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lookin great curtis!

now that looks like a whole lot of fun...good luck and take your time

deployed status or not, I guess you can say that i am the only true "deployed" trooper here more to come on this all 8280 out

yup...thats pretty much what i do

yeah, I cut my chest and back plate down about an inch and a half

Thanks for all the kind words , my shuttle is scheduled to leave momentarily, maybe you all will hear of my adventures on the hollow-net

Yeah! i wanna see picks, especially of "the belling dancing slave leia"

I wanted you all to know that I am going to be deployed to a forest moon for classified reconnaissance duty until mid to late august starting this Sunday ...any other deployment information is strictly classified by the highest order :vader1: ...if I have internet were I am going I will be around the boards, but obviously away from home

I really like the black hefty trash bags, I like the insulation

that?s like saying that all clone and stormtroopers need to be in tri-athlete shape and be a certain height and weight

when are you all going to let the mistakes that were made in the movies die?

Lookin Good!

Yeah, we have a pretty good sized following, and the population really embraces us

actually, i thought they casted some of the blasters for ROTJ and weren't all so called de-milled weapons

Thanks Mark!

Oh, ok sorry about that I just didn't know

Hey, if the screws are not apart of the ANH helmet standards, why are they for the ROTJ helmet standards?

I already asked AP and they told me they don't piece out their armor

First off..my FX armor and AP helmet probably have to be re-painted (if I don't just go ahead and order a new set of armor)...I need to fill the screw holes in the ears, and paint them, which in turn will make me have to paint the whole helmet, then I will have to re-place the existing ROTJ decals with new ROTJ decals on the helmet including the correct tube stripes which are blue placed on top of a white back ground type of sticker not like the ANH ones were the blue stripes are individually placed...and after that, I have to buy a correct blaster which will run me about $200.00+...In the end, I will probably be submitting about 30+ photo's of every detail It is definately going to take me quite a while before submitting any photo's because i want to make sure that my armor has nothing wrong with it and nothing is left to question...I just want to really follow and help set a high bar for the ROTJ TK's

Nope...you don't understand...it is going to take quite a wile and some money to get all the extras done correctally and accurately...and I know which pics I need to submit for deployment my good man

all this talk of hasbro blasters you guys suck!

The standards that I am following to do my ROTJ Mark IV * Comply with all base standards..DONE! * Comply with all ANH standards except the following: o Holster is not required but...if worn * Holster details o holster is rivited to the right side of belt..DONE! o two rivets are used insted of the ANH 4..DONE! o rivets should be punhced just below the center of the belt..DONE! o Holster hangs low 6 - 7 inches from the belt..DONE! * Armor Details o Snowtrooper hand plates instead of the angular ANH ones..DONE! o All black ab plate buttons..DONE! o Molded lip around the cod and chest..DONE! o Ab plate details (button area) needs to be upside down compared to ANH standards..DONE! o Single back/butt piece, not split like ANH o Shoulder bells are rounded at the corners..DONE! o No shoulder bell straps across the biceps..DONE! o Belt should be 2.5" wide..DONE! * Helmet Details o No FX helmet..DONE! o Slate blue traps/tears instead of ANH grey..DONE! o Black frown instead of grey, and the paint should overlap the "lips"..DONE! o Lenses must be flat green or bubble green..DONE! o Brow trim should be low on helmet..DONE! o Traps/tears must be decals, no hand-painting..DONE! o Four teeth each side..DONE! o No screws on ears o Ends of frown are squared off, not tapered to points..DONE! * Blaster Details o No ammo counter o No Hasbro o Two greeblies on the left rear area.

Yeah huh?

Yeah, but its not about what the armor looked like in these impromptu spit second scene's...it was what GL's real vision of what the armor was suppose to look like...when you work in films you notice all the corners that are cut during productions to save time/money and to make the armor work for that day of filming...so, I am not surprised at the corners that were cut...these suits were made to reflect a vision, and to last a month or two...And these suits went through ALOT of wear and Tear...when you do film production you shoot and re- shoot a scene over and over again...as they say "back to 1"

yeah, like Jello Hand plate's , that's got to be pretty comfortable though