OnkelPaschulke

Great pictures and build! I had to laugh about the „I just borrowed the MG34“… [emoji23] Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

He just made the first test pulls. I guess he'll add more pictures to his instagram profile when he's got one assembled.

Has anyone seen this new bucket by ironmotion? He is currently doing a prototype. Looking good so far. The bolt won’t match Lancer Standards I guess. I‘ve already told him my opinion about this. I don’t know if he will offer a full armor kit. Usually he‘s doing TD and TK armor. Maybe a future source for European based Scouts. Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

The BOSS will make the right appointments 😛😁

Only got tickets for friday and sunday... Hopefully this will work with the detachment foto...

Just saw it on IG! Congrats Dennis and a personal thank you for your tips during my build! Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

I had the same problem with a Boba Fett helmet from an Etsy store. Even though Iit wasn’t my goal to become a 501st member with a Boba Fett costume o wanted an accurate bucket. It was fiberglass and I tried to fix it. Terrible! The result was ok, but not worth the time and sweat and tears I put in it! [emoji28] as Mickey and Daniel said try to sell it on ebay but be honest that it won‘t match the 501st criteria. With Halloween standing in the frontdoor I guess your chances are not bad. With the money and maybe a little bit extra you get an approvable armor and you keep yourself from a lot of stress. I learned it this way! Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Good look with your build! Just finished my ROTJ build. Building the SC Armor is really straight forward because it comes almost trimmed perfectly. If you have a sewing machine the softparts should be a problem. Except sewing on the suede patches I did all the softparts myself and never really used a sewing machine befor. The learning curve is pretty steep and there are a lot of excelent WIP and tutorials and nice people (best detachement 😁) here. Just look around the forums a little bit.

It's done! Took some new pictures for the approval today and of course the cummerbund slipped a little bit upwards, but well... nevermind... Just sent the pictures to my GMOs and now it's time for a beer and anxious waiting for the response... and hopefully it's just the congratulation for the new costume... 😄

Thanks Dennis! Looking to the Lancer App with one eye… [emoji23] Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Sometimes it's kind of difficult with our GMOs... 😄 and I'm not satisfied with the pictures so this would be the best solution! 😉

Alright, did a quick dress up yesterday. Unfortunately some mistakes or dressing issues appeared after I watched the pictures on the pc. Most of them were blurry. Seems like my camera lens is broken because it didn't get the focus right. Luckily I have to do the pictures again because of the little mistakes... 😁 1. different distances of the dropboxes 2. collar isn't closed propperly 3. turning the biceps and forearm armor more to the front 4. velcro is looking out under the biceps armor 5. need to close the face more because the black of the chinstrap is showing 6. the cummerbound is laying on the TD 7. adjust the buckles on the belt 8. maybe shorten the buttflap a little bit more 9. maybe getting back and front armor a little bit more together These are the things I noticed at first sight. I guess it won't be a big deal for basic nevertheless but they need to be adressed. I will add some weathering to the bound and the cod, too. The off white isn't really noticeable. I guess it's because of the lightning.

Wow, looking really good!

Have fun with your build. Looking forward for some progress pics! :-D Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Ok, finished the last sewing job yesterday. On Saturday it's time for approval pics. I will post them here first to get some qualified opininos! 😁

I do have experience with fixing hole now! [emoji23] Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Now something completely different… Burger time with style… [emoji23] Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

The blaster is looking good. A little bit too shiny for my liking but this would be a quick fix… [emoji12] still trying to figure out where to put my magnet… I think I‘ll trim a small hole in the trigger guard and put the magnets inside and the use some putty and black paint to hide it. Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Thanks Matt, hope to see you suited up in armor at the convention next year! 🤘😁

Quick picture of the weathered armor. I need to fix the snout piece because the masking tape took of some of the grey color… Some final touches left on the helmet and the strapping and than I‘m good to go for a suit up and approval pictures! [emoji16] Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Cleaned up and assambled everything. Startet scratching the stickers for the weathering tomorrow. But now I'm finished for today... 😁

Well. some high quality pictures of the helmet... 😄 It is not 100% restored but I think it'll work for basic approvel. I couldn't restore the left lid of the helmet but it is covered by the face and the strip for the chin cup. I didn't take a picture of the whole mess because I was in rage mode on that day but basically I cut the ABS which was burned by the heat gun. I roughly marked the position of the opening, took a seprated part of 1mm ABS and bent it to position and glued it in place. I put some ABS behind the lids to support After that it was all about putting ABS sludge and putty and sanding and repeating. Today I'm planing some finishing touches. Got myself some ABS polish to buff the armor parts and than seal the whole result with some semi-gloss varnish. I want to weather the whole armor tomorrow because the weather is supposed to be better than. To be quarantined has it's advantages... 😄

Gosh, should have known that… thought there was a separate tutorial… [emoji28] finished the tea time and I like the result. Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

Alright, I’m quarantined at the moment due to a covid infection and feeling much better now. Had some time to fill and to sand and to fill and to sand… I’ll take some pictures later this day. The rescue mission went fairly good so far. Got everything ready for spray filler for all those small scratches. After that I‘ll fix the mayor scratches and hit the helmet with a white primer. For Lancer I‘ll switch to RS helmet but for basic it should be fine. Another short question. I was thinking about dying some parts to get them off-white. I know it’s just black tea and letting the parts sit there for a while. There was a nice tutorial around here but I couldn’t find it. Any quick tips on this topic?

Congrats Dennis! Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk