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I think your armour is looking really good, but i think the thing with the butt plate is a hard one. I have the FX kit and have cut it where you see the line, but i think its just the way the kit is, different than the movie armour. You can t really see that i have seperated my butt and there is a 10 mm gap but as the belt covers the cut line no one would prob know see what i mean...

Yes and the other three are blue not black.. Humbrol Ad Grey #5 and Humbrol Midnight Blue #15

You should be able to find all the info right here and there are some nice pictures in the gallery to help you out. I have FX armour and the first thing i did was paint the ab buttons the correct colour. i wish i could afford a loverly lid to go with but for now i have other expenses..... Great thread i like to see what you saw at this event, very imformative

Apperently the pualdrons were motorcycle chest protectors that uncle george had painted different colours to show rank. Personaly i think they look weird on white tk's but what ever you do in the privacy of your own home is your business......

Heres how i made mine http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/index.php...pic=665&hl= Gundamzeppelin, did you make your belt 4 inches wide for anh?

Good job on the bittons, hey doesnt it look weird upside down, or would that be the right way up???

I make canvas belts for sale, send me a PM Edit for pic

Nice stand i like the imperial logo very cool. I use kitchen paper towel holders from the pound store to display my helmets, print off the logo on a cd label, nice and cheap me....

Thats way over the top dont buy, PM sent.

Thats is looking sweet I have just aquired a don post classic action that i want to work on as a nice display piece, this is giving me great ideas thanks

Looks very good , are you going to heat up the bells and pinch them or leave them as they are?

With regard to the belt, i think the rotj troopers had a narrower 2 inch nylon weave belt? I would agree that thermal dets and holsters are optional but the holsters worn on the r h s by loops. I think they were mainly removed for the ewok death scene

Heres a nice picture of the SE suits

I would say the bells are really pinched and the only way is to cut out the ab plate as i see it.

I have jest taken a few screen shots from the ot version, not the clearest but hey..

Only seen in the hands of Dr Evizan, Dr Ezivan or was it Dr Ester Ranson, or Ibinez or something...

Just a couple of pics of a comlink to show the hoxi mics , hope this is not too off topic

The binders in rotj are grey and thick plastic looking with the blocks added this may be why people make binders as the tutorials.. Not a great pic but -----------

I got my mic tips from Keith here in the uk and they are very nice clean casts, very happy with them

I have cut off my cod on my fx kit along the same line as the bottom of the belt but you cannot see the join when wearing the armour. I also changed the angle of the bottom horizontal part so its more like the other kits, going up at angle. May have to post a pic to show you what i mean.

I have to sign in quite frequently, i can never remember my password either...

I never realised the esb trooper buckets had a big StarWars logo on the back, guess i should watch the dvd again to check

This is my first set of armour ( FX ) so im happy with it so far, i want to replace the lid with something else before i have even essembled it, and if i had the spare cash i think i would get some AP armour, it looks really nice. But with other expensive costumes on the go ( Vader ) i think i will stick with what i have, after all it looks like a trooper

I could only find 2 inch wide Velcro at my local haberdashery and I bought the self adhesive kind, although I did sew around the edges so it was more secure. I put the soft part of the Velcro on the right side and the ruff part on the left side (as you wear the belt) which goes on top so that if any of the Velcro shows nothing gets stuck to it. As I had to use 2 inch Velcro when I stuck the thin and thick parts on the belt I offset them against the opposite hook and loop so that the velcro wont be pulled off when I undo the belt. Sew around the edges and there you are, all done. I used poppers to attach everything to the belt including the armour belt, holster and drop boxes to make storage easier and the thermal detonator will be held on using money clips. Finshed and ready for duty.......... end of transmission

Hi i posted this on the UKG over the weekend and thought i would share with everyone here too. Here?s a quick guide to making a canvas belt for your storm trooper armour as an upgrade to something more movie accurate. This took me about two hours this morning to make this including stopping to take pictures, so it is not a long job. Ingredients; Tee Kay armour belt Heavy duty canvas 60 inch wide is best for this 3 meters of 3 inch wide elastic 2 inch wide velcro Camping snaps or rivets A piece of plastic 2/12 x 8 inch Scissors and a sewing machine and white cotton Method; Ok first thing to do is measure around your waist to see how long the belt is going to be. I made mine 1 ? meters in length and cut off the extra at the ends when I was finishing the belt. This gave me an overlap of about 12 inches which is plenty. Cut 2 strips of the 3 inch wide elastic to the required length and sew the two pieces together down the sides using the big zig-zag stitch leaving the ends open for now. I only sewed the sides once as you will go over these edges several times by the time you sew the rest of the belt together. Then put the armour belt in the middle of the elastic belt and measure and mark the outside with a pencil. Sew down the belt along these lines using a straight stich, this is for the plastic insert added later on to support the holster. On mine this was about 20 inches in from the end of the elastic. Then cut two strips of the canvas the same length but slightly wider than the elastic, you will cut this extra off after stitching the two parts together. Using the zig-zag stitch again sew the canvas to the elastic down the sides, I?ve sewn each side twice to give it extra support. Then cut off the excess canvas nice and close to the elastic and sew this side as well. Remember to leave the ends open as you sew the canvas to the elastic. Repeat this again on the other side of the belt. You should now have something that looks like this. Next using the piece of plastic were going to make an insert to support the weight of the holster to stop the canvas being pulled down or collapsing. Measure the distance between the two loops that usually go over the belt, im guessing all holsters will be different in size. My piece is 8 inches long and to fit inside the elastic 2 ? inch wide. Round off the edges so it doesn?t snag the belt and simply slide inside the middle of the two elastic pieces and push all the way in until it stops. Remember you sewed the straight lines in earlier to keep it in place. Now its time to trim the belt to size. I cut just a couple of inches off each side so that there is about eight inches of overlap that will secure the belt at the back. Sew up the ends and now its time to ad the Velcro.