in detail a video log on my channel. (CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT GEEKY GOODNESS) :0Lighten:
     
    Wondering why the following posts are the same date?! It's just to catch everyone up what I've done so far :)
     

    So we start with what and were I purchased everything so far. I've been soooo LUCKY that someone abandoned his attempt to make his armour, and sold all his 'soft' items for half the price he bought it for. Being in the UK as me, this was AMAZABALLS, as I didn't have to also pay for the HUGE import taxes and delivery charges from the US, Germany, Canada and Oz.

     

    First I downloaded The5thHorseman 3D file I found on this site. But I also added my bespoke light & sound effects using my girlfriends voice. Yep it's not cannon (pun intended), but I can turn it off at an official event. 
    Here's the full video and some pics... (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO)


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    And here's the 'beauty' video of the final result. (CLICK HERE TO SEE A BEAUTIFUL BLASTER VIDEO)

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