Smitty Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Finally my TK display is finished. The costume itself has been complete for well over a year but I finally found a good looking mannequin to put it on via ebay. Details of the display are as follows: Helmet TE2 #32 Painted with Rustoleum High Performance Enamel Gloss White Hand painted frown and ear ranks with decals for the tube stripes and traps Not sure of the decals maker but the tube stripes are from Scott M. Hovi PA2 Mix Mic tips by Keith Body Armor Follano ANH ABS plastic Vader Dave's Ab Plate buttons TE2 shoulder straps painted with Rustoleum AP drop boxes Blaster CS1 E-11 My first custom built PVC pipe blaster with fully functional folding stock. It was originally sold on Ebay and later put back up for sale by the buyer. It was then purchased by my friend Jeremy from the Georgia garrison. When he received it it was in pretty rough shape. He sent it back to me for a complete refurbish. Additionally I upgraded the locking mechanism on the stock to match the later CS blasters from that run. It still belongs to Jeremy but resides with me. The only resin piece on the blaster is the Hengstler Counter I got from Dan at the now defunct Galactic Armory. Soft Parts Under armor is black 2 piece cotton spandex with built in zippered neckseal Canvas belt made by GundamZeppelin Faux Leather holster made by Bernard TK-8280 Boots are CAboots size 10.5 Gloves are Nomex flight gloves Mannequin Used 6 ft Male freestanding Egghead from ebay vendor easybuy2all who has a very nice selection of used mannequins at great prices. It took me approximately an hour and a half to get the mannequin suited up and I had to resize the armor to fit the mannequin and also remove some of the interior padding. Which means I can no longer wear the armor without redoing alot of work. But don't worry I'll get started on a new 501st costume soon. And don't worry I'm never leaving the TK community. I didn't clean up any of the armor as I feel that the dirt and scuffs only add to the display. I've done many troops in this armor and love it dearly. Thanks FISD for making a dream come true. Ok so now for the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runewolf[TK] Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Damn fine display! You had to remove some padding to make it fit the mannequin!? @#$#$ skinny troopers lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBlackk Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Looks awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted March 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Damn fine display! You had to remove some padding to make it fit the mannequin!? @#$#$ skinny troopers lol. In my defense the mannequin is about 4 inches taller than me so proportionally the arms were bigger. But yeah I am a skinny trooper. The padding I removed was in the forearms and biceps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeR Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Awesome buddy, I would love to do a display one day. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Finger Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Great display man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPDblues[TK] Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Cheehoo! Nice looking trooper there. T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper Zero Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 Holy crap how tall are you? your suit is bigger than the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted June 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 I'm 5'10" Then the boots add an inch and the helmet adds a few more. But the Mannequin its self is about 6'2", then add the boots and helmet and its 6'5" or so. It dwarfs me when I stand next to it. I have it positioned so that its got the "at the ready" look staring down anyone that enters my front door. Its always amusing to see the reaction of a first time visitor to my house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObiHahn[TK] Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Great display, Smitty. That seems to be a very cool mannequin! Is the colour difference as noticeable in person as it is in the pics? Helmet/shoulder straps vs armor I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskunky Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Looks great bro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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