SandFlea Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Hi there Troopers, This will be my Trooper master armor sandtrooper build. I will be building it and will post pics of my progress. I hope to make this a good tutorial for all of us to use. Please add to the body of knwledge here to help others and me to build the best armor possible. This is a 1mm sandtrooper kit made by troopermaster (Paul) and let me be the first to say this is a true work of art. I feel this armor is going to produce a sweet set of armor. I will say it is expensive but in my opinion well worth the price. When I'm done I will change my screen name here to Sand Flea...for some reason it fits. Hope you all enjoy this build! Thanks for looking, Darren Here is the kit out of the box plus Canvas belt/shoulder straps, TK boots, Pouches from Zadokk, Sgts Paulderon, and my E-11 blaster k After laying out the kit my first task is to do some basic trimming. This kit comes untrimmed and needs to be cut down in order to do your measuring cuts. Here are some pics of the intial trim: Paul marked all pieces with a L or an R to help you figure out where they go. If you look at the picture you can see the lip I'm trimming off. It wraps upwards and will interfer with a measured cut. I suggest you just rim the bare min here then do your measured cut for the final trim. Measure twice on that step and cut only once! In this pic you can see how it curls up and will interfer with a measure test fit...depending on how you build. I am going to use the shims but may or may not overlap the actual peices of armor. If your not sure start with this step until you decide. More pic on this when we get to the measured cut statge. Yes all peices will need some basic trimming. Fin piece with basic cut. It is flat now and can be overlapped or will not interfer with the metal ruler. This step only took about 2 hours for the whole armor...had a lunch break too. Not too time consuming and depending on your armor building skill well worth the time investment. Next post will be on measured cuts and will show some of my suspension set up. Thanks and I hope you enjoy this build. Darren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartermaster Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Hey Darren. VERY nice set of armor you have there. Off to a good start. I'm not all that familiar with a TM build, although I'm sure Rolf or some others here are. I'm pretty sure you DON'T want to overlap any seams on this armor. Pretty sure this armor gets a butt and shim style assembly. I will let others chime in on that. Good luck with the build. Looking forward to seeing it all come together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIVE Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Awesome man! I'll be watching! Is this a 1.5mm kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIVE Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Is this a 1.5mm kit?Never mind... I answered my own question. I'm still watching though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandFlea Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 Awesome man! I'll be watching! Is this a 1.5mm kit? 1MM kit. I will not be over lapping on this build but I wanted to show how it could be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Congrats whit your new kit, its the most accurate world wide. Enjoy the making of the monster. I enjoy making mine as well, when i did my 1mm TM. Super easy trim, like you said etc. Welcome to the TM/TD squad Heres mine: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclasta_88 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Man, That kis is awesome! Ine of my dreams is to own a TM kit. Maybe someday... You are already doing great, keep us posted. I will be watching this too! I love building armor! Saludos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartermaster Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 By the way Darren, you will have to edit your opening gear photos soon to include your Sgt. Pack. It is DONE! PM sent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartermaster Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 As requested Darren. Here is a link to a post for your pack.... http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=8031 And here are a few pics.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troopermaster Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Looking forward to seeing this built up Darren! Good to see you are not going for the overlap, leave that for the SE/ROTJ troopers. Make sure you cut the corners off the joining strips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smally Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Smally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandFlea Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 Looking forward to seeing this built up Darren! Good to see you are not going for the overlap, leave that for the SE/ROTJ troopers. Make sure you cut the corners off the joining strips I like that should set it off nicely with the corners cut off. Will be posting up helmet build pics anytime now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandFlea Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 Little update Working on the Bucket this time. The first thing I did was mark off area with a pencil which was going to be trimmed out. Then I trimmed and dremeled out the areas on the teeth, eyes and excess. I installed rivets, ear pieces, brow trim, green lens, fans, added black mesh in teeth area, and painted the grey ares on the bucket I used a Testor paint pen. I didn't have anyone to take pictures of some steps but I utilized hot glue to secure the lens and teeth mesh to the bucket. The fans are just in with velcro so I can move them around. I will be using ROM/FX Pro with this armor and not sure I will be placing it in the bucket. I can remove the mic tips for HOVI speaker type if I want to at a later date. The padding in this bucket is Spydex which is the same type of padding in military helmets. it is a velcro setup which is comfortable and easy to move around for adjustments. The paint isn't perfect and that is what I was going for because the pictures of the buckets I've research from the original ANH had the same look. I will hand paint the black outlines and chin on the helmets today and will ad finish pics of the bucket before I weather it. I'll keep at it and will work to update the tread. I'm a lot further in this build then I have on here so I'll work to update this more. Thanks guys hope you enjoy. I have to say this armor is a wonderful thing to build. Thanks Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandtrooper Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Looks nice Darren! Where do you get the Spydex lining? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandFlea Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 Several places to get them Just google Military ballistic Helmet padding Many options come up and there is a wide variety to choose from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandFlea Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 It was SKYDEX padding had a typo in the post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandFlea Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 Lost some of my photos on my cell phone. here is a little update. The armor is finished and it's weathered now. I made a custom harness and followed Rolf's armor pics for his swat submission...must say your a master Rolf. Here is some of my glueing of pieces including the connection shims. They fit like a glove and the E6000 works great. I used two clips on the ends and some rare earth magnets to glue them together. I was able to do this in one day. So here is the final test fir before weathering minus the utility belt and pouches. They will all be on when I submit for deployment and hopefully swat. If anyone needs help just PM me and Ill be glad to share what little knowledge I have picked up. Special Thanks to Rolf and Pandatrooper for the pictures and weathering tuturials. Of course to Paul for the TM kit,,,Can't say enough on how great this kit truely is. I am officially introducing myself to MEPD as SandFlea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIVE Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Dude, very nice indeed!!! I couldn't figure out what was "weird" about the last few pics... you don't have your belt yet! haha Sometimes it takes me a while. Great looking stuff though man! Get dirty, and get deployed as a Officer asap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandFlea Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 Thanks sir, Will have final pics of dirty with the belt. That was last test fit before weathering. SandFlea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartermaster Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Looks great Darren! Very well done on the TM kit. everything looks awesome. The pack sits very nicely as well. Can't wait to see you all weathered up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandFlea Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 The pack is a great touch. Thanks for the great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandFlea Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 Finished pics! Need a few more pics and I'll set for deployment. Anything you all see which may not allow for SWAT? Darren TD-7435, SandFlea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartermaster Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 WOW! Great job Darren!!! Weathering looks great. You will be a shoe in for Deployment. Not sure about the SWAT. I think they are looking for very specific representations of a specific character seen on screen. If your gear closely resembles that specific Trooper (Stop the Ship, Look sir droids, etc...) you should be good to go. Let's see what others have to say. Greaat job either way bro. Seriously bad a$$ arsenal as well. All 3 BFG"S! Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandFlea Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 I have all the types of pouches too and all colors of paulds so I should be able to make any screen version out there. I have a Cpts pack too. So for swat it's just a matter of snap placement ect ect....I followed Rolfs example so I should be able to make it work. Thanks man. Really means a lot. Truly love the pack you made for this armor SandFlea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartermaster Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 It was my pleasure. Looking forward to doing the HWT for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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