Agent RayBans

Alright, I've come to the conclusion that my neck seal is some where in the attic of my Mother's house. I called over there about going and getting it and she said she would rather give me the money to buy a new one than have me clambering around up there So I'm hoping to get on Oiftanker's wait list. It will probably be a few weeks before I post in here again, until I get the neck seal. I also ordered some t-tracks from Smitty, but I am betting those will get here sooner than later

Hey, my girl friend is from Buffalo! Nice suit!

Point taken on the T-Tracks! I'll go ahead and hit up Smitty for some. White Zombie was kind enough to offer me a spare he has but since I need two I will go straight to the source. And I do indeed have a neck seal, I just don't know where it is. I got it a few years back for a Daft Punk robot costume I made and now its in a storage tote some where. I will try to dig it up before I have to go back to college tomorrow. Back at school I have a friend with a green screen and a camera that costs about twice as much as my whole costume, so I will get a chance to take some nicer pictures too! So other than the neck seal and the t-tracks I am good?

Alright, white zombie you were right it does say 6. Although since that falls under the "Should Have" section I am hoping I can get away with the 5 for now. I have 4 out of the 6 "should haves" so I think I will be ok, fingers crossed.

Like I said in my first posts I realize I mixed up the rivets, for some reason as I was attaching the holster I had it in my head that Hero was 2 and Stunt was 4. I'm glad to hear its not required since there's really no going back for me now (other than buying a new belt, which isn't in my budget). I'll have to go back and look at the CRL on the blaster and take a look, thanks zombie!

As per some suggestions from Paul I made some changes since these pictures were taken (I don't have new ones because there's not a lot of people around to take pictures unfortunatly). I adjusted the shoulder bell straps so they sit closer to my chest, adjusted my thigh strap system so they are level now, attached the back and chest plate together with elastic, and made the kidney and "butt" plate sit lower to compensate for my over trimming of the back of my thighs. I also realize I have too many rivets holding on my holster :\ Rookie mistake. Thanks for looking!

A New Hope Stunt Helmet: Modified MRCE -Seams sanded and filled -Teeth filled out, extra teeth drilled -Brow raised -Mike's MRCE Decals -Lenses made from welding mask Armor: RT-Mod -Vader Dave ab buttons -RT-Mod fabric belt -Riveting leather holster Blaster: Modified Hasbro conversion -Modified Doopy Doo's kit -Scope modified with Pawel sight technique -Scratch built metal ammo cylinders by me -Real hex screws at end of barrel -Most screws filled -Front sight and trigger retooled Soft Parts: -CAboots -Nomex flightgloves c/o Smitty -Undersuit from previous costume Build Thread

Again a thread I started with no closure! I opted out of not getting a sheet from Rob because I didn't want to wait to get it. My window of opportunity to build my armor was small and Rob couldn't get some to me in time. I ended up measuring, cutting, lightly sanding all the pieces and painting them. For now it looks good but my gut tells me after a few troops chips are going to start appearing. I can always replace them in the future though, and take the time to get a sheet from RT.

Thanks guys! Geez I started a lot of question threads without replying what I actually ended up doing. I decided to trim about a quarter of an inch off of the inner elbow "swoops" on the forearms, so I could get a pinch more bendability without compromising the length of the pieces. Now I can put my bucket on and off without gratuitous amounts of pain

Luckily it didn't need to come to riveting the shims in place. Everyone was right and the E6000 is holding up fine enough on its own. So, crisis averted

That paintjob looks superb! Great idea with modifying the suspenders like that, wish I thought of that before I made my own from scratch.

I think he's talking about me? ---------- I said it before and I will say it again, RT-Mod is the best accurate armor for those of us who do not have "movie accurate" body types . Rob is a great fellow to deal with, and his armor is worth the wait. I'm only 5'8", a few inches short of RT-Mod's ideal height range, plus a little heavier too, but I was able to trim it (and shim it) to fit me like a glove. I don't own one of his helmets, but thats simply because I hurried up and bought my MR CE without doing some proper research first. But like I said in my thread, if you want some extra ABS to shim your armor, or make strips to assemble your armor accurately, you've got to ask for it!

