Minuteman Posted June 18, 2013 Report Posted June 18, 2013 Hey fellow troopers! After my last ATA helmet build I could not resist to get a new project rolling. It will be a CAP helmet from Scott´s recent run. And after I now know how to build the helmet together I want it to look like a real screen-used one, with the original HDPE-colour showing through and the signs of usage. Already bought the right color-spray: RAL 7034 for the HDPE-khaki-green and RAL 9016 for the white. I´m really impressed by the helmet kit. The pull is detailed, especially the ears are CRISP and the rest of the material like brow and neck trim, mictips, screws and nuts and the lens material are high quality. Can´t stress enough how I like this kit So without further delay - here it is: Updates as soon as time allows Quote
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted June 18, 2013 Report Posted June 18, 2013 I've got the popcorn and the deck chair ready, dam no beer Quote
Minuteman Posted June 18, 2013 Author Report Posted June 18, 2013 I've got the popcorn and the deck chair ready, dam no beer Beer enough in Germany Quote
Rezablad3[TK] Posted June 19, 2013 Report Posted June 19, 2013 Looking forward to this build man, ive built about 6 of Scott's helmets...there're very fun to work with. Quote
Minuteman Posted June 20, 2013 Author Report Posted June 20, 2013 A little progress today. Test fit after trimming the eyes and teeth: Drilled holes for face and cap´n´back connection: Ears will come tomorrow... Quote
Minuteman Posted June 30, 2013 Author Report Posted June 30, 2013 No updates for a week, college kept me busy. And also no pictures from the ear fitting - simply forgot to take them. So what I did was: Cleaned and sanded the helmet And then apllied the khaki-color over the primer This week I will challenge the outside Quote
Minuteman Posted July 2, 2013 Author Report Posted July 2, 2013 Now the HIPS helmet is transformed completely into a HDPE one: Next is placing the latex for the chipping effect Quote
Sonnenschein Posted July 2, 2013 Report Posted July 2, 2013 Beer enough in Germany You call that BEER?!?!?!? Nice build! This makes me want to finish my chipper.... Quote
Minuteman Posted July 2, 2013 Author Report Posted July 2, 2013 You call that BEER?!?!?!? Nice build! This makes me want to finish my chipper.... Thank you Karin! What we have here, we call "Pils" which is real beer, brewed according to the german purity order of 1516 Only water, barley and hops Not your austrian "Spezialbier/Vollbier" where nobody knows what it contains rice starch and so on Quote
Sonnenschein Posted July 2, 2013 Report Posted July 2, 2013 LOL! We also follow the same purity order. No rice starch Quote
Minuteman Posted July 2, 2013 Author Report Posted July 2, 2013 What did I drank then when I was in Schruns this year? I´m certain it was a beer with rice starch in it..... doesn´t matter In fact I like all good tasting beers, no matter where they are from .... some Stiegel, Ottakringer, Zipfer or Trumer do the job as well Quote
Sonnenschein Posted July 2, 2013 Report Posted July 2, 2013 I'll have to ask my friend, the nutrionist But you're right. BTW: Do you know a source for the Ral 7034, besides ebay? Do you plan on adding some red primer over spray on the inside? Quote
Minuteman Posted July 2, 2013 Author Report Posted July 2, 2013 BTW: Do you know a source for the Ral 7034, besides ebay? Do you plan on adding some red primer over spray on the inside? I got mine from ebay, but you could go to your local automotive store ( AutoTeileUnger e.g. here in Germany) and let them mix RAL 7034 if they don´t have it ready. Probably not the cheapest way. I paid for 400 ml on ebay about 9,50€. And with the red primer...... I was simply to stingy to buy a can of red color for only one microgramm that I need. So I will just hit the inside with a little bit of white color, but the red dust will be missing. Both was present at the originals, so that will not be the apocalypse Quote
Minuteman Posted July 4, 2013 Author Report Posted July 4, 2013 Today: White paint and chipping I used simple latex milk to cover the areas I wanted to keep khaki - so no need for expensive special color stop stuff. Here is todays result: (The first one who finds out which helmet is recreated with the chipping will be rewarded with a beer at CEII ) Quote
Minuteman Posted July 12, 2013 Author Report Posted July 12, 2013 (The first one who finds out which helmet is recreated with the chipping will be rewarded with a beer at CEII ) Nobody found out which helmet I tried to recreate ? That´s pretty weak guys, come on, you know it better Quick update shot: Quote
troopermaster Posted July 12, 2013 Report Posted July 12, 2013 I thought I would let someone else guess it but if no one's playing..... Quote
Minuteman Posted July 12, 2013 Author Report Posted July 12, 2013 100 points and one german "Stauder" Pils go to the man from the island Yes it is the Dave M helmet and I wanted to point at this exact picture comparison: Especially this chipping is (in my opinion) nearly a 1:1 copy of the original *imaginary clap on my own shoulder* Paul, will I meet you at CEII? I will be there all 3 days and also at the legion dinner, so if you like we can have a drink together. Cheers Quote
Minuteman Posted July 13, 2013 Author Report Posted July 13, 2013 If you look at this picture, you migth think that I´m finished: But reality plays its tricks and you end up having these 2 unwanted chippings: So I will need to paint those unwanted chips with RAL 7034...... could be a diffuclt task, but let´s see. Quote
Tolo[TK] Posted July 13, 2013 Report Posted July 13, 2013 Love it! Sent from my iPhone 5 using Tapatalk Quote
DarthChridan[TK] Posted July 15, 2013 Report Posted July 15, 2013 ...and where's the paint runs, eh?!?!? ...tstststs Quote
Minuteman Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Posted July 15, 2013 Daniel, in fact i simply followed your tutorial on the GG forums http://501st.de/articles.php?article_id=2 no paint runs there Yeah, but in fact I was scarred of overdoing it with my not existing spray-painting skills, so that I stopped when everything was white Quote
LeMaxim[TK] Posted July 17, 2013 Report Posted July 17, 2013 It's interesting how things evolve... As I started my journey to TK-hood I wanted everything perfect, seamless, and sparkling white, but as my research went on and finally getting started on my own kit I now really appreciate the bruised and bumped the quick and dirty. It's funny how things evolve. Really love your work here. Quote
Minuteman Posted July 17, 2013 Author Report Posted July 17, 2013 Thank you! Yeah I felt exactly like you. In the beginning you want to be a white shiny new stormtrooper and when you move on you want to become a battle-hardened veteran with all the accurate flaws. Gonna do that with my next armor :-) Quote
DarthChridan[TK] Posted July 17, 2013 Report Posted July 17, 2013 Daniel, in fact i simply followed your tutorial on the GG forums http://501st.de/articles.php?article_id=2 no paint runs there Yeah, but in fact I was scarred of overdoing it with my not existing spray-painting skills, so that I stopped when everything was white Lol...you'll laughing...there's definitely paint runs, but I have for the moment no good pics to show you.... Your build is really good so far and I'm happy, that you find my tutorial helpfully Quote
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