chiefbonan's TK ANH Stunt Build (Centurion)

[chiefbonan]

Hello! Our stuff from trooper arrived today, all came in good condition! Have run into one major issue though. The mic tip we got from TrooperBay seem to be incorrect. We thought the would be hollow but they are not, so we cannot paint the inside white, which is for Cert 3! Really damn annoying since we spent $60 all up on two sets, guess it's my fault on that one though.

 

 

See how it's all filled in? The only way I could think of fixing it would be by dabbing the paint onto it, then scratch removing it from the wire, which will take ages. But it does say in the CLR the 'correct' tips so I don't know if these will pass as 'corrcet'. Just very annoying since trooperbay seemed to have everything else pretty accurate/ seemed pretty favourable in this community. But hopefully I won't need to buy new ones!

[TKSpartan[Staff]]

11 hours ago, chiefbonan said:

The only way I could think of fixing it would be by dabbing the paint onto it, then scratch removing it from the wire, which will take ages.

Hi Thomas, lets try it. I have done something similar days ago, just add the white paint and when dry, try to clean the wire surface with a cloth and a little of mineral spirits or something that remove the paint.

 

cheers

[giskard8[Staff]]

The TROOPERBAY ones are good for basic approval, not to worry there.

 

But you will have to work on painting the edges if you plan to go higher like EIB.

[chiefbonan]

3 hours ago, TKSpartan said:

Hi Thomas, lets try it. I have done something similar days ago, just add the white paint and when dry, try to clean the wire surface with a cloth and a little of mineral spirits or something that remove the paint.

 

cheers

It seems that might be the only option, since I cannot seem to remove the wire mesh without causing damage 

[chiefbonan]

Are there any good painting guides that use the common stencils on the helmet? I just split my helmet in two to make it easier to paint the inside plus the details. I actually removed the vocoder paint since it was not well done. Just put in the mic tips to see how they'd go!

[CableGuy[TK]]

20 minutes ago, chiefbonan said:

Are there any good painting guides that use the common stencils on the helmet? I just split my helmet in two to make it easier to paint the inside plus the details. I actually removed the vocoder paint since it was not well done. Just put in the mic tips to see how they'd go!

I did my own tutorials recently. Videos 7-11. Hope these help a little.

 

https://youtu.be/Saqc67Fkvnk

I also found TK4510’s videos on YouTube really helpful when I started out. :-)

 

 

[chiefbonan]

5 minutes ago, CableGuy said:

I did my own tutorials recently. Videos 7-11. Hope these help a little.

 

https://youtu.be/Saqc67Fkvnk

I also found TK4510’s videos on YouTube really helpful when I started out. :-)

 

 

Wow! these are actually super helpful! thank you

[chiefbonan]

Hello all, small update, my father should be returning tomorrow from his trip, as I'm waiting for him to return since I'd rather do the armour building with him! I seperated the two halves of the helmet and painted the inside. I don't know if I should start painting the decals yet, since the brush set I have is quite cheap, might not do the best job plus be harder to paint with, we will see! Have to do some digging around to see if I can find more.

 

[chiefbonan]

Hello all, are these eye holes good? Going to put in the visor piece once the painting is done in a couple of days, will sand them down a bit but just wanna check I didn't leave too much of a lip:

[CableGuy[TK]]

Hiya

Those eyes look neat and I’m sure would be fine for clearance. The look you have is a quite idealised, which is fine if that’s the look you want.

If you wanted to, you could follow the originals and make the lines and corners a little sharper.

As below, the originals were cut with a sharp blade of some sort, leading to nice sharp corners and visibly straight cuts in places. The yellow lines are purely approximate, however, this is the sort of look I personally go for;



Here’s a couple more screen used examples for reference;

[chiefbonan]

Update time!
We get our belts on monday, so my armour should be finished in around a week or so. Very excited. Shame I can't wear it around much at events due to the virus .
Dad got his armour! Very happy man!

 

I've been painting my helmet for the past few days:
The left side lines need to come up a bit though in this picture. They need to be detailed a bit more too, remove the leak marks.

 

Pictures of the frown, with the ghost tooth!

 

 

The cheek pieces that also need to fix the leaks:

 

 

Voccoder, need to fix up the bottom right:

 

After careful prying, we removed the wires from the mic tips:

 

 

Inside the helmet, now painted black:

 

 

New paint brushes, make detailing much easier:

 

 

And finally pictures of my cat sneaking around the new armour! We might make her a member one day...

