The life and doings of TK-7060

Recieved a few Jango Parts

2009-10-13T10:18:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since the last blog entry, but I've not done much worth mentioning. I've repaired my Vader Chest plate, built a E-11 blaster and a Vader neck seal.

But today I came home with a big box standing by my door. I opened it and, behold, my Jango Fett helmet kit.

Yesterday I also recieved gloves for my Jango. They are womens gloves, and need a bit of modding, but I think they will do the job.

Oh no! Another costume build!

2009-05-16T08:16:00.000-07:00

And if you thought I was satisfied with two costumes, you were wrong. I'm now working on two more. One of the new builds is going to be a secret, so I won't blog so many pictures here. All I can say is that I've got the "helmet", the softparts and weapon. Now I need the belt to make it complete. I also need to make the suit and fix the helmet.

The next project is a bounty hunter. The father of the notorious Boba Fett. I'll be making Jango Fett. For my birthday, my GF gave me the BM CC helmet. Looking forward to recieving it. It'll arrive in September. CC stands for Cold cast. It will have a top layer of aluminium. That makes totally screen accurate, and won't need painting, except for the blue. IT'll be gorgeous.

Approved and ready

2009-05-16T08:05:00.000-07:00

I've been approved. Forgot to mention that. I've already had my first troop. Here a father approached me and handed me his newborn child. "Hold him," he said. Was a strange feeling. I've also been Darth Vader at a bachelorette party. Instead of holding a baby, I had to hold a babe. Hehe

Sith Lord awaiting approval

2009-03-22T12:21:00.000-07:00

I've finished building my Darth Vader, so my journey to the Dark Side should be complete. Still I have to wait for the judges.

Progress report 19.02.09

2009-02-19T13:39:00.000-08:00

Now that I've recieved my body suit, I have started getting things stuck to my body. I've added straps to my chestbox to make it sit, and I've added straps to the shins.
Now I need to make that shoulder armour sit tight and not go everywhere and rise up on me. But that will have to wait for when I get my shoulder bells back.

Here I am in most of my glory.

Darth Vader leather suit has arrived

2009-02-19T06:56:00.000-08:00

YES! My tailor made leather suit has arrived today.
It's hot as summer on Tatooine, but sweet oh so sweet.
Here you can see me sporting it.

The mesh in the back is for ventilation purposes. I can't even imagine how Dave Prowse felt during the shoots for Star Wars.

Missing for a complete vader now is the belt, cape and robe.
Belt is on it's way.

Dark Lord progress

2009-02-19T01:55:00.000-08:00

Been a long time since I updated this blog.
And as time has passed, I've gone and gotten a few more parts for my Vader.
What I've got so far, as you can see from the picture, is this:
Helmet
Chestarmour (Shoulder bells are returned to be repainted ANH style.)
Chestbox (Need to work on the strapping)
Gloves
Cod-piece
Shinarmour (Need to work on the strapping)
Boots
MR Lightsaber

The leather bodysuit is coming any day now, so I'm really excited. Made in Argentina after my measurements. Should be a perfect fit.

I have also several pieces for my belt in order. I'll make all the electronics myself. Exciting.

Going Sith

2009-02-18T08:23:00.001-08:00

I got a fantastic christmaspresent this year. A great starter kit for my new costume:

DARTH VADER

The kit contained: Helmet, Gloves, Cod-piece and a sound board.
Still å lot to get, but this is sooo cool. A really nice helmet.
Fiber-glass, but still light. A fan inside to keep cool.
Just look at this beauty:

And a little one of a Vader relaxing after a stressfull Christmas

Going to SSGFC Göteborg

2009-01-18T02:25:00.000-08:00

TK-7060 is going abroad. IIn the beginning of March, I'll be attending the annual Sci-Fi Con in Göteborg. This will be extremely fun. Lots of other troopers will be attending and I'll get to meet many new brothers in arms. Even R2-D2 will be there.

Here's the link to the Con's site.
Guests this time will be Mads Mikkelsen (YAY!) and Yoda (Huzzah!).

Here's the link for the Con.

TK-7060 is approved

2008-11-04T22:26:00.000-08:00

I have been approved. Took me a month of hard work, but it payed off. I really thought it would take longer though. Still, here I am. Proud member of The 501st Legion, Vaders Fist.

It didn't stick on the first try though. I had to change the lenses in the helmet, since my eyes showed through them. So I put another layer of the lens material in, and it did the trick. Now I just wait for the replacement lenses, so it can be impossible to see my eyes.

