the new MB kashyyyk scout trooper build thread

this is the new MRbungle KS build thread ,the old got to long but here is the link for the old thread.

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f45/my-kashyyyk-trooper-build-progress-29852/

i will update this thread to bring yall up to date on the build.

here is my rushed 24 hour paintjob on the finished helmet. the viser is not attached yet and the lens is not supported by plexiglass. but this is the finished helmet. the colors still need work. LMK what you think.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/004-21.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/005-17.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/006-15.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/007-13.jpg

colours will be a long argued point Tom.
Lid looks great, even nicer all painted up!

Nate

KICK SHEBS!!!! kandosii looks good,lil bright but it may be this comp lol cant wait to see it all together

Excellent! Sweet paint job. I'm about to do a Hasbro bucket camo mod, myself.

How many colors? Looks like a couple of greens, tan and rust/maroon. Did you do any kind of masking or template or just air/hand brush?

Really nice work. Can't wait to do mine.

i spraypainted it kaiki then i used 4 different greens and 2 different browns. in some parts i mixed green and brown together. i dabbed on the color then came back with a brush to brighten the colors. i took green akrlic ink and washed it out over the helmet.
then came back and misted the helmet with black,grey and kaiki spraypaint.

bump
could one of the admins. fix my misspelling on the thread title???????



edit: thanks to amin for the fix.

very nice work! :-)

are gonna do a run? I'd take one for sure! You really worked hard on this, great job sir !

thanks for the comments

but no, i am not doing a run ,that would be against copyright laws.:doh:doh

Loving it! It does look so much better with some colour thrown onto it.

love that helm! great camo job too!

That is a fricken awesome helmet. Great paint job too BTW.

i would post some progress pics of the armor but i am to busy doing my non-exsistant run on the helmets.

LOL!!!

here is the pretty much finished chest with the rough back and tank. the back is much bigger than the front plate.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/003-23.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/002-22.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/004-22.jpg

That's coming along really well mate!!

nice work!

progress has slowed a bit because of my small helmet run. got those out of the way. now i have started to build a vacform table to do all the armor except the back plate and tank. that will be made of fiberglass.

the back and chest plates should be finished soon and i can start on the shins.


yay vacform, fiberglass stinks!!!!

here is the first stage of the boot armor.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/002-25.jpg

The more i see, the more i want! :P

Btw. Nate said he didn't want his and to send it to me instead :D

here is the back tank now, still got some work to do on it.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/006-17.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/005-19.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/004-25.jpg

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The more i see, the more i want! :P

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I'm with you mate. ;) Stunning boots so far! That back plate is shaping up so well too!

Looking good MB! ;)

jon

thanks for the comments. i am still having trouble with the shape of the tank. the right side seems to be correct and i am trying to match the left up.

hey tom wot u need to do is make a 3D model of half the tank, flip it, then get a machine......

*collapses in a bloody bullet riddled heap filled.45 rounds*

....*gasp* .... looks good mate.....

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The more i see, the more i want! :P

Btw. Nate said he didn't want his and to send it to me instead :D

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OI! just noticed - hands off mister... its mine... MINESSSSS... my prrreecciioousssss......

Very nice Tom!

Cant wait to get this set. Will you make the run in ABS or FG?
Also, put me on the list when you start.

thanks

it will be both. chest and back will be made of fiberglass and the rest will be abs.

here is the pretty much finished back and front plate. the tank greeb will be set into the tank , right now i just have it sitting there.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/004-26.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/003-25.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/006-18.jpg

here is the start of the shin and boot armor.

nz jedi helped on these. thanks tim!!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/007-16.jpg

we talked abt the banana curve to that shin piece - look like u and NZ have been working overtime! nice curves man!

the tank detail worked out nice too.