 

 

[justjoseph63[Staff]]

3 hours ago, chiefbonan said:

As I see it you have 2 options:

 

     

[chiefbonan]

Any ideas on how to fix these up? One of them I stuffed up a bit bad, stincils pretty much tore when I peeled them off.

[TKSpartan[Staff]]

Hi Thomas, I'm sorry you have that problem. What I have read here about fixing something lake this is using a toothpick with Mineral spirit and carefully remove the excess paint. 

 

Cheers

[chiefbonan]

Hey eeveryone, what way does the S-Trim go on the helmet?

[justjoseph63[Staff]]

1 hour ago, chiefbonan said:

Hey eeveryone, what way does the S-Trim go on the helmet?

[chiefbonan]

Hey all. pretty much finished my helmet! Big step forward. All it needs done it putting on the s-trim/mesh and putting in the head mount. It also needs to have a clean wipe to get all of the grime off of it. Photos here:

What do you think needs to be touched up / fixed / adjusted? Go as hard as you want, I want this thing to be done and dusted for approval! Thank you

 

 

 

 

 

[TheDecisiveRaindrop[TK]]

Looking good! I am amazed at how well the hovi tips and the painted vents turned out!

[CableGuy[TK]]

Hey all. pretty much finished my helmet! Big step forward. All it needs done it putting on the s-trim/mesh and putting in the head mount. It also needs to have a clean wipe to get all of the grime off of it. Photos here: 

What do you think needs to be touched up / fixed / adjusted? Go as hard as you want, I want this thing to be done and dusted for approval! Thank you

 

 

 

 

 

 

Excellent work, Thomas.

 

Great to hear that you’re really aiming high. To that end, I’d throw in some potential suggestions;

 

As in a previous post, you could look at the eyes. The originals were cut with a sharp blade so had nice sharp corners and cut lines.

 

 

 

The majority of screen used stunt helmets had a fuller vocoder. As such, bars 2 and 6 could be extended.

 

 

 

For more reference material on the vocoder, here’s a thread that I put together a little while back; https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/48252-anh-tk-vocoder-examples/

 

Keep yo the good work. :-)

 

Dan

[Frank75139[501st]]

Nice work!!!


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[chiefbonan]

2 hours ago, CableGuy said:

Excellent work, Thomas.

 

Great to hear that you’re really aiming high. To that end, I’d throw in some potential suggestions;

 

As in a previous post, you could look at the eyes. The originals were cut with a sharp blade so had nice sharp corners and cut lines.

 

 

 

The majority of screen used stunt helmets had a fuller vocoder. As such, bars 2 and 6 could be extended.

 

 

 

For more reference material on the vocoder, here’s a thread that I put together a little while back; https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/48252-anh-tk-vocoder-examples/

 

Keep yo the good work. :-)

 

Dan

Will do this! Thank you. Your videos helped alot, hats off to you. I must ask, do you think the left vocoder is sitter too upwards? thanks!

[CableGuy[TK]]

1 hour ago, chiefbonan said:

Will do this! Thank you. Your videos helped alot, hats off to you. I must ask, do you think the left vocoder is sitter too upwards? thanks!

Ah, really glad they help.

 

Sorry, not quite sure what you mean about the left vocoder?

[chiefbonan]

2 hours ago, CableGuy said:

Ah, really glad they help.

 

Sorry, not quite sure what you mean about the left vocoder?

Oh sorry! I meant left mic tip!! In the photos, do you think the left mic tip shouldd be fixed in comparison to the one on the right?

[CableGuy[TK]]

Oh sorry! I meant left mic tip!! In the photos, do you think the left mic tip shouldd be fixed in comparison to the one on the right?

Ah ha. ;-)

Then, no - I wouldn’t worry too much, unless it’s bothering you. Screen used helmets varied quite a bit. :-)

[chiefbonan]

Hello everyone. This virus has slowed everything down for us which is a shame. I'm sure everyone here has been affected already. The person we gave our belts to has taken around 3 weeks and counting on putting our threading on our belts. Apparently she's resstarted a few times, which is a bit annoying. We've finished everything else at this point on my armour, just waiting for the belt to be finished so we can do a full armour fitting and get to editing before approval. 

Some questions about the ears, are these gaps fine as they are?:

 

 

Also where do the belt boxes sit in relationship with the end of the hard-belt? 1, 2 or 3? Thanks all. Stay safe and healthy out on the field troops!
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Edited March 30, 2020 by chiefbonan