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Merry Christmas to you all and to the people you love!!!

Merry Christmas Mike!!! PM on the way thanks! ciao

As an ANH Stunt Stormtrooper, I hold it almost always with the left hand.

Definitely NOT. A BIG not. Inaccurate and incredibly pricy. Stay away.

There's already a topic about this: http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?showtopic=9134 Double fun!

I think that the Voice Core is the finest trooper amp out there. If I hadn't already bought the ROM/FX I would have gone fore that. It's totally customizable. You can upload your sounds, tweak every parameter, you have both line out and amp out, you have lots of features.

Pure genius!!!

Ditto. If you want the best reference for a nice AP assembly look at Stukatrooper and Pandatrooper builds, they both did an incredible job, especially with the thighs. Thanks to the heatgun and modeling iron.

The thighs "pinch" is the same issue that bothered me when trying to decide between AP and TM. http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?s=&a...ost&p=29411 I think it's there on the originals, but not so evident. Infact I modified mine a bit with a heatgun. I agree that on the TM some curves are stronger, but it still gives the ANH feel more than every other kit.

If you buy protected ones they are slightly longer, but they fit standard holders no problem The diameter is the same as regular AA.

Those are not the dangerous LiPo, they are LiIon, the same lithium type batteries used in cell phones. You have it in your pocket all the time.

Dump the 1.2v rechargeables and switch to lithium 3.7v batteries. Much lighter, super long lasting. I run my ROM/FX with three of them for over two days of trooping, almost full volume, only 900 mAh. I use these, but there are also higher mAh. Three of them also for fans, you get 12v at full charge.

Dump the 1.2v rechargeables and switch to lithium 3.7v batteries. Much lighter, super long lasting. I run my ROM/FX with three of them for over two days of trooping, almost full volume, only 900 mAh. I use these, but there are also higher mAh. Three of them also for fans, you get 12v at full charge.

From bad experiences of my garrison mates I suggest staying away from MovieFX: very bad dealing, long waits, incomplete deliveries, bad communication. Stick to the known and good producers: TE2, AP, TM.

Definitely a fanmade sculpt and a first-timer, no piece derived from usual suspects.

From thepartsofstarwars: "On the rear of the gun 3 small, circular, detail pieces were added to the right side. On the left were added two detail pieces possibly rifle hammers. We are still researching these pieces..." So basically it's the plain Sterling Arms L2A3 submachine guns with T-tracks, short magazine, M-19 scope and the detail pieces. http://www.partsofsw.com/e11esb.htm

Thermal detonator on a ROTJ suit?

You trimmed every piece too much, till the edge, while you should have left a bit of plastic before the edge to give the illusion of thickness: From Stukatrooper's build: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stukatrooper/...1766632/detail/ You also miss the ab buttons. Look at that tutorial closely to improve

To be honest I think you killed it by removing all the return edges... <_< You really rushed the build and it shows...

VADER AWESOMENESS!

That's EXACTLY what I was about to say. But maybe all my line of thought doesn't work because I'm taking industrial products as an example, while here we're talking about hand-made armors done by artisans

No, I'm not saying that and I for sure don't want especially you to lower your standards! In fact you are constantly raising them I'm talking about widening the offer to render the recast products unappealing, since the recasters here are the problem. If I want an armor but I don't want to spend too much, I'd rather buy cheaper 2nd quality product from the main armourer than a recast from an unknown guy. We have TE2 and ATA that are a clear example of that. But they could be the same person I'm not talking about lowering prices for the good stuff, but add 2nd quality stuff to the offer to avoid losing potential clients in favour of the recasters. Offer both, not just one or the other. Two levels of product, but with the same quality and effort. Like Audi and Volkswagen that share half the technology. Like Frieskies and Purina. Again, it's just a suggestion, and it's not even mine it comes from a friend's GF, I just elaborated it a bit Sure! That's the other business tactic

I'm not taliking about less effort, but less money for a simpler result with the same effort and quality. If another hairdresser not as good as you comes to town and charges half of you, maybe you're gonna lose clients. But if you start doing simpler haircuts with the same effort and quality at a lower price, maybe you won't lose clients. You are already doing that, you charge more for a complicated hairdress for a bride than a boy's haircut, but your quality and professional level comes through in both. It's just about widening the offer. For example many expensive and cheap shampoos/pet foods/detergents are exactly the same. The same products made in the same factory have different names/brands/packages and are sold at different prices. The quality and effort to made them is the same, but with different prices you can gather clients in both high-spending and low-spending people. If you have only expensive products, people with less money won't buy them and will turn to other brands, in our case recasters. I'm not saying that it's best, it's just another business tactic that maybe could render recasters less harmful

I know that very well, in fact I bought your armor and waited over a year to get it! In the end what I was suggesting is almost what's already happening with ATA. Details are not as sharp as TE2 and it's two generations far from it, but it's well made and cheap and lots of people are choosing it. I'm not talking about bad pulls or shucksty pieces that can lower the armourer's reputation and image, what I'm saying is that if a master armourer pulls good quality suits with less detail and cheap price, maybe the recasters would have a tougher time selling their product. And I know sometimes it's not just for the money, but most of the times it's like that for the recasters.

Perfect definition! That's why I suggest the armor producers to recast themselves and offer a cheaper and 2nd quality product... Lots of big brands do the same thing: they have a simpler product made in the same factories but with a different brand, so people can choose the cheaper solution. It works in many situations, It can work also in the armor business. This way you could tame the recasters and money goes in the right pockets.