tattooedblue Posted June 3, 2013 Report Posted June 3, 2013 Hello. I joined the site earlier this month after almost purchasing ebay stormtrooper armor. Luckily I found this site and found out that it was garbage before I purchased it. After doing a lot of research here I purchased an ATA helmet and put myself on the waiting list for the rest of the armor. Sat morning a brown box arrived, and I proceeded to rip it apart and start right in on building it. Last night I finished the build. (Still have to add the S-Gasket to the bottom) Well, the outside anyway, now I need to pad the inside. Everything was hand painted (didn't want to wait for decals) I could not find anything on line thickness/brush width, line count, etc on the 501st site.. It appears my black might be a bit thick, but it does look good in person, and I do have 11 blue lines per side. Is there anything I need to address so far with this helmet? (looking for 501 acceptance when I get and finish the armor) Anyway, here are a few photos (can't see, but I do have one rank stripe per side on the ears) Quote
captsafe66[Admin] Posted June 3, 2013 Report Posted June 3, 2013 Looks Great, good job Trooper!! Quote
Minuteman Posted June 3, 2013 Report Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) Very well done! Yes, your black lines look a bit thick, but nothing to worry about too much. Good luck on the rest of your build! Edited June 3, 2013 by Minuteman Quote
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted June 3, 2013 Report Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) Looking pretty good, as mentioned your black lines look a little large but I am more concerned about your tube stripes, did you use a stencil?, they look quite large and too few stripes. You did a nice job on those ears, well done. Edited June 3, 2013 by gmrhodes13 Quote
tattooedblue Posted June 3, 2013 Author Report Posted June 3, 2013 Looking pretty good, as mentioned your black lines look a little large but I am more concerned about your tube stripes, did you use a stencil?, they look quite large and too few stripes. You did a nice job on those ears, well done. Hummm.. I used the templates from Pandabear, and made them 13/16" tall like instructed here http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/14867-tube-stripe-masking-templates/ but the spacing does look a little off compared to that photo Quote
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted June 3, 2013 Report Posted June 3, 2013 Here is a side shot of Dave M decals on my lid Quote
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