Nate

What a beauty!! Nice work there!

here is the boot armor so far. real tricky to get the right look. they will be vacformed. so should be able to cut to fit.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...yedtom/023.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...yedtom/024.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...yedtom/025.jpg

coming along nicely i see

btw nice how-to on ur KS lid on BSN mate

Nate

thanks nate.

i am in the middle of building and painting one of my helmets up because i did not like certain things on the first paint up and destroyed the helmet trying to get the paint off. i know ....what a *******. so that is slowing me down on the armor build.
but i hope to have the new halmet done soon and get back to the armor full time.

i pulled my first backplate and tank from the mold and it will work nicely. i have to mold up the tank greeb and the chest plate. **** rubber ain't cheap!!!

rubber ain't cheap indeed! i had a helmet mold fail this week... $80 worth of silicone in the trash.

i feel your pain STG. i had one fail about 2 weeks ago. just ordered 300 worth of rubber this morning. mumblemumblemumble..............................

here is the belt,cod and belt buckle make up. i plan to make the belt out of rubber. the cod and buckle will be made of abs.
i left a flap at the top of the belt so you can glue the belt flap to the inside of the cummerbund. i will leave a flap at the top of the cod piece so the belt,cod and cummerbund are all connected so they don't shift around when you wear the costume.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/004-31.jpg

here are the shins cut in half for the vactable. they are almost done just got to do some fine tuning to the centers of the shins and fill some small spots.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/005-23.jpg

here is new helmet i just got done with. thought you guys might like to see it. i finally got the right tint for the lens and man it makes a world of difference!! i took some black paper to see what the vents would look like with the black paper going straight back , i like it. so here it is................... much better tahn my first try at painting this bucket.


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...dtom/014-1.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...dtom/015-3.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...dtom/019-3.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...dtom/021-2.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...dtom/017-1.jpg

no real update, just converting all the armor over for vactable plugs. almost finished with my vactable.
i hope to start producing armor by the end of april!!!!!!!!

yay for me!!!!!

i will post pics after i have all the armor plugs done.

i need to know what you guys think about what to form them out of.
hips
abs

.090
or
.125 on the thickness of the plastic.

my vote is hips , but you will have to lightly sand it before you paint and you get better detail, abs you do not.

LMK





tom

Plans to sell this in a kit at some point Tom?

i hope to , it is alot of work building this just to keep it to myself.

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Originally Posted by mrbungle

no real update, just converting all the armor over for vactable plugs. almost finished with my vactable.
i hope to start producing armor by the end of april!!!!!!!!

yay for me!!!!!

i will post pics after i have all the armor plugs done.

i need to know what you guys think about what to form them out of.
hips
abs

.090
or
.125 on the thickness of the plastic.

my vote is hips , but you will have to lightly sand it before you paint and you get better detail, abs you do not.

LMK





tom

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I say go for HIPS if that gets you better details/sharper pulls! And make it as sturdy as possible without loosing the details:)

Looking awesome and really tempting.... :)

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Originally Posted by mrbungle

i hope to , it is alot of work building this just to keep it to myself.

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That's what we like to hear! Can't wait to see the finished product. Looks great!

thanks for the comments

here is where i am now. still working on the transition from armor to armor plugs for vacforming. not to much more to go really. i have to get my vactable finished. then it will all be down hill to getting to the finished costume.

sorry about the bad pics.

i am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/001-26.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/002-36.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/003-35.jpg

Very nice work man. I've been watching it all along. This is one of my favorite clones! I think I'm probably too big to get a set if you produce them (6'06" 270-ish) unless you did an oversized run! But, I'd certainly be interested in at least a helmet!

Your work is beautiful man. I cant wait to see how it turns out when you finish the vactable. Don't give up.

Tom
MAN, I been away toooo long, I can't believe that I've missed out on
all your brillant progress on this fantastic suit.
I'm going yo have to play catch up on all your brillant work on here
and the BSN.
Outstanding work my friend, simply outstanding :)

thanks for the kind replies guys.

the build is getting there.

WOW! I'd love to have a set when you're ready.

Very interested in seeing more progress. Nice project.

thanks for the comments,guys

here is a little video of the finished helmet i posted on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfJE3...e=channel_page

i sound like a redneck.........yeeeeeeehawwww!!!

OYA MANDA!!!!! Excellent Helmet. Very impressive!!!!!!! :skull

Seriously, the helmet astounds me. I hope the armor gets done soon. Can't wait to see it.

thanks for the replies, guys!

well here's another update on the build. i am almost done , i hope to pull the prototype in the next couple of weeks.

here is the shoulder, bicep knee pieces.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/001-27.jpg
here is the chest
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/003-36.jpg
here is the back plate and tank. the plan is to cut out the tank grove i left in the back plate then take the tank and slide the tank through the plate. then glue and bondo it together and sand. i am also teying to get it where you just set the tank greeb in the pocket i am sculpting into the top of the tank.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/005-28.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/004-38.jpg
here is the belt,cod and forearm piece, the belt is almost ready to mold so hang in there, lonescout! they are coming!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/007-20.jpg
here is the shin and boot armor.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/002-37.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...dtom/014-2.jpg
bicep and tank greebs.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/008-12.jpg
and last but not least, the art director and ceo of mrbungle tech.....
coa-coa the wonder mutt!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...dtom/013-6.jpg

Wow, you are putting some serious elbow grease into this project. Good work bud!

thanks, man. just rying to get it to the point where i can do the prototype and see if i have to make any corrections to the moulds.
all the while trying to get my seamstress off her butt to finish my under suit and trying to get the gloves made too.

wonderful custom bondo work!

