Cheeseballs Posted February 16, 2021 Author Report Posted February 16, 2021 thermal detonator done! its a little bit long and kinda lopsided, but I doubt anyone would notice/care. 1 Quote
Daetrin[Admin] Posted February 16, 2021 Report Posted February 16, 2021 This is actually coming out really well - keep up the great work! 2 Quote
Cheeseballs Posted February 16, 2021 Author Report Posted February 16, 2021 11 hours ago, Daetrin said: This is actually coming out really well - keep up the great work! Thank you! Quote
ukswrath[Staff] Posted February 18, 2021 Report Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/15/2021 at 7:49 PM, Daetrin said: This is actually coming out really well - keep up the great work! I agree. Impressive 2 Quote
Cheeseballs Posted February 24, 2021 Author Report Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) alright, finished plasti-dipping the shins and the thermal detonator, and cut out some in the back of the shins to allow for more movement like the screen used suits, but I took the pics before I did that. also masked off the white areas on thermal detonator to brush-paint the gray gray added going to need to touch it up a bit, then add plastidip glossifier to it along with the shins, thighs, and some more on the dropboxes. Edited February 24, 2021 by Cheeseballs extra content Quote
Cheeseballs Posted February 25, 2021 Author Report Posted February 25, 2021 I finished touching-up the thermal detonator, then added glossifier to it and the thighs, shins, and dropboxes. I think I will remake the chest plate too, because the seams were horrible on it. this will be the third time I will have to make the chest... now I just need the fabric belt, some sort of holster, helmet, ab dots, neck seal, boots of a sort, and some strapping. the end is near... Quote
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted February 25, 2021 Report Posted February 25, 2021 Great work, almost there 1 Quote
Cheeseballs Posted February 25, 2021 Author Report Posted February 25, 2021 14 minutes ago, gmrhodes13 said: Great work, almost there thank you 1 Quote
Cheeseballs Posted February 28, 2021 Author Report Posted February 28, 2021 strapping for shins and thighs done! test fit Quote
Cheeseballs Posted February 28, 2021 Author Report Posted February 28, 2021 test fit of all armor pieces! 1 Quote
tat2trooper[TK] Posted February 28, 2021 Report Posted February 28, 2021 Whoa definitely coming together. I see you. Have you started a strapping system yet to hold it all together nice and tight? Good job on attention to detail on those little pieces on ab and back plate by the way. 1 Quote
tat2trooper[TK] Posted February 28, 2021 Report Posted February 28, 2021 *the torso/back pieces 1 Quote
Cheeseballs Posted February 28, 2021 Author Report Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) 28 minutes ago, tat2trooper said: Whoa definitely coming together. I see you. Have you started a strapping system yet to hold it all together nice and tight? Good job on attention to detail on those little pieces on ab and back plate by the way. thanks! I used velcro hand-sewn by me to elastic straps. pretty sturdy, although the cod to butt plat strap came off once. other than that, it works. Edited February 28, 2021 by Cheeseballs spelling errors 1 Quote
Cheeseballs Posted March 2, 2021 Author Report Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) I finished remaking the chest plate! (this is the third time ive made it hopefully I can do the seams better this time! Edited March 2, 2021 by Cheeseballs grammar 2 Quote
Cheeseballs Posted March 10, 2021 Author Report Posted March 10, 2021 I decided to get a rubies helmet instead of making the paper one cause that would be too much work. the blue frown gives me the icks those stickers scare me... those foam pads made it pop up so I couldn't wear it well. I took them out. they were fixed in with hot glue... but for whatever reason, the seller decided to ship it in this: yep, no box, no bubble wrap, nothing. just thin tissue-like wrapping paper. nothing else. it was half-torn open when it arrived. the helmet itself was okay, thanks to the clamshell. I also foud it funny that there was not one, but TWO "fragile stickers pros of helmet: shiny, resembles stormtrooper, fits okay after removal of foam pads. sticker on the front of the helmet are mostly okay. cons: big seam down the middle, blurry not dark enough eyes, earbuttons looks like marshmellow, back trapezoids are horrific, terrifying blue frown, vocoder is a blob, mic tips have weird silver drybrush, so yeah its mostly garbage. i'm gonna have to do some modding. I'm going to at least fix eyes, frown and back trapezoid stickers. 2 Quote
Cheeseballs Posted April 10, 2021 Author Report Posted April 10, 2021 ok sorry for lack of updates, been kinda procrastinating. I took the lenses out, then trimmed and sanded the leftover stuff under it. I need some opinions. i think the eye ridges around the lenses a could be more pronounced, so i was thinking of making the edge more pronounced with some epoxy clay. what do your guys think? should I do it? 1 Quote
tat2trooper[TK] Posted April 10, 2021 Report Posted April 10, 2021 19 minutes ago, Cheeseballs said: ok sorry for lack of updates, been kinda procrastinating. I took the lenses out, then trimmed and sanded the leftover stuff under it. I need some opinions. i think the eye ridges around the lenses a could be more pronounced, so i was thinking of making the edge more pronounced with some epoxy clay. what do your guys think? should I do it? Use a piece of sandpaper smooth down the eye openings. And are you doing bubble lenses or regular? You could also get a small thing of model grey paint and paint the frown. And some blue for the tube stripes. Good to hear your back on it. 1 Quote
Cheeseballs Posted April 10, 2021 Author Report Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) 57 minutes ago, tat2trooper said: Use a piece of sandpaper smooth down the eye openings. And are you doing bubble lenses or regular? You could also get a small thing of model grey paint and paint the frown. And some blue for the tube stripes. Good to hear your back on it. Im sanding the eyes as I type. I'm doing regular lenses. I'm planning on spraying the whole thing in plastidip so it matches the armor, and painting on the details. thanks! I cut out the two front teeth that where filled in for whatever reason. I first used my exacto knife. I spun it so make holes so it would be easier to cut. then i just cut them out, and did some more cleaning up. Edited April 10, 2021 by Cheeseballs extra content 1 Quote
Cheeseballs Posted April 13, 2021 Author Report Posted April 13, 2021 finished filling in the seams on the chestplate Quote
Cheeseballs Posted April 13, 2021 Author Report Posted April 13, 2021 (edited) filled the seam on the helmet with bondo two-part spot putty. Gotta sand it now. Edited April 13, 2021 by Cheeseballs 1 Quote
tat2trooper[TK] Posted April 14, 2021 Report Posted April 14, 2021 Man you are going to kill it once you get your first ABS TK kit bud. I did the same thing your doing with my Kylo Ren black series helmet. Keep up the good work. Quote
Cheeseballs Posted April 14, 2021 Author Report Posted April 14, 2021 1 hour ago, tat2trooper said: Man you are going to kill it once you get your first ABS TK kit bud. I did the same thing your doing with my Kylo Ren black series helmet. Keep up the good work. thanks mate. I do hope to do a real kit someday, and join the 501st as a true stormtrooper... sanded the helmet seam, and it looks better and sits more flush. still need to do more filling though, My dad also found these little pyramids for me that will be perfect for the sniper knee plate. they're a litte big, but that's okay. my dad also got me the Black Series Archive Death Trooper re-release! thanks dad. 1 Quote
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