LAST MINUTE MAD DASH!

So here i am in the last minute mad dash for Halloween!! Eddie Came through with a beautiful paint job on the helmet, chest, and shoulders last weekend, and now I have to get all the little silly details done! For some of them I can 'cut corners' for for Halloween but ultimately i must do them properly. 

To Do List

1. Mask - Fiberglass in the magnets which correspond to the magnets that are in the helmet bucket.

2. Buy black SCREWS, NUTS, and 'soft' WASHERS for mounting hardhat innards to mask.

3. HOT GLUE the Lenses into Mask (for halloween, may attach differently later)

4. Cut out, PAINT BLACK, and HOT GLUE grills into Mask face and chin.

5. Buy a black BALACLAVA for my head.

6. Buy & wire up 12 volt BATTERY BOX & wire CONNECTOR

7. Wire up fan (already purchased) & wire CONNECTOR on to it.

8. Pad Underside edges of Chestplate with FELT on edges (To protect shoulder bells from Scratches) attaching with spraymount and Shoe goo at edges?

9. Attach Shoulder Bells with ???? (Help!!)

10. Try on Helmet and Shoulders, Pad under shoulders to appropriate height with THICK FOAM

11. Reglue Chest box pieces (the hot glue they were attached with originally Fell off!)

12. Attach Saber Belt Hook with CHICAGO SCREWS

13. Reglue Strap of one of the ABS Shin armor. (Arrived glued very lightly)

14. Cape - NECK CONNECTOR and Maybe VELCRO to Chestplate (Help???)

15. OPTIONAL for halloween: Get the old iPod and a speaker hooked up to do breathing noise.

 

SHOPPING LIST
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6 x Black screw
12x soft washer
6 x black nut
1 x Hot Glue Gun and gluesticks
1 x Semigloss Black spraypaint
1 x Black Balaclava
1 x 12 Volt Battery Box
1 x Set of SMALL male and female battery to fan connector
1 x sheet of black felt
1 x can of spray mount
? x Stuff to attach shoulders bells???
1 x decent sized sheet of think (1 inch?) foam.
2 x Chicago Screws long/wide enough for belt hook and thick leather belt.
1 x Cape Neck Connector (Get from Patrick??)

 Gonna be an interesting week. I think I'm taking friday off work to finish up!

The Painting has begun!

Thanks to Eddie for getting the painting started. Check out the pics of sealer/primer..

 Everything Laid out and prime/sealed...

Oops! a crack appeared.

Hopefully this will fix it.


Out of necessity and geography these photos and Paint work are all done my Eddie W, a fantastic painter who has done a lot of vader masks.

I chose NOT to paint this mask myself because after 8 months of work i didnt want to use it as my canvas to 'LEARN' to paint well. I am confident I could learn but i would not want to practice on something i am so attached to. Also Eddie has a real shop where moisture and temperature issues are going to be regulated far better than in my garage!

Its getting cold out and the temp and moisture are an issue for paint spray.