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That's right, the suit is derived rom a ROTJ suit and has a built-n overlapping seam. To match the size of the screen-used suits, trim to fit 20mm strips on the legs and 15mm on the arms. Make sure you can fit your limbs in before trimming.

Beautiful!

Can I have it?

If it's ANH, paint it by hand.

I'm a big fan of both approaches. For me there's nothing more fun than trying to replicate a screen used costume but I think it's prefectly legitimate to want to have an idealised, cleaner looking costume with maybe some more robust/comfortable base materials. That's why I still like wearing my 2mm glossy TM armour with TK Boots, decals on the helmet etc. I kind of think of it as what the props department might have done with more time and money. Even on my more accurate 1mm costume, I've made some compromises for trooping purposes, e.g. I've replaced the thin more accurate lens material with dark welder's shield, simply because I don't want people to see my eyes inside my helmet when trooping. At the end of the day, you have to find your preferred approach and your own balance.

Excellent! This is where we both have to thank Pablo for doing the same before me!

This bump is seen on original helmets and is a deliberate feature of the TM helmet. ----------

The real Boushh was male. Leia disguised herself as a known male bounty hunter. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Boushh

This is all strangely familiar! Stick with it, Mathias. It's worth it. As you know, I built and rebuilt every single part of my first TM and it looks so much better for it. I was even tweakign and repositioning snaps before the last couple of events. This is how I progressed ... 15th June 2010: 5th September 2011: 5th January 2011

Another trooper with the handguards on the "wrong" way. I should have left mine.

Well done, chaps. And thank you for all the input.

Brilliant! Thanks! Bochum ich komm' aus Dir, Bochum ich häng' an Dir, aaaah Glück auf ... Scheiße, ich krieg' 'Heimweh' My sister lives in Dortmund but works in Bochum. She can hop off the S-Bahn at Langendreer West and pick it up for me. Thanks for the offer though. Very kind!

Dan, are you buying from a shop locally? If so, let me know the shop. I just ask becasue my sister-in-law lives nearby. Before I try and get stuff online, she might be able to pick up a can for me.

That's not bad at all, Dan. As good as I've seen. Just to clarify, this is a product by Peter Kwasny GmbH. There are a few shades you could use .... http://www.kwasny.de/fileadmin/download/leaflet/990_443_belton_RAL_leaflet.pdf I like the look of RAL 7032, 7033 and 7030 too.

Ta, mate. Yeah, Paul uses a latex-based product. I remember him mentioning it.

Thanks! I was adopting the wrong approach. It's more arts/crafts supplies rather than DIY. Art shop it is then ...

By the way, anyone have any recommendations for maskign fluids? Toothpaste is OK but difficult to apply in the exact shape you need.

If you find one, let us know. As I say, the one I have is too much of a true bright green. OK for a stopgap. By the way, I'm using ... - Dupli-Color "Universalgrundierung" (universal primer), "beige", product no. 467486 - Luxens "Pintura en Spray - satinada" (satin spray paint), colour "verde satinado" RAL 6021, product no. 14187432 ... both of which I bought in a local branch of a French DIY store chain in Spain!

I picked up this B-grade helmet from Terrell so that I could have something to experiment on. Really nice helmet considering the price and the fact that it came even cheaper as a "B-grade" product. The only flaw seems to be a thining of the plastic on the back section around the traps. Nothing major and nothing which can't be reinforced. Anyway, I wanted to see if I could produce my own helmet with a nice chipped look and replicate the colour of the HDPE base material. Until we get a reliable supplier of genuine HDPE helmets, then painting is the way to go. This was prompted by pictures of the genuine helmet which emerged recently. I was struck by just how green it was when stripped down to the plastic. I wanted to experiment and see if I could pull off the paint job at all and see if I could get close to the green colour. This is what I first came up with. Beige primer on its own looked OK for a quick solution ... ... but I stripped the paint back for a second attempt (the first paint job was rushed and didn't cure properly anyway). I used beige primer again and a light spray of some satin green over the top. The green was too bright to use as a solid colour but the light layer on the beige turned out OK I think ... Not having any professional masking fluid around, I used toothpaste and it did the job OK. What do you reckon, chaps? I'm reasonably happy. As I say, it was a project helmet to test out my (limited) skills. I think I'd be willing to tackle the job on my next more expensive helmet and I've got a nice little display item out of it in the process (pendign final detailign of course).

Happy birthday, mate!

Karin, The "oxide" is a reference to its actual chemical make-up. It's nothing to do with its resemblance to rust/oxidation. ----------

One thing I always appreciate is good fitting armour. I really love the slim-tapered biceps on this suit, Paul.

I ran off a test print and the stripes are a bit too big.

Great find! I might try that out myself. Thanks.

I think that's listed as a "should have" rather than a "must have".