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Machorascal

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  1. I don't know how I'd survive without this site. Paypal sent. T
  2. That guy looks like he's wearing a wig. Also, is he dressed like Flash Gordon? What's with the ring around his shoulder? It totally looks like one guy they zoom in on slowly in documentaries...the one guy who does something bad...and then needs a documentary made about him. That poor dewback. Here's a bigger one...
  3. Yeah, it's weird to read those names we just recently learned, in text written so long ago. The evolution of the story is pretty astounding, too. It's literally exhausting to read.
  4. I don't know if any of you (or all of you) have already seen these pictures of some notable stormtroopers without their helmets on, but I thought I'd scan them for you just in case. They're from the huge new "Making of Star Wars" book. VERY nice buy if you don't already have it. Feel free to save and/or repost on the forum. TC
  5. Indeed. I threw Humbrol out there as a guess. Funny that I was right. Thanks for the info and for the links. I matched it up to the "Midnight Blue" and it's a the printer's right now.
  6. It's for an FX helmet. "Shocked" sounds a bit more dramatic than I meant it to. What I meant was, there seems to be a standard for everything, even though the consistency of the originals is, well, inconsistent. I thought by now there had surely become some "standard" for the tube stripes. I thought someone would post something like "even though nothing about the originals is consistent, most of us have settled on Humbrol blue#4," etc. I'm glad to know I can go ahead with the shade I chose and not expect any harsh critiques. The "for shame" comment was a joke, too...if I offended anyone, just being silly. Anthony, I'm glad you got your trim and you like it! Post some pics in that other thread! TC
  7. Nobody?! I can't believe it. I know that the originals where not exactly consistent, but with so many ultra-specific guidelines and accuracy concerns, I'm shocked that a color guide hasn't been established. FOR SHAME, TROOPS! (not really...I am still shocked though.) T
  8. I'm making my own blue vinyl tube stripes, and I want to get the color as accurate as possible. Can anyone supply me with an accurate digital color file (like a scan of a stripe) or a Pantone, Trumatch, or HKS color library #? I already have the stripes, I just want to tweak the color. Anyone? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Thanks! TC
  9. It it's an FX helmet, the faceplate and the rearplate should BOTH be on the outside of the dome, just like you originally tried it. The faceplate goes inside the dome on the more movie-accurate helmets. Dark Side Sith Lord is correct, but specifically for his helmet. His comments also mean that he has a nicer helmet than we do. T
  10. Here's a link to an image on gotarmor.net. It shows what the roughly taped-together helmet should look like, and it also shows the dimples. ----- Thought it might be helpful to see the dimples I was talking about. If you can't ever get replacement pieces, I think you could totally make it work. Your second sent of pictures dont look that bad. If there's only a gap OVER the ears, you could disguise that easily. I thought there would've been a bigger gap on the sides, but apparently, the ears cover it nicely. Good luck!
  11. Before I did anything else, I'd contact your armor supplier and tell them the issue you're having. The instructions mention the dimples as being where you attach the ears. If you tell your supplier that they supplied you with pieces that cannot be assembled as instructed, they may do an exchange for you. It's worth a shot. I'd be frustrated if I had to start with wrong pieces. For the money you spent, you shouldn't have to "make it work," you know? I agree with TK4205 about shimming over bringing the bottom in. But, I just built an FX helmet that had correctly trimmed face and back plate pieces, and I had a HECK of a time getting the "ears" right. Sanding, trimming, heating and bending. I can't fathom the headache you might have hiding the shims with the ears. I'd be worried that this first minor issue may start a chain reaction of modifications. T
  12. That's strange. The front and rear plates of my FX helmet absolutely butted up together on both sides. I actually put the front and back together with tape and then squeezed the top part in and everything stayed edge-to-edge. There should be a dimple on the front and back pieces where the screws will go. Are they there? It looks like they might've been trimmed off.
  13. huttman: Good question about the leftover helmet with no liner. I still haven't decided what to do with mine. The helmet WITH padding is a safety device, but without, some may say is dangerous if used as intended (EG: some kid wears it to a batting cage and takes one on the head...CLUNK!) I'll probably just throw it away. As for the hard hat liner vs. batting helmet discussion: I COULDN'T use the hard hat liner. I know I keep posting about the size of my head and I'm sure to sound like a giant, but it's a valid issue that comes into consideration when you're building one of these helmets. I chose the FX armor PURELY for the fact that it'd be the only one that would fit me. Anyway, installation of the hard hat liner was impossible for me, just based on it's design. I could put on my fully assembled FX helmet with no liner whatsoever and my eyes would line up with the eyeholes perfectly. So technically, I didn't really need a liner, EXCEPT, when I turned my head, it would turn inside the helmet and the helmet wouldn't move. You can imagine how ridiculous that would be. Imagine me (in armor) walking one direction, then turning around and the helmet not turning. Think The Three Stooges. Alright, it wasn't THAT bad, but I did need some sort of "grippage" to make the helmet stick to my head. By design, the hard hat liner isn't meant to be installed all the way up in the crown of the helmet. It's meant to sort of "fly" your head and suspend the helmet around you. For this to work for me, I would've had to install the hard hat liner as far into the top of the helmet as I could. BUT, not only was there not a feasible way to do this, but the liner (when adjusted to fit my head) was too big around to fit all the way in the top of the helmet! The one that came with my kit is the one with the ratcheting handle on the back. When adjusted to nearly 8 inches, it just wouldn't work. So, I decided to start looking around for some foam padding that could be velcroed onto the surface of the inside to just give the "grip" needed to hold it onto my head. I had to modify the foam a bit to accomodate my head. The padding from the batting helmet is made up of 4 layers...a plastic form to give it shape...then a very dense (but thin) rubbery foam...then a thick open-celled foam...then what can best be described as car headliner fabric. If you look the second picture in my previous post (and the previous posts with pics), you can see the layers and you can see the grey area where I cut out the headliner layer AND the thick foam layer so my head would go all the way in and so I could see out. I can imagine though, that anyone with a SMALL head (especially in this huge helmet) may have a difficult time with this padding as a replacement for the hardhat liner, IF the hard hat liner is working for you fine already. Not so much with the comfort, but DEPTH. Again, just my imagination, but you may find your head going "to far" into the helmet of an FX helmet if you have a relatively small head. Then you might have to put more foam behind the batting helmet padding. Basically the exact opposite of the problem I had with the hard hat liner.
  14. huttman: TK-4261 is right. It is the "youth" helmet. There's no way for an adult head to fit in the youth helmet...because the liner is taking up all the room. When I was at Sport Chalet, I thought the same thing and didn't even try to put it on. But I was convinced (from remembering the pics) that this was, in fact, the same helmet. There are a few different ones to choose from, but the design on this page seems to be the easiest to take out, and judging by the success stories, the best one to fit the stormtrooper helmet. Here's a picture of what the 29.99 youth helmet looks like: ----- and here's what my "backwards" installation looks like. Again, I'm a big guy, so I had to cut some of the side foam off in order to see through the eyes. I also used the little foam blocks (after hollowing them out) to cover the screws that poke through. -----
  15. I used the same helmet liner (from the batting helmet) for my FX helmet. I have a giant head (i'm 6'4") so I stripped some of the foam off to allow more room. also didn't like the way the foam felt against my forehead, so I installed in backwards, so the front is in the back, and vice versa. it's a lot for comfy, and doesn't look wrong. I'll post pics when I get home.
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