firebladejedi

I would love a complete helmet in carbon f - thats on my to-do list

Cool - get on an build armour - and forget about the shoulder bell and bicep armour overlap business already

A lot of troopers wear helmets and armour from different makers - and some match more in colour than others. If its only a small difference i see no problems. You will have to wait and see when it all arrives to be sure..

Yeah i have used the wrong pic

Ok for you all troopers not wanting to use the original strapping system - having the straps multi adjustable makes things a whole lot easier. Sometimes you may need to adjust the chest up or down for various reasons - like if you drank too much beer the night before or if you lost weight. I regularly gain or loose weight from troop to troop.. Anyway here is how i have my set-up. Simple and easy to adjust and very practical. I use 2 inch elastic for the front of the torso - its strong and still haves a lot of give. And notice i am using s spring snaps mounted high in the chest and low down on the ab plate. Have them spaced further apart means that they is a lot of range or adjust-ability - perfect for practicality. Here is the completed strap ready to fit, Now i have the top snapped in place and looped over a 50mm buckle and the lower part threading through and back on itself. This on its own will not hold so i added velcro to the inside which is what makes this multi adjustable and simple. If the strap is not long enough or too long simple pull the strap open and free the velcro adjust and close and they we are - perfect fitting armour. Velcro on inside, 50mm buckle, I added another piece of elastic to hold the end closed and neat and tidy, Fitting in place,

Iirc VT version 1 helmets were AP based, the later VT version 2 are TE2 based.

Come on this is a no brainer - stunts had anything between 6-10 teeth cut out and any garrison being that particular I would ignore..

I always use elastic - nylon has no give and your armour parts will simply ping off when you move.

I would say a mix of both..

I get all my ideas on what to do from reference material freely available..

I'm just big and strong

All your helmet builds are an inspiration Armando and this is no acception I am really looking forward to seeing some comparisons of the the TE and JoeR jedi lids....

From the pic you posted it looks like you have the kidney plate on upside down..

This is nothing short of amazing Rolf - but thats something in which we have come to rely on from you

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Anyhting in between 0-16 should do it

My armour was officially approved tonight by Mark Hamill ---------------

I have some in a uk size 13 which would be us size 14...

My new helmet has nine teeth - thats me out Ok here woule be my list of requirements. Helmet; grey frown,ears and traps, green lens, decent hovi mic tips, black vocoder and between 6-10 teeth. Torso; shoulder bridges glued at front, free to float at rear with thin white elastic. 6 rivets on left side, single snap on right. crotch rivet and 2 snaps on butt needed. No need for shims to close side gap as this is not accurate. Belt, canvas belt, leather holster rivited to belt. Gloves; rubber gloves with latex handplates. Boots; black chelsea boots painted white. If you dont use these standards how is this going to be any different from EI? If you have to be EI before applying for this all of the basic and EI standards will already be covered right?

Looking very nice - I love the helmet

Ok a quick update on my build; I have trimmed the eye sockets out a bit and removed the pronounced bump in the right eye.. I trimmed a little off the ear width by a couple of mm and notched the top of the ear to sit tighter.. I trimmed the teeth and cut out the ninth tooth on the left.. And i have detailed the helmet using the Dave M style decals from TK4510, painted the frown and ears with humbrol #5, the vocoder with humbrol #21 and added dark green welders shield for the lens. On my to-to list is add an elastic chin strap and star shapped foam liner.. and take some nice pics in daylight - until then, here is my 2010 TM stunt

I needed a new bucket to go with my almost complete new armour build. Late last year i bought another TM 2mm acrylic capped suit without helmet as i still had my 1.5mm flexy helmet done up as an ESB lid. But i wanted another ANH lid and my best buddy Graham, our very own G4Tyrant happened to be selling a nice lid, so i bought it all fully assembled. This is how it arrived, and ive been doing a few tweaks over the weekend to put my own stamp on it... Pics will be following shortly and i will be debuting the full set next weekend

I remember back in the day when i built my TE2 armour i used much bigger strips than what i needed on my last 3 TM's simply because the armour is so different in size. Its a common question and 1 i always answer with; use whatever size strips are needed to make the armour build look right - not what they were percieved to be. I think i used bigger strips everywhere...

Here's a good ref pic Here's the snap on the body

Cool I look forward to seeing your build