ANH Trooper build

[echo5633]

Came across terra1's build and decided i had to have one.. Any feed back would be much appreciated. This is my first build and I plan to take it all the way. first the helm then the rest of the armor i have the helm, chest, back, shoulder bells, and ab plate pep'ed time to fiber glass bondo and sand sand sand sand and sand with more sanding. wish me luck and I'll try to keep it updated but i'm lazy and with school, work and no days off this make take a while.

 

[echo5633]

pep is done and fiber glassed

 

[echo5633]

 

[echo5633]

I took all these pics with my phone so they might be a little distorted threw some bondo on it and started sanding. I've never used bondo before but I learned quick.. I think

 

[echo5633]

I can't find milliput anywhere... I live in central california and the closest place is hours away and i'm way too impatient to wait for it to come in the mail so i picked up some lock tight multi use putty. it seems to work ok. I'm gonna keep building, bondoing, and sanding any imput or advice would be awesome

 

[Drewid]

Nice progress! Are you doing the ear pieces separately?

 

[echo5633]

I plan on putting the ear pieces on later when I do more of the detailing I'm just trying to get all the basics done first. I want to get as close to screen accurate as I can. I'm not sure if the ear pieces are separate or if the helmet is all one piece.

 

[R2Dan]

the originals were 4 pieces. Cap and Back, faceplate, and the ears hiding the seam of these two.

 

[echo5633]

thats what i thought.. I think im gonna do it all one piece mold it and make more that way i dont want to deal with vac forming and putting it together piece by piece. vac forming is fun and all but the HIPS I have is brittle and tears easy and my shop vac/vac table is **** for detail

 

[Darth Pinhead]

You can pick up this stuff at Home Depot in the spray paint aisle: 2 oz. KwikPlastic Adhesive Putty Stick-8237 at The Home Depot
Also check this out in the irrigation section. It dries faster, but also hard as a rock. Can be difficult to sand without some serious elbow grease, but it's cheaper: EP 400 4 oz. Epoxy Putty-97606 at The Home Depot

Looking good, brother. I may have to give this helmet a whirl, as well, though my first dive into Pep turned into a...bad thing

 

[echo5633]

build up the cheeks and and eye edges also put in the top nose ridge.. alot of work to go but its coming together piece by piece

 

[JoeLuna33]

Looking good, not sure if I would have the patients for a build like this.

 

[echo5633]

put some ears on it.. I need to build them out but they look good so far and primered it for ****s and giggles. I'm happy with it so far

 

[Lando]

looking good, keep it up

 

[zacic]

Looking great! but where did you get the Helmet Pep? I have all the armor parts EXCEPT for the helmet :cry Is it a payed Pep or am I missing the thread.

 

[echo5633]

I got the pep file from spacecowboy here's the link SpaceCowboy - Odds and Sods for the Sci-fi Fantasy Fan - Posts tagged by "ANH Stormtrooper Helmet".

 

[VaultUK]

Loking great

 

[loco lord]

looks great! looking forward to the finished helmet

 

[tk 9464]

Great job on the lid. Would like to see the final product.

 

[KingJawa]

Looking great so far, when I have time I plan on making one myself.