Building my Cylon-Knight

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Re: Building my Cylon-Knight

Post by Red Eye » Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:55 am

Now, it seems your armor is about to get finished!

Awesome work!


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Re: Building my Cylon-Knight

Post by Flyboy » Fri Apr 12, 2013 7:03 pm

WoW! awesome Work!!

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Re: Building my Cylon-Knight

Post by Cylon-Knight » Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:31 pm

Thanks guys! I am keeping at it... gotta be ready for Galacticon :cylon: :erk:

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Left: Glued the scabbard together. I am afraid that it will be waaaaay too weak.
Right: Added plastic layer.

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Left: Putty on the edges, I'll sand it up all smooth and when chromed it will seem as one piece
Right: My chest scratch build again - I sanded down the trim to size and then added putty again.

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A few touch up putty spots added to the helmet and back pack (not picture) too

Tomorrow should be the final sanding on the armor! And I am going to try to bake the F.L.A.G. Knight too... we'll see how that goes. :)
I'm going to review my "to do" list and see what else to tend too.
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Re: Building my Cylon-Knight

Post by Cylon-Knight » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:56 am

O.M.G.
I've been working so crazy fast on my Centurion! *wipes brow*
I got my armor ready to get out to Hand-Schaub. CHROME IS ON THE WAY BABY... "Cylon-White" no more :D
Below is the new update:

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Left: I needed to bake my clay F.L.A.G. Knight logo, cut up and bent an old cookie sheet. Man, I LOVE tin snips. :)
Right: All moved over, ready to bring on the HEAT

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Left: 275 degrees
Right: Here we go....

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Left: Setting the timer to 30 min per 1/4" of clay. Mine was just a TINY bit over 1/4 at the thickest part, so I just did 30 min.
Right: Cooking with Cylon-Knight, brought to you by Sculpey :lol:

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Left: Out of the oven, looking good! I let it cool for a few hours. I have cut myself enough - didn't want a burn too!
Right: Here we go, back on the chest bit - the curve is looking GOOD.

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Left: Close up of the curve. Ever thing worked out. *JOY*
Right: Time to put on the doll eye "bolts" - marked the spots to drill.

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Left: Drilling
Right: A Hole

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Left: First "bolt" in - perfect fit, snaps right into place like it was made in a Cylon Factory!
Right: Both lower bolts are done. Sweet.

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Left: Here you can see how the top bolts (Doll Eyes) are just a TINY bit larger, just like the Cylon Insignia (or so as I can tell)
Right: Drilling and attaching the top bolts

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All done! MY FIRST SCRATCH BUILD!!!!!!!

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Test fitting with all the Cylon-Knight Insignia bits

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Left: Gotta keep going! My Scabbard bracket - hand crafted by Brother-Cylon-Knight. AWESOME HUH???? I told him we need to make some to stock the Cylon Store - stay tuned on that after he perfects mine.
Right: The back pack collar part is now glued in place. Everything is TOGETHER and ready for chrome as best as I can do.

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The trigger hole in my Sean Rifle. Brother-Cylon-Knight came up with the perfect solution to mount the switch to the rifle. Stay tuned for that in a later update.

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Okay. It is time Cylon-Knight travels a bit more, this time to Sunny California for some wicked CHROME!!!
He has a brand new box, and me to pack him up so over-kill style, it isn't even funny. :roll:

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Left: Look, top left, Cylon Puppy is going to miss Cylon-Knight. :(
Right: Look, Cylon Kitty is going to miss Cylon-Knight too! :(
They both showed up to wish him well on his trip to see his Cylon brother, Hand-Schaub.

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Left: All packed up, and a packing list of all the various treasures inside the box.
Right: Closed up. Wow, a lot of money and work all fit in such a small box... dang! Happy travels buddy, see a shiny new you when you get back home.
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Re: Building my Cylon-Knight

Post by GoldCylon » Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:10 am

I was looking at that handy drill work, and thinking Ha...He is screwed.... :lol: :lol: :lol: , anyway looks awesome. Very well done. Can't wait to send the attack Daggit after you. Making your own personal rate. Outlandish. Unless the Daggit's I say. :cylongold:

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Re: Building my Cylon-Knight

Post by Hand-Schaub » Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:15 am

Great work! It will be in good hands.

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Re: Building my Cylon-Knight

Post by rustycylon » Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:34 am

I like the FLAG insignia. Very smart.
Did you consider painting the armour gloss black like KITT.
I always wondered what a cylon would look like in gloss black.
Anyway good work. :cylon:

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Re: Building my Cylon-Knight

Post by groupleaderzeta » Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:28 am

Great work, and the insignia came out better than I thought. can't wait to see everything chromed up.

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Re: Building my Cylon-Knight

Post by Red Eye » Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:10 am

Oh my... there's so much to look at! :cool:

LOVE the insignia, by the way. It came out GREAT!
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Re: Building my Cylon-Knight

Post by sean » Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:46 pm

Bro! Looks awesome..and that knight is just too Cool.It makes me SO HAPPY to finely see you get to this point of your build.
Great job my Cylon brother.....

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Re: Building my Cylon-Knight

Post by Cy » Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:52 pm

Im sure Ill hear all the giggling all the way here in Cal when you finally get to see it chromed. Nice work my friend.

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Re: Building my Cylon-Knight

Post by Cylon-Knight » Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:28 pm

Thanks everyone!
Cylon-Knight is now in Sacramento... On a truck for delivery!

Hand-Schaub take some photos if you can please... Of "The night the Cylon-Knight landed" ;-)
I told my wife she can scrapbook me up a build album, lucky her. lol
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Re: Building my Cylon-Knight

Post by Hand-Schaub » Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:11 am

Transit complete. Box was here at 7:30am. Sorry no pictures but everything is in good order. I'm off to work now but a bit later I will be bringing the suit to the chrome painter. Will report later tonight

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Re: Building my Cylon-Knight

Post by Cylon-Knight » Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:49 am

:cylon: whooooo wheeeee!!! Thank you HS!!!!
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Re: Building my Cylon-Knight

Post by Cylon-Knight » Sun Apr 21, 2013 11:35 pm

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Left: My new plate to mount the "trigger" switch in my rifle - 1/2 installed when this photo was taken.
Right: The switch all wired up.

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Installed! It will be painted black and blend in then. It was made from some tread plate metal - but the treads were hammered down. The paint will help to hide the fact they used to be there. The little screws are not quite flush, but, with a hockey glove finger over the trigger ready to *zap* at any moment no one will ever see them.
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The Scabbard mount, all done - and super Cylon sexy! :)
Only thing is ... the scabbard is in California now to be chromed - D'OH! lol
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