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Awesome, detailed Build! looking great!!!

is anyone making a sculpt of the futuristic legacy helmets?? and if not, can I try a swing at them?

wow Chris! amazing work on the folding stock man! I wish I had put that same effort on that part myself. haha and yeah i agree, the change from the old FX to the ATA was a giant leap! Mason by the way, I sent you the action shot to your email. let me know if you got it buddy!

if you go for a pipe build (i don't need one as I already have a great blaster, I just mean to make the question for those thinking about it) Where do you get the grip for it?? is there someone making grips, and counters and sights and stocks and butts and muzzles for one? I don;t think Doopydoos makes grips do they?

that is BRILLIANT! and dude if you make another one I'll buy this one! i absolutely love it! how much??? LOL

Yeah it's nice to see the evolution of the Group as time pases by. It's been a fast ride. Ive been a member for over 4 years now and it seems like yesterday I had my first FX. hell I found a pic of me in my first fx of 4 years ago and man IT'S HIDEOUS hahhahahahaha here's a comparison shot haha vs this Nuff said hahaha This not a go at the FX owners, please don't rub it that way... it's just that now I CAN truly see the difference I was so blind to see for so long.

Ooooohh! can I see??? have a link?

Thanks a lot brothers! i feel reeeeeeally happy about this! and yeah that blaster is a beauty isn't she? too bad Stephan stopped making them. sure they had some mold flaws and stuff but with a bit of love they looks great finished. Thanks for the welcome! im very proud!

I want to know!!! I'm about to make my first TK pauldron and I would LOVE to have the imperial cog etched in it like that! I already have the leather at home, I just need to know how to etch it like that! Awesome!

WOOOOHOOO!!!!! I'll clean the background on the action shot I want and send it to your email during this afternoon! haha WOW, awesome! If Paul (daetrin) sees this thread: Dude, do you remember a year and some months ago how much I kept bitching about why the FX helmet was to be removed when some of us had no money to upgrade and stuff? and how the upgrade to a better looking suit of armor wasn't necessary as what we had at the time as "Good enough?" hahahaha well LOOK WHAT YOU DID! haha I'm a full fledged convert now! thanks man. I appreciate how much you guys worked to promote the EIB program and thus raising the quality bar, but more than anything, by making it a choice. I'm glad to see so many EIB apps going on and see how we are going up in numbers day after day. Next stop CENTURION! I'm already massing for new boots and rubber handplates. hopefully I'll be able to make it. I'm only worried about the positioning of the rivets in the sides of the abdomen. Mason, if I send you some pics of them can you tell me if I can make it with my current abs-kidney-butt-crotch plates? Thanks again Guys!! i appreciate this very much!

Update Thurdsday, may 5, 2011 Hi again! Here's the updated helmet, shoulder bridges and blaster pics. The helmet: Ear Bumper reduced to only 2 per ear The shoulder strap bridges: Zip ties removed and replaced with white elastic The Blaster: The shadow rubber piece was removed from the eye side of the sight. I took advantage of the moment and added some extra brass colored paint to emulate paint scratching showing the metal beneath it. like it a lot better and as a matter of fact I won't ever replace the rubber shadow on it. it looks way better like this. Thanks for the feedback and pointers on this bit. and a nifty little detail I wanted to show you guys: this is how the plasma collimating blast tube glows when activated deactivated activated that's it guys. let me know if I need to add something else to the build for EI status. thanks!

Awesome! I already removed the zip ties and the sight shadow and today I'll buy the white elastic and "edit" the bumpers in the ears to only 2. I'll post again tomorrow with pics of the changes. Thanks guys! I will apply to Centurion right after I'm approved as EIB but I want to have all the details right the first time. That way the Centurion app will go through smoothly. B)

I'll remove the sight mod and replace the zip cords. i could've sworn the movie used armor had zip cords to hold the whyte nylon straps underneath the shoulder bridges. Thanks a lot for the feedback! I was starting to get nervous and more than 80 views and no comments. LOL

Full Body Pics: this shot was before I installed the left sided accurate holster. pat no mind to the right sided holster in it. NOTE: the frontal corner of the left shoulderbell has a small, red colored Imperial Cog. magnetic decal. I'm having it converted in a magnet so it can be removed for cannon events. as you can see in the last pic (it's not on there) The action pics I have will be emailed to: dashrazor_x@hotmail.com as soon as i have been cleared. i'm a graphic designer and work with photoshop 8 hours a day so I'll remove the background on the action pics and replace it with a neutral color background so they can do their magic. That's it folks! hope I make it! Thanks for watching. -Richard Vargas Andre TK-1845 Costa Rica outpost.

Belt (A.T.A. plastic front ammo belt and vinyl and canvas soft belt with riveted leather holster and attached Thermal detonator): Notes> as stated above the canvas belt is a vinyl (White Pleather) stripe cut at double the belt size on the tall side. the leather side was glued together with contact cement by folding the stripe in it's half and leaving the canvas side (the back side) as the outer side of the belt. the effect is perfect. it's the right color, the right texture and it holds perfect shape due to the double layer of Pleather and contact cement holding it together. The Holster was hand made (by a friend that is also willing to make them upon request) in real black leather and the belt hoops where cut as per ANH stunt reference pictures and F.I.S.D. reference guidelines, and riveter to the belt using the right measurements for positioning and length of the straps. the thermal detonator is cradled in 2 metal half rings that are held behind the belt. Boots (CABoots): Armor optional details: Ribbed bridge straps are glued in front and loose on back and chest and back plates are held via white vinyl straps with snaps. the straps themselves are held to the ribbed bridges by white Zip strips like in the movie. sound system (Radioshack): Radioshack bought regular personal amplification box. the box is connected to a self powered microphone installed in the helmet. Gloves (black rubber gloves with A.T.A. handplates): Abdominal plate control panel detail (A.T.A.): To be continued...

