Peregrinus
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What is it that makes a Smoothie different from a Bumpy? Just filling in the artefacts from the damage to the mould over so many repeated pulls?
--Jonah
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I have been hunting for over a year for the "adult novelty female breastplates" that get cut down into Femmetrooper breastplates, and I am having absolutely no success. A store, a web site, a link, anything...?
--Jonah
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PayPal sent.
--Jonah
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There was a gaming convention in New York City back in '95 or so that had a Star Wars starfighter miniature battle -- Rebels vs. Empire. The centrepiece was a homemade six-foot long Star Destroyer that looked dead-on. I found myself wishing for a SSD to scale.
--Jonah
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YIKES!
Anybody know what the total of registered members is? There doesn't seem to be a lot left to pick from.
Probably have to ask the LMO. It's easy -- though tedious -- to parse how many numbers are claimed. It wold take longer to determine who is actually still a living active member in good standing.
--Jonah
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Two ANH.
Plus, on the SE-14R holster, I haven't seen a retaining strap in any of the pictures. And the pictures I've seen of it holstered show it riding butt-forward -- presumably for cross-draw, as opposed to the way the E-11 is holstered. Those would be other differences from the E-11.
--Jonah
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Interest in two. Plus questions. It looks, in the picture on the first page, like the belt straps are left raw so we can punch and rivet them ourselves. Is that right? Also, is there any way to have the snap left off the retaining strap so I can punch and set it to fit whichever blasters go in the holsters?
And, semi-related, what are the chances of a version of this that's slightly shorter for the SE-14R? From the pictures I have, it looks like it's exactly the same as this one, save for being a couple inches shorter...
--Jonah
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'Preciate the advice on the clone 5 bucket. I'm happy modding the Hasbro buckets. $30 (probably about £15 with the current painful exchange rate) is very do-able, and I'm not averse to a little elbow grease. I do want to get a JM for myself, and I've got the funds building for that. I'm going to do one as a Phase I Clone Commander (stock with the yellow stripe kind) with swappable earpiece to make it an ARC; and the other as one of the custom Phase I Clones, like Fox or Thire or one of those. The other will just be a plain white Clonetrooper for Jen.
I may be a helmet nut, but I intend to wear all of them. I don't collect makers. *chuckle* I have little enough room as it is, I can't spare any more for purely-display pieces.
And the steel Mando is easy if you know how to weld.
Print out WOF's templates, stick 'em down to 18ga steel, cut out, test fit, adjust as needed, weld, finish. Out of those, the Sandtrooper is for my friend Matt; one ANH Stormtrooper, the Scout and Shadow Scout, Phase I and II Clone, and one Mando are all for Jen -- and she might get one or more of those as she is able to, unless I beat her to it. The rest are mine, and most are for a single persona at different points along his personal timeline or in different circumstances.
--Jonah
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*chuckle* I now have my MR CE, which I'm going to use for reference as I tweak my TE2s and then mod into my Royal Guard Stormtrooper armour (what is still called the Magmatrooper by the 501st). So I'm now digging back into all the MR CE modding threads for tips, now that I actually have the dang thing. And seeing the rest of how this thread has gone... Well, here's my Hall of Heads list.
Have (in various stages of completion): 2½ TE2s (2 ANH TK -- one for me), 1 TD), MRCE to mod, MLC v3 (that needs to get shipped off to Jen for her Scout), bad fibreglass Rubie's Scout recast that I'm seeing if I can turn into an origianl Storm Commando, 2 Hasbro Clone helmets to mod, modded DP Royal Guard.
Scratch-Making: 2-4 steel Mando helmets, correctly-scaled Royal Guard sculpt, Clonetrooper concept sculpt, Royal Guard flight helmet.
Still need to get: 1-2 more MLC v3.1 Scouts, at least 1-2 JM Phase I Clones, Neyo, SF Phase II Clone.
--Jonah
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PM sent for confirmation.
--Jonah
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Just bumping this back up to the first page. I'm not expecting anything new from you, Chris, for a bit. The mail and shipping is still sorting itself out. We're still waiting here on three packages that were mailed/shipped before Christmas. *heh* Bloody weather...
