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  4. The Force Awakens Stormtrooper CRL

    in TFA Stormtrooper

    Posted · Edited by Necronaut

    I agree that we all go into this knowing that change is inevitable. As better reference is made available through different medias we have all seen this occur at some point in time.

     

    Just as some have made the argument that we should not hold in limbo those that have or will be building a suit between now and December others could easily make a counter argument with things being as fluid as they currently are.

     

    Personally I've always viewed the CRL as a go / no go. You either meet the requirements or you don't. I think its safe to say most here share that same view. However I do recognize our present situation as quite different from what we've seen in the past. So with that in mind I would feel more comfortable with a formal CRL if it accounted for this and provided something to mitigate some of the risk the early adopters (alpha's, beta's, Etc) may have. I'd hate for a couple of hundred people to be wrong come December and have to do some serious re-work.

    Hence a 'grandfathering' clause for those who have done the preliminary work.  Their pioneering work needs to be acknowledged and respected.    :duim:

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  6. The Force Awakens Stormtrooper CRL

    in TFA Stormtrooper

    Posted · Edited by Necronaut

    Seeing that CRL's are living documents that have the ability to change, I think it would be OK to post a CRL for this suit.  Dday and many others have it correct, there is a lot of visual info to build a CRL for this suit on.  It can always be modified down the road, if new details and found part info comes to light.

     

    For those that are waiting for the final, ultimate, boilerplate CRL before even starting their TFA costumes, try building a Boba Fett.  It is the embodiment of a living costume, with lots of change always going on and $$$ changing hands for the latest and greatest, most accurate parts.   :D

     

    Change and revision is not necessarily a bad thing!  I can't imagine that anyone got into this hobby because they hate building and refining costumes.  If you did, there's always the "grandfathering" clause in a CRL update, so no worries there.

     

    It is completely inappropriate to hold off on a CRL being posted because a few people are worried that it may not be completely and perfectly correct.  If we waited for every single one of the haters to agree on a CRL, well there probably would not even be a 501st Legion at all.  

     

    ANH came out 40 years ago, but the ANH stunt stormie CRL (and many other classic costume CRL's) has been updated very recently because new information and evidence for change and revision was found.  If we hold off on the TFA stormie CRL because it isn't "perfect" according to a few people's standards (and what are their 'special qualifications' that they can hold up an entire Legion of Imperial costumers, huh? ), it will never get posted.  "Perfect" is unattainable because it is a subjective and personal quantity.  Our definition of what is "perfect" or even "acceptable" for a base CRL will differ from person to person.  We have plenty of reference material for this costume.  Let's push forward.  We always have the option of moving backward if necessary.

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  7. New E-11 (F11-D) Blaster - Episode VII The Force Awakens / Random Thoughts About Production

    in Weapons of the First Order

    Posted · Edited by Necronaut

    There's thread on the RPF about this issue.  Check it out, there have been some really fantastic renders on the mounting system incorporating a spring plate to lock it into place while thigh mounted, and some locking holes on the corresponding E-11 blaster.  

     

    I think that a lot of people see gaps between the plates on the holster mount, and are attributing it to poor workmanship on the prop or assembly crew.  It look like the gap is actually caused by the holster retention spring plate.  It applies a shear and compression force to the corresponding tabs in the weapon, keeping said weapon in place.

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  9. Bondo Replacement

    in TFA Stormtrooper

    Posted

    Was CA just used as the adhesive, or was it used as a filler? I used CA on my clone shins to glue them together , despite some heavy criticism from a couple CTN members. No problems after a year.

     

    By the sounds of it, you are using CA as a filler too. Did you cut the parts really closely and carefully, to minimize gaps? Or did you do multiple layers of CA to build up layers in order to fill gaps? Did baking soda play into it at all?

  10. Bondo Replacement

    in TFA Stormtrooper

    Posted

    Has nobody tried ABS paste?  I used it to fill the seams in my clone trooper costume.  Take a bunch of 1 cm x 1 cm ABS chips from the suit trimmings, put them in a glass jar, cover them with acetone from the paint thinner section of your hardware store, let it sit for a few hours, and it turns into a paste that is chemically identical to the armour itself.  It should flex and bend with the same characteristics of the ABS armour around it.

     

    Run a little masking tape alongside the seams you are trying to fill (to mask off most of the armour from the paste), apply the paste with some wooden paint sticks or tongue depressors, remove the mask, and let it dry and cure up overnight.  Sand it smooth with a Dremel, mouse sander, MultiMax, etc.  You can do this a few times, with thinner and thinner paste to fill in the small pores that can get left behind.  Then, use some Bondo spot filler to fill in the remaining micro-pores in the ABS filler.  Finally, prime and sand smooth; maybe use a filler primer on top of that just to make sure everything is filled up.

  12. New E-11 (F11-D) Blaster - Episode VII The Force Awakens / Random Thoughts About Production

    in Weapons of the First Order

    Posted

    Here's a question for armour owners. We're all thinking that the weapon stowage is the greeblie on the right thigh. What exactly does it look like? Would it be functional, if a resin E11 TFa blaster was hung from it? How would the weapon be suspended?

     

    There are a couple people either here or on the RPF that are developing 3D files of the new blaster. I think having specific measurements and details of the thigh mount would be really helpful for them.

  13. Bondo Replacement

    in TFA Stormtrooper

    Posted

    Reinforcing the corners and seams inside the glued and Bondoed armour parts with Fiberglas is pretty common in the cloneetrooper detachment. This helps stiffen up armour, to help prevent flexing and possible cracking of whatever filler you choose.

  19. Episode 7 Teaser Trailer 2 Opinions

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    Man... I'm really starting to not like the duck-face helmet.  Especially when they have all those other helmet variants out there!  I am so glad that the HWT, snowie, and TIE pilots have some cool dual mic-tip helmets, I think that's where I'm leaning for my next build.

     

    I felt the exact same way when I saw the Clone helmets from Ep. II.  The Ep III variant/evolution was so much better, IMHO.

  24. Star Wars Episode VII Trailer

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    While the clone under suits from the prequels were ribbed, The clone CRL doesn't require a ribbed under suit, just regular spandex or compression gear. You could get the Clothears version if you wanted; it includes the ribbing.

     

    Maybe the CRL for a TFA suit could be done the same way?

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