Hey man, you ok?
Any updates?

hey guys. thanks for the concern rhyme.

everything is good. the armor is finished for the most part. i am finishing the vac table, i hit a couple of snags on that but i am still on target. waiting on parts for the vactable more than anything. i am making the molds for the belt and some of the other straps. i have to redo the bicep strap. the first one was to thin. i hope to have prototype pulls and a prototype costume done by the end of the month and being pretty close to being ready to start making the KS kits.
:cheers

Wow, this is coming out fantastic! Can't wait to see the final product!

Absolutely! Looking forward to seeing the first pull!

Man I am so pumped to see the first pull as well. I am glad that everything is well.
Just making sure.:hug

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i hope to have prototype pulls and a prototype costume done by the end of the month and ready to start making the KS kits.
:cheers

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that prototype stage is pretty interesting... i haven't had a single piece yet that didn't need some tuning before i'd be willing to make parts for other people.

it will be great seeing this stuff walking around with a person in it!

yeah the protoype stage is going to be fun. making sure all the parts work together and look right together.

the plus side is i did sculpt the armor as wearable armor before i turned the masters into vacform plugs. i triesd on the pieces to make sure they fit. so they should fit together pretty well.

i am very excited to get the prototype together!!!!

This looking impressive build? Will you be making these kits for people in the future?

What I want know is, how big of a bonus that crooked CEO is going to get on the completion of the project.

she is already recieving bonuses in the form of dog biscuits and the dang project is not even completed yet!!!!

just like a greedo CEO!

here is the test pull for the rubber belts. you wrap the main belt around your waist then use the small piece to fill in the gap.
this should work fine when all trimed up.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/001-32.jpg

Looks pretty good for a first pull man. Great job.

yeah the next one should be cleaner and the rubber is a little old.

Now Tom, for those that got in on the lids early we get a discount when these go to sell right?????? *you really want to give me a discount* hand wave.....

let me assume a popular seller's voice from TDH.......... aahhemm.


"This will be the most accurate suit ever. We managed to get measurments from a distance to bring you the most movie accurate and exact sizing ever. We snuck into the ILM archives and stole the real deal to make molds of the screen used costume.
Now we are going to makes these availible to the good people of the Dented Helmet.
I know it only cost me 200 bucks to make the complete costume but I will sell these kits on TDH for 9999 bucks. Because you guys are my personal piggy bank .........I mean we are a community and i am here to help you build the best costumes ever.
:cheers "

BarcProud




just joking. i have a very good price in mind for the whole kit .pm me if interested.

i will be starting a interest list soon on BSN.

if you are interested go here.

BSN interest list.
http://forum.bikerscout.net/index.php?showtopic=5078

I'm interested, just don't have the funds right now. Too much going on at home. :(

Wow, you truly are a Bondo legend! Great job!

Dude, I have been waiting for this to happen for a long time. I hope I can get the funds for it soon!

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Wow, you truly are a Bondo legend! Great job!

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skygunbro is a bondo legend , my friend.

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Originally Posted by mrbungle

let me assume a popular seller's voice from TDH.......... aahhemm.


"This will be the most accurate suit ever. We managed to get measurments from a distance to bring you the most movie accurate and exact sizing ever. We snuck into the ILM archives and stole the real deal to make molds of the screen used costume.
Now we are going to makes these availible to the good people of the Dented Helmet.
I know it only cost me 200 bucks to make the complete costume but I will sell these kits on TDH for 9999 bucks. Because you guys are my personal piggy bank .........I mean we are a community and i am here to help you build the best costumes ever.
:cheers "

BarcProud

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dude!! you kill me man ROFL!!

btw, I dont want the discount, just a resin cast of coa-coa wil do for me mate

call u later, once we got the little monsters squared away ;P

Nate

btw

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yeah the next one should be cleaner and the rubber is a little old.

