TM's Latex hand plates

[troopermaster]

Well, I had to give it a go....didn't I

 

I made some clay sculpts and took a plaster cast mould of them. Filled the mould with latex and Voila! ANH hand plates ready for paint. I have some plastidip white paint to try on them, but first I will leave them for another couple of days just to make sure they are fully cured. I poured these on Friday and left them in the airing cupboard above the water heater and they seem to be cured, though I am not sure if they should be a uniform colour when fully cured? You'll notice that the latex has shrunk about 5% so I may have to increase the size of the mould if the hand plates look too small when glued to my gloves. We'll see how it goes at the end of the week when I should have a finished pair of gloves ready to wear. Stay tuned!

[synaptyx]

Those look great! Well done.

[Runnriottt]

TM= Awesome. Dude, looking great!

[stukatrooper]

Tip tip mate.MAGIX leather spray paint sticks to almost anything.I tryed plastidip and found it just pealed off .

 

I found these to be the best price in the UK MAGIX leather spray dye

 

Covers well and very flexable.

 

Btw really like the hand guards you have my address dont you?

[troopermaster]

Thanks for the kind words

 

So the plastidip is no good huh? What did you try it on Peter?

 

Luckily, I have some Magix wite spray handy

[Daetrin[Admin]]

This is a great day for the Empire. First there were no latex hand plates for sale, now we have three excellent sources.

 

What a great day!

[kiyotei[TK]]

Excuse my ignorance but what is the advantage of the latex hand plates over abs?

[ThayNerd[TK]]

Those look great!

[troopermaster]

Excuse my ignorance but what is the advantage of the latex hand plates over abs?

 

Uber accuracy!

 

The original ANH hand plates were made from latex, not vacuum formed plastic like what comes with replica stormtrooper armour. I don't think there are any advantages of using latex over ABS, but if you are going for a screen used look, then latex is what you want. If you want a pristine set of armour for trooping, then ABS will probably be better.

[Billhag]

Excuse my ignorance but what is the advantage of the latex hand plates over abs?

 

 

Jim

Here you go mate, take a look at these and you'll get an idea of what they looked like

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul

Pretty darn nice there Sir

[synaptyx]

Which fricken gun is that now!?

[Billhag]

Which fricken gun is that now!?

 

Aaron

That's a SE-14R

[kiyotei[TK]]

I'm always learning something new here. I didn't know they used latex hand plates in ANH. Did they use latex hand plates in ESB and ROJ?

[FON]

Hey Paul,

 

I used Dulux white house paint on the ones I made. The type that has a measure of latex in it. Just brush it on with a sponge brush and it will go on smooth as, and is flexible enough for wearing the hand backs on troops/filming or what have you. Of couse if you double over the hand back, it will strech the paint a bit too much causing cracks. But that is to be expected.

 

Hope that helps

[synaptyx]

I suppose it's not really a problem, I mean if your hands are that bent over, you might be screaming and not too worried about cracked paint at that point.

[tk9323]

Those look great Paul! I would like a set for my TD when your ready.

[troopermaster]

It's been a while since I added anything to this thread and now I am happy to show off a few sets of my latest version of latex hand plates.

 

After making my original hand plates I soon realised they were too small after the latex had cured so I decided to have another go at making them. I was lucky enough to go vist the guys at RS props and I took a pair of Karins hand plates with me and compared them to the ABS hand plates that came with Simons suit which were bigger. I realise these may not have been the exact same size of the original hand plates but I am guessing they are, so I have based mine on these from Simon and made them slightly bigger to allow for the latex shrinking.

 

Here are the photos of the first lot I have made. The last photo shows one of Karins for size comparison only.

 

I will paint a pair soon and get them fixed to some rubber gloves to see how they look and post a few photos to show you

[john danter]

Nice Paul

Also nice you've made them asymmetrical too

 

Try the paint they use on bouncy castles. PVC fabric paint I think...? It'll be searchable under inflatable paint

Edited March 5, 2012 by john danter

[troopermaster]

Thanks for the compliment and the tip

[vecspeed12]

They look good paul!

 

If you ever decide to sell these. Let me know. Im interested!

 

 

Joey

[troopermaster]

PM sent Joey.

[89Batman[TK]]

Paul put me down for a couple of sets please mate.

 

Try Plasti-dip paint - it is special paint for latex and will really do the trick mate.

 

http://www.plastidip.co.uk/eStore/index.cfm?type=Domestic_Solutions/Plastidip&stage=1&gclid=CNqgzI7j064CFcImtAod0VBacw

[troopermaster]

Will do mate when I buy some more latex.

 

Already got the Plasti-dip ready and waiting

[89Batman[TK]]

Thanks mate.

[SW1]

cant belive i missed this Paul , they look well sweet can you put me down for a couple of sets to