Bigturc

Is that the normal price these go for? If you ask me, this helmet looks awesome!!! And for once, I must admit I don't hate the bumpy cap like I do normally! If the helmet is 1000$, I can't imagine the price of a whole armor .. :|

Well Jim, I think it's time for you to try that helmet

I wouldn't worry too much about it ... At 6'3" with AP, I often have to put back my calf piece over my left boot. For some unknown reason, only the left one gets out from under the piece and I have to put it back under from time to time. Or is it the right one .. not sure anymore, but you get the idea ..

There you go, added in my AP Armor thread --------- Since it's a picture thread, might as well put it here too: ---------

Seems like you have the stuff under control .. I'm curious, what is Craiglist anyway? I've looked at the web site, and it's just a big junk of link that doesn't make much sense to me ...

You can read my thread on the knee plate of my AP and how I ended up fixing it: -----

I would definitely test it on some random surface first, because if the black paint doesn't come off easily, or in patch, or in any other way that you didn't thought possible, you'll have one heck of a job removing 5 layers

Ouch! Is this normal for everyone who receive ANHV2 helmets!?! That would be a no no for me at the price!

Hey!!! You guys just reminded me that I have these transparent window plastic somewhere boxed at home! Wow, I can't believe I didn't think about any of those transparent plastic things for so long! In case you're wondering what they are, I was working about 10 years ago in a theater, and when Star Wars SE came out, they were put in the windows everywhere. After they stop showing SW, they had put it in the locker room and were forgotten. Some things shouldn't be forgotten ... I asked my boss if I could take them, he agreed, and I ran away with those ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigturc/sets/72157594262776502/

Well, happy to know my pictures are used as a reference Well worth the effort put into these, which is really not that big !!! If it can make you feel better, my bucket has the same "issue" ... which is not an issue, where within the hovis cavities, the plastic is really thin. Just be careful not to pick up your helmet by pushing the Hovis in .. I think that could be pretty bad in my case .. again, maybe not! I've played a lot around that area while installing the speakers and wiring everything (see helmet thread), and I had no problem at all. I've seen the swirling too, but it's really just under some intense lighting and really close, basically, impossible to see. Hope this helps and now, stop searching the problems and complete the suit!

After looking at this black inside madness, I think I'll go back too, disassemble my helmet and remove all velcro'ed stuff and paint it all in black. Keep the pictures coming! Nice helmet and nice paint job too! I think I might need to get that black higher on mine ....

LOL .. 95$ shipped to me in Canada

Hey Ed, Let me know if you ever want more picture .. I know there was a few talks of armor comparison but it kinda never happened officially and was always spread here and there. In any case, I could update with a full set of pictures from different angles for all pieces of my suit. Cheers, Al

I just noticed your ammo pack thing on your other thread .. and one thing you could have done is rivet it in the lower corner of the ammo pack instead of the upper corner. That way, you wouldn't have it catching on your calf. Again, I riveted it pretty much as low as possible to remove as much black as I could, but for a smaller trooper, it would have been fixed higher on the thigh piece. My 0.02$

Nope, both pieces have pretty much the same opening size I think. And for me, the less I trim, the better it looks, less black showing .. I suppose that's why I never needed the trimming. Unless it was screen accurate, I wouldn't do it!

Ok, I was asked to post more pictures of my suit .. here's the thighs ... ---------

I'm tall at 6'3" and never had problems walking or going up stairs, I suspect the larger black area helps a lot. One thing for sure, I wouldn't trim the front of the thighs, I'd go with the back only. I removed some plastic in the lower back of the thighs behind the knees since it was hurting my back leg tendons when I was walking. That is the only thighs trimming I've done!

This is exactly what AP recommended to me. As I got the suit directly from his hands (not delivered), he had traced cut lines directly on the ear piece. Rounding up that corner will result in a much better fit. I don't like the clarity of those images, but at least, it's demonstrating the idea of rounding that corner ... ------------

Here's a couple things that looks weird... 1. As you'll see on the attached pictures, I don't remember having those trim lines. But I could be wrong, the first picture, top right corner shows me having trimmed one side's upper lip and not the other, that was an error I made while building the armor. Mm .. mabe it was because of some trim lines (that I don't see anymore since I removed the upper lips. 2. There seems to be some weird angled in your leg's junction .. what is that? I wonder if your part is warped or you're not holding it tight closed? Now, here's 2 pix of my calves, one is while I was building it, the other one is the final product. As you can see, while building the thing, I had opted to keep the upper lip on both pieces, but I have pretty big legs and knees and that lip was eating through my skin when I was trying to wear the calves so I completely removed it (see finished picture). It really helped make that piece more comfortable. Also, in the last picture (and the first), your right calf is not properly closed together. Make sure to align FIRST the front of the 2 pieces and trim the back. Not the inverse. you want to trim the back of the calves, never the front. -------

Hey Bernard, this will be so much interesting ... Keep up the good work .. I've seen a lot of TK build thread .. but no Clone thread before!

LOL .. pretty funny Guns .. but it's always a good thing to explicitly say those .. you never know!!!

I got my AP helmet filled with fan, batteries, mic, pading, wires, and still find it super light. I was actually affraid to lose it on Halloween due to the wind hitting me from behind;)

That is so weird .. please enlighten me .. All pictures of screen used helmets I've ever seen were missing pieces or with a lot of paint chips and paint runs. While this one looks almost flawless .. super nice paint job, ears cut to actually fit real nice etc ... Am I on crack or this thing looks way too good?!?

I'm curious, is that Luke arm props at your home? Cause there's no way that helmet is a movie prop right? Is that your helmet Kirk?

Thanks for the input Burge .. although, I had problem fitting a piece of ABS in my side since there is a huge lip on top of both pieces (front / back) and I wasn't sure how well it would fit .. I began to wonder if people didn't actually trimmed that lip down. I still haven't had a confirmation from another AP owner concerning the fact that my abs / kidney plates are warped or if it's normal .. always thought it was normal!