Smitty's TE2 Helmet

[Smitty]

Something has been bugging me about this helmet ever since I finished it but I couldnt put my finger on it. It was the tube stripes. They we're too big. I remember Scott sending me a message saying he thought they might be too big, but they looked fine to me at the time. So in prep for my troop tomorrow I removed the tube stripes and Novus'd the whole helmet. Here is a pic of how it looks right now. I'm off to look at pics to make sure I do it right and put on some of Scott's most excellent blue stripes of the correct size. If anybody needs some black ones for TX I have several, free to a good home.

 

[Smitty]

TA-DAaaaahh!

 

 

comparison photo

 

[Ghost]

Looks better Smitty!!

[riveting]

I like it

[Guest TK-2416]

That bucket is looking perfect!!

[nice-biscuit]

Nice looking helmet

[Smitty]

Trooped it to clone wars today. Took time out between shows to siege the town square and hit a local pub.

 

[ThayNerd[TK]]

Looks great Chris! That pic is pretty awesome as well.

[Amish Trooper]

The pic is awesome. Makes me think of an album cover..lol

[MandalorianWarrior87]

Great picture! Great armour aswell

[Smitty]

It was definitely my favorite pic of the day.

[riveting]

Those are some great looking outfit's, very

[Smitty]

Here's another good group pic from yesterday. A good mix of the GA and AL garrison!

 

[VacTrooper]

that's WAY cool. i love helmet/armor build threads. just love them to little tiny plastic pieces...

 

BTW, is it a preference thing to fill/smooth the bumps on the bumpy cap? or is that the cool thing to do? LOL

 

i know the filling of the gaps on the ears is a preference thing, but i don't know about the bumpy cap thing... if it were up to me (which it's not... ), i would keep all the bumps and gaps.

 

so was it a preference thing, smitty?

[Smitty]

that's WAY cool. i love helmet/armor build threads. just love them to little tiny plastic pieces...

 

BTW, is it a preference thing to fill/smooth the bumps on the bumpy cap? or is that the cool thing to do? LOL

 

i know the filling of the gaps on the ears is a preference thing, but i don't know about the bumpy cap thing... if it were up to me (which it's not... ), i would keep all the bumps and gaps.

 

so was it a preference thing, smitty?

 

Sorry it took so long to respond to this but I have been in a 4 day weekend of debauchery in Atlanta. I prefer the bumpy cap over a smoothe one. As a matter of fact, when I bondo'd the forehead chips I did a shallow fill so that even tho its glossy you can still identify the chips if you are looking for them.

[HPDblues[TK]]

Yes, I can attest to the fact that Smitty was at DragonCon all this time...

 

Seems that I received a cellular phone message AND a photo of a trooper (sans his TE2 bucket) partaking of a cool beverage. It appears that a fellow Pacific Outpost member also at DC deemed it appropriate to give his amigo a call and share the fun.

 

Hope you had a grand time bro!

 

Aloha,

 

T

[Smitty]

Mucho thanks to the garrisonmate that made that 501st Mixer shout out possible!

 

The TE2 without a doubt was one of the best looking buckets at the Con. Only one rivaled it and it was an AP hero helmet. I snagged the guy as he was going into the Hilton and dissected his armor with a 360 degree inspection. The guy was maybe 2 steps away from an Elite and was not a member of the FISD, I was astounded. Great work unnamed trooper!

 

About that soldier you saw without his Imperial TE2 bucket:

I wore my beret to the Mixer so I didnt have to drink beer thru a straw.

 

[HPDblues[TK]]

Ahhh, Corona Extra, la cerveza fina!

 

T