My ANH TK Display

[Smitty]

I don't think I ever made an introduction for myself so I'll let this serve in its place. Ive been working on this project for about 18 months and finally got it completed and on the mannequin yesterday. Since I had to resize alot of the armor and remove some if the interior padding in order to fit the mannequin, I no longer wear this armor and he is permanently trooping my living room.

Helmet
TE2 #32
Painted with Rustoleum High Performance Enamel Gloss White
Hand painted frown and ear ranks with decals for the tube stripes and traps
Not sure of the decals maker but the tube stripes are from Scott M.
Hovi PA2 Mix Mic tips by Keith

Body Armor
Follano ANH ABS plastic
Vader Dave's Ab Plate buttons
TE2 shoulder straps painted with Rustoleum
AP drop boxes

Blaster
CS1 E-11 My first custom built PVC pipe blaster with fully functional folding stock. It was originally sold on Ebay and later put back up for sale by the buyer. It was then purchased by my friend Jeremy from the Georgia garrison. When he received it it was in pretty rough shape. He sent it back to me for a complete refurbish. Additionally I upgraded the locking mechanism on the stock to match the later CS blasters from that run. It still belongs to Jeremy but resides with me. The only resin piece on the blaster is the Hengstler Counter I got from Dan at the now defunct Galactic Armory.

Soft Parts
Under armor is black 2 piece cotton spandex with built in zippered neckseal
Canvas belt made by GundamZeppelin
Faux Leather holster made by Bernard TK-8280
Boots are CAboots size 10.5
Gloves are Nomex flight gloves

Mannequin
Used 6 ft Male freestanding Egghead from ebay vendor easybuy2all who has a very nice selection of used mannequins at great prices.

I didn't clean up any of the armor as I feel that the dirt and scuffs only add to the display.

Thanks for looking!

Ok so now for the pics

 

['Arry]

Hey,

That´s a really nice Trooper, but The Helmet is a little bit darker than the armor, isn´t it?

 

[Smitty]

Hey,

That´s a really nice Trooper, but The Helmet is a little bit darker than the armor, isn´t it?

Thanks! The helmet is a little darker than the armor. The armor is unpainted and the helmet is painted. Originally it was almost a perfect match, but the paint has yellowed much faster than the ABS. There are also some other painted parts that have yellowed as well. If you notice the shoulder straps, the edging around the button plate on the abdomen and also the left hand edge of the belt have yellowed as well. This is part of the reason I decided to retire the suit to a mannequin. Whereas the helmet/body armor mismatch is screen accurate its getting a little too obvious for trooping. When trooping I think the public expects to see a more idealized trooper without any color mismatches so my next suit will be either all painted or all ABS. I just realized too that its not 18 months, its actually 30 months, I guess I forgot a year lol. So the the paint on the helmet is actually 2.5 years old.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

That's a mannequin wearing the armor? I like the slim look to the piece and yeah, the discoloration of the helmet and some other parts do pop out and makes it look a little funny. But otherwise great looking piece.

 

[Smitty]

Yeah, I'm hoping that in 30 years it will look just as fugly as the original TK suits :lol

 

[Too Much Garlic]

LOL. Right on. :thumbsup