Revyl

Made my order with François about exactly a month ago. My boots arrived last friday. :-)

So how *do* you recognize the different armor lineages upon seeing those pictures? What are the giveaways (if any) ???

Ok so a new counter is definitely not accurate enough and a strictly vintage one is needed?

So which version would be the correct one. Would a new Type 478 (Modular system 400) be acceptable? http://www.hengstler.de/en/s_c10010412/Counters/Time_counters/478/ It doesn't look like it has the eagle logo, but would that be visible if I removed the plastic sleeve?

Several years ago I've started scratch-building them. I haven't really gotten far yet, but I can show you what I use as a base. It's an Ikea 365+ storage container. It's got the right shape, and with the correct greeblies it should look the part.

You're welcome. Provided this isn't just empty talk (which I seriously doubt) I think it's very reassuring.

Concerning the switch to PVC, Anovos (in the person of GotMaul) had the following to say over at the RPF: I for one think it was a smart move to make the initial price very low but with upfront payment. The ****-loads of $ they must have generated is used to dictate their terms to the suppliers of raw materials with best possible results in mind.

Once my Anovos kit arrives, I might get a white pauldron and modify to make a TK medic (non canon)

Pretty much how I did it as well. I guess I'll have more trouble telling her that decent boots will be 80$ than it has been to convince her to get the kit. Thank god I have a complete E-11 already! [emoji13]

What's so funny about that? Gotta start somewhere...

Thanks. I know, I *am* quite proud of it, considering my then limited skills. It's mainly the weathering I'd like to improve, and (which you don't see in the picture ) it has no spring nor cocking lever. That's the area that's somewhat warped. And the worst thing, it currently has no trigger guard. I didn't have a resin one and the metal one I made was just glued on. So, trigger guard and weathering are my main concerns, though, granted, I can fix those without disassembly. Maybe I'm just itching for a project to work on during the wait for my armor.

While waiting for my first armor kit, I'm thinking about proper armament. I *do* have an E-11 which I built (almost 10) years ago. It looks good... but it could be better. It's made the usual way using a plastic tube and resin parts (with some scratch-building) I'm wondering if I could rebuild it from the ground up (the current tube had some warping from the heat during the drilling/grinding) It's held together by superglue, bondo and greenstuff iirc. Now, what would be a good way to disassemble and STRIP the resin parts without dissolving the resin. The colors were acrylic rattlecan paints as far as I remember. Bear in mind that I live in mainland Europe, so I can't just get a hold of Simple Green or Dettol. What should I use? Break Fluid? (PS : I also have a Rebel Blaster with the same resin parts. I guess I could cannibalize both guns for the resin parts)

This applies to everything:

Well, I suspect there are 3 kinds of buyers for this kit: People who've always wanted a TK and to join the 501st. They're the kind of people (like me) who are informed about the do's and don'ts dor the armor, try to get help, etc. Then there's 501st members who are getting a new/2nd/3rd armor for themselves (Sandtrooper/HWT/Shadowtrooper etc) or for a family-member. No problems there either. And then there's people who might not even know about the 501st and its requirements, and who will adhere strictly to the kit-supplied parts and instructions. It's them who might be problematic if they later want to join with a badly-built kit.

Well, this *will* be my first costume and I'll be damned if I just use their instructions without consulting the veterans from this board or local troopers in my area. Of course I'm shooting for the highest possible standard, so I won't dive right in once I get the big box in (hopefully) winter. Anovos or no, a kit always involves lots of work or so I assume, so I might as well do it right. Once the boxes are shipping I'll monitor what the veterans have to say about assembly of the kit and adapt my effort accordingly. If it means buying latex handplates (or other), so be it. I'd be more concerned for customers who build the kit first and ask questions later. But since I come from a scale-model-building background, I'm used to online research, aftermarket detailing, forum discussions and build reports. EDIT: And with the contents of the kit being essentially the same as the 1k+ $ costume, it can't just be low quality crap, because Anovos would be doing itself a huge disservice botching *the* most iconic costume ever. It could cost them their license.

So will I!

I know that no costume gets default approval. I'm perfectly aware of that. My question was, does it look like it could be made into an accurate (and thus approvable) armor, or does it have any blatant flaws that would make it hard to get approved without MAJOR investment of time, money and work (provided the finished armor looks like this orototype does)

It doesn't have to be a scope. It could be a sort of aimpoint hooked-up to the in-helmet HUD, for example.I'm making this up, of course, but in sci-fi you can find all sorts of explanations for seemingly illogical stuff.

Double post

Over at the RPF, Got Maul (one of the founders of Anovos) posted the following: So I guess we can assume that the finished armor does indeed look very close to this. What, then, is the verdict concerning validability (is that even a word?) Does it have the potential to be usable in the 501st ?

I'm new here (longtime fan and lurker of the 501st though here in Luxembourg they're next to nonexistent) and I'm seriously considering making the jump for a kit. At that price, it's a steal! Now, I'm aware that there's no such thing as a "guaranteed approval" but I suppose this kit has at least the potential to be made into an aprovable armour. Correct me if I'm wrong. I was initially going for an IC costume, but at 100$ for a coverall, then cap, boots, belt and gauntlets, the price is not far off as well in the end. Might as well go for the most iconic Star Wars armor ever.