Gypsyboy

Neither my SW helmets, or myself, are members of the 501st. Does this mean I should probably not have an album?

Being something of a newb, I can't identify each helmet just by looking at a pic yet. In the pic with all three, are they in order (left to right) of AP, TE2 and MR? Oh, and in some cases I can see where there is such a thing as too many buckets, but with troopers? Naaaaaahhhhh!!!!

SAAAAAA-WWWWWWEEEEETTTT!!!!!! That is super spiff-ola! I was wondering about painting the inside of the helmet black. Could it be that it actually makes seeing out of it easier on the eyes? It seems to me if I have a bright white bucket over my head with two little holes I'm gonna see a LOT of white, and a little bit of outside. If it's black inside, suddenly the eyeholes become the focus. Just a thought.

I hope nobody finds out what constitutes "canon" SW underwear. Can we all imagine the scene just before a 501st outing? Alright troops!!!! Drop that armor and let me inspect your drawers!!! We can't have anyone NOT UP TO CODE!!!!

I always assumed the shots were "set on stun". Seems to me if the stormie blasters had stun setting then shouldn't other blasters? Anyway, it could also have been the stormies firing off shots while being knocked over the pan or something. As for the different helmet continuity error... "there IS no different helmet. You just imagined that. You can go about your movie-watching. Move along, move along."

You got laid off on Friday the 13th? Man, sorry to hear that. Seems job security is a thing of the past. Where my wife works now is great, she loves here job, they think she's the best thing since sliced bread, but we still don't know how long she'll have that job. She knows her stuff better than a lot of the people who have been there much longer, but that doesn't seem to be a factor these days. It's all about numbers. Amt coming in must exceed amt going out where $ is concerned. If employee X happens to fall within the cut-off zone after the monthly accounting is done then that is the tough luck of employee X. Keep a stiff upper lip. Life is a roller coaster. Sure, there are downs, but there are also ups!

I think "undersuit" is probably the most descriptive and most widely used term for what it is. An undersuit is literally a soft, close-fitting, full-body garment intended to be worn under some type of "functional" attire - such as for diving, or what an astronaut would wear underneath the "space suit". I dont' want to make this sound pedantic, but - "Jumpsuit" = typically loose-fitting, and worn as the external garment. "Undersuit" = typically worn under other functional garments. "Bodyglove" = typically associated with dancewear and such. "Underarmor" = a trade name. "Underoos?" = a trade name. And also typically refers to underwear. "Bodysuit" = typically worn as the only, or external garment. "Dance Leotard" = self-explanitory LOL "Unitard" = typically associated with dance/aerobics/etc. "TK Skivvies" = just plain silly.

They both look great. Nice set. I know my better half doesn't REALLY understand about the helmets thing, but so far she hasn't said much. I guess she thinks it's all cool - just enough to allow her to appreciate why I would want them. LOL Keeps my busy and out of trouble I guess.

That is looking fantastic. I have one question - I hope I didn't just overlook something obvious that would have answered this, but - I was wondering what the material was you used to make the superglue patch with. I would like to try that method on one or two things around here.

Have you tried rubbing alcohol? You may have to let it sit a spell to get underneath and release the grip of the glue. Once you get it started you can gently pull it up and use a Q tip to dab further under it.

I don't have much to offer from experience here, but I wanted to comment that the idea of the bag above can be traced back to the days of Vaudeville (and probably much earlier) - it was called a "grouch bag" and was worn the same way for the same reason. In fact, it has been suggested that Groucho (real name Julius) Marx got his stage name from one of these bags. In interviews, the brothers can often be heard cracking jokes about the kinds of things they carried around with them. Anyway, if was trooping I would probably either use a bag like this, and/or I would mod my thermal detonator as others have. Although, I thought that container on the back was specially designed for a stash of oreo cookies myself. LOL I read that somewhere on line ages ago and I thought it was the funniest thing. Never forgot it.