Heatshock Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 well, dear friends have already had their eyes cursed with my build so thought I would unleash my version of the KST on my Deatchment mates ;D this is all freash MB kit from his very 1st run, which I am still very roud to have been on took my time getting the visor on just how I like it. glue, bondo, sand - repeat did all the bits that Tom suggested on his orignal - even the back filling between the back edge of the visor and the front edge of the bucket. Cut bigger "sun-roof" detailing. Back filled the corners between the visor and the lid; so it looks mroe like ur V1.5 Tom. Backplate - next up The new kits of course now come all assembled standard seamless assembly - just the bicep for example
Heatshock Posted January 24, 2011 Author Posted January 24, 2011 bondo'ed and ready to sand started prepping the parts that didnt need bonding together: sanded with 120 grit, washed and ready to paint: some base layer painting. Now I know some of you guys are real quick and have dedicated spaces to work. Unfortunately, between work, kids and limited space - this took me abt 3 days to get to this stage. Day 1 - primer, Day 2 - the black on the inside of the helmet and armor, day 3 - layer of chrome I have also removed all the pockets from my BDUs and dyed em with the Brown
Heatshock Posted January 24, 2011 Author Posted January 24, 2011 back to the armor..... been busy looking for colour matches and finding time to paint. base tan/green coat over the chrome and masking fluid removed next layer of masking and darkish grey (Humbrol no 79) recommended by Fett painters in UK next.... its the damned camo .... polyscale Panzer Olive Green match is Humbrol no 78.... so once the grey layer is dried and ready, the green goes on then the brown - Tamiya Flat Earth Brown as recommended by Mr Bungle a few close ups
Heatshock Posted January 24, 2011 Author Posted January 24, 2011 weathered the armour and helmet some what - black and brown misting + lacquer 1
Heatshock Posted January 24, 2011 Author Posted January 24, 2011 almost got my cummerbund sorted. Tom - the one I got from you was too small. Or I was too big, so I am modding it to fit my girth new approach to the boxes - built out of foam (based on measurements from the CRL): cloth covered: cardboard flap to give thickness to the flap: then put some stitch detail into the boxes: camo cloth covered the boxes - guess you could skip the 1st step, but didnt wasnt sure if this would work, so I used beige first. When the finsish was good enough, I repeated with the camo cloth. my commissioned glove with Acrilykhan greeb - thanks for Mosi for the link, the leathersmiths you recommended were top notch!
Bloodclaws65 Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Looks great outstanding work . (Acrilykhan greeb - thanks for Mosi for the link) Is this person making gloves I would like to contact them do you have a link. Also Sorry one more question the foam for the ammo boxes is that a soft or hard I am going that route . Thanks
Heatshock Posted January 24, 2011 Author Posted January 24, 2011 Its a person called leah from leather mystics in the us. I have since used em for the custom work. Professional and gd comms. Its semi rigid foam, cos some of the shapes I wanted to maintain eg the curved edges etc. we use ultra high end computer.scrrens at work. I just grabbed the packaging foam from that. Thanks for comments. Nate
Lonescout Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Heatshock....you have been buisy....Very Awesome looking! I like what you did with the pouches and the weathering of the armor.
Heatshock Posted January 25, 2011 Author Posted January 25, 2011 cheers angelo - been sitting on my arse long enough wanted to try something different with the pouches - for those scratch builders out there Nate
darren1970 Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 We'll have to get together and have a dual KST test fitting soon ner vod. Darren
Guest auzie_scout Posted April 30, 2011 Posted April 30, 2011 PM sent great work there makes me want 1
Heatshock Posted August 5, 2011 Author Posted August 5, 2011 getting there was sitting down today thinking there must be a better way of tackling the boot. I was thinking plastic? nah. Resin? maybe, but how to stick it on. Stick it with E6000? Wait a minute - why not build it up WITH E6000!!!! should work with any boot and painted
Heatshock Posted August 5, 2011 Author Posted August 5, 2011 this is my MB version 1 lid I have since replaced the visor lens to something even more shiny!!
Heatshock Posted August 7, 2011 Author Posted August 7, 2011 yes boss, sorry boss! shame as this is one of my favourite clones - finally decided this weekend was THE weekend, and thanks to my awesome wife and doing lots of the sewing for me
Fettski Posted August 7, 2011 Posted August 7, 2011 Looks great, just make sure to keep the shin armor under the toe armor.
Heatshock Posted August 7, 2011 Author Posted August 7, 2011 rofl yeah noticed the right foot too but ran out of damned elastic to put from shin to cap, but I thought that aint gonna stop me putting it all on Nate
Guest danrodjr Posted August 7, 2011 Posted August 7, 2011 Man, You are the Man Nate!!!!!! Where did you get your shin, knee, and toe armor? The lid looks awesome!!!
mrbungle Posted August 7, 2011 Posted August 7, 2011 looking good, nate. fix that boot armor and you will be in business. what is up with the black strap on the shoulder bells??
Heatshock Posted August 7, 2011 Author Posted August 7, 2011 Yeah tom, thats a hang over from my tb set up. Not sure it necessary, but does stop the bell from riding up too much. They arent that noticeable, pic was taken w flash to show up the camo. Might also suggest to debbi abt using black shoulder straps for the cummerbund. dan, u here too?? Lol, not thinking of going kashyyyk too are yer? The knee and shins are mr bungles. Hell, I am covered from head to toe in my bungles product. (that sounds so wrong). Lsfu cummerbund. cheers john - appreciat ti, I know you u did one of the 1st few Kashyyysks in the UK! How are you man? Nate
Heatshock Posted August 7, 2011 Author Posted August 7, 2011 ************** BRAIN FLASH ****************** move the bell elastic to the boots!!! ************ BRAIN FLASH OVER ***************
darren1970 Posted August 7, 2011 Posted August 7, 2011 About time mate Looking great. I've attached my bells via velcro on the undersuit. Doesn't move at all.
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