StarTrooper’s ATA ANH Stunt Build (Aiming for Centurion)

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Coming along nicely. You will be amazed the amount of extra vision you have trimming the insides of the eyes.

 

A couple of references

 

 

 

[StarTrooper[TK]]

On 9/14/2019 at 1:03 PM, gmrhodes13 said:

Coming along nicely. You will be amazed the amount of extra vision you have trimming the insides of the eyes.

 

A couple of references

 

 

 

Thanks Glen for these pictures, I need to fix the eyes of my helmet a smidge.

[StarTrooper[TK]]

Hey everyone!

I have been hard at work on my bucket, so prepare for a pretty lengthy update.

First, I assembled the helmet using the screws supplied with the ATA helmet kit.

Then I ran out to the store, and purchased Testors 1138 Gray, which was the color mentioned on the paint diagram.

(1138...coincidence?)

 

Then I also purchased this mineral spirits for removing the excess paint. It works very well and I highly recommend it.

So I started painting on the frown as well as the traps.

I think it turned out quite well, just a few touch ups needed.

Question: the brow is very straight until it starts to angle down on this side. Should I trim it off? Although I am worried that it might not line up right with that back ridge.

And that is pretty much it.

 

Until next time

 

P.S. Three pages YAY!

 

[StarTrooper[TK]]

Hey everyone!

Here's a quick update.

First, here is the helmet almost completed

I've done a ton of work on the ears.

They're sitting pretty flush, but they still need a bit of work done, especially at the bottoms.

Also, for this ear, should it be scooted forward a little bit? Or is it okay as it is?

And about my question about the brow earlier, it ended up being pretty much fixed by the screws in the ears.

 

Now for a list of things remaining to do, as I am now just putting on the little details:

 

Finish trimming and paint ab buttons.

Finish shoulder straps

Work a bit more on the sniper knee and thigh ammo

Assemble belt

Get rubber gloves for latex hand guards

 

And that is pretty much it.

 

Until next time

 

 

 

[TheSwede[TK]]

10 hours ago, StarTrooper said:

Also, for this ear, should it be scooted forward a little bit? Or is it okay as it is?

Hi Jayke, the ear is fine

I would like to Echo Q and suggest you trim the corners of the eyes more and also see if you can tighten the screws on the ear to close the gap

[StarTrooper[TK]]

Hey Daniel, sorry this reply is late, my computer that I normally use has stopped working.

Anyway, thank you for the advice, I used a screwdriver on the ears and that helped suck the ear in a bunch, so now it looks so much better!

I also got around to opening up the eyes, although I might go a tiny bit farther in the future.

[TheSwede[TK]]

58 minutes ago, StarTrooper said:

ear in a bunch, so now it looks so much better!

Ear looks perfect

59 minutes ago, StarTrooper said:

although I might go a tiny bit farther in the future.

Not to be nagging but you really should

[StarTrooper[TK]]

Hey everyone!

It has been a little while, but progress has been made.

First off, sniper knee is completed.

Next, I will show a small belt tutorial, as I have almost completed it, I just need to finish trimming the screw covers.

 

First, mark and drill the holes on the plastic belt. Make sure these holes are centered.

After that, center the plastic belt on the canvas belt.

Make sure you align the corners of the plastic belt to the canvas belt.

Next, mark the holes with a pencil.

Then, punch the holes with a hole punch.

Insert the screws with this side facing out, so that you can take the plastic belt off the canvas belt if need be.

Screw in, and then this part is done.

Next, cut the elastic for the drop boxes. Leave a little extra as you can always cut it off.

Align the two ends, and use a hole punch.

Then, for this build, I am using Chicago screws for the drop boxes as well.

What I did, was sandwich the inner drop box with the two elastic ends.

After that, put the outer box on over the inner box.

And, done! All that's left is to put the covers on.

 

Here is the mannequin, looking very cool.

 

 

And that is pretty much it.

 

Until next time

[TKSpartan[Staff]]

Looks good, keep on doing a great work mate!!  

Edited September 30, 2019 by TKSpartan
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[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Coming along nicely, for L3 you want your drop boxes to align with the end of the plastic belt section, a few dabs of E6000 can help hold them in place  

[StarTrooper[TK]]

7 hours ago, TKSpartan said:

Looks good, keep on doing a great work mate!!  

Thank you!

30 minutes ago, gmrhodes13 said:

Coming along nicely, for L3 you want your drop boxes to align with the end of the plastic belt section, a few dabs of E6000 can help hold them in place  

Thanks, I will make sure to do that soon.

[StarTrooper[TK]]

Hey everyone!

I apologize for the long break, I fractured my collarbone and life got insanely busy for a couple weeks, but now I am back for another update.

First off, my black Testors 1139 arrived, and I was able to paint the black details like the vocoder and the Hovi mic tips, as well as the black outlines around the gray.

I'm quite happy with my paint job, but it could still use a little touch up.

I also applied the S-trim, although there are a couple wrinkles in it. (Also you can see some blue tape in there holding the lenses in. Still figuring out a way to permanently attach them)

Next, neck seal from Darman's Props arrived (thanks Justin for the link!).

It is very comfy and looks great!

Also, near my house there is a fair, and since I consider my armor "Halloween-Ready", I decided I'd take the armor for a quick test drive. (My brother came with me as Kylo Ren. Future 501st member? We shall see...)

It was a huge hit, and I had 35-40 people ask to take pictures with me, and I was only there for about 40 minutes! I enjoyed most seeing the other people's reactions.

