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Final Wearer. TDK style.


SO= here I am. Its that time of year again but this year its different. I am not building my suit the night of "the party".

The good= this is my final wearer. As in= i will never build another TDK suit to wear. In fact, this October 31st will more than likely be the last time I suit up. At least- in Wayne Enterprises best. The suit is probably the best I have built. The glue up is very decent. It might be the best glue job yet. There are very few flaws and part placement is very decent. The parts- on the other hand had a rough life. I had them made last winter. They were laying on a table in my work shop and were victim to spray paint overspray. HOT PINK!!. What a mess. It was the first time that paint actually stuck to urethane. LMAO> SO- I cleaned everything off with PrepSol and unfortunately that left the surface finish pretty poor. Most of this had to be top-coated in SEM Black. This is why some parts may have a satin finish and others matte. This solvent also caused some of the carbon pieces to yellow- slightly.

Anywho- once again- $hit pics. I just dont understand what I am doing wrong with the lighting. LMAO. (throws hands in the air). This is all shot with a Nikon D700 with Nikkor 24-70 lens. Granted= my wife shooting and me trying to explain which dial to turn, which setting to change, where to shoot from all while the temp is rising in the suit.

ANyway- there are some tweaks to be made yet. The belt seems to drift up no matter what I do. All of these shots= its at least an inch too high. I think I might just glue it right to the suit.. And im up 20lbs from when I first put on a TDK suit... but here it is.



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Re: Final Wearer. TDK style.


well for starters you need to filter your light
and adjust the camera like crazy

way to bright in there for a cave

only way to prevent belt drift is velcro velcro velcro

Tuck your gloves in, it looks better.

you gotta get all the pieces to the right sheen then suit up again, just to it next month when there is no rush



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Re: Final Wearer. TDK style.



Hey Keith

It has been a while since you posted pics of yourself all suited up.

One of the best TDK suits out there for sure.

The boot tops are kinda high on you. Maybe you can get them altered at a shoemaker's.

With your setup, you should consider getting a better cape



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Re: Final Wearer. TDK style.


Jay.. the sheen is all due to some pieces being painted and others not. I really wanted the whole suit to be the color of the chest. Most notable is the shoulder caps.. they were painted hard due to a really weird setup in material.. I may have pulled them out a little green... I ended up asking them in the oven with paint on to get the to cure.

The issue with the lighting is that my mothers house has a very tall vaulted ceiling. It just sucks the light right out of the place. Ipulled three florescent lighting banks from the basement to set up in here and it was still dark. Hence the flash which then takes everything and blows it out. Sigh. Maybe when we are in our own house.

the gaunts are the original set I have had. Completely different urethane.. and also cut a tad small. This is why the gloves are over.. when I get around to reworking them I will make them to perfect size and they will be permanently glued to the suit and poured nice and thin in the right areas. The other pair I have are cut too large, but are too thick in most areas. the cowl is a Noble.. which still remains as my favorite for wearing. Obviously, also different material. The belt and Velcro.. I was going to but am now thinking glue. Velcro will "puff it out" a little and I think If I just tac it down in some spots it will lay more flat and not eventually overpower he Velcro. The main issue is my fat ass/legs. I have put on about 20lbs since 2009 and as you can see in the abs/ribs which were mounted much closer.. the stretch is spreading them. I am too large for this suit. So.. when I walk, it causes the belt to ride up.

this is a wearer suit. as in, a beater.

My final suit will be on the proper mesh and all of the parts will be "perfect pulls" with no paint mishaps. It will all match the chest. Allof the carbon will match in color and direction and the belt will be a resin belt.


What's wrong with the cape? It was patterned off of Kevin's??? We did shorten it slightly for walking purposes...

Boot tops.. lol.. those are my super accurate, 398.00 plus $100 for duty UD boots. I have two pair. I wish they fit right emoticon I know my motor cowboys did...

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Re: Final Wearer. TDK style.


Did you make the suit yourself
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Yes. and partially yes. Yes, I built it. Yes, I cast the pieces but no,I am not the original artist. I have an original pull from Kris which I have recast. NOW mind you, not to resell! But because I felt the original parts needed a little work and I also knew it would take building a few of these to get it right. The suits at have made in the past that I did sell off, a large portion of the proceeds were sent directly to Kris.

I will soon build my final display, then destroy the molds I have made and end my TDK journey.

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The cape's color is too bright. That should be pitch black.

Ok.. Why in hell were your UD boots 500 usd??? Holy smokes. And 100 USD in taxes??...

I really wish that UD had gone all the way out and used the actual soles and perforated leather instead of doing their own thing.

Motorcowboys boots are not even that good. Wrong soles, perforation is way off.
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Naa.. you're seeing something that's not there. The cape is pitch black. In the pics it looks lighter, the exposure is blown way out. look at the darker pics. It was the only way to getthesuitto bevisiblewas to over expose and play with shadow and highlite balance... the material we chose at least to me, is more attractive. The only reason I never bought a kev cape was because I didn't like the material it was made from. Just my feelings. others love it.. to each his own..

Boots were $398/ pair and upon delivery I got hit with $100 duty. To add insult.. they don't fit me, even though I used their chart. They are huge in the ankle, about 1.5 sizes too big in the sole and they come up nearly to my waist (jk). Bridge burnt, Lesson learned.

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Hmm. Looking at Dave's site.. i might be wrong on the price.. Says they're 219.00 now..


Scratching head. I could have sworn my original bill was well over $600, if not $700. I also bought a pair of gloves..

what ever the price.. it was way too much for what arrived.

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Re: Final Wearer. TDK style.


Shoulda gone with the Gothem100's, they have the same exact cut only without the pattern and the pattern isn't worth the high dollar to UD



problem with your cape is it isn't black its charcoal, so pattern makes little difference when your cape is washing out color instead of absorbing it. you have the wrong type of velveteen..... in fact it looks like you have more of a felt style/doeskin fabric

so when you museum suit make sure you use a proper velveteen so you get a true black


also seems like your clears aren't smokey enough... they shouldn't show the clothe thru so much if you can help it..... flash isn't helping that

turn the flash off, worst thing for a suit... LOL

lastly, your shoulder bells are sitting low and for the love of god tuck in your gloves!

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