troopermaster

ANH #1 ESB #2 ROTJ #3 Those are the only Star Wars films made

Yes. I'll have a few pairs next weekend and will start a FS thread when they are ready.

Thanks everyone Here a quick shot showing the new plates to the old ones.

Ditto

Everything is looking good so far Rolf Remember the original armour had absolutely no return edges on the wrist, so you'll need to cut them back even more if your going all out for screen accuracy

It's obvious that the SFS ABS or HDPE helmets Matt is making are made by forming over one of his FG helmets. It would not be hard to make forimng bucks out of the them If you know how to make moulds.

Just finished the new moulds today and got these pulled. I think they look much closer to the originals than my previous effort. Just thought I would show them off

Hi Ferg, Just remember to take your time when trimming. Cut everything slightly bigger then trim down once you have test fitted the parts by taping them together. It's better to use your method of measuring numerous times and cutting once. Stuka has an excellent tutorial, so make sure to check it out...MANY TIMES Everyone on here will be on hand to help you every step of the way mate.

It looks like 2" poly webbing. I have only seen it available in 2" and 3" but it may be available in 2.5", not sure. You'll need to remove all the return edges on the torso in order to get the trim on correctly.

Good to see you have the belt attached correctly J, but poly webbing was used for the ROTJ belts, not canvas. You'll need totally remove all the return edges on the torso and add the rubber trim. Use white velcro to attach the shoulder straps like they did on the movie suits.

Come to an end? Are you joking? You paid good money for a finished helmet, waited over a year and for what.....a damaged, half finished helmet? I would ask for either a new helmet (like the one that you paid for) or a partial refund (if you are happy to accept the helmet you have) to make up for the cost of the missing parts and labour to finish it off. I can't believe Matt is getting away with kind of behavior

It's SDS.

No news unfortunately

The blasters from sci-fire are excellent. Best blasters for trooping in my opinion I have an E-11 and a DLT-19 and the details are fantastic. They're lightweight and virtually indestructable but......hard to get into the UK now unfortunately. There's a couple of Corellian arms smugglers on this forum if you can catch them between one of the space ports

Is makerofthings a member on here or on any of the other prop/costuming forums?

I just wanted to add that he states the cracks in the helmet which were a result of vacuum forming are in fact the result of a bad craftsman. Anyone who pulls a helmet (or anything) and damages the plastic on mould removal obviously has no skills in mould making or vacuum forming.

Got mine too this morning. Can't wait to get stuck into it

I believe your right and even think he is in this thread!

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It would be awesome if they would actually recast a real ANH suit but I just can't see LFL letting them rip apart the only few suits they have. Even if they did, the moulds would be cleaned up and sanitised, the plastic and strapping would not be the same either. Remember that the original suits were literally thrown together and to say the assembly was rough is an understatement. There is no way that any company is going to produce anything like that to sell on a large scale. They will be pristine and idealised. I honestly don't think we will ever see an exact replica come from any licence holders unfortunately. You will find better suits available here on the forums.

That's the one!

Is it a guy called Ian by any chance?

Just thought I'd show one of my sets of armour that I scuffed up and weathered. I have to say that rough armour is the best. My shiny 1mm flex suit will soon be getting some rough treatment too

That's a gap between his shoulder and shoulder bell strap so your seeing straight through the armour, no reflections. The torso armour is strapped in such a way that it is all one unit and sit's higher on shorter guys like the trooper in question. They are not so form fitting and adjustable like what replica armour is strapped like, it's one size fits all

Absolutely