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Oh man! I totally misinterpreted that. I read that as just make sure they are facing toward the front. Do you think I need to re-do them?

I have made a little progress. I added the stickers today. My kit, DDD, came with decals for the frown, traps, tears and back. Have a bit of work to do, but I do see a light at the end of the tunnel.. at least for the helmet. (And why yes, that is a kitchen strainer I am using to hold up the helmet. I added Flex Seal on the inside and am letting it dry out. I wanted to give it as much air as possible. So it's outside on my screened-in patio. ) Tip of the day: don't use a file to push the decals in on the frown. Have some paint touch-up to do now.

Appreciate the positive response. And that does make sense. I get the feeling there is the CRL definition, but then there are also the observations made by those judging the costumes. You are right it's challenging to try and make alterations on a finished helmet. I did try to move it back, but I would then have to reshape the edge of the bucket a bit. I may come back to it once I am complete with everything else. Thanks again!

That's awesome! Thanks!!! I appreciate you always jumping in!!! Sent from my SM-S918U using Tapatalk

Do you think this would be passable for level 1 or 3? Neither level indicate the angle or the placement. This is about where I can get the left ear without many alterations, which I feel will do more damage than good. Also, I think the ear should be almost to the bottom of the brow and the back rim. I can get this ear to about 1/8th of an inch. But any more would require a lot of alteration. My right ear is fine, I believe. Comparing to screen-used helmets, I think mine would fall into the "acceptable" category. I am not trying to be lazy, but I am trying not to over think it either.

@gmrhodes13 thanks for this! I may have missed it. I have been trying to copy the links of the really informative posts to my knowledge management system so I can try to keep track of them and make it a little less overwhelming. lol 0 I will review your thread. My ears do have the step in them. However, because of that they are not perfectly centered per level 3 requirements. I may just come back to them later. I always appreciate your input!

Can I get some opinions? I am leaning to not doing any trimming of my ears since they both lay pretty much like this. It would be nice if they were flush. But I am honestly feeling pretty lucky they are where they are. I have seen many reference images where the gaps are worse.

@MaskedVengeance dang! That's an amazing PDF! I am going to go through it as well. I see you are in Georgia! I just moved from Duluth last year. Now in Kansas City, KS. Regarding the TD, thanks for the information! I will post pics of mine soon. I think they are now passable. PS - LOVE the magnet sachets (creation thread)! Yep, going to steal that idea as well!

That's guys! I am having enough anxiety with this build! LOL -

UGH. TIP #3 - make sure I double check everything against the CRL. Thanks for calling that out. Back to the drawing board! Thank you!

ANH Stunt Brow Trim The CRL doesn't specifially call it out but I am sure ideally the brow trim should be in alignment with the edge of the trap. However, even in these images on half of them it doesn't align. How big of an issue is if it doesn't align perfectly? Of course, I cut brow trim too short and mine is about 1/8 of an inch on both sides from aligning.

Helmet I am going to work on my helmet today. I did glue it yesterday and started on the teeth. Tip #1: Make SURE you are using RARE earth magnets. I thought I purchased rare earth but I didn't. I ended up having to run to Home Depot and get some. Tip #2: Someone mentioned putting blue painters tape on the bottom to not scratch the plastic. I added the handles on the end. For me this allowed me to quickly remove the magnets as they are strong! I also added a few more magnets after this picture, then added two clips.

I am documenting all my tips but Tip #1 - Sand before gluing. I didn't not think about that before I glued the face to my bucket of my helmet. And I completely forgot on my TD. Tip #2 - Don't use Sharpie on the plastic, it smears then you have a smeared messed. Ask me how I know. Thermal Detonator The first check I get to make is on my TD. Not much to report here. Just made sure I followed the process that was called out in "My Bible" as I mentioned in the post above. I need to glue on the end caps. One note: the face is actually centered on the clips. The picture makes it look like it is not aligned, but after seeing this picture I ran down to my build lab to double check in a panic. Phew....

This is really important, especially for all new people overwhelmed by all this, like me. I love White Armor, but in the close to the 20 years of it being around it has amassed so much that it's completely overwhelming and hard to figure out where to start. Even with all the "where to start posts." For me, I came across two resources that have now become invaluable and are the only two resources I am following. One is this post for TK ANH Stunt build outs by @MaskedVengeance a complete one stop shop. The other was a PDF created by @MaskedVengeance based on the build post from @A.J. Hamler. For me this is end to end build documentation. Or at least a framework. I don't know if I will stick to everything and every tip. But for now I am following it. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kXZnv64H9fERK9rwoCWrDxKVy_71ovbU/view?usp=sharing Now on to the show.....

@A.J. Hamler @MaskedVengeance holy smokes! I just came across your Build PDF. To say I am impressed is an understatement. To say I am blown away is more on track. From one old dude, to another, I love you man. You just made my life 1000% easier. THIS is by far the best build documentation I have seen yet. I am just starting my build and was super overwhelmed by the wealth of information on this forum. You are answering all the questions I had in your document. I can't thank you enough for your time and effort you put into this. This should be required reading for every new AM builder! Your document and this thread have are exactly what I needed. Thank you again!

Thanks, man, I am pretty happy. A little overwhelmed. But you eat an apple one bite at a time! I see you are in Carleton Place. I was just down the road from you a couple of weeks ago near Peterborough heading to Stony Lake.

Build lesson one. Make sure you know the difference between Stunt and Hero TK armor. In comparison, it would have been an easy fix. The CLR said six teeth were cut out, a DDD video said 8. I double checked and I was looking at the wrong CLR because I didn't know the difference.

Ah good! I think Dave mentioned it was kind of like wearing a motorcycle helmet. I had thought that if I was carrying around a blaster and some Karen called the police because some guy was walking around with a gun, I didn't want any chance of not hearing the police correctly. But I am relieved you said that.

Appreciate it! I am sure I will be asking a lot of questions!

Oh man, I just re-read that. Yeah... anxiety level just hit a new level. Thanks.

It looks like Tony is sold out on Etsy. Does anyone know another location to purchase? Or another vendor to get one? Thanks all!

I am beyond thrilled at the quality of Dave's Darkside Depot product and how it was packed. Inventory time! The only thing I didn't realize I should get, and it wasn't until I watched a video with Dave on YouTube, was the hearing assist. Time to track that down.

I am sure the poor FedEx was like, "What is this crazy guy doing? Did he just squeal?"

Ah! Thanks! I was just searching for this meaning to be clear before I do anything! Thanks!