RogueTrooper

That's one deadly lookin' suit you got there Bill!!!! Blackhole armor...WOW!!!! man Four thumbs up

One of the best sites on the net to look at the differences between armor is SWH :http://www.starwarshelmets.com/

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For one thing it is NOT FX armor But RUBIES, To get Rubies up to 501st acceptance, you will have to do a LOT of modification. DANGER!!DANGER!! STAY AWAY!! Either they don't know what armor they have up for auction or they are just lying...My money is on LYING! If you are looking for good quality armor, look for ATA, AM, TE2 ,AP, RT-Mod, TM... My advice is to stay away from ebay for your armor needs. All you will find on there is re-cast and liars!!

Here are some common acronyms: MR CE stand for Master Replicas Collectors Edition TM TroopMaster ATA, Affordable Trooper Armor TE2, Trooper Expert Generation 2 PT, Pirate Trooper AP, Authentic Props Here is a link to help you with more common acronyms-----

Great job Adam AP lids are you of my favorite lids Here is a little help on how to post your pics of the FISD. First use photobucket.com, it's free to upload your pics. Once you have upload them you copy the "Direct Link" from the pics you have in photobucket. Then paste that into a new post, reply or new topic by using the insert tab. Preview you post before adding it to the forum. Here is a pic of the Direct link that you copy for pasting on the FISD: Here is a pic of the tab that you click on to post pics to the FISD Have fun with your armor build!! Can't wait to see more.

Congrats Jonny on getting your armor!!! As for being overwhelmed with your build, just back up take a deep breath..... Look at your tutorial. I would suggest starting with something straight forward like the forearms, then biceps. Have all your tools you will need: spring clamps, E-6000, blue painter tape, razor knife, good sharp scissors and the dremmel.

Thanks August for the info...I have seen Steel Channel at Home Depot, Lowes and a few metal sites on the net. There is a way to make the U shape track like what's on the ROTJ E11: ----------

Wow Jon! great looking TK head holder

Brilliant Work Armando!!!!!!

Yeah I was blown away when I saw it I have sent an email to them asking for more info about it. When I do get their reply, I with add it too.

Post some pics and we will help you identify them...

I was doing some research on ESB E-11's and ran across this off of The Prop Store of London, where it talks about an actual ESB E-11 that they had purchased. I noticed that instead of T tracks that this one has half metal tubes down the barrel and it is not like the ROTJ that is a more rounded tube, but this is actually a steel channel which is flat without any curve to it. Just thought I would share since it's the 30th anniversary of Empire and see what everyone else thinks. I also though it would be helpful too. Pic of 90 degree steel channel From the original article: George Lucas, taking a well educated gamble, decided to finance his much anticipated Star Wars sequel, with his own money. It is safe to say that the gamble handsomely paid off. The Empire Strikes Back was released in 1980 to huge excitement and enormous box office. It remains many peoples favourite movie of the franchise. Along with the New Hope Blaster, the Prop Store collection also contains a Storm Trooper blaster from Empire. Although the basic overall look is the same the construction and detail is different. Firstly, this is a real gun that has been de-activated, a Sterling MkV sub machine gun. The majority of the New Hope blasters were cast and were never practical. (there were just a very few live fire guns) Like the ANH blaster this gun has a specially cut down magazine from 32 rounds to approximately 10. Perhaps most notably the Hengstler counter box is missing, changing the profile to a more elegant look. Also missing are the various buttons and add-ons which were put on the original gun to help disguise it. The ESB blaster is a much more robust prop. This gun does show evidence of some of those buttons suggesting this is a recycled live fire gun from the first movie The sight rail has been replaced by a sturdy box and the rubber draw runner “fins” on the original are now metal U shaped sections which have been screwed to the Sterling barrel. This blaster was purchased directly from the on set armourers Bapty, who were responsible for most of the weapons for the trilogy and remarkably it was still in its exact production condition. The accompanying photo of this exact blaster was taken at the armourers in the early 1980’s as reference for a Japanese magazine. Poor shots the Storm Troopers may well have been, but without their blasters, the domination of the universe would have ended long before our heroes took them on. An iconic weapon of cinema. Here is the link to The Props Store of London article: http://www.propstore.com/empirestrikesbackblaster.htm Here are the pics from their site, sorry I don't why they put the E-11 with a black background and awful day glo blue hightlight around it. The accompanying photo of this exact blaster was taken at the armourers in the early 1980’s as reference for a Japanese magazine.

Congrats on getting your AP armor, Dean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Little advice.... Look at every piece of your armor to make sure it's all there and in good shape. Have all your tools and glue together for your build (spring clamps, E-6000, blue tape sharp scissors, razor knive, ect..) Make a check list to work from. Have a good place to work with lots of light. Go over the tutorials more than once. Don't rush your build. Meansure four times, cut once. And last but not least, have fun and take lots of pics so you can post your build!

EXCELLENT NEWS!!!!!! Michael, Like Paul said " it's one of the coolest TK based costumes" CHEERS!!!

And a little less removale to the front of the ear, Like where I marked it in red. don't do any removing of the round part , just work on this area of the ear.

I think you need to remove a little bit were I have mark in red, the get the top (round part) of the ear the set more flush. Do a little at a time.

Yeah I see what you are talking about, this actually looks like the same problem that the first ANH srceen used helmets made out of HDPE had. There are two ways to fix this: 1. sanding/filing down the ears on the back side, so they match the contour on the back part of the helmet. and sanding/filing the front part of the ear to match the contour of side of the face. or 2. take a heat gun and try to heat the area up enough to make the back of the helmet more contoured to the side of the face.... If you do this BE CAREFUL not to heat to much or you will distort your helmet. and there's no coming back from that!!

Glad the info helps, which one are you doing, Boba or Jango? Me, Boba is my fav of the two......

Hey Karin, Hope this helps!!! -----------

I recommend that you do opiton 1, here is a diagram that I made to show what I would do:

Hey Stephen do not do anything via heat gun or oven ... upload some pics when you get home of with you are talking about, and we will be more than help to help find a remedy for your problem, mate

It looks like you are off your meds in this pic, mate........a little Barmy!

Your ATA is coming along great Daniel!

Check with Slavefive/ Lewis, he sells Hyperfirms on the FISD.

BTW Awesome job on the shins!!