ukswrath[Staff] Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 Yea home Home Depot and Lowe's in my area don't have old school machine screw like this, Orchard supply should, if not, plan "B". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaps[TK] Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 I think Trooperbay.com has a helmet fastener kit...check it out, see if it's what your looking for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusken RTT Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 Be careful of those long screws with the smaller AP helmets, they can scratch your head when you screw on your kid! I had to drimmel a couple of mine down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoblessPunk[TK] Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 Yes, Mike at trooperbay does. http://trooperbay.com/stormtrooper-helmet-fastener-kit/ Thanks for this link! I just contacted him seeing if I could just buy the screws from him, since I don't need the whole kit Be careful of those long screws with the smaller AP helmets, they can scratch your head when you screw on your kid! I had to drimmel a couple of mine down. Thank you for the heads up! I plan on cutting down the screws once I get everything in place, and I might even put a rubber plug on the end just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoblessPunk[TK] Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Hey All, Sorry I haven’t posed much on my build, been busy, busy, busy. That said said, this is a HUGE progress update. PAINTING HELMET: I have to say, this was quite difficult. I applaud everyone that has painted their helmet, and even more so the “Founding Fathers†who did this without all the whitearmor.net information and painting templates created by TrooperBay! Enough talk, here’s some photos: FINAL* PAINTED HELMENT: *I still need to paint the black ranking stripe on the ears. ARMOR BUILDING: Each day I’ve been glueing one piece, day by day. Last night I glued the last part together! Yeah, I will probably go back and re glue some of these to make them fit better, and probably trim down the cover strips on some areas… but for now my main focus is to get it built then tweak later Here’s some photos of my progress: *Still need to cut the notches out of the kidney plate. This is for the inside of my helmet, it will cover the edges of the grill mesh. Painted to match. Using the rivet snap option to strap my armor together. This was just a test to figure out how it all works. Snap plates. More snap plates. And this is where I’m at now! Lastly, here’s a little candid shot my girlfriend took of me test fitting the parts I’ve glued. Note: In this photo I didn’t glue the sniper plate yet. And thats where I stand! I’m hoping to complete the hemet build really soon, and at the same time glue all the snap plates on and finish the strapping. Slowly but surely, its getting there, and I can start to see the light at the end of the tunnel… or is it all the E6000 glue I’ve been sniffing? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukswrath[Staff] Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Fantastic job Tim, looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoblessPunk[TK] Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Fantastic job Tim, looks great! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deetz1 Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Excellent work on the helmet paint up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfox2010[TK] Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Nice paintjob! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoblessPunk[TK] Posted April 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Excellent work on the helmet paint up! Nice paintjob! Thanks guys, Painting the helmet was much, much harder than I thought it would be. I'm quite proud of how it turned out, but trust me it was a lot of re-painting until I was satisfied with the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoblessPunk[TK] Posted April 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) Hey All, A short update, but a fun one I made a little progress on the actual armor, mostly making snap plates and gluing them, but here are some photos: What I’ve mainly been working on is building the helmet: *I still have to paint the ranking bar on my ears, but I first have to buy the correct bush. *Also, I’ll probably mess with the gap on my ears, but for now I’m liking it. Taking inspiration from what others did on these forums, I combined some ideas to make the inside of my helmet: Thats about it! Next update I should have my armor strapped together, can’t wait! Edited April 13, 2015 by joblesspunk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukswrath[Staff] Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Wow looking great Tim. Have you tried tightening the ear screws a bit more to see if it will take up some of the gap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The5thHorseman[TK] Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Very nice looking helmet. Honestly, i'm liking your ears like that, feels very accurate. However, i don't know if that kind of chin strap will be something viable once the arm armor parts and the gloves on. I find that snapping my chin strap is hard enough like that, i can't even imagine feeding the strap through two d-rings... And very good job with those side rivets, their positioning is spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoblessPunk[TK] Posted April 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Very nice looking helmet. Honestly, i'm liking your ears like that, feels very accurate. However, i don't know if that kind of chin strap will be something viable once the arm armor parts and the gloves on. I find that snapping my chin strap is hard enough like that, i can't even imagine feeding the strap through two d-rings... And very good job with those side rivets, their positioning is spot on. Thank you for the complements, and yeah I have the same feeling about the ears Also, I could totally see the chin strap being a pain once you've got the gloves on. I'm still playing with the idea, so the chin strap might be changing in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoblessPunk[TK] Posted April 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Wow looking great Tim. Have you tried tightening the ear screws a bit more to see if it will take up some of the gap? Thank you! Yeah, I'll play with it it a bit. It's kind of weird because I can tighten the screws down and it will bend the plastic but not close up the gaps. I think I would have to trim the ears a bit to make them sit a more flush... but thats for another day, as for now for now I'm feelin' it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somatophylax[501st] Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Another awesome AP tread to read and re-read while waiting for my AP brown box to arrive 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoblessPunk[TK] Posted May 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Hey All, Sorry for such a long time between updates, I went to London and France for 10 days and just got back last week :] I’ve been working mostly on strapping my armor together. Yesterday I went to my friends house and he helped me with thigh belt rigging. We created a quite ingenious rig, I’ll take some photos of it sometime and post it here. Anyways, enough talk, here’s some photos: *NOTE: I haven’t snapped my white belt yet, its just velcroed on right now for the photo. Thats about it, still have a handful of tasks to do, but pretty stoked to finally put the whole suit on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfox2010[TK] Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Looks great, almost at the finishline! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoblessPunk[TK] Posted May 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 (edited) Looks great, almost at the finishline! thank you Edited May 21, 2015 by JoblessPunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukswrath[Staff] Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Yea Tim, home stretch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusken RTT Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Awesome job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoblessPunk[TK] Posted May 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Yea Tim, home stretch! Yep, can't wait till its all done! Awesome job! Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SofusSnake Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 METAL GEAR!? It can't be..!(Also, great job! This will be a helpful reference when I eventually get my own AP kit, for sure!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoblessPunk[TK] Posted May 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 METAL GEAR!? It can't be..! (Also, great job! This will be a helpful reference when I eventually get my own AP kit, for sure!) Thank you and yep! These photos were taken at my friends house, he has a super sick collection of figures and other awesome stuff. That Metal Gear REX is the super legit version made by ThreeA not that long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoblessPunk[TK] Posted May 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 A quick update, I started working on my belt and painting the ab buttons. Here’s some photos: NOTE: I haven’t put the snaps on that my belt to my abdomen armor yet, I will be doing that tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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