--Jonah
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Sorry for being a noob.
but what are RT thighs?One of the armour makers lauded on this board goes by the term "RT-MOD". He's a tallish bloke, who made his own armour to fit his frame, so it's well-suited to people over the 5'10" ideal of the more authentically-sized armours out there -- and more film-accurate in detailing than FX, the other "big" armour out there.
--Jonah
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Excellent! I think I speak for everyone still on the list when I say I am quite patient when the payoff is so worth it.
Thank you again for doing this for us. I'd been looking for years, without much success.--Jonah
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Yup. It's called "orangepeel", for it's resemblance to same.
--Jonah
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Just make sure of the temperature and humidity. A lot of spray paints don't like cold temperatures or high humidity, and you might end up having to sand and do over. If there's any way you could hang some plastic sheeting in the storage shed and bring in a space heater...
--Jonah
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Not even a basement? Do you have a public storage facility nearby that would let you rent a 10'x10' locker on a daily pro-rate?
As for garage issues, I've figured out over the past year (since last Winter) how to hang painting dropsheets (couple bucks at most) from the garage door tracks to make a three-sided full-height painting booth, with another draped over whatever stand I was using to hold up whatever I was painting. Overspray is almost non-existant. Of course, I also have a heater and dehumidifier in there, and good lighting. It's a very comfortable work environment for the sorts of things that get stuff everywhere, like filing, sanding, spraying, and the like.
Of course, when I'm working, it eliminates the use of one of the bays by my parents for things like... oh... a car.
--Jonah
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Oof... Never underestimate how irrational mothers can be. I know the sort of thing you're talking about. Good luck with all of that. I'm glad you have the strength to stand up for what you know is right for you. I just hope this strained patch between you can be worked out.
Gotten a buyer for the armour yet? Or might you be able to hang onto it?
--Jonah
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Wonder if that was before or after similar details were added to the backs of the TIE pilot helmets... But in this case, I'm glad those were removed.
--Jonah
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Aw, hell. I know it's not on the topic of selling your armour, but what happened...?
--Jonah
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You already got and tacitly responded to my PM (by putting me on the list), but what are things shaping up to be with the POSW site? It's been a tremendous resource for a lot of us already. But there are a lot of holes. What have you found since it was last updated? What's still an unknown? Is there going to be a forum or similar for people to add discoveries they've made?
--Jonah
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And Mark, read past the tone of these posts to the substance. It wouldn't matter how many coats of paint on the outside, or how they were applied; the new moulds were struck from the inside -- where no paint was -- and nothing that was on the outside of the bucket would have made a bit of difference. So either AA didn't quite cotton to what you were asking, or made something up on the spot rather than saying he didn't know what you were talking about. Either way, his answer doesn't jibe with observed phenomena.
--Jonah
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I ended up with a Scout helmet that turned out to be nothing more than a fiberglass recast of an unmodified Rubies. The maker will remain nameless, as he is no longer welcome round these here parts. I'm butchering it into an accurate original Storm Commando (not the black Scout), as it's useless as an actual Scout helmet. *heh*
I was a little miffed as the maker advertised it as an original sculpt, so my annoyance is more that it wasn't accurately represented than that it was a recast -- but it being recast was part of what annoyed me about the misrepresentation.
So, gonna do my best to make a silk purse out of it.
But since I originally got it to give Jen something wearable until I got her an MLC, and I have since gotten her an MLC, it had no further purpose. I think if you inadvertently find yourself with a recast item, get a non-recast when you can, and see if you can think of something else to do with the sow's ear you ended up with.--Jonah
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Good lord... I can only say a few things to that. Stay in touch with us here. Let us know how things are going. Don't fret if joining takes a little longer. Between health and circumstance, it took me seven years to get my first costume to submittable quality (Royal Guard) -- and even then, I'm still waiting to schedule good photos before I can submit my application. And if you and your girlfriend aren't ready to go your separate ways, you can find something workable. Long-distance relationships suck, but if you both want it, you'll find a way.
I'll be pulling for you...
--Jonah
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Would it be too intrusive to ask what happened? I mean, aren't you 18 or darn close to it?
Is it a matter of having to actually sell it fo rsome monetary reason? Or do they just not want it in the house? As in, could someone store it for you until it's kosher to bring it out again?--Jonah
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Actually, Billy, TDH might be the best bet. I hadn't even thought of looking there for some reason. *headdesk* Pursuing that angle, thanks.
--Jonah