Strange, I could see them yesterday, and I still see them today! Pretty nice lid!

Funny you bring this up, I was just wondering the same thing. I'm planning on using mesh for lenses on Halloween Night when I go trick or treating with my little cousins. More so for visibility than an anti-fog measure. If I ever went to a con in armor I'd probably use them, too. I bet you could get away with mesh lenses at really informal troops, or like a parade where there is distance between you and the people. But something high profile I bet it would be frowned upon, like a Lucasfilm event Another Con... Flash photograph, your eyes would probably show!

Thanks Shawn! I really like my RT-Mod suit. My only complaint is the way is was trimmed. RT trimmed the suit to be assembled the "standard" way of just overlapping the halves of the armor, but since I wanted to assemble my armor the "accurate" way of laying a strip over the two halves of the leg and arm pieces I had some trouble here and there. Does that make sense? Also Rob included no extra ABS so I had to buy a sheet on my own to make my strips and shims (which didn't match so I had to paint them). If/when I order a second kit I would ask him not to trim the suit that way and include some extra ABS. On the whole though I am really happy with it. Its more accurate than FX, and is more flattering on us "big guys", especially the chest plate. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to have accurate armor but doesn't have an accurate body type. Its worth the wait and the price! Also good call on the TE2, I bought my MRCE on impulse and regretted it once I set foot in this forum. The newest version of the RT-Mod helmet is worth looking at though, IMO, especially if you have a big head!

Hey all, I finally got around to finishing up my armor. I got into the 501st today, so now I am setting my sights to the EIB. I realized I'm a little large for a stormtrooper, so that's a "mod" I am working on right now So, what do you guys think? See anything that could use some work? The strap system I have for the thighs is something I need to adjust, but its as it is right now. I also realize my chest piece could probably do with some more fanning out with a heat gun, but I want to see what religiously hitting the gym for a month with calorie counting does for me before I bend it out more. Wish me luck!

TK-4289 Happily requesting 501st status! http://www.501st.com/members/displaymember...hp?userID=10429

Nice armor! Can some one point me in the direction of the history of the PT Armor?

I saw this on c3pobuilders.com a few years back, super impressive!

I always wondered- If Fetts can dress up as the Special Edition Boba Fett (aka ESB helmet with ROTJ armor), could a Sandtrooper be a "Special Edition" Sandy (aka a dirty set of ROTJ)? I don't see why anyone would want want to, but just wondering.

Well I would prefer to have things as stream line as possible, so I will give the E6000 a try. If that doesn't do the trick I will resort to rivets

Hey guys, I want to just ask here before I go ahead and do this mod. I don't have a camera to take a picture, but I did a doodle in photoshop to help me explain better what I'm asking. I needed to shim the back of my thighs, so I cut a piece of a white trashcan to size and currently it is held into place with velcro on both sides of the shim (as represented by the red in the first image) For what ever reason, I'm guessing an oversight/accident when making my kit, the back of my RT-Mod thighs only have one raised edge (on the outer most pieces) rather than the normal two. Now as a result where my shim is velcroed into place where there is a raised edge missing (inner thigh pieces) looks very sloppy/unproffesional, and does not want to stray together when I walk (even though I have industrial grade velcro). SO to the real question. If I riveted the shim into place on the one troublesome side (see second image as represented by the blue dots) would that hinder me getting EIB status? I know none of the screen used suits had rivets in those places, but I am afraid E6000 wouldn't hold up to these high stress area and would eventually come apart. Thanks!

Too skinny? I wish I had that problem They have a costume for really skinny people: C-3PO Did you trim the top of your thighs? Them seem a little oddly shaped. Maybe you should turn them inwards a little bit? Also if you're going for a TK that looks like the wrong sniper plate.

I just got back from the RPF thread. Can't agree more.

Technically wouldn't "set for stun" have no tube stripes? Just kidding, great collection!