My TIE armor.

[shado pilot]

Heres a TIE fighter outfit I put together. I bought the helmet as a complete wreck on Ebay and restored it. Its made out of 7 pieces of plastic plus custom made aluminum greeblies and plexiglass brow mohawk. The liner is a CVC tankers helmet I put inside after removing the electronics. The chestbox lights up and blinks. Weapon is a Master Replicas blaster with real M38 scope and real Hengstler counter. Holster was custom made out of leather by a profesional. Boots are new leather Czech army surplus with correct buckle. Flightsuit is standard available on internet. Belt is 2' leather with correct buckle with greeble. Armor was custom made out of vacformed black ABS. I have an arm commpad too but its not in these pics.

Cogs are custom made in chrome.

Cogs are custom made in chrome.

Helmet during restoration. Greeblies are Nissan door panel fastners.

The 3 bumps on the ear wells are Philips head screws with the crosses filled.

Painting with Fusion gloss black.

Greeblies installed.

 

[DL 44 Blaster]

VERY nice TIE Pilot costume. Congrats on such a fine buildup of the helmet....looked like a lot of work went on with its buildup.

 

[shado pilot]

Theres a full write up with more pics on how I did it at omegawing. Still a noob here.

 

[Prometheus]

Nice work.
Care to post what you did in detail here too?

 

[TD6829]

Super shiny and great detail work.

 

[jd pilot]

Looks nice. Where did you get the hoses?

 

[shado pilot]

I got the hoses at Home Depot. They are made by RIGID for a small shop vac. About $15 each.

 

[kibosh]

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I got the hoses at Home Depot. They are made by RIGID for a small shop vac. About $15 each.
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Is there any kind of quick connect attahcment for the hoses on either end? Or are the helmet and chest box permantently linked by hose?

 

[M Bison]

Very nice work. Very good choice on the hoses. You would be amazed at the common items you find that end up being pivotal pieces of a costume or model.

 

[Clutch]

Most excellent job.

 

[shado pilot]

<div class='quotetop'>(kibosh @ Nov 20 2006, 09:20 AM) [snapback]1361864[/snapback]</div>

<div class='quotetop'>(SHADO PILOT @ Nov 19 2006, 10:37 PM) [snapback]1361614[/snapback]

I got the hoses at Home Depot. They are made by RIGID for a small shop vac. About $15 each.
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Is there any kind of quick connect attahcment for the hoses on either end? Or are the helmet and chest box permantently linked by hose?
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My hoses are smooth for a couple inches on one end and simply friction fit into the helmet holes. On the other ends the ridges on the hoses pop over the hole edges on the chest box. Very secure. Every helmet, chestbox and hose combination is different so you may have to make yours differently. Go over to omegawing. Its a dedicated site to TIE fighter costuming with a wealth of information. I'm Shado Pilot there too

 

[freakengine]

Fantastic helmet build. Your costume looks great. :thumbsup

 

[del fargazer]

Hey Shado Pilot .. that is FANTASTIC work ..
Well done .
:thumbsup

 

[darienvader]

Well done. The only couple of things I would've changed is where the faceplate meets up with the ear wells, and I would've put the dimple in surrounding the upper ear greeblie.

Great work, though SP.

 

[Darth Kahnt]

That's a great effort you have put into your costume and it really shows through. Well done.

 

[The Manlet]

You are one of the best tie pilots i have seen.

 

[Bountyhunter Niko]

Fantastic Bro. Great work.

 

[rmschneider104]

Yes, excellent re-build. Easy to see the extra love put into the costume.

 

[Goldenrod]

Fantastic restoration on the helmet. And your entire costume looks great. I'm doing this as my next SW costume;-)

 

[MisserCraig]

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You are one of the best tie pilots i have seen.
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really?? THE best i've seen