LaziFox[501st] Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 So this happened last night. 1 Nova Sentinel, 1 Nova Elite, and 1 Shadow Trooper getting ready to rock after the new year Link to comment
Griffin-X[501st] Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Awesome! It looks like Christmas came early for you and the team! Link to comment
LaziFox[501st] Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Still need to see whats under the Christmas tree. Like a proper 32 year old child I told everyone I wanted the soft gear and other essentials (ie pauldron, boots, etc) for Christmas this year. Need to see what, if anything, they actually bought for me. Link to comment
Griffin-X[501st] Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Exciting times! Link to comment
Scubacat[TX] Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Nice! I can't wait to see these builds! Link to comment
LaziFox[501st] Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Was watching the trooperbay helmet build on YouTube. It had me wanting to reach for an exact knife.. but too much going on with the holidays. Need to be patient! But we will definitely take pics and document it. Link to comment
THE TROOPER[501st] Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Sounds awesome bro. Best wishes on the build. Will be watching... Link to comment
Scubacat[TX] Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Yeah totally crazy how some people are with blades of any sort. Lol Link to comment
toddo[TX] Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 How fun! Which armor did you end-up going with? Link to comment
LaziFox[501st] Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 The garrison has taken us graciously under their wings so that we build correctly for approval and get the answers we seek for the many questions we have, and in doing so, hooked us up with ABS ATA at a great price to get us rolling. We had a big buildathon on Saturday which was fun. Had 4 sets of armor going and all hands on deck trimming and assembling it. The GML was there as well as 3 other 501st members, and then we had 4 newbies going (myself included), 2 TKs and 2 TXs (my brother had to work so he's a little behind now). Was a fun time. Helmets are assembled. I did mine myself prior to our build-off cause I'm eager and impatient. Was pretty proud of the job I did on the ears personally, and was glad the GML didn't give me any grief about how it came out. Toddo: What Gold paint should I be using for my stripping? Does any metallic gold work? I have Fridays off work and want to finish up my helmet, ie get lenses in and perhaps do my striping. Link to comment
JerryT[TX] Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I used Rustoleum Gold Rush Metallic #7270 for my Nova. Covers nice and looks great. Link to comment
toddo[TX] Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I think I used the same stuff as Jerry. Link to comment
toddo[TX] Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 BTW, post some photos of your work, man! Link to comment
LaziFox[501st] Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Ok cool ... I was eyeballing that one. I actually have a lot of your (Jerry) images from your build saved in my reference folder. Is there a specific width dimension for the center stripe on the helmet? Link to comment
LaziFox[501st] Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Testing night vision on the spec ops helm Bought a mini me for inspiration. ($24 on ebay ... nice considering it averages $50+ after shipping everywhere else I've looked) Bucket Stack GML and a 501st Sandy showing the guys how to do their helmets (Mine was already done prior to showing up) The new TKs showing off their newly assembled helmets Chris (Shadow Trooper) and I (Nova Elite ... the guy in hat with weird face) were standing in that position for about 3 hours trimming our armor down. Link to comment
LaziFox[501st] Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 A trooper and his dags. These were taken as I was deciding if I liked how everything was fitting. Decided I trimmed the brow too short so that got replaced with one that had the extra centimeter I felt I was missing The wife in her leopard robe playing sims in my helmet Seeing how it fits... Link to comment
LaziFox[501st] Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Playing around with padding mods for the helmet in bed while my wife yells at me to "put that stupid thing down and go to sleep." Link to comment
LaziFox[501st] Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Did a side video project on Saturday for a friend so that I could immediately turn around and go buy this for my Trooper Box. Link to comment
LaziFox[501st] Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Oh and for fun... This was us at TK 82287's house checking out his gear prior to getting our own. Below is Chris trying out the helmet and wielding the hyperfirm dlt. Me trying on the bucket Link to comment
Griffin-X[501st] Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Great pics, thanks for sharing these Tom! Link to comment
JerryT[TX] Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Nice Work so far! Gorgeous dogs by the way! The stripe on my helmet is 1 5/8 inches wide. I used the space between the eyes as starting point and then simply adjusted it until I thought it looked right. The gold stripe on the side tubes is 1 1/2 inches, Again I adjusted them until I though they looked correct. Just a note: when you do spray them, mask off the helmet as "tight" as you can, I found that the overspray tends to find it's way though the smallest gap in the masking. When I first finished mine and removed all of the masking I had a fine coating of gold sparkles in spots... easy to clean off, but a pain. Can't wait to see yours finished! Link to comment
toddo[TX] Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Once again, I agree wholeheartedly with Jerry. The gold wants to escape everywhere both through the masking, especially on the tubes, and as a fine mist of beautiful gold that will ruin your day. Link to comment
toddo[TX] Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Fun pics. The only recommendation on your helmet that I would make is to replace the neck trim with the proper S-trim stuff. What you have is fine, but we like to see the fancy S stuff for Specialist applications How do you keep the dog hair off your armor? My stuff always wants to be covered with it when I'm working on it. Link to comment
LaziFox[501st] Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Yea GML mentioned the S seal for movie accuracy. That's an easy change. The other stuff was on hand for the temporary. And the dog hair answer is Wed have to vacuum every day to keep it all away ;p. The gear box I got should be good to keep the armor clean though... At least I hope. Otherwise I'll have to visit the car wash for a high pressure air blower frequently. Link to comment
LaziFox[501st] Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Did you guys use a clear coat finish on top of it? I think I saw in Izzi's build on some other forum that he used it. Is that a good idea or does it matter much Link to comment
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