TK bondservnt

I'm just a FISD member with a keen eye and a tolerance for people trying to push the design into their own pet peeve. I do not accept that RMQ designed armor for small englishmen in a studio trying to fit into a budget. I see RMQ designing armor for strong men with thick torso dimensions. every single rendering shows a torso thicker than muir sculpts. no person can say "I have accurate RMQ" armor designed unless it matches the renderings. so we have many different designs here... are we going to only settle for one type when there are many variations? ok... let's have the femtrooper buttplate that you're so interested in having. sorry... I get a little sarcastic when it's late in the day. guesswork and artwork. how is that one fundamental design? who's goal? yours or kevins? RMQ shows in his artwork that there is no ONE fundamental design.

I see several variants and different designs to RMQ it's not one design.. it's many different kinds. his art shows Variations and change. not one kind of armor... but different kinds.

the kidney looks to be mounted a bit high? troopermaster needs to chime in here! screencap shows no detail? paul! tell us!

the attachment should be with a rivet or a chicago screw. the placement in this photo is incorrect. jean rivets were not used in star wars to attach the holster to the belt. your holster design is also incorrect. there should be only one part of leather sewn on only one seam. and the distance is not correct from the belt to the holster. there is FAR too much sewing on your holster. it looks like every aspect of the holster has been sewn? I make holsters... and I've never seen a holster with sewn top washers. this design needs to be completely checked with your local GML. if it were my decision, I would say burn the holster and fix the corners of your plastic belt. the paintjob on the plastic belt is very rough... and it has the incorrect corners the corners of a plastic belt are not 90degrees. This tutorial should be rejected for lack of accuracy.

we were told not to kill the terrorists, only to lead them back to their ship, where the homing beacon would lead us to the rebel base. several troopers were killed in the mission. unquestioned loyalty. on a side note, it's really hard to get a good score count after even one shot. the target just burns to ash on the range? the holotargets work much better.

if you look closely at screencaps you can see this fitting situation on several troopers. when you look at the belt line you can see how it tilts upwards in back, and looks like the belt is attached to the kidney plate at the rear. some troops have flare at the buttplate and some have a gap between the back and kidney... the kidney plate might be set too high up. when I look at your sides I always thought the top of the kidney should line up with the abdomen plate top? and when you look closely the notch should be below the belt or close to it.

The undersuit is clearly shown on each side of the abdomen section. in my view only the chest joins under the arms. in my view I see sidegap undersuit below the chest to back join. I see a gap on the side of the thigh. and I see design changes across the renderings. the armor is not all the same in RMQ design. it represents different designs. variation and change in design. and look how RMQ did han and chewie in the elevator scene looks like the armor is even larger. and there's no way to translate the top of the thigh into his drawings. we would not be able to take a step forward. I also see lightsabres in both hands. maybe thats the belt and the fence... ok only one lightsaber left thumb tucked into rear edge of thigh.

such fun!

I personally would like to see a list of every TK in line by appointment date. it is like a wall of names now. black granite with white names dates and TK numbers. original artwork HERE

apply scale to the images use the helmet as scale reference. I see a thick barrel shaped core. when I look at the images that ralph made the armor looks much larger than 30-36" it looks more thick and allowing for a thick man. my point is that the scale shown is not thin... it's thick. and it shows slight variations between the designs. on some armor it looks like the ribcage is just undersuit, and on others it looks joined.

it took about 20 minutes to do the black and 10 to do the sealer 2x I did not use the prep solvent. just poped the paint on with a sponge, and applied the sealer also with a sponge.

the TK boots didn't need to be preped at all, just apply paint and go with the sealer. it's really easy with a sponge! painting the sole on a boot most likely would work with the same paint, just would need to apply sealer now again again from time to time. you would have to test the process. the TK boots on my TX look exactly like the more expensive jodphur... I'd go TK boot and paint. it's really easy! much easier than making the shoes shown here in this thread.

can you scan the photos from that book and post them here?

plus one on that score!

soap and water. followed by wax.

the way see it any scale can be done to look right. we don't have to assume that the troopers all have 34" torsos. the comparison between 3po and a trooper just does not make sense to me. the purpose for 3po being so slender is to mimic a robot. if you used all the drawings I see several different torso scales... but that's how I see it. it's clear that the design could go thick or thin depending upon what scale you choose to apply to the original rendering. it reminds me of the joker squad armor. where jes has a very superhero styled body. we're just making assumptions on scale here in my opinion. there would be nothing wrong at all to scale the armor for 6' 38-40" waist the design could have medium and large torso sections if the scale was adjustable. is it because the sides have more of a clamshell? and are fully closed? when I look at the action figure, I see a much larger torso scale... that tantive 4 hallway rendering makes the shield design so much clearer! I'd never seen that before! (billy's post below shows why I had not seen it) from looking at the stuff that KW designs does I know this will be amazing armor to wear! and I look forward to watching the progress on this! very exciting, no matter what size you are!

with a scaled torso it still can look good?

such harsh thinking? and in another post i read bastardized? so only thin scaled sculpts are intended? what about the larger person cannot be accepted in this? I notice only the thin critics are so harsh... no spirit of troopers helping troopers here...

the shield has no glow? but I think it has a window. the vertical tinted area that stops mid way could be a helmet lens material you should consider making the helmet, and shield and lightsabre. otherwise we'd be sourcing parts from all over the place. and I'd request medium and large sculpts for arms legs and torso. there are troopers with 40" hips and waist and chest out there that need to wear this armor. can we not allow for a panel on the sides?

very very nice!

I personally think it's pure 501st... but what do I know? this kind of thing only helps to realize the dream as fully as possible!

of course this needs a helmet to go with it? 3 different types? the shield. the weapon.

top job using the exact materials I use, and you did a fine job of explaining the process. this is exactly how I paint my TK boots colors for use in different costumes ie. TX TKC or Incinerator boots.

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good points made all around