Ensi's ANH Stunt Build [ATA] With Centurion in mind!

[TheSwede[TK]]

This reminds me of something...I wonder what it could be....

 

 

 

 

[Ensi[TK]]

That's looking REALLY nice, Daniel. Keep up the good work. 

Thanks man! Hopefully the momentum will pick back up soon

This reminds me of something...I wonder what it could be....
 
 
 
 

Oh man can't I just get approved like this?? Dreading the hand painting

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[TheSwede[TK]]

5 minutes ago, Ensi said:

Thanks man! Hopefully the momentum will pick back up soon Oh man can't I just get approved like this?? Dreading the hand painting

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It`s a lot easier then you`d think, feel free to check my threads

[ukswrath[Staff]]

8 hours ago, TheSwede said:

This reminds me of something...I wonder what it could be..

A guy with a stick lol

[Ensi[TK]]

35 minutes ago, ukswrath said:

A guy with a stick lol

 

TK-Caveman 

 

Speaking of cavemen, my head is pretty huge so squeezing into an OTTK helmet can be challenging for me. With the trim in place I can barely get my noggin in so i'm considering removing what seems to be leftover flashing. Thoughts? 

 

 

Just wished the helmet wasn't assembled when I got the kit but you can't have everything  

[TheSwede[TK]]

15 minutes ago, Ensi said:

Thoughts? 

Cut away

[Ensi[TK]]

Just now, TheSwede said:

Cut away

Kung!

 

Also checked your thread, nicely done!! Will have a crack at it after opening/cleaning up the teeth some more.

 

Btw, where did you get your low-profile transport case? What brand is it and does it work well?

[TheSwede[TK]]

8 minutes ago, Ensi said:

Kung!

 

Also checked your thread, nicely done!! Will have a crack at it after opening/cleaning up the teeth some more.

 

Btw, where did you get your low-profile transport case? What brand is it and does it work well?

I show more painting on the Stunt-build (don`t know which one you looked at) and it`s a 25gallon husky and I got it of ebay, actually got a second shortly after as I was super-lucky on shipping...Haven`t looked in a while though so you might get lucky….I really like it, it has a military look to it and except for the helmet everything fits...and yes I´m using both

[Ensi[TK]]

6 minutes ago, TheSwede said:

I show more painting on the Stunt-build (don`t know which one you looked at) and it`s a 25gallon husky and I got it of ebay, actually got a second shortly after as I was super-lucky on shipping...Haven`t looked in a while though so you might get lucky….I really like it, it has a military look to it and except for the helmet everything fits...and yes I´m using both

 

You must be some kind of good luck fairy or something because right after I read that I found this:

 

 

Snagged it up (last one!)  Always wanted Husky bins as they look so darn cool, but shipping out of the US was always insane ($170'ish). So thank you!

 

And yeah looked at the stunt build  

[TheSwede[TK]]

6 minutes ago, Ensi said:

You must be some kind of good luck fairy or something because right after I read that I found this: 

 

The Dark Side of the Force works in mysterious ways

6 minutes ago, Ensi said:

Snagged it up (last one!)

Awesome!! 

[Ensi[TK]]

Opened up the helmet a bit more and cut down the screws you see there.

 

 

Also opened up the teeth a bit more, from this:

 

 

To this:

 

 

And then I decided to just dive head first into painting. My hands seem to shake and i'm not that good with handpainting, but it turned out ok I guess?

 

 

 

 

 

I may have to do some adjusting, but i'm not sure. Seems like I need to widen the temple trap, and also maybe increase the size of the left rear trap bottom side. 

 

Hopefully i'll have my Burkbench package sometime this week 

Edited September 3, 2018 by Ensi

[TheSwede[TK]]

1 hour ago, Ensi said:

My hands seem to shake and i'm not that good with handpainting, but it turned out ok I guess?

Vocoder came out nothing short but awesome

The other stuff I find it hard to tell at such close ups but I´m sure you did fine

[Ensi[TK]]

48 minutes ago, TheSwede said:

Vocoder came out nothing short but awesome

The other stuff I find it hard to tell at such close ups but I´m sure you did fine

 

Awesome! I'll see when I put the gray on tomorrow  Was a bit hard to determine where to paint as the details are a bit soft.

[Ensi[TK]]

This is easily the most nerve-racking part of the build for me 

 

Laid on the gray today. To me it looks ok, a bit wonky which gives it that charm. If there are any concerns please let me know 

 

Gonna let it rest for a couple of days then clean it up with a toothpick and lay on the final black stripes.

