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Thanks Bernard, you see anything missing there?

Blaster (all pics here)

Hand plates Canvas belt and holster Thermal detonator

Well, That's it .. I wanna be the first (and possibly the only one) canadian to get my Elite status! I figure hell, there's so few of us, might as well ask for it now while my armor is all over the place due to my first troop today! Component list includes... - ANH AP Armor - Stunt bucket w/ all mods: drilled teeths, painted frown, Runrriott's green lenses, Stomper's hovies, RomFX and fans - Homemade ribbed neck seal - Rubber gloves - Canvas belt - Left handed holster riveted on snaps inside the belt - Thermal detonator w/ banker's clip - Full strapping system - CABoots - Metal built blaster w/ resin parts and Saberfreak t-tracks I've been around here for quite some time and I've posted tens of pictures of my armor to show off the final product and as a helper for newbs with my WIP. I'm probably taking half the gallery disk space on my own All pictures below are taken from My Gallery! You've probably seen it all before but here I go again for my official request of Elite status! The only things that needed to change on it, was the darn side gaps to be closed which I did about 6 months ago and the white straps instead of black for my drop boxes (that I also pulled up closer to the belt). Stunt Bucket (all pics here) Armor Abs buttons Butt separation

Redford Films is IMO the best AD out there. I've already done business with him a couple times and I've got nothing but positive comments!

I have AP too, and pretty big calves (volleyball maniac )! If I'd have to redo it, I'd use the abs strip method on my calves & other pieces so that instead of having the piece overlapping, they'd join with shims over them. That would have given me a little more space all around and it would have been perfect. It's still not too bad, they kinda join, but they always end up unvelcroing in the back! You can see the left calf piece not totally closing on this pic ----------- Still looking pretty good I think considering my height!!!

Although I only caught the second part, I liked it. I thought it was pretty cool that they didn't have fun of Star Wars in a geaky way or try to diminish the people. They went along and everyone seemed to enjoy it!!! Found it funny that pretty much all TKs were FX Yeah, I know, 95% of the 501st are! Didn't see that Carrie Fisher thing .. so I'll check it out if it comes online! Thanks for the tips guys!

You can get the orange peel away? I think I need more explanation on this one as I don't see how this is possible? What is the compound doing exactly? Making the paint flatter? Does it take paint away? I'm really curious about this. When would you apply the compound, right after the paint job while it's still "fresh" to some degree or after it completely cured? Would the compound yellow the paint, let's say if the base coat is white, after some time? Too much questions?

Until now, I've painted 2 helmets, my Commander Neyo helmet and my MLC Biker Scout helmet. Both are fiberglass. The Neyo helmet has been painted with High Gloss Krylon Fusion which did some orange peel. I followed the instructions and spraying distance and all that crap and it still did it. 4 coats didn't change a thing. I wanted my Biker Scout helmet to be perfect, so I tried Rust-Oleum paint which also is High Gloss (-----). Well, my first spray still wasn't successful and I didn't have the high gloss finish I see here at all. So I sanded it back down to the primer and restarted again. Primer, wet sand, then 3 coats of Rust-Oleum again. THIS 2nd TIME though, I got much closer to the helmet, maybe 6" instead of 10-12" like the bottle says, and my left-right movement for painting was much much slower, I'd say at least by 4 times. I essentially waited for the paint on the helmet to go from mist, to thickness to glossiness on each passage. This gave me a nice glossy finish .. still not as good as Mike's result cause to me, this thing looks perfect!!! But it is close enough for me to be really satisfied. So my tricks: 1. Spray closer 2. Slower back & forth movement Some once told me: "There's a thin line between a nice thick coat and a paint run!". This pretty much resumes it for me.

LOL!!! Awesome surprise!!! My girlfriend went from "Yeah, I think I've seen Star Wars when I was young cause my 5 years older brother watched it" to "Hey, you wanna drop ESB in tonight?" Very nice!

Yep, I also love the bump, but made it a little smaller with a hair dryer!! Took 5 minutes really .. Check the before and after here: ----------

Someone has watched ROTS a little too often ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/7360871.stm

Depression is when I don't have time to work on my props because I party'ed too much the previous night! mattastic, is that your GF on the pic (can't really see)? You might have other problems at hand then her hating the white armor!

FYI, I had the exact same problem with low batteries too. Wiring it up on a brand new battery fixed that issue! For the sake of others, you should definitely tell us what the solution was, although I strongly suspect it's the battery and you're ashamed to say so!

Great find!!! I'm in Montreal .. so let us know, I've been looking for this everywhere without any success and I'd like a bottle of #2 if available. Or whatever you find ..

I also like the idea .. my fan (only one since the other side os the RomFX), is holding in the bucket with 2 strips of velcro along the upper edge, and the lower edge. Like it was said above, make sure to make this as thin as possible to prevent getting in the way when the fan is on. Also, being able to make that out of rubber would be the most awesome solution!!! Anything hard will transmit vibrations and be a pain.

Scott, I had expressed an interest in this, and it's still there .. but we received our game milestone a month ago, and I'll definitely be stuck working overtime and crunching this summer .. perhaps it will still be possible, but I prefer to let you know in case I was one of those pending persons ... Great initiative .. and I'll make sure to let you know if I ever can make it! I'd be glad to meet you all! Al

New helmet posted here ---------------

Well, I'd definitely go in this order: ANH, ESB, ROTJ, TPM, AOTC and ROTS I think beginning with TPM is taking an aweful ris with your audience, they'll probably kick yourself asking you why the hell you're showing them such crap! That says a lot on my personal opinion of that movie. While beginning at ANH, you'll automatically hook them on Star Wars as it was meant to be seen .. with awesome special effect and a great story. After the OT, they'll want to see the PT. That's how I plan on doing it on my side anyway! Hehehe

No problem, that's what we're here for!

Hey Darryl, Yes this subject has been covered before .. the MR blaster is accepted as canon if you modify it with a counter. You can see a thread here doing just that: ------------- The major turn off though is the weight of the gun .. as it's getting heavier on long troops. Also, it's cost and nature as a collectible makes it not as fun to troop with (fear of dropping, can't give it to kids who wanna see it, etc ... )

I'm quite surprised by the gloss of that ABS (post 11), I've never seen an AP so glossy before ... Mine sure isn't and I've seen enough direct from AP to know that it's been quite a while since he had such a shine on his ABS. Mmmm

Scott .. I always use the gallery as it both keep a thumbnail version to be quickly watched while other browse the Gallery .. and at the same time, I link them all in the majority of my threads. I have no idea how much space I'm using in my gallery, but I know that there's a load of pictures of my suit, gun or anything related that's been used and viewed quite a few times. On the other side, using an extern gallery like flickr or imageshack allows you to link them from different sites .. but I prefeer keeping them related to this forum only anyway. My 0.02$

Scott, I need to kick my an impolite person and check how much it would be for a plane ticket that week end .. I'd love to attend and meet you guys ..

These are plastic I think. I could let Saberfreak answer this one as they come from him! They're really good and easy to work with. Actually, the one you see on the pic is warped (my bad) but I already have the replacement and will change it as soon as I reach it on my todo list! My pleasure!