I do need better gloves as I am using cheap costume gloves, but I will order those soon, probably Nomex flight gloves on Amazon.

 

And that is pretty much it.

 

Until next time

 

Edited October 21, 2019 by StarTrooper

[StarTrooper[TK]]

Hey everyone!

My goodness its been a long time, and unfortunately not as much progress as I would have hoped has happened.

But little progress is still better than no progress, so lets get to it!

First off, Nomex flight gloves for trooping arrived, and boy are they comfy.

I also applied tube stripe stickers, which I will be switching out for hand painted ones soon. I realize how it looks so much better with the tube stripes.

Also, about a month ago I went on a troop to a trunk or treat.

Again super fun, but now I realize I have a glaring issue, and that is with the chestplate.

It drops down way to low, but I have just installed the crotch rivet so I hope that it will pull the back down and the chest up.

Also here a nice shot that I took of my helmet.

And that is pretty much it, shoulder straps and belt buttons are next.

 

Until next time

 

 

[StarTrooper[TK]]

Hey everyone!

Been meaning to write this for a long time, so here we go!

 

Ab Buttons

 

Simple enough, trim them down to the size of the rectangles on the ab plate, and glue them down!

Still need to get some blue paint to finish this off, but it's basically done!

 

Belt Buttons

 

For these, I trimmed them to size, and then stuck them down with Velcro for easier maintenance.

Done as well, these really complete the look!

 

Shoulder Bridges

 

I trimmed them down so that there is about half a centimeter on each side, and glued them down.

Glued so that there are four bars on the chest plate.

 

Thigh Ammo Pack

 

For this, I traced the edge of a cup to get the curve, and secured it with cap rivets. I had to get creative to attach it, as I don't have a crimp, so I used a hole punch and pressed the two sides together. Still need to paint them, but it looks pretty good.

 

Full Suit Up

 

Decided after doing the changes, to suit up and take some pictures.

Loving how it looks, but I do have an issue.

The shoulder bell on the left sits much farther from my body compared to the right, and I believe it is because one of the loops of the sew in snap gave out so I will try to repair that.

 

That's it for this update.

Until next time

 

 

[MaskedVengeance[Staff]]

I was actually just checking our your thread earlier today before your update and was wondering what your recent progress had been! I just received my ATA armor and will be making my first cuts soon.

Your probably already had plans to do this, but be sure to scuff up the cap rivets on your knee with sandpaper to give the paint some texture to hold to.

Keep up the great work!


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[StarTrooper[TK]]

1 hour ago, MaskedVengeance said:

I was actually just checking our your thread earlier today before your update and was wondering what your recent progress had been! I just received my ATA armor and will be making my first cuts soon.

Your probably already had plans to do this, but be sure to scuff up the cap rivets on your knee with sandpaper to give the paint some texture to hold to.

Keep up the great work!


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Thanks Caleb, good luck with your build, I’m happy to help if you have any questions or concerns with your build

[chiefbonan]

good job so far! 

[StarTrooper[TK]]

2 hours ago, chiefbonan said:

good job so far! 

Thanks

[StarTrooper[TK]]

Hello!

It has been just over 6 years since I last posted. I started this build when I was too young to join the Legion, and I ended up being happy just wearing this armor (amongst other costumes) just for myself, and didn't feel the need to join a group. Now in my early twenties, I feel the need for that community and to do more good with this armor than ever I did before. I have since moved back to Canada where I'm from, and I'll be joining up with the Badlands Garrison, I am just awaiting approval. I started to feel the unfinished business of not accomplishing my goal of joining the 501st, and I'm really glad to be remedying that. Here are a few of my approval photos.

 

 

Edited March 11 by StarTrooper

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Good luck with approval, hope to see you approved very soon. Once you receive approval you can request higher TK access here 

 

 

Also with adding photos you need to use the link with the file extension ie: .jpp, .gif, .png, how to thread here

 

Good luck

[StarTrooper[TK]]

Thanks Glen! It's been so long since I've posted here that I forgot how to post links lol

 

I will definitely do that once approved, thanks!

 

 

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

17 minutes ago, StarTrooper said:

Thanks Glen! It's been so long since I've posted here that I forgot how to post links lol

 

I will definitely do that once approved, thanks!

 

 

Just a couple of things you could address. 

 

Helmet appears to be sitting high, you may want to see if you can adjust the padding, or tilt the helmet back so there is not as much black showing.

Looks like your shoulder straps are not under your elastic straps in the rear photo, they should also be centered to teh backplate.

Also shins are not quite closed

 

Brow trim is on an angle

 

You may notice your posterior is sticking out, I came up with a V tab system which reduces this, may be worth a try.

 

 

 

With a heat gun or oven you bend strips of ABS plastic into the shape of a V, only glue one side and the other remains free to allow movement when you bend. Just helps stop the butt plate from pushing back from the back plate.

 

 

 

[Doggydoc[Staff]]

Welcome back Jayke. Good luck on your approval 

[Tall_Trooper[Staff]]

Good luck 

[StarTrooper[TK]]

Thanks for the support y'all!

I fixed the brow on the helmet as well as the shin issue, I had some padding in the shins to keep them from rotating which caused them to be too snug that the one side in particular couldn't fully close. Go figure. I'll definitely try those tabs as well on the butt plate too as well as try and align those shoulder straps, while I patiently wait for my GML to respond!