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Dmian

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  1. Congrats Josep! Clever mods to get that Centurion. And another one for the Spanish Garrison. Keep 'em coming!
  2. I was Vern's first customer. He's a great guy, and his holsters are top quality. If you want a good holster, Vern's your man!
  3. Yes, there is, I can assure you...
  4. Awesome! Really nice to see so many smiling faces.
  5. New website, check it out!

  6. Congrats, Josep! Aaaaand another one for the Spanish Garrison.
  7. Cuando solicitéis acceso al Área restringida para miembros de la 501st Legion, no olvidéis incluir en la petición el enlace a vuestro perfil en la página de la central, para que se pueda verificar fácilmente vuestro estatus en la 501. Saludos.
  8. What Locitus said... Weaving for the arms is not a good idea, especially in the shoulders. The only place that might make sense is the connection from the belt to the thighs, if your thighs tend to fall. I Changed the weaving in part of my armor, and will change the rest soon. LFMM.
  9. Congrats, amigo! Awesome armor and great guy. Very happy for you.
  10. Harnes and strap + belt types: http://www.whitearmo...showtopic=11266
  11. Sorry that I didn't clear that up: my intention was to include TM with the screen heritage armor. Paul went to great lengths to be as geometrically close to the original armor as one can posibly be from reference material and without recasting. His efforts must be recognized, and though not a cast from an original source, to all effects it should be considered "screen heritage" armor, as a TM is practically indistinguishable from what you see on screen. There are certain treats of an armor geometry that makes it look like a stormtrooper. If an armor comes close to this geometry to a point where you can't distinguish it from an original, I consider it as good as an original. But if you geometry is all wrong (angles are wrong, shapes are not the same, features are displaces by more than just a few millimeters or things are simply missing) then my personal opinion is that it can't be considered a good enough replica to be ranked among the higest level you can achieve in this hobby today. Edit: One more thing. At least for me, Centurion is the ultimate goal. Is the "the only way to have something closer to a screen Stormtrooper is having an original armor". Is the "If you can't get an original, the closer is this, and you do it this way". A lot of people investigated, documented and worked hard to fulfill our childhood dream. Centurion should be the recognition to that effort, not just one more step to improve the standard. That could be achieved refining EIB requirements.
  12. My 2 cents: We should make a distinction between canon (ANH/ESB/ROTJ) and EU troopers. For canon Centurion (ANH/ESB/ROTJ), only allow "screen heritage" armors and helmets. Armor should be indistinguishable from the movies, to the last known detail (including invisible traits, like crotch snaps, etc.) For EU Centurion (Heavy weapons, Commander, Incinerator, etc.), allow AM and RT (as games and comics are mostly the reference, so not as strict as canon armor). For EIB, allow all, except FX helmets. That's my opinion.
  13. Still not 100%, but I'm back! :)

  14. Still busy. Slowly returning to 501st activity.

  15. Not at all! He did nothing but vacuum forming. The forming mold was given to him by the studio. They had a vacuum molding machine at Elstree, this machine broke and they had to outsource the production to Shepperton. But they had everything in order to produce the suits themselves. In fact they made some tests before the machine broke. Brian Muir has confirmed this. I think Brian said that the original molds were plaster molds, reinforced or something like that. He doesn't have original molds, and I'm starting to think he had to give the original molds back to the studio, where they belonged. The studio probably dumped those with the rest of the "leftovers" from the movies. He only had some molds covers and a couple of unfinished helmets that he sold a long time ago. He probably recasted that and other armor from fans to create his "original" line.
  16. ¡Bienvenido Christian! Lo que necesites, pregunta, que siempre habrá alguien para ayudar.
  17. Congrats Rich! That makes two Centurion for the Spanish Garrison.
  18. The original material was Basic Green gel used in studio lights. You can get a sheet from Rosco or Lee Films distributors. It's a bit flimsy, but is the most accurate. You're eyes won't show, even in pictures where flash is used. But you'll see everything green.
  19. A LOT of work. Why I chose to be GPR? :P XD

  20. Congrats Juanma! First Centurion of the Spanish Garrison. I'm going for Centurion too, but I need to modify some parts of my AP, and need to add a couple of things too. I'd like to see an AP Centurion soon. Let's see who's the first to make it.
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