TRASH CAN ARMOR! *PICS*

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That rocks... Nice job on it.


JK3

That's looks great!

Keep us up to date with your progress!

That is just brilliant!
Thanks for sharing that with us all! I think I will use that idea for making the armor for my sons.

Wow! Now that's an innovative idea!

now thats macguyverism if i have ever seen it.
that turned out to look incredible. nice work and a super idea!!

WOW now that's cool! I'll have to check out the smaller bathroom size trash cans for Jango leg armor. What a great idea. Thank you for sharing.

Alan

Bless my bark!!! way to use your noggen to come up with a cool idea!!! Lets see some paint on that trash can armour

Awesome idea! Great for people that are "sintra-challenged"!

Nice!!! Now if you could only get the old coffee grounds and last weeks lasagna stains off of the back...

Great!!

will they fit on ur vest? I mean, I made my armor out of cheapo plexi-glas, but to make an excellent fit, youd need to be able to fold an A4 paper around a football... if ya know what i mean, there for its impossible to make the backplate out of oen piece of plexi-glas, so myn is a 2 piece alluminium construction.

same goes for teh collar plate, I had to bend myn a little in teh center to get more of a /\ -form

great idea, think i'll try that out soem day!

could you show more pics when theyre attached to teh vest?

Man, no heating and bending?! You are truly inventive.

Here's what it looks like on the vest. The collar armor will seat more flush when I secure it to the vest. I just set the armor on the vest to show how the curvature helps it lie.

I officially state in this post that I have seen it all now. I NEVER would have even conceived an idea as brilliant as this.........you've got a great set of armor there and definitely the MOST original idea I've seen to date


Steve

wow that is awesome, I never would have thought of that. You might have to work with the collar to cuve it to your shoulders.

THIS is brilliant!!!! This is the sort of stuff I LOVE to see here at TDH! Talk about using your imagination to make something that kicks arse!

That just looks fantastic! Screw the FG!! I want a Trash Can!

Man if only i used this sooner i could saved some money...WOW! nice idea man, very nice idea (talk about thinking outside the box) i wonder what will come up next here in TDH.

:thumbup We're not worthy, we're not worthy! THAT is brilliant!

All i can say is WoW.....:thumbup

Talk about thinking "outside the box!" err garbage can. Excellent Idea if you can't get a hold of other plastics.

Man, that is just awesome. Hard to believe all from a trash can. Nice job!8)

OOOOOOOOO I havent seen all of these pic's yet...Yeah I have to agree with everyone else looks great and cant go wrong with the price. Where did you get this idea from? Thats a nice helmet you got there with the ROTJ paint

This reminds me a whole lot of phantomviper's bucket armor from last year. One question, is the trash can plastic easier to cut than a pvc bucket? My scar still hurts sometimes from working on the bucket armor.

You can cut and trim it just like ABS plastic. I've found it rather easy to cut.

WOW!!!!!!!

Whoa.. haven't seen one of those in a while!

Is this armor flexible enough to go snow skiing in?

That is awesome. Talk about having and idea and making it come true. GREAT!

Hey slave1pilot! Watch it there buster...he would not want to go bustin' up a perfectly cut trash can...now would he! Also Mr. Fett Full of Dollars...nice color!

;p

Man.........I can't believe I got sintra armor....I shudda got me trashcan...excellent posting and Idea...CUDOS!!!

Hey Trash Can Fett...want to be an official member of the White Commando Team? You are invited.

Great work I must say!

John

There goes John recruiting for the White Commando Posse team again.

AFettFullofDollars- That was a bloody brilliant idea, and it looks great! Wish I would've thought of that before I bought my first set of armor.

-Ceno (As-of-yet unwhite member and second in command of Team Whitey)

this is a great idea for those of us who don't have much money, I was thinking also about coating mine in fiberglass to give it alittle extra weight and some extra protection. Any ideas?

coat it in fiberglass to give it a little extra weight.

What an intensely resourceful idea. That armor looks great.

My only concern would be getting paint to bond well to that type of plastic. I guess it doesn't need any paint if you go with the white mando thing.

Originally Posted by judz dwedd

What an intensely resourceful idea. That armor looks great.

My only concern would be getting paint to bond well to that type of plastic. I guess it doesn't need any paint if you go with the white mando thing.

Thanks for all the kind words, and Judz, that was a concern of mine too, but the plastic that these trashcans are made from isn't that 'slick, shiny' kind. It has a matte finish to it. I took some really fine grain sand paper and went over it once, and the paint adhered beautifully. Unfortunately I ruined my prototype set while experimenting with some vest attachment techniques.

Well you just saved me a good 30 bucks on Sintra! But how do you plan on denting it?

Id say use a heat gun, besides that a flamethrower would work

Very, very innovative. I think we know what the next fad is in the fett world.

