valo Posted June 8, 2014 Report Posted June 8, 2014 I had an extremely happy event about a week ago...A very large brown box arrived at my house filled with lots of goodies!! My troopermaster 1.5 ABS ANH stormtrooper kit was here! I chose to go with a stunt helmet for this build and also original strapping! I also got a leather holster and canvas belt. This is what my living room floor looked like later that evening! I spent a good few hours that evening just simply loving looking at each piece! I had spent quite some time looking into which kit to go for and I am so happy I chose to go with Troopermaster! Paul has been so nice and helpful every step of the way too. I know I'm going to be bombarding him with questions all through my build! After a week of more research into builds including looking very closely at Paul's own build thread here on FISD http://www.whitearmo...h-hero-buildtm/ I decided to take the plunge tonight and get cracking! I'm really excited to get building and get out there Trooping! I'm going to post my build here and also on the UK Garrison forum. All comments, suggestions, critiques and opinions about how I'm doing with this build will be very much apreciated. I really want to get this right and get myself approved and out trooping So after deliberating long and hard about where to start, I decided to go with my helmet! But first thing I did tonight though, was to go through the original strapping kit I got from Troopermaster and sort it into box to keep it all safe and easy to see. I'm pretty confident about most of the strapping system, but I will most likely be asking questions about that as I go along with the build! Now onto the lovely stunt helmet I got with my kit! I spent my evening very carefully trimming the faceplate and back of the helmet, marking and trimming the eyes. I'm pretty happy with the eyes, they may need a little more sanding perhaps but they are good for mow. I've marked out the teeth. Not got round to trimming those yet. Then I had a little test fit using magnets to hold everything together to get an idea of where i will be drilling to put in the rivets. Thats as far as I'm going for this evening. On to trimming and fitting the ears tomorrow! Quote
valo Posted June 8, 2014 Author Report Posted June 8, 2014 Another thing I have made a start with recently are some latex hand guards. I wanted to make these myself. I found a wonderful tutorial and templates by Karin, Queen of Handguards here on the FISD. She is wonderfully generous with her information. Using her templates and tutorial, I made some forms out of layered ABS plastic and used these to make a plaster mould. I decided to mix my latex with white acrylic paint and poured it in the mould. 1 Quote
Dark CMF[Staff] Posted June 8, 2014 Report Posted June 8, 2014 Very cool looking projects, Anthony!! That TM kit is beautiful, too... Can't wait to see your progress. Quote
valo Posted June 8, 2014 Author Report Posted June 8, 2014 Very cool looking projects, Anthony!! That TM kit is beautiful, too... Can't wait to see your progress. Thanks Tim. It is indeed a beautiful kit! I'm so excited about this build Quote
valo Posted June 8, 2014 Author Report Posted June 8, 2014 (edited) I have just realised that I might have put this thread in the wrong place? My apologies. I'm going to start the thread again in the correct place - ANH Build Threads http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/27529-wip-my-first-build-15-abs-tm-armour-build-with-original-strapping/ Edited June 8, 2014 by valo Quote
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