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now come on Tom, ur momma must have warned you abt the dangers of using old rubbers ;p

here are some more parts.

i designed the tank so the greeb should just fit in the slot made for it.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/001-33.jpg

got the shins looking a little better.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/007-21.jpg

here is the boot armor.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/004-40.jpg

here the back plate that the tank will sit in.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/003-40.jpg

forearm piece.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/005-29.jpg

here are the belt buckles for the boot armor i made. the parts are made from a scrap piece of roof flashing. i made the greebs to be glued on the flashing.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/005-30.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/006-25.jpg

here is the belt i just pulled. much cleaner than the first pull. i am experimenting alittle to try to get grey bars with a black background, that way we don't have to paint the rubber. you can see in the smaller belt where i added more tint to the rubber. the back of the belt is getting darker compared to the bars on the belt. i think it is possible to get the right look on the belts by playing with the tints added to the rubber. fill in the bars with the gray tinted rubber , then come right on top of it with black tinted rubber.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/001-35.jpg

That looks pretty dang sharp man. I like the boot belt thing goin on.
I looks spify. Sorry if I sound odd. I just woke up from a 3 hour nap.

well , the vac table is up and running. FINALLY!!!! after burning up some plastic and tweeking the table i was able to pull the first test pieces.

everything is going pretty smooth now. i just have to do some work on the armor plugs, smooth things out here and there.

but overall the project is coming together. i ma going with .090 becuse the 125 stuff is not giving me the detail i want.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/001-40.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/002-45.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/003-43.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/004-43.jpg

here is the boot armor trimed and taped together to get idea of what they will look like. these will be seamless. slide the shin armor on then pull your boots on, then slide the armor down over the boots.

the toe armor will be tricky. because it will have to move some to walk. i am going to cut off the bottom buckle on the boots.

sorry about the pics , they are taken from a mirror.


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/001-41.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/002-46.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/003-44.jpg

WOW! Love those boots!!!!!! Really, well done bro!

Looking great! It appears your test pulls are wavy, with regard to the rear half of the calve armor. A little fine tuning and your final pulls are going to be cleaner and tighter.

Ya know, seeing as you've done the leg armor, maybe a future project should be the Galactic Marine?

Did I mention that the leg armor is awesome?!! LOL!

I want to incorporate those into my snow commander rebuild. I am trying to get more Galactic Marine components in play this time.

Oh, who is the manufacturer of the boots?

That's something I'm interested in knowing too.

thanks for the comments guys.

the boots are gbx's. i am working on the wavyness now. i am making molds of most of my armor to make hydrocal copies to use on the vactable. so that should take care of some of the wavyness.

here is the pic of the first full kit pulled. i have to fine tune the chest and back plate so i get pulls that go all the way to the platen. i am using .125 hips and i am going to use .090 for the final pulls.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/002-47.jpg

It's beautiful. :) May need some refining but it's stunning all the same.

here is the mock up of the armor on. fits pretty good. putting the tank throught the backplate is the most ricky part of this kit. t6he armor is just taped together. ignore the pistol sticking out of my paints..........S&W 40 cal.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...yedtom/048.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...yedtom/050.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...yedtom/051.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...yedtom/052.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...yedtom/043.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...yedtom/045.jpg

Love the boots!

thanks , what about the rest????

Looks great man! Awesome job so far!

It all looks awesome my friend! There's just something about those boots! :)

Looking good, can't wait to see it finished. :)

Forgot to say that helmet looks really awesome!!!

thanks guys.

here is various parts being put together.
started glueing strips in the armor and putting it together.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...dtom/010-6.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...dtom/011-7.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...dtom/015-4.jpg

here are the shins glued together.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/003-45.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/004-44.jpg

tank and backplate
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...dtom/018-2.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...dtom/019-5.jpg

so i ran out of plastic this morning while making other peoples armor.........don't worry i have anothe rshipment coming tommorow if the ups guy is nice to me. so......... lo and behold i had time for my stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


i got to put bondo on all my armor and got the shins, back plate and tank done. still working on my bicep pieces. aliitle more time and they will be ready to paint.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/006-27.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...dtom/019-6.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tom/008-15.jpg

here is the shins i put the belts on to see what they would look like.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...dtom/017-2.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...dtom/018-3.jpg

and i had a little time to work on my new helmet.