Helmet (A.T.A): Notes> helmet has flat green lenses, black mesh behind 8 cut teeth, hand painted (by myself) traps, blue stripe decals applied one by one on the filter tubes, double screws on each ear and hand painted vocoder detail and hovi mic tips. To be continued...

Hi! after a year and a half here I am requesting the ANH Stunt Expert Infantryman status as promised. Here's the details: Armor= A.T.A (Affordable Trooper Armor) Helmet= A.T.A (Affordable Trooper Armor) Blaster= Stephan Peppin (SR props Canada) E-11 model kit. Plastic with internal hasbro electronics. optional: Height = 1.80 mts (5'9") Weight = 190 pds Boots = Caboots Canvas belt = Vinyl hand made Belt. Vynil material folded upon itself using the canvas side surface on the outside while leaving the leather like surface on the inside. Looks exactly like regular canvas but with the strength of leather to support it on the inside. Hand Plates = A.T.A (Affordable Trooper Armor) Electronics= Radio shack personal voice amplification system. B.I.M. (Blow-In-Mic) brand static burst effect included. Neck Seal = regular 7 ribbed neckseal Holster = hand made in black leather by a friend of mine. Pics: A-) Blaster (E-11 Stephan Peppin kit): Note> this blaster is a beauty all by itself but it's got a few details I did to it to personalize it my TK ID # 1845 shows in the hengstler counter side. I added a few decals to it. specially on the hengstler counter control panel and a small imperial cog on the top. the rest are small red triangles on the sight. The viewing side of the sight has a rubber sun shield. I know it's not accurate but it looks beautiful and I would REALLY hate to loose this detail. Please! let me keep it! To be continued...

Hi guys! I'm the dude making the mods on the armor for Luiska here, haven't been here in a while... sorry about that. I'll be following this thread and asking a few questions on the armor itself as we move along. This was a great project to get my hands on since the armor was ridiculously cheap in the first place and it's a bit more than just cut and fit. I like building stuff and armor is a passion for me hehe. We are on the process of quoting a price for an ATA ABS helmet and the abdomen button plate replacements for the suit. I have bubble lenses waiting to be fitted in the bucket and already I have the decals designed (by myself) and ready for printing. We have those bits pretty much covered. I also wanted to ask you guys about some really nice ribbed straps that where made in a rubber like material? (latex maybe?) since they need to be replaced too. My CO Crazas saw them around and I think they would be perfect for this build. Thanks for the feedback (and not bashing this guy's armor so much LOL), I know rubies is a bad word here but I know we'll make this kit look great in its RoTJ style. The pieces are not half bad and with the few touch ups we're making on it it'll look great. thanks!

1-getting up at 3 in the wee hours, getting the armor stuffed in my traveling pack 2-breakfast 3- at 4:30am, getting a ride to the airport where i´ll meet with other 2 outpost members (CO and XO) 5-checking the luggage 6-boarding the plane 7-sleeping the ride off to Panama City 8-ride to the hotel 9-brunch 10- meeting with Frothsky to armor party his shebs and help him out with the clone armor strapping emplacement and any other details we find. 11-event from 8 pm on saturday to 5 am on sunday. 12-return to the room, bath and sleep. 13-basically do nothing the rest of the sunday until 5pm that we go back to the airport to catch the 7 o clock plane back to costa rica. 14-arrival at costa rica at 9pm, and getting a ride home to my lovely and curvalicius wife and saying my final farewell to my wonderful and noble FX armor, i´ll hand it to the guy that will buy it from me and get the cash for my new ATA kit. 15-sendig Terrell an email to inform him that i´m ready to pay him up on one love set of ATA armor!!!! 16-trying to sleep off my emotion on the prospect of the new kit! that´s it for the two days!

the visual dictionaries are in my list of wrongs on the starwars universe. there´s just so much crap in them... stuff that the guy writing it just had no idea what it was and just invented the explanation on the spot. I´m not joking, check the explanation for R2 D2´s parts on the episode 1 visual dictionary for one of the most ridiculous examples. look at what they did with the Mandalorians after so much effort was placed By K. Traviss on the race´s past, shape, dynamics, culture and character... and now they´re supposed to be a pacific race that has nearly dissapeared from the galaxy? i mean... c´mon! I would´ve kicked the guy who wrote that and many other things into the middle of next week! the idea of a de-ionizer is cool though....

I recently cut mine, the butt plate too, and the difference is overwhelming on my experience!

I actually like them Very much. good work! plan on making a run or something or is it just your own?

The Armor looks awesome! superb work. I have a question, do you feel the diference in the upper arm armor? they seem to be so radically diferent in shape that I wonder if it feels weird or something.

I'm AMAZED at how much different the left and right upper arm pieces are!