Hand Made First Order TK

[mitcheg1[501st]]

Late night addition!

[BenjaminTheTK]

That there is a thing of beauty. Great job on the armor sir.<br>

[deadvision]

How was your experience with the rustoleum cans?

 

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[mitcheg1[501st]]

How was your experience with the rustoleum cans?

 

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I had no issues with the Rustoleum and was pretty pleased with how glossy it turned out.

[mitcheg1[501st]]

Tote for my TK/FN! Thanks Artshot and JeepFrog for the nameplate!

[fireandmewzik]

That is epic!

[Nektarrr]

Progress update:

I think that's it for the Master Mold! Now to let it cure and fiberglass mother mold tomorrow!

 

 

First of all let me start by saying I really love the bucket + armor you made / gathered, looks amazing!

May I also bother you with a little question (I'm working on a bucket also, and really love what you did with the casting): what silicone did you use to create that inner mould (Is it silicone?), is it brushed on, or poured on?

 

Thx in advance,

 

Nektarrr

[mitcheg1[501st]]

I used Smooth-on's Rebound 25 Platinum Cure brush-on Silicon. I have a love/hate relationship with it. I got really luck with my first mold, but I am planning on trying out a matrix mold technique next time.

[mitcheg1[501st]]

Now that I've finished my armor, finally getting around to upgrading my helmet's kill stripes. Made a mold of the 3D printed pieces and cast them in Smooth-Cast 305. Then cut out the old stripes!

 

Glued in the new ones and sand to smooth! I think it looks pretty good!

[opentheblastdoors]

Looks good bud. Will these updated kill stripes be made available? And how did you go about cutting and gluing in the new stripes?

[mitcheg1[501st]]

It's official! TK-33724 is officially approved!

 

So excited! It was a long journey that started shortly after Celebration.

[Trogdor[TK]]

Congrats!

[mitcheg1[501st]]

Had to make a minor edit to my profile pic!

The Empire is dead! They failed. The First Order will bring order back to the galaxy!

[BenjaminTheTK]

Nice! Congratulations on the entire build.<br>

 

[mitcheg1[501st]]

Looks good bud. Will these updated kill stripes be made available? And how did you go about cutting and gluing in the new stripes?

Most likely I will. Nominal fee plus shipping. I will post detailed pics once I finish my bucket upgrade.

[Droids Inc]

Looks Awesome!

[jimmiroquai[TK]]

Congrats on your approval!

[mitcheg1[501st]]

Check out my accuracy upgrade thread.

Mitcheg1 Bucket Accuracy Upgrade

http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/index.php?/topic/36121-Mitcheg1-Bucket-Accuracy-Upgrade

[mitcheg1[501st]]

Now that I've upgraded my bucket decided to try my hand at something new! Matrix mold! I followed Sorenzo Prop's tutorial on Youtube. Hopefully this will resolve several of the mold imperfections I've struggled with.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNg7kAd_NUwsQ4wcjLSpVqZFaeY7Q9uqp

 

[deadvision]

Oh wow, never seen anything like that. Is the new run going to be made from these?

 

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[TK4205]

Yeah, I'm game. Got the fist gen mitcheg. Like to have v2!

[Dark PWF[Staff]]

Beautiful work Greg!  Congratulations!

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Yes, congratulations, sorry I'm late. Impressive workmanship 

[mitcheg1[501st]]

More enhancements in the works.

 

I made a minor tweak to the beak to pull it in just under the visor. It's very subtle, but feel it's more screen accurate. I also am trying a different mold approach as I've struggled with getting good beaks.

 

I have also spent some time fine sanding the visor buck. Trying to get a smoother surface to improve visibility yet retain the bubble visor look.

 

Looking forward to getting new parts out of these molds and see how they turn out!

[mitcheg1[501st]]

I hate fiberglassing!!!

 

I did switch from mat to cloth when I went from the front to the back. I thought the cloth was much easier to work with!