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Sure post them, and we can tell you exactly what kind of armor it is..I'm thinkin its a tour suit

No problem Thomas!

My New 2.5" wide ROTJ Belt that was just put together ... I'm going for a non-holster ROTJ look for this armor

I would say, just cut under line "A" heres how mine look on my AP one of my ear caps got partially ripped off over the weekend those darn females they love the TK's

Here is a pic of the more correct 1/2" wide ROTJ shoulder bell bicep straps that I'm about to sew...

You can also use painter's tape to keep the faceplate on

Do you have pic's???

I hope to finish sanding all the edges and glueing my thighs tonight and maybe even more who knows I have all night

Yeah talk about a hot topic I also think that questions like this help keep us all on the same page as everyone else for the future if this should ever come up again in the next couple of years

The correct ROTJ backplate... My sniper plate... Some of my other parts drying ...

Ok, back on track now...I started the AP kit on Sunday, and hope to have it done by this up comming sunday Here are some AP progress pics The Chest plate trimmed to more ROTJ specs... The Back Plate... The Correct Shoulder Bells... The Belt Plate cut more to ROTJ specs... My TD and Drop Boxes...

I am sorry all, I guess my topic was a little pre-mature, and should maybe be braught up in the future when we do have more TK's who have reached elite status anyways carry on everyone

Not really true. Remember the lesson of CMANavy? He fit into TE armor. Some parts are certainly bigger (like the chest), but others are actually almost the same size if you use a measuring tape - just the contours are different. Joe fits into his armor fine thats true Turn that around - why would you ever allow then FX armor on people under 6'? But we - the 501st - does, as long as it's sized appropriately. Yes, I don't think they should allow it to be used for people under 6' tall and under 200lb's My dislike of the FX is partly related to accuracy, but more so that it's not proportioned to most people's bodies, especially when we don't let other costume types wear inappropriately sized costumes. YES! I have had this same issue with my garrisson, if the 501st is SO ANAL about the Fetts and Siths, why not be just as anal about the TK's??? Back on target for the Hasbro - one object lesson is that quality should not mean price. Perhaps someday when hyperfirms cost $50, we can rid of it. My $.02... I agree

I know you were being sarcastic , sorry if I sounded like I was singling you out, but I wasn't, I was trying to address your comments one by one Because they are very important to this panel...we need to see how everyone feels about this topic, I was kind of dissapointed that there weren't more people here to chime in

sure, I'll try to answer that question for ya To me, "Screen correct" means that it will look good when the film is shot, not to the eye of the public or in real life action, such as using tape for armor parts and such..."Screen accurate" mean's that your suit of Armor is 100% detailed to those visions that GL originally had for the TK.

Yes! the modded hasbro blaster is great for trooping with and for "Normal" 501st TK's

Yeah, its realy a trial and error thing, just keep trying it until it looks correct

Cool, thanks Scott

Sounds like you have been dealing with MFX armor

Great job 8029!

Like I said I believe that the Hasbro blaster is just a convenient item to get for ANH deployment, and I don't think it should be allowed for "elite status" there is NO way I would submit pics of my authentic ROTJ or ESB without the correct blaster to go with it, because the hasbro blaster would not work for these kits...but thats just me ...Remember that the 501st is a costuming club first and fore most, and some of us strive for the most accurate of that, and I always thought that the tittle of "Elite" should have a high bar to achieve. And I Believe that the blaster qualifications should be set higher since the more authentic looking blasters are not much more in $$$ than buying a hasbro toy, and buying the mod kit

In the pic The ESB/ROTJ blaster cost me $80.00, and the resin ANH cost me $100.00...so, as you all can see they are not much more that the moded hasbro

Your armor looks fine to get into the 501st, but you have applied for Elite Deployment, so we are being Picky because of this...I hope you are not thinking that you need to get elite status to join the 501st The TD looks good to me...Heres Mine... The ab buttons look to be the right color but they are way to big and need to go, you can get the correct sized ones from a fellow trooper on these boards...here is a pic of the correct sized ANH ab buttons... your holster needs two more rivets on the bottom in the end, you holster should ride on your belt like this... I hope these pics help

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