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I am compiling the pics. Would I be the first Elite in Asia?

This will be for my first submission for ESB Elite. I plan on applying again in the future with teh TM kit I own. The goal is to have two ESB troopers in the house to support the ESB Vader! Here is the app for the FX Lite armor. • Armor Details o White Stormtrooper armor, made in ABS, HIPS, or fiberglass. o FX lite Body Armor, glued fronts of thighs and forearms. Biceps glued solid o Black Gloves made of rubber, leather, or leather like material o Sith Armor Black leather and cloth o Black undersuit, either one-piece or two piece. Non-textured material. o Ebay special… o White, ankle high, laceless, Stormtrooper boots. The boots are usually made from leather or vinyl, with small U-shaped elastic sections on either side of the ankle, and an approx. 1” heel. o Dan111H2O AKA Darkside Trooper Boots o Drop boxes (small rectangular parts attached to stormtrooper’s belts, above the thigh), connected to the belt via white straps o White elastic strapped FX drop boxes o Thermal Detonator (aka O2 Cannister) center mounted on the back of the belt o Bolted on hooks, FX TD with out mylar stickers o "Buttons and ridges" ab plate, as opposed to the flat rectangular ab plate of sandtroopers o FX standard o Polygon knee plate mounted on the left shin, as opposed to the diamond knee plate of sandtroopers o FX Standard o Ribbed shoulder straps o FX Standard o Black ribbed neckseal. The ribs should be horizontal, not be loose, and should extend from the base of the neck to the top of the adam's apple. o Riviting made Hero style o Correctly colored and sized ab plate buttons. Buttons are approximately 7/16" in diameter. o Vader Dave bolt on ab buttons. o No visible rivets on shoulder straps o Velcro baby! o Belt should be canvas or canvas covered, approximately 3" wide. o Firebladejedi made ESB Custom o Seperate kidney and butt pieces rather than a single back piece. Cut should be visible below the belt. o Glued on Neoprene strapping, then cut to reveal space. o Side gaps must be closed.  IDEAL: The ab and kidney plates touch.  Modded FX belt ABS to close gaps. • Helmet Details o Black Hovi-Mix cast “tusks” o Stomper Hovi o Blue tube stripes o TK4510 • Blaster Details o Scratch-built, resin cast, hyperfirm rubber cast, or modified toy blaster. o Hyperfirm Rubber modded to ESB. o T-tracks on blaster (total of 6) o Ammo Magazine o Folding stock (does not need to function) o Scope o D-Ring on the end ESB details. • Armor Details • Holster must be attached on the right instead of the left • FBJ belt, plastic reinforced Canvas belt with looped over snap modded holster. • Snowtrooper hand plates instead of the angular ANH ones • Atin armor TS plates • TM Helmet Details • Traps/tears should be ANH grey or a slightly bluer shade of ANH gray. • TK4510 • Black frown instead of grey, and the paint does not leave the teeth area. • Custom Paint • Flat green lenses only, no grey or bubble. . • TK9135 Lenses • Traps/tears must be decals, no hand-painting. • TK4510 • Blaster Details • No ammo counter. Pics to follow.

All I await is my blaster... Should have it this week.

Glad the armor is in good hands... Hands that have what it takes to get it right.

I never get tired of TM lids. Art. Looks great!

I was headed sandy... but I am not now... Taking the FX to TK elite. Look for my app this month! (bout time huh)

(if you pass say the $6000.00 range buying junk like this ......then have a re-think!) Well, off to the loony bin for me... Vader... Lancer... two TK's... Looking at Boba...

You reached out for a reason, and although hard Roads in life are put before us, They are for a greater journey that we do not understand most times. Support comes from the most unexpected places, as well as with in you. You are in my prayers. God bless.

Cheers!

God works wonders for those that keep the faith. Sometimes the mount looks so high, but faith will move it. Well done 4510. Well done.

In my order ESB... Man, Vader in his element. I love his way with the officers. Pretty direct huh. Really I love ESB for Vader. His chamber, the comm pad... Man. Awesome. Troopers are cool in ESB as well. By far my favorite TK. ROTJ... Slave Leia. Bikerscouts. Nuff Said. ANH... Totaly love Sand Troopers. I hate the SE as well. Agreed with above. ROTS... Last 30 minutes of the movie rocked. AOTC... Yoda was cool. I like the diffrent clone troopers. Over done a little, but cool. TPM... Maul. Whatta waste of a great villain. Replaced by Dooku? WTH? Rates up there with loosing Venom in Spidy 3. Stupid. Duel of the fates a great scene and theme music. Clone Wars. Horrid all around. Not even the clone battles can make this turd smell better...

