Recent content by TheLavaMelon

Quick update for y'all. I haven't had much time to work on it this week, but I stripped almost all of the paint and picked up an airbrush and some enamel and acrylic paints to test with. By the way, a stiff brush really helps with paint stripping. I also have some plans on the masking that...

Hey Y'all, thanks for all of the kind words! I kinda feel bad for disappearing, especially since I haven't even used the gauntlets I was donated yet (sorry!). It boils down to that work slowed down a lot more than usual over the holidays and people weren't paying. Things have picked up quite a...

The main thing I want to do, is redo the flak vest and use the proper armor attachment method. The velcro allows the armor to flap around and it's super easy to slap it off if you're not careful. I'm not happy with any of the soft parts that I made, except for the ammo pouches. The girth belt...

Before I get to the "completion" photos, I wanted to thank everybody involved: Irongladiator and Lazerjock for the parts list ShortFuse and Lazerjock for the info on Sintra ShortFuse for pointing me to the wizardofflight armor templates wizardofflight for the armor templates batninja for the...

Actually, the function is next Thursday (the 15th). All the same, yes I think I'll make it. Especially if this paint job works out over the weekend. Thank you all for your assistance! Best regards, - TheLavaMelon

I do have the Borden Connector (in metal too!), you should be able to see it in the bottom picture below. Thanks for the offer! PM Sent. Thank you very much! Anyway, not too much progress these past couple days. I cut out the place for the visor in the helmet: Then I rounded the edges of the...

PM Sent. Thank you very much! I'm not sure if I have it, I haven't looked through all of the parts that came with it yet. I'll check back tonight after I assemble it for paint. Best regards, - TheLavaMelon

Wow! I'll get right on that then... Best regards, - TheLavaMelon

Yikes, I think I'll pass on that. I might try to do like this guy did (linked in my other thread): https://www.thedentedhelmet.com/forums/threads/my-super-low-budget-fett-in-3-weeks.14209/#post-265479 Anyway, I have some updates. Yesterday (Monday) my Rubies gun came in: It is super flimsy...

Hey everybody. I've been working on this all week, but haven't had time to sit down and write this post. I appreciate you linking this, but I'm just not interested in buying anymore. I've been bit by the DIY bug. We begin this update on Monday the 28th. After two failures with the armor in...

Well, life happened so I was delayed further. And it didn't work. I could bend it with heat, but the thickness became extremely uneven. I was hoping to work on the armor all day this Sunday, but I guess not. I'll try to make progress on the other pieces. Best regards, - TheLavaMelon

Okay, that makes sense. I'll still give it a try because I can't call any sign shops until Monday at least, but if it doesn't work that would be why. I have a zoom meeting until about 11:30, so I won't be working on this until then. Best regards, - TheLavaMelon

I didn't think to sand the plastic before trying to epoxy the leather on. After that failure, I did some research on sintra and it seems that it isn't that different from normal foam core from a craft store so I grabbed a couple of sheets at hobby lobby. I printed the wizardofflight templates...

Thank you all for your interest and suggestions! I ended up sleeping in this morning so I didn't have time to glue the leather. I'll probably just use a 5 minutes epoxy. It's just what I have on hand. I could go the Sintra route as ShortFuse pointed out, but I would have to wait for shipping...

Thanks for the link! I like how he did the jetpack in particular. If I have time to do the jetpack I'll go a similar route for sure. I started working on the armor pieces tonight so I'm moving to a WIP thread: https://www.thedentedhelmet.com/forums/threads/thelavamelons-budget-build-wip.35683/...