Sonnenschein

Welcome to the club!

Forget about the holes, make your own. Use clamps as in the tut of Mike or Scott.

yep, there was. Either a new or restored one. Less undercut, filled teeth, etc. "Sanitized", wider face plate. But I'll let the experts explain further

really a nice kit. Do you plan the original strapping system?

Make new plates?

Feliz Cumpleaños tambien!

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Black sticky stuff So, where do I find it in Europe?

Looking good, Tiff!

Congrats, Paul!

Yes, except "talcum free" baby powder

I forgot: weathered and dirty is for the guys in Mos Eisley. We have white, clean and shiney armor.

LOL! it really WAS your pair of hand guards! But back to topic... I think, for trooping and charity, we should stay rather uniform, shiney, and idealized. But go as screen accurate as possible with private gigs, conventions, etc.

You all know it was just a movie, right? Seriously, I think we have to distinguish between movie props/costumes and idealized characteres for the broad public. For us hard core fans, a Mr Flakey, a Mr No Stripes with lightening gels as lenses, a used armor with duct tape and painted chelsea boots brings us as close to tne real thing as possible. But for the average fan it has to be a shiny, white, perfect armor. This is what I thought when I was a child. I remember a few weeks ago when I showed proudly a perfectly weathered pair of hand guards to a friend, she just said: " That is quite a bad paint job. Better throw it away" Get my image?

What did you use to attach the lenses?

I just used humbrol the first time and it literally dried over night.

Thanks everybody! You know what? I thought it was ruined anyway, so I used the almighty Zippo lighter fluid - and it worked! So I can still paint over the weekend - all shops are already closed.

The humbrol enamel. Water made it even worse,

Thanks! I'll remember that when I buy a new brush.

I think I just ruined my brush. Acetone didn't work. What do I use? thanks, Karin

Looking good! But the the black on the nose should be tapered, not squared,

Too bad. My favorites are already taken: 5475 and 1701. Both are Star Trek related

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hey, welcome back!

Ich werde bald ein paar Helme bemalen. Dabei werde ich mich an das Tut von Keith halten. Wo bekomm ich t-cut her, um ihn zu polieren?