 

 

 

 

[StrmTRPR85[TK]]

20 minutes ago, Ensi said:

This is easily the most nerve-racking part of the build for me 

 

Laid on the gray today. To me it looks ok, a bit wonky which gives it that charm. If there are any concerns please let me know 

 

Gonna let it rest for a couple of days then clean it up with a toothpick and lay on the final black stripes.

 

 

 

 

You had me at wonky 

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Looking good Daniel, getting there.

[Ensi[TK]]

Are my rear traps are too small? I just winged it freehand but it's so hard to tell with these pulls being so soft. Looking at other applications and reference it seems that they are.

 

Advice on what to do needed 

 

[TheLorelei[TK]]

I *think* they are a bit small. Reviewing references and other commended builds, like you said, they all seem to be bigger, and go all the way to the edge of the indented area. It is tough since it's a soft pull. (Also weird, because mine has a fairly distinct ridge.  I guess pulls vary even with the same maker.) I'd paint to where it begins to really ramp up at the edge - your brush may even want to find that groove if you let it.

Speaking of brushes, you mentioned your hands shaking. Mine aren't terribly steady either, so what I usually do (material allowing) is rest my forearm/wrist on the surface I'm painting on, then drag the brush along using just the bending of my fingers. Makes for some pretty smooth lines. (Or maybe everybody does this... sorry for being obvious, if so!)

[ukswrath[Staff]]

2 hours ago, Ensi said:

Are my rear traps are too small? I just winged it freehand but it's so hard to tell with these pulls being so soft. Looking at other applications and reference it seems that they are.

 

Advice on what to do needed 

 

Just a smidgen.

 

[Ensi[TK]]

17 hours ago, TheLorelei said:

I *think* they are a bit small. Reviewing references and other commended builds, like you said, they all seem to be bigger, and go all the way to the edge of the indented area. It is tough since it's a soft pull. (Also weird, because mine has a fairly distinct ridge.  I guess pulls vary even with the same maker.) I'd paint to where it begins to really ramp up at the edge - your brush may even want to find that groove if you let it.

Speaking of brushes, you mentioned your hands shaking. Mine aren't terribly steady either, so what I usually do (material allowing) is rest my forearm/wrist on the surface I'm painting on, then drag the brush along using just the bending of my fingers. Makes for some pretty smooth lines. (Or maybe everybody does this... sorry for being obvious, if so!)

That's a great tip! Some places it is very tricky..  My trooperbay decals were way bigger too.

 

I think i'm just gonna go the masking tape route. Mask up a bigger area, paint the black then let it cure and then mask off and tape the remaining gray  

 

 

16 hours ago, ukswrath said:

Just a smidgen.

 

 

Oh yeah I definitely see it. Will get right on it! Or else it's gonna bother me forever 

[Ensi[TK]]

First time i've actually used masking tape for its intended purpose  I love it!

 

 

 

Got a lot of bleed when using the decals to paint the rear stripes and tube stripes. I wanted to do the "light layer of color underneath" to avoid bleed, but the decals didn't stick too well and left a much bigger gap. It would've bled anyway.. But I just touched it up after.

 

 

 

And some glory shots of the helmet

 

 

 

 

 

Also received my package from Burkbench and wow this belt is nice! Much thicker than most of the belts i've handled. According to him this was made the screen-accurate way with white denim front, duck cloth interior, and satin back. Also correct right down to the stitch length he says. I haven't researched it that much but it certainly feels 70's  

 

 

 

His holster is also really nice

 

 

Gonna wing it now and hopefully have approval photos in on Sunday! Also seems like Praetorian Blasters will ship my E-11 soon  

 

[TheLorelei[TK]]

Those traps look amazing!! Great work! I'm also impressed by how well you can clean up that bleeding around the stencil edges. That would scare me stiff. Gives me hope!

[CableGuy[Admin]]

That bucket is looking tasty!! :-)

That’s one beautiful belt, too. Burkbench use about 8 layers of fabric to build that up, if I remember correctly. Lovely craftsmanship.

Keep up the great work. :-)

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Beautiful work on the helmet and yes those belts are spectacular looking.

[TheSwede[TK]]

7 hours ago, Ensi said:

I haven't researched it that much but it certainly feels 70's

Looks like we`re belt-buddies as well as Garrison Mine is TM but they seem to be equally familiar with screen accuracy