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buttery goodness~!

AP is running a seconds in a few weeks... 120 for an AP bucket...

nice job!~ woo hoo another double!

is that a wedding cake?

I have his earlier version, which is a little wider. I like em. well then perhaps mine are the older thinner ones after all? when I compare them to my AP handplates in width, they are not far off...

rick deserves more praise for helping this thread. this thread is for the glory of AP and TM armor. comparing all sets of armor photographically is a great hope here. please rick, give us more shots of the back plates, and all the other elements as you see fit. nobody should fault your photos at all... I like them, and I ask for more. don't worry about people's perceptions of color, or your photos... we're all sitting back with popcorn and enjoying the show!

well, rick... you can display your photographs any way that you'd like. I actually prefer the colored ones. but to each his own. everyone has always liked the debate on armor color. it's just a part of the hobby itself. every contribution to the ideas, and concepts that this thread offers are really fun. I hope that you'd re consider your decision about your images... the originals were just fine. it's great to see comparison shots. I was thinking that putting these alongside the LFL studio shots would always be fun. a comparison between original, SDS TM and AP... would be good to see. and yeah... we'd probably be talking about scale, color, design and detail. it's just a part of the overall interesting thing that is white armor.

I'm thinking about taking the ABS down to a paint store and having them optically generate numbers from the 3 ABS types I have. I need some paint for my fabric belts, boots and handplates in latex. on the far left. valspar plastic paint on latex handplates on top AP 2009 handplates. on bottom right TM handplates 2009 ESB model 1 ( I believe that TM offers slimmer handplates now. )

some eye candy. lights off and lights on TM handplates. belts are AP models 2009 and 20010 09 belt has been UV treated. 10 belt has no belt caps on it yet to show difference. 10 belt is raw and untreated just like the 10 helmet. helmets are UV coated ESB version on the upper left from 09 non coated AP model 2010 plastic helmet on the upper right.

hey damian, very good concept photo showing why outdoor photos can change in moments. nice touch in showing how the white balance can effect photos.

excellent descriptions from the armor makers themselves! kudos! I am working on my lighting conditions. this is after all "rocket science" I think that AP is white, and TM is white. the idea of a cream color would be an addition of yellow. when I grind up AP ABS from 2009 I can clearly see that there are small grains of a light grey tint. you can see that it's capped, and transforms during heat forming. the internal quality of the rubber content and the colorant can be seen in the dust. I have never ground up TM ABS, but I can also see that it's capped with a color and a shine. if you wanted a really shiny super clear finish, go with TM. if you want a more soft effect, then AP is a choice. I like the AP compared to FX/AM which to me looks like a piece of paper. if you look closely at my transforming graphic on my avatar you can see the ANH photo (which is taken near the Millenium Falson, was color corrected to be more yellow, to match the yellow lighting in the scene. and in my ESB transformation I used a more blue color correction to match the lighting in cloud city's upper room. by having the photograph color balanced, the white automatically balances with the photograph's "color table" so no matter what color your armor is, the surroundings will tint the white in photos.

another AP esb! hoot hoot!

it's just an illustration. a photographic opinion. just like any human interaction. facts skewed by technology, or just observation skills. take it for what it is. just because someone thinks it's pointless, makes it all that more fun! we already have rick's excellent digital observation. this will just be another piece of data to add to the whole concept. if you'd like I'll shoot the photos from the same location, in the best natural light I can get, then I'll wait several hours for the sun to go down and shoot the same photo with my GE softwhite bulbs, with all my digital filters on. tripod shots, without moving the subjects, with a white surrounding environment, and reflector boards. just for fun.

7mm is the distance he trimmed off to fit his arm. the finishing strip widths stay the same. the other dimensions are his suggestions for trimming to fit.

stunt builds probably should have a color difference between helmet and armor anyways.

says no refunds or exchanges. probably should e-mail or call by phone and ask!

thanks goes out to dimian and rick for the detailed discussion. I have my photographic details all worked out, and the photos I'm about to take will show my coated UV treated helmet alongside my untreated helmet. I have 2 belts as well, and a set of TM handplates. the photos will be taken with natural sunlight from a skylight in a white room with no other lights. the background drop boards are completely white, so all shadows and colors will be naturally seen in natural light. my camera will not be set to AUTO white balance. so the colors should show through in natural light. natural light is colored with yellow and a little blue from the sky, but not much!

I just asked paul to drill em out for me... spot on!

ROTJ version. ANH is MK iv ESB is century arms sterling replica. correct?

perhaps the gas is used inside of casings. which explains power cells, and drop boxes quite a bit! clips with gas inside of casings. an ejected casing would be several charges of power in an E-11? a sterling clip with 5-7 tibana gas casings would get "jammed" if the gas casing ran out, and the new one didn't feed properly. I'm thinking several hundred blaster bolts could be generated via the power coils, the plasma feed and the focusing assembly, if you're using bespin quality gas casings. each casing would represent a large quantity of energy. most likely luke had an obstruction in the casing bolt. easially cleared when you're not covered in slime, and wet...

how much for a set of these greeblies with a scope? PM me?

interesting... compared to my hengstler these are fun. photo from thread soon here.

color differences between AP models 2009 and 2010 sir. my photos will show current AP model colors, compared to 2009. I coat my ABS with a coating, so it also adds a color variance. but I have not coated my current 2010 gear, so this is a great op to see the color difference between coated old, and new uncoated. then I will coat the new material and show that. I use a nano particulate wax with a UV blocker... so it protects from the sun. my ESB helmet is a 09 AP coated with a UV blocker- so it's not completely bare. my STUNT helmet is a 10 AP completely bare at this point.

novus polish is the best!

I wear cotton gloves inside the rubber ones. very comfortable. nomex is not screen accurate, but some troopers wear them. I like silk ESB gloves the best!