kiyotei
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Great pics. Welcome back home (home of the TKs)
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Welcome to the forum. Once you get your armor you should see if you can get some pics of you in the prison in your armor. Those would make great pics. Of course I'm sure the security will prevent that from happening.
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Welcome abaoard. You might check out AP armor for the future, its better for thin guys. If you did get a real TE2 helmet, great job. That is an incredible helmet and let's face it, everyone looks at the helmet, its the focal point of the armor.
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I escaped from Iowa a few years ago. My company relocated me there to Cedar Rapids. I was not happy. I'm a big city guy. I changed the state motto to: "Iowa, the state were dreams come to die". No...I wasn't bitter:)) Are there many troopers there? I would love to see some pics of a trooper driving a combine. Or better yet chasing some rebels with a combine. Welcome aboard.
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I saw Erv's demo video some time ago and was super impressed. I was able to order the blaster core yesterday. I'll post my build once I get it in a few weeks. I will have to build a blaster because I currently use a Hasbro and also a Hyperfirm blaster. I may initially try installing the core in my Hasbro since it may have room and it may take me a while to build a blaster from scratch. Maybe not, we'll see.
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I wish the parade had finished earlier so we could have all hung out a bit. Otherwise it was a lot of fun and I enjoyed meeting the CC garrison guys.
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The OR and WA garrisons joined up to march in the annual Portland, OR Starlight parade. Here's a youtube link of video of us marching.
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1) How long have you been a fan of Star Wars?
Since I saw ANH in 1977. Though I was a fan of the films I was never a collector of Star Wars stuff.
2) What first made you a fan of the franchise/
Seeing ANH made me a fan for life. It was so impressive and blew away every space sci-fi film to date (I was too young to appreciate Space Odessey 2001). The Stormtrooper really captured my imagination.
3) What got you into costuming?
Availability of armor kits. I don't have the skills or time to build molds and vacuum table.
4) What function does the Internet play in being a fan?
The internet is an excellent source of "how to's", film history, reference photos, and communicating with fellow fans.
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I would recommend looking at some the of the armor build threads to see what it takes to build the various kits, some are easier than others but that does not mean they look better. AP requires a lot of trimming but its a very good looking set of armor. FX is easier to build but less film accurate. Any check the build threads, you look for mine, Curtis also has a great AP build thread (I forget his TK number). There are vidoes showing FX builds.
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For cutting curved lines on AP I recommend cutting on the INSIDE of the armor. Its much easier to follow the curve on the inside of the armor.
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I am familiar with the site:---------------however most of the information is about helmets not armor. They only mention the armor really in passing.
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T*E I'm really surprised to hear that 7 ANH suits exist. I had always heard that none survived. Sorry for asking but I want to be completely clear, were they 7 complete suits (minus helmets, boots)? Odd that only one ESB suit survived. I would have thought that after the success of the first film they really would have made an effort to archive some. Thanks for the info TE.
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Please remember I am not interested in people who make armor or what their armor is based on. What I want to know is if any of the original movie armor still exists and if so from what films, etc.
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It gets a bit confusing piecing it all together on here so I wanted to ask about surviving original armor, and here is what I think is true:
ANH: no armor exists that was used in the original movie. Several helmets did survive but all are missing pieces. There are no existing helmets that have all of its parts intact. There maybe be some promotional suits of full armor out there???
ESB: No armor exists that was used in the movie. I don't know if any helmets survived?
ROTJ: Armor used in the films does exist. I don't know how much or even if a full suit exists? AP was made from this armor but since AP is missing part of the original shin pieces, perhaps the existing armor is also missing these parts??? I can only assume helmets exist.
For the existing armor, some parts are in Lucas Films archives but I don't know about how much is in private collectors hands??? Do we have an inventory of everything that is in Lucas Films archives?
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I can't believer you guys wimped out and didn't wear your CaBoots!!! It was only a 7 mile hike. Sad sad:)) LOL. I'm not sure I could hold up for 7 miles in armor, impressive.
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here's another tip for ya. I can't sow and so to add Velcro to my home made straps I put fabric glue to the back of the Velcro (yes the Velcro has a sticky back but its not sticky enough to adhere to straps). this has worked great for me. I use the clear fabric glue. You can get it at Michaels or JoAnns. It dries real fast too.
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I hope you didn't use rivets to remount the straps.
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You could also try going frankenarmor, buy parts from RT MOD, AP, or perhaps TE2. That said I think all but AP are down right now so AP would be your only option unless someone has spare shins laying around.
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what kit do you have? The back should be in 3 pieces, upper back, mid section, and butt plate.
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I have not found that the CAboots run small. I have wide feet and they fit me fine. Since it will be month before you are done I would just wait. Who knows you may run into some issues and get delayed in finishing your armor.
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I had virtually no modeling skills and built AP as my first kit. I had some help via armor parties to get started, always good to call in the experts. Who is it that sings the song, "The first cut is always the deepest"????
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Regarding Krylon Fusion paint, if you read the can it says that you should let it dry for 7 days. I think it says you must apply the paint layers in 30 second intervals until you are satisfied, then let it dry 7 days.
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Vader has some serious lifts on those shoes. Great pics, much better weather than we had in Seattle for our FCBD. It rained all day and was cold out.
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Here's a pic of what I did to the butt plate edge:
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in New Member Introductions Archive
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Welcome to the real world (school always looks better once you work full time). Plenty of info on here about armor etc. Looks like you need to start with a helmet upgrade. Where did you get that helmet anyhow?