Quoted for truth. Spot on Daetrin. TE2 is great armor.. This is MY feel. I am sure you will be blown away at the armor.

All parts are glued... Test fit and well... Hit a wall. I just dont like the feel wearing it. So, In route to a new home, and I will be getting an FX to replace it. I just cant get past the forearms, shins and biceps. The bells ride on me a little too. I could tweek it, make it fit, but that would ruin the armor as it should be. I am just not cut out for TE2 armor.

Diggin up bones a little... I bought it tonight, saw it for the first time. I searched the treads for a clone wars topic... Seems like good reviews from everybody, so I hate to differ, but I do... Man... SKY-GUY? Stinky? What ever the heck Anakin calls Asoka? The Asoka character anyway... Lame. Dialog was horrid. The whole thing was laborious to watch. Ziro? I made the connection to the new series in the comics with Jool,but Padme and that whole thing could have been negated. Didn't fit anything. I agree that this was for kids. I could have swallowed that... With a HUGE but... The clone battles are violent. Really violent. The one part where a droid blasts a clone in the head. Dude, that is not kids stuff. Adult stuff OK. I liked the clones battling it out and the part where there swapping sea stories. Those were the high end for me. Just didn't fit the kids theme. The final straw though on story line is Anakin goes back to Tattoine and does none of the things he does in Ep II. Makes no connection to me at all in the development. The closing scene with Jabba and all the "heros". WHAT? This makes me think the Empire was right all along. So, I bought it for my kid, and what did he do? Wandered off 1/4 of the way in. My 5 year old hated it. Normally he is flat glued to the TV when I pop in OT, or the PT. Not this one. I am a fan of parts, and I like the Clone scout costume, Obiwan's Armor was cool. Rex and Cody of course are awesome to an adult. I still rate this two thumbs down,even for kids.

I guess it would be up to you really... How is it put together? Lenses perma glued in? Plan on selling it later on? I dont know what an SDS will go for, never priced em. I say yes... Pimp that to be as canon as possible. meke it awesome. I guess I should get busy designing a proto shadow lens... Seems alot of troopers have em these days.

God Speed on your health getting better. It seems you are in good spirits and that is a great thing. I am sure Albin will be a great help, he is one awesome trooper. You will be as well. My hats off to you. My Dixie might be only reserve now, but Sailors are a speicial breed. 4510 said it great. You are a hero. Dont let any one tell you any diffrent. You will always be a hero, and now you will do it in white plastic as well. Awesome.

I have no trouble... Being 6-1 in Japan helps...With Tattoos. Any way, I just ordered a bunch of stuff from a hobby store here as well as a DIY store as well. I get the standard looks and I tell them its for Darth Vader or Stormtroopers all the time. It always starts a conversation about how I build and why I build these rigs. Then we talk about the kids and the Famous people, and there hooked. Always a great conversation. But then again, I am in Japan. Reading about people in the states getting shot and beat on Halloween really dosent inspire confidance. Man, the US needs an overhaul.

Just got back from the forth commercial shoot in Tokyo yesterday just in time to Vote. Had a great weekend meeting and greeting again. Finaly have all my supplies to start a mold project and have started back on the engraver. I have to start studing for finals this week...

Wear it... (take Pics if you do) Seriously though... A tote with a lock and check it... Should be fine.

These guys? --------- Dosent say what radios they work with... Hmm.. Email in order.

Bingo. Thats the ticket!

Now this could be cool... If my suit wasnt crowded allready... I have been thinking on this as well, and it could work in Vader as well as Troopers. Being able to talk to each other at distance would be cool. I am looking at two options. The Motorola Talk about has an accessory that uses a neck mic and a pretty long PTT that could be modded into your suit, or slid under the bicep and forarm armor. Hiding the radio is looking allright, in the back plate. I am also looking at the Nady Motorcycle com here... NADY Pricy, but small. Now what is cool to think of is at large events if all had one a base station with a table top Transciever could be like a switch board to "dispatch" the troops. How cool would that be!

A white 3 ring binder might work as well in a pinch... I would buy a white trash can...

Sounds stupid... BUT Trash Cans. Pick up a cheepie and hack it up. Look for a smooth one at a home store. Kitchen ones work great.