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    EFX Helmet art

    in Off Topic Cantina

    Posted

    Very, very cool Aaron!

    I love it!

    Now do an entire set of armor to match!

    Thanks!

    Funny thing is while I was working on this I thought how nice an entire suit would look done in the same design. Then I thought about how much work it would take to get it done and that thought process hit a wall pretty quickly. Would be cool though.

    Questions!

    in Sandtrooper Armor

    Posted

    Yeah, that's all you really need to buy in regards to armor. Check out the CRL for some of the other minor changes you'd need to implement. There will be some painting and you'll have to remove some details from your TK and most importantly take a bath in some MUD.

    EFX Helmet art

    in Off Topic Cantina

    Posted

    Last Christmas my parents were asking me what I wanted and I couldn't really think of anything. I saw the EFX helmets for sale at CV and thought "You can never have too many helmets right?!" so I said why don't you pick up one of those for me?

    Also, while I was at CV, I was looking at the 501st TK Helmet exhibit and the one that was painted like a Maori Warrior I thought was really cool. I had showed it to a friend of mine who is Samoan as well as a tattoo artist and he really liked the idea of what the artist did and kept talking about what he would have done. So I brought the helmet to him and I said, "Have at it!" I figured instead of displaying just another helmet, why don't I display some art. It took some time for him to get it back to me but when he did I had the blueprint of something pretty amazing. He left the painting up to me and this is what we came up with...

    TK or TD ,TK and TD

    in The Barracks

    Posted

    When I first decided to get armor, before cutting my first piece, attaching my first piece of velcro, rivet or applying a drop of E6000 I knew I was going dirty. I like the personality that comes with the different weathering, ammo pouches, pauldrons, packs, and weapons. Although some will argue, a TK is a TK, BUT no two TDs are the same. I also have a death star theme office but that doesn't stop my Sandtrooper from standing guard in it.

    How do you keep your shins straight?

    in Sandtrooper Armor

    Posted

    I've been dealing with this as well. I've got foam on the inside but not enough to keep it from rotating. Any more foam in there will make it tough to close on the back.

    One solution I read about was what Woodman mentioned but I don't know if I want to use snaps. I like the idea of velcro on the outside of the boot and inside of the shin piece but how did you attach the velcro to the boot? I can't imagine a needle getting through the boot to sew it and although the industrial velcro is REALLY sticky I don't see that staying on the boot either.

    It's one of those things that when I wear my armor I keep thinking, "Man I need to fix that because it bugs me" but once I'm done trooping it goes back on the mannequin and I keep putting it off.

    Gloves

    in Pouches, Pauldrons, and other Accessories

    Posted

    I might have missed this in another thread but I was wondering what a good alternative to the black rubber gloves might be?

    I like the look of the rubber gloves but they just get too hot (especially for Florida). I was looking online but it's hard to tell what would work.

    Any thoughts?

    Cushmann problems?

    in T-21, DLT-19, RT-97c Heavy Blasters

    Posted

    This seems to be a recurring theme when it comes to Cushmann products. It took a really long time for me to get my E-11 and when I got it I was really let down with the quality. I wanted to return it but figured it wouldn't be worth the time or effort.

    For my money (and service) slavefive and sci-fire are the way to go.

    Just my 2 cents

    Office Space

    in Off Topic Cantina

    Posted

    Mate, that is brilliant, can i ask what tool you needed to get the curved top/ cut outs.

    I have posted my collection on here but have wanted that behind my Vader for ages, can you help.

    I am ok with plastic and painting but not too good with wood.

    ta mate

    gra

    I just used thin cabinet quality plywood, a drill, a jigsaw, and a handheld power sander. The design looks more complicated than it actually is. Eight straight lines and five circles. I had never used a jigsaw for something like this but a little patience and a new blade and the cuts were really easy. Once the design was on the plywood you just follow the lines with the jigsaw working from the inside out.

    I saw your collection, you sure you have room for anything else?! :lol:

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