Originally Posted by SMGesus

Well you just saved me a good 30 bucks on Sintra! But how do you plan on denting it?

On my last set I dremelled out the dents and it looked fine.

I concur Judz...fully. Yay! Go Team Whitey!

Originally Posted by judz dwedd

What an intensely resourceful idea. That armor looks great.

My only concern would be getting paint to bond well to that type of plastic. I guess it doesn't need any paint if you go with the white mando thing.

yeah I saw this idea and it was like BRILLANT!!! I gotta tell you Fist that is the most brillant idea i have ever seen.


I will be starting on mine this friday coming up

Thats the most trashy armor I've seen very good Idea.

I am definately doing this, the cheep-ness of sintra (compaired with aluminium) and the durability of aluminium!
I'll buy my cans next time I'm at the store!

OK. See what you started?
Now I just need to find some templates I like (and can figure out how to print properly.) After a couple calls to some local sign makers, I was able to find a place willing to sell me some sintra for the other armor parts. (I finally started telling them it was for an art project. Then the guy became really helpful telling me how easy it was to shape when you use a heat gun.) I have a week of vacation next week, so I should have some progress pics.

ABSOLUTLY BRILLIANT!

I think this might be the answer two my size problem. I've been having a really hard time finding armor that fits a fat guy like myself. Now...all I have to do is find a trash can that's round and wide enough.

I think, my friend you may be responcible for a new technique that will help hundreds if not thousands of fat people achieve their Mandalorian Armor Dreams.

We should call this the Dollar Technique.



Now, I just have to find templates my size.

Wow !!.. Ingenius idea !!! ... The A-Team would be impressed with that one

Hey guys, thought I'd chime in here. This can idea is PURE GENIUS!

Also, if you want to paint it, and are worried about the paint holding, there is a paint brand called PLASTI-COAT. You can find it in most paint stores (Home or auto). I used it on softball helmets. YOU KNOW what a beating they can take. We used the plasti-coat primer then normal paint. It holds up great. Those helmets went 3 years before they needed touch ups. Shoot me a PM if you want more info.

Hope I could help...

Cool im going to get my trash cans tommorow.But how can you trase the armor out? I think it would be kind of hard. well on my clock its 39 more minutes till tommorow so.bye

i started on my armor today lol i tell you that stuff is hard to cut

One way to get the template onto the can would be to use a spray adhesive and spray the can, then stick the armor printout on it

All i can say so far this project hurts lol

What are you using to cut it with? I use these and it cuts easily.

a hair dryer and hobby knife and my wife is being cheap but i like it so far i just got my shoulder armor, and back armor left to cut out, and my mid armor i guess lol

OUCH! No wonder you're hurting.

at least now i know what it looks like LOL so i can get one then lol i tell you thou today i stabbed my thumb

Ahh you got the seeker seal of approval!

yeah im going to sneak to walmart and get one lol

I made my first set of armor out of a bucket just like this. Great job

yeah i got my chest and now my shoulder armor finished, all i have left is the back armor, and well the piece i call don't shoot me there please LOL

Im not doing BF but im using the design for my character I do that is a mando bh


So far the entire armor is black, problem is coming up with a idea for the flak jacket

Im wanting to find since i have role playing wise my character is from the same clan jango is a decal to put on the armor any ideas where to find these?

VERY good idea. I was trying to figure out how I could make some armor myself, and I think this will be the way for me. (Originally, I was thinking pvc pipe, depending on how heat moldable it is) but I think I'll abandon that idea and go this way. I'm hoping to have a Fett costume ready for May 19th. I just got a DP '96 off of ebay (almost had a 95, lost the auction in the last 20 seconds by $1.00). I'll post pictures of my progress when I start. (maybe next week, 'cause it is my spring break)

Oh, have any of you made the rest of the armor this way (back, leg, etc)?

I will be doing the back in a few weeks since im kinda going without the knee armor and going with like knee pads that im going to modify

Something that I think was overlooked was the lid of the trashcan. The lid on the 20 gallon one seams big enough, and curved right to be the cod piece. (well, depending on your size. I think it'll work for me)

Here's the start of mine, thanks to the great idea posted here, as well as templates I got from here too. I had to shrink them down a bit, but it will be ok, I think

AFettFullofDollars - You got this stuff painted yet? I'm curious to see how it came out

Brillaint I am impressed worthy of a Mandalorian.

I must say, I wish I had this before I started, I think I may do it to improve on mine, I swear, I dont see how people do some of this stuff with sintra.

Well the trash cans are about as thick as 1/8" Sintra. It's pretty easy (Sintra) to score a couple of times and then break off the unwanted pieces. It is also very easy to work with using boiling water. I'm using the trash can for my son's chest, collar, shoulder, and abs. But making the back plate, cod, butt, gauntlets, shin guards and parts of his jet pack out of 1/8" sintra. It's working out great! Will show pics when done.

well thats the thing, I tried boiling, but I could never get it to bend more than a little with alot of force applied. I started wearinga mask and using strait up oven burner and that works, but it takes alot of timing and skill to do well. Im going to go buy some garbage cans tomorrow I think....

