chiefbonan's TK ANH Stunt Build (Centurion)

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Nice work, coming along great

[chiefbonan]

Small Update:

 

Ordered 2 tubes of E6000, they should be arriving on Thursday!

Also Ordering my dads kit tomorrow night, along with all the other pieces we need, very exciting!

 

In the meantime, I cut my frown pieces out for my helmet:

[chiefbonan]

hello all. We've been waiting for the e6000 as we have run out of glue!

One question though, which of the 4 bumps on the ear of the helmet do you paint black? and is it on both sides? Thanks!

[TKSpartan[Staff]]

59 minutes ago, chiefbonan said:

which of the 4 bumps on the ear of the helmet do you paint black? and is it on both sides? Thanks!

Hi, As per the CRL 

 

Ear bars shall have only one bump painted in black (rank stripes).

 

It doesn't indicate which one is painted, The common painted is the last one from the front. 

 

Cheers 

 

 

 

Edited February 6, 2020 by TKSpartan
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[chiefbonan]

Hello, just doing some torso fitting. It is all going great, but we are finding that some of the snaps are weak and come apart with little effort. Is there any way to fix this?

[husky68[TK]]

Snap quality can vary, I have great ones and good ones. In a pinch you can add some glue but that is a temporary quick fix.


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[TKSpartan[Staff]]

8 hours ago, chiefbonan said:

some of the snaps are weak and come apart with little effort. Is there any way to fix this?

Hi, can you post some photos of where exactly are you having problems? 

 

Cheers

[Sly11[Admin]]

14 hours ago, chiefbonan said:

Hello, just doing some torso fitting. It is all going great, but we are finding that some of the snaps are weak and come apart with little effort. Is there any way to fix this?

Hi Thomas

If you want good quality snaps that wont fail easily, you can get them from most leather supply stores. Not sure if you have Mac-lace in Vic but you could try Leffler leather in Melbourne.

Generally they are of a better quality and a little more heavy duty so wont fail easily.  The snaps from Spotlight and general haberdashery stores are not always the best.

https://www.leffler.com.au/

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

14 hours ago, chiefbonan said:

Hello, just doing some torso fitting. It is all going great, but we are finding that some of the snaps are weak and come apart with little effort. Is there any way to fix this?

As some have already said it can be the type/quality of snap, also the post may not be being bent enough, you could try the following

 

 

[chiefbonan]

Hello all, have been super busy, I haven't died! Update post coming soon. 

Is it possible to trim the bottom of the shoulder bells off so you can see more of the bicep? Thanks!

[TKSpartan[Staff]]

1 hour ago, chiefbonan said:

Hello all, have been super busy, I haven't died! Update post coming soon. 

Is it possible to trim the bottom of the shoulder bells off so you can see more of the bicep? Thanks!

Hi, great new that you haven't died. . 

I think yes, it's possible to trim the shoulder bells, but try to be sure that it's really needed to do. Put on all your armor a take fotos and check. You compare with reference photos of original movies scenes and pics. 

 

Also you can post them  here. 

Cheers

[chiefbonan]

Hey everyone! Me and Dad have been hard at work! We have made alot of progress.

Got some tubes of the legendary E-6000:

 

Got some rubber gloves:

 

So we found the butt plate stuck out over the kidney plate, so we put some tabs on the inside:

 

And we started to build the arms, here is the right one:

 

And finally we finished the shoulder strapping:

 

 

So that is wat we've been up to. Dad is getting more and more excited to get his armour soon. We still haven't moved onto the legs, but we will once the arms are done!

 

 

[TheSwede[TK]]

Nice work Just a little heads up that if the tabs are seen between the parts they need to be black. 

[chiefbonan]

13 minutes ago, TheSwede said:

Nice work Just a little heads up that if the tabs are seen between the parts they need to be black. 

Oh yeah they are black on the other side, should've shown that, thanks for the heads up though

[TKSpartan[Staff]]

Great advance Thomas, keep it up  

[chiefbonan]

Got me a pair of boots today!, what is the best way to paint them?

 

[justjoseph63[Staff]]

That will depend on if they are leather or a man-made material. Thomas.  If they are leather, you will need to remove the finish with acetone (the stronger stuff, not like that found in nail polish remover) and lightly sanded so that the paint/dye will adhere.  There are several companies that make these products, so it may take a bit of searching.

 

If they are plastic, the finish will still have to be removed, but NOT with acetone, as it could melt them.  This link may help.

 

Whichever type you have, it is VERY important to let the dye dry completely between coats.

[chiefbonan]

Hello all. is this gap alright for the back of the calves? is the overlap too much?

[justjoseph63[Staff]]

Looks great, Thomas!  

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

On 2/17/2020 at 3:41 PM, chiefbonan said:

Got me a pair of boots today!, what is the best way to paint them?

 

Hopefully the neck is high enough, sometimes the lower neck boots will pull out from under the shins, either adding velco or elastic and snaps to hold them in place could help.

 

Also notice the elastic on the sides is a lot lower on your pair, although a GML possibly wouldn't notice that, could be picked up at higher levels though.

 

[chiefbonan]

20 hours ago, gmrhodes13 said:

Hopefully the neck is high enough, sometimes the lower neck boots will pull out from under the shins, either adding velco or elastic and snaps to hold them in place could help.

 

Also notice the elastic on the sides is a lot lower on your pair, although a GML possibly wouldn't notice that, could be picked up at higher levels though.

 

Damn that doesn't sound good with the elastic, hopefully it shouldn't be an issue

[chiefbonan]

Hello all. My dad some testing for the hand guards. The laytex ones you can get online are a bit 'not cheap', so my dad was looking for alternatives. The CRL states that the Cert 3 hand guards need to be 'laytex or laytex like'. My dad stated that EVA Foam is a type of laytex, so should be approveable, but I do not think I agree. Here are pictures of a VERY ROUGH draft EVA Foam handplate, next to the Solid ABS ones for reference. Do you think this is acceptable? 

 

ALSO PSA, my dad wanted all of you to know his armour has been sent by the armour dealer! Only a matter of 1-2 weeks before it gets here and we start this process all over again! But now we have more knowledge AND my dad isn't as skinny, sizeing should be a lot easier and faster!

 

Edited February 23, 2020 by chiefbonan

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Nice work on the shape but they are a little rough looking on the top, not sure it that's paint though? For basic approval your GML (garrison membership liaison) would be deciding so I would check with him/her. For L3 it is required that you bend them to show they are latex (or latex like) so yo may want to try that, ultimately you would need one of our Deployment Officers to chime in, I'll tag them now @justjoseph63 @shashachu
 

[chiefbonan]

28 minutes ago, gmrhodes13 said:

Nice work on the shape but they are a little rough looking on the top, not sure it that's paint though? For basic approval your GML (garrison membership liaison) would be deciding so I would check with him/her. For L3 it is required that you bend them to show they are latex (or latex like) so yo may want to try that, ultimately you would need one of our Deployment Officers to chime in, I'll tag them now @justjoseph63 @shashachu
 

Hello, Yes it is dark EVA Foam coated with white paint, it would probably not bend too much unless it was thinner. Again it was a really rough version since we are going to be ordering parts off of Trooperbay soon, so we were deciding if we needed to include the hand guards or not

[justjoseph63[Staff]]

Those actually turned out pretty well, but you may want to re-think the shape/design a bit to be more screen accurate.  They definitely should be thinner, though, to conform with the shape of the top of your hand.