Still: The Stormtrooper TK-7060, a stormtrooper of legend, has been born.

A stormtrooper has been born

2008-10-30T13:25:00.000-07:00

Hopefully without too many flaws.
I finished my armour tonight, after a months hard work.
I felt really great in it and did not want to take it off. I just walked around for a bit.
I tried to go outside, but was a little embarrassed when cars came down the road.
YAY! Finished for Halloween! The kids in our street will get the shock of their lives when I open up the door in this!

I'm getting all dressed up.

2008-10-22T13:37:00.000-07:00

I'm starting to get close now. Very exciting.
I've been working on the armour to make it stick to myself, and so far it's been going great.
I've strapped up the chest and back plate, the ab and kidney plate. I've made a belt that holds up the thigh pieces. I've also fastened the shoulder bells to the chest plate, and the biceps to the shoulder bells. I've put some padding in the forearms to make it sit.

Here I am all dressed up. Still lots to do, but I can wear my armour now. Huzzah!

What seemed to be a nightmare...

2008-10-19T11:50:00.000-07:00

... is now done.
The thigh boxes and the knee plate are fastened.
After a whole lot of failed attempts on thursday, I was about to give in and give up.
Thanks to TD-6237, who gave me a some very good pointers, I managed to finish them today.
I used 1/8 rivets to fasten them on the sides and a small piece of velcro to keep the plates in place in front.
What do you think? Why, thank you for those compliments.

Mommy, a stormtrooper died on my floor.

2008-10-14T12:48:00.000-07:00

Been a few days since I blogged my progress. That's because it has been great progress.
I found my courage. It was hidden with my thermal detonator. I glued this together, and that made me dare continue. So my progress is as follows:
Sleeves: Glued, missing something inside to make it stay.
Biceps: Glued, need to connect them to the shoulders.
Shoulders: Done, need to connect them to the chest/back pieces.
Hands: Done, need to fasten some rubber bands that goes round my finger.
Shins: Glued, velcroed. Need to rivet the knee plate to the left knee.
Thighs: Glued. Need to rivet the ammo plate to the right thigh, and fasten them to a belt.
Blaster: Pieces glued, blaster primed, need to sand, fill and paint.

I'm getting there. Slowly but surely.

The Thermal Detonator

2008-10-12T04:22:00.000-07:00

I also started on the O2 cannister today. This is a little can that sits on the back of the belt.
This is the first part of the armour I'm gluing and it's quite scary. What if this goes wrong. I have no other cannister. Here are the parts:

Now I glue the two large half-circles together to bake a tube. This is the scaru part. Never touched the glue before. I'm using a special ABS cement, that is supposed to be real strong. Hope it is.

Now to prime it. More updates to follow.

E-11 Stormtrooper blaster

2008-10-12T04:04:00.000-07:00

Ok, I've been sitting for a whole week looking at the pieces. I haven't dared to anything.
Yesterday, I decided to go for the E-11 stormtrooper blaster. Why? It seemed easy enough. Some parts that would be glued to specific areas of the Hasbro blaster.

And it was easy. The parts fin in very nicely as you can see below.

I then primed it with grey spray paint primer. Now it really comes out cool.

I now need to fill in some gaps and paint it black.

2008-10-08T12:05:00.001-07:00

My TK-armour came in the mail this weekend. After looking at it for a while, I decided to get my tape and try it on. This is how I looked. YAY!

Well, it still needs some work, but I think it will come out nicely. Now I need to find out just how I'm doing this...

AAAHH! I'm Crazy!

2008-09-24T23:18:00.000-07:00

I just bought my armour! It's crazy.
It's being sent on saturday and I get to start working on it soon! I just can't wait.
I bought an FX-type armour and a AP-type bucket to go more movie accurate.

Now I wait...

If you want to know, here are the armour I bought:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/bingo275/imperialfanFX.htm

Troopers Log, Day 1

2008-09-24T23:12:00.001-07:00

This is where it all starts.
As I wrote in the headline of this blog, I want to join the 501st Legion, Vader's Fist. This is a charity organization who dresses up as villains from the Star Wars universe.
In this blog I will log my progress as I slowly turn into a Stormtrooper.
I started out today, visiting all the toy stores and sports stores around where I live to get two things: A Stormtrooper blaster and a black, glossy stretch undersuit. Did I get any of these? NO! Not until I checked out e-bay, where I came accross the blaster. Happy day! Bought and in the mail.
My journey has begun.