TK bondservnt

there is a bit of history on this one that's for sure!

these are the better ones

I'm very glad to see parts that were in my personal collection on this work of art. my only thought is how much I like a bumpy paintjob! your version is growing on me, that is sure!

wrong shape and stitching design sorry!

crickets? or quiet footsteps?

The armor simply needs to be strapped to fit. the forearms and other parts are designed for the overlap assembly common in the past. most likely you will be hard pressed to get a color match on the ABS for making finishing strips. the GF brand is many years old, and his plastic was made custom for his shop. even if you contact AP he may be able to supply you with a color closer than other makers out there. the overall assembly of your armor is not that bad. since all the parts are velcro you can reposition the thigh pack and knee plate pretty easy. you will need to cut the fronts of the leg parts to a butt join and add cover strips. the forearms should not be tailored to fit, just made the correct size if your arms are small enough. strapping is used on the original suits that travels from the shoulder all the way down the arm. this holds the parts in position. when you bring your thighs up and outwards the armor should fit you perfectly. this will allow you to walk better. the goal with the lower torso is to wear a harness so that it pulls the lower torso up as high as possible. then the legs fit better. strapping the rear of the torso correctly will fix the belt location and the kidney plate. get new hovie tip helmet tusks... those are garbage! any experienced EIB level TK should be able to sort you out in a single day.

retrobright

"there is no spoon. er, no line"

looks like I need to start casting parts.

thanks TOLO you beat me! LOL

why not use STAR FOAM like the originals?

the whole battle droids comparison fits well! nice job! this type of storytelling does not do the series justice dumbing down the storytelling to an 80's style children's style cartoon takes away all the powerful drama of the evil nature of the darth's and to damage the storytelling to the point where I feel like I'm watching a story written directly at children from many decade's ago, the attempt to add humor, by making stormtroopers dumb does a lot of damage for any kid to take them seriously as someone to fear. it is not star wars it is nickleodian if episode 7 takes this route in storytelling I"m going back to star trek or over to the rebel legion

personally I don't like the 'comic book' style of storytelling in rebels. making TK's look as dumb as gamorians just does not fit well with the concepts raised in the original trilogy. dave filoni would have done better with scooby do than with star wars. its like all the designers in the animation dept are stoned and eating dog treats.

I can do photos of the process used. and it could be used as a tutorial. I have more armor to build soon, and I'll use that.

no doubt! rubies? wow.

I consider the inner drop box requirement to imply that it must be a formed box with edges curved, and walls. and usually only would be made by using a box designed to be used as an inner drop box KW designs does great inner drop boxes

you can use wood screws

Vue is fun to work with

we all get new armor soon right? knight trooper pauldron trooper ah.. looks like they will have several designs.

vader does rock!

it's a spray. for scrapbooking.

the reason it's worth it is because makers like RS do such a fine job! I've seen it in person. not one single error.

go pre built. it's totally worth i!

I love this place.

costuming accuracy uses 1" tan foam. you can find this at JO ANN'S fabrics