Were you using 1/8" or 1/4"? I had no problems with the 1/8" sintra. If it bent wrong I just let it soak in the pan until it was flexible and went from there. If you have probs bending 1/4", make two pieces of 1/8", glue them together and then bend them at once. I did that for my son's cod piece and that was three pices glued with cyanoacrylite glue.

just to make sure Im not insane I went and got a ruler and checked, no, I do have 1/8th, I swear, a rolling boil didnt do me any good no matter how long I left the peices in, and its been two purchases of sintra that have been like that so I know it wasnt just a bad batch. Mabee god hates me, oh well, Ill find my way around it, now I just have to work on redoing my lower jango armor, as when I first did it, I used poor templates (cod peice front as the thigh guards doh!) Although, I must say, one project came out right with sintra, and that was my roman legionairre armor, full suit of it, but that =/= fett armor.

hmmm, any idea if this trash can can be adjusted using a little bit of heatgun goodness?

Go back to where you bought theSintra and make sure that is what it is. It should be the PVC based product not styrene. Kydex and Komatex is also the name brand. I used a shallow pan and not a pot for mine. Have you tried that? If all else fails, try a heat gun froma hobby store.

well, it may be because I have been trying to bend the sintra alot more than it is capable of doing from just boiling, you only do slight bending correct? because you see, I didnt know of the filler techniques until recently.

Infact, heres a pic of the new set from the can, I wouldnt reccomend it as jango armor as the slight texture it has is bad, unless you want to sand it with a very fine grain of paper. It isnt bad though.

Here it is setting on my vest

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Offhand, I dont reccomend this armor for any "professional" if I can call it that, makers. It is failry flexible and light, but tough. But you cant beat it for its cheapness of money and time for costumes for offspring, and paintball/airsoft armor. SOmeone should try Bondo-ing it to see if that gives it and more integrity.

i want some garbage armor that is sooo BRILLIANT!!!

just do it, I had mine made only a couple days after I read that

I've made gauntlets out of 1/8" sintra after boiling it in a pan. I wrapped them around a large 52 oz. cup and held it until it kept the form. You cna also tape it as suggested before.

I swear, how long did you boil it?

thats what you call "saving money"...i think i'll try that sometime too!!

To the dude with the idea of trash can turned to armor....I salute you!!

that is so cool

Here's my son's trashcan armor suit. The shoulder, collar, chest and abs are made from the smaller trash can. Although I made this out of the trash can, I would use 1/8" sintra if I were to do it again. It's easier to cut out and bend.

Nice armor your son's got there!

Where do you all get the templates for the armor? I tried going a search here and found a lot of people mentioning templates is all. Can someone point me in the right direction? I want to pick up a trash can and try this out, but I dont think I stand a chance without any templates.

-Tony Vida; TK 3204; Austin, Tx

Did you do a search under the "armor" section? Talk to Phantom Viper also.

Geo

It's TITANIUM FETT!!!

Seriously, nice job!

Just wanted to say thx for the great idea! Here's the finished product.

Miggs

DUDE that is BAD @ss... Oops.

I actually found that you can bend the stuff with heat slightly. But because the material is so flexible already, you have to heat it quite a bit and then freeze it immediately (with ice water) in the position you want it. Letting it cool does not work all that well.

What I want to know is how Miggs got those dents in it. TELL ME!

Hey, well, this looks very awesome, cheap, and pretty good looking. A nice bundle rolled into a $20 package. Now, my question is,

What are you using to afix the armor to the colar? glue? epoxy? duct tape?

I'm hoping to use magnets to attach my armor.

Thanks for the tips, Miggs.

-afettfulloffdollars- I would have done that first if I had seen this thread about six months ago.... it's smart, saves money, and seems easier than cutting dang sintra and bending it. (also transporting the HUGE sheet in my car) Great idea, keep coming up with some smart and effective ways to save!!!!! =)

Just to show you can do more than chest armor with this stuff.
Had to notch the bottom and fold it over heating it so it would stick to itself so as to get a curve on it. A bit tricky to bend but can be patched up with bondo, however, bondo is reluctant to stick to this stuff so you have to sand it real good. I used superglue on the places that didn't stick and ran a line of superglue around the edges of all the bondo just in case, then sanded that smooth when it dried. The raised part I stuck on by heating both pieces, however, this makes it soft so it deformed a bit, glueing would have been better but I went the fast route.

Bolts are keyboard keys hollowed out and fillied with hotglue. I stuck a bolt in it with the nut screwed on about 1/8th of an inch and sunk it into the hot glue. Works great.

I'll say it again.. the rubbish bin idea is pure genius !!!