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  5. Dutch Weapon Law Restrictions

    in General Weapons Discussion

    Posted

    Got a reply:

     

    does a modified toy gun, used during a pre-determined and estimated event, with props checked by the local police authority etc. etc. still fall under a weapon of Category I, and is it illegal in the Netherlands to carry such a prop at an event, even though this prop is used solely in combination with the accompanying costume, and not to be used in public if one is not in posession of such a costume or is not wearing such a costume at that moment in time? Yes

     

    Does the toy gun that is seen in the first image of this e-mail also fall under Category I, and, should this same gun be painted black, would it fall under Category I? Yes

     

    Is it possible to ask a waiver for such a toy gun, be it in form or by the local police department that supervise an event?

    No

    So that's that...

     

    I sure hope the other 501st members in the Netherlands won't get in trouble cos of this, since I used a pic from the site (but basically the pic is readily available on-site so linking to it would basically do the same thing). But still, hope it doesn't cause any trouble.

     

    Merugear off.

  8. Macrobinoculars showoff :)

    in Boots, Soft Parts, and other Accessories

    Posted

    Hey not bad..... looks good,easy to make and for the price..... how much was it?

     

    Bout 5 euro's for the 2 doorknobs, 3 for the doorhandle, 2.5 for the tupperware and.... bout 4 euro's for the tent cap? well paint and shish kebob thingies were allready in hand. 12.50 for the tube with ring (of which I only needed the ring :P) so yeah it could be cheaper, but heck it beats a Radica game :P.

     

    Will add more greeblies in time.

  9. Macrobinoculars showoff :)

    in Boots, Soft Parts, and other Accessories

    Posted · Edited by gmrhodes13
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    Hey there troops! Yesterday I went to a camping store to get myself some webbing, man was I in for a surprise!

    I am planning to make a Heavy Weapons Trooper, so eventually I will have to make myself a backpack and perhaps some other sandy accessories. Now I was strolling around the camping stuffs and found some items that made me think of that screen-used macrobinocular, used by a Sandtrooper.

     

    Now with some scrounging through the piles of items I found some items that could prove useful to me. Now a rundown of what I used to make this little accesory:

     

    A cheap tupperwear-wannabe container, conveniently shaped like the rangefinder/electrobinocs.

    A doorhandle

    2 round push-knobs for caravan doors.

    1 thingy to stick into tentpoles to make them have an iron hook on it.

    1 tube with attachmentring (the most expensive part as they didn't sell seperately lol)

    Several wooden shish-kebob sticks

     

    So I bondoed the attachmentring to the end of the container, added the casing of the caravandoorknobs upside-down on the lid of the container to use as eyeholes and bondoed them as well.

     

    Put a knob upside-down next to the attachmentring for the left greeblie.

     

    Then I drilled a hole in the place where the right greeblie should be, and cut the plastic cap to the 'cross' (so that it appears as the greeblie seen on the movie) of the tentpolethingy. Secured that with bondo and added the doorhandle as a sunscreen above the eyeholes. Added advantage were the holes in the handle to attach it. I can now put a piece of string or such through them! :D

     

    Well here's my budget-binoc. Enjoy!

     

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    The white stuff in the background is my ATA armor being made :D. Mom 'n Dad are on a holiday for a week or so so the livingroom has become my personal armor shop ;).

     

    Vincent

  10. Armor cut up badly

    in Assembly, Mods, and Painting

    Posted

    Well just going to wait till the gf brings the dremel here tomorrow and then we'll just sand stuffs off. I kinda like the look on the forearms now so that's a good thing.

     

    Bad thing is, is that my back and wrists are acting up, making me quite annoyed with the armor so far :P. I guess I wanna rush too much and I know a lot of you'd tell me to slow down cos in the end it pays off. It's just that I have 3 more free days to spend on the armor and thought it would be cool to like zing it together and have it done with but heck did I misjudge that!

     

    Anyways we're going to try the dremel sanding bit for trimming the curves and the larger areas will be trimmed with a scissor. Still need to find some webbing, underarmor and stuff so might do that tomorrow or next monday. Either way sorry that I come off so frustrated. I just wanna play with my new toys :P (especially since the E11 isn't on the list of to-haves anymore cos of the Weapons Law :angry:).

  13. Armor cut up badly

    in Assembly, Mods, and Painting

    Posted

    I kinda made a big booboo and cut out too much of the armor on the forearms. I admit, I suck at crafts :o .

     

    I hate myself... I spent ages cutting and scoring the armor with a darned x-acto knife and it just wouldn't budge (thankfully cos the plastic was too thick, something I was worrying about earlier :P) or I would score in a messed up way OR I would bump my wrists so much the old injury from my scooter accident was acting up. So stupid me tried to force it a bit, wham big ol piece 'o V cut out right out of the forearms.

     

    I just don't have the patience nor the equipment for this thing... Blast it.

     

    Any tips on how to fix this "sounds-like: mock-up" would be very much welcome. Also, an idea how to connect those blasted seams would be a nice additive cos I dunno if it needs overlapping or just pasting the strips on top of it. Heard only FX had overlaps, the rest was just match and paste or whatever.

    Man I sure wish I had a bloody local garrisson supporting me now.

     

    Sorry for the rant but I am extremely ticked off. :angry:

    So I guess first thing to do is to chill and relax a bit.

     

    Any help would very much be appreciated.

     

    Vincent

  14. Putting the "K" in "TK"

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    How come we never see a hero with a dorky name? Tarkin has a pretty cool first name. What's up with that - it doesn't happen in real life.

     

    Come on... SKY walker?

     

    Hi I am bob bladerunner, Sid Sidewalker, Pete Pitchjammer, Rudy Ridgeracer, Alf Bucketmeister, Garth Sauceskipper, Buddy Mudslinger...

     

    Princess Lara Synthetica, Poly Esther, Dora Androidica, Marion Mechanica

     

    June Aurora, Jade Borealis, Jessie Corona

     

    Darth Malicious, Dart Intrepid, Darth Cunning, Darth Linguist, Darth Board, Darth Miser, Darth Lawyer, Darth Raider, Darth... Sawyer!

     

    I mean not many of those names are VERY much inspired though :P.

     

    Calling an ice cold planet Hoth...

     

    I rest my case :P

  19. Putting the "K" in "TK"

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    Though bangkok garrisson would be hard to abbreviate then: (I know bangkok is a city not a country, but heck I just wanted to point out a possible flaw)

     

    Krung-thep-maha-nakorn-boworn-ratana-kosin-mahintar-ayudhya-amaha-dilok-pop-nopa-ratana-rajthani-burirom-udom-rajniwes-mahasat-arn-amorn-pimarn-avatar-satit-sakattiya-visanukam

     

    KTMNBRKMAADPNRRBURMAAPASSV-421 :P

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