TK-4510

You are THE master dude!!! Such an incredible assembly and an unbelievable armor.

Actually 10 lbs a month is AWESOME! - I meant a low glycemic..Eating a lot of high GI foods can be detrimental to your health because it pushes your body to extremes. This is especially true if you are overweight and sedentary. Switching to eating mainly low GI carbs that slowly trickle glucose into your blood stream keeps your energy levels balanced and means you will feel fuller for longer between meals. Its what most diabetics use as a guide for proper eating. Low GI diets help people lose and manage weight Low GI diets increase the body's sensitivity to insulin Low GI carbs improve diabetes management Low GI carbs reduce the risk of heart disease Low GI carbs improve blood cholesterol levels Low GI carbs can help you manage the symptoms of PCOS Low GI carbs reduce hunger and keep you fuller for longer Low GI carbs prolong physical endurance High GI carbs help re-fuel carbohydrate stores after exercise I pulled those from the internet but you get the idea. Atkins was the means to lose the weight but the GI index is forever and is a mandatory lifestyle change if you wanna live longer without diabetes and heart disease. http://www.glycemicindex.com/

Straight. The fat part does not go on the helmet edge.

Once in a while I will get " I didnt receive my stuff". So I always ask them for a transaction ID and a correct mailing address. If I can verify both I will resend the item. You WILL have people who will try to get free stuff. One person I sent to did the "I didnt receive my stuff" thing multiple times on a couple orders. I was never sure if he was telling the truth or not. You cant be sure. You can only hope that they are being honest. In the end I just want everyone to be happy with their stuff. The post has lost about 3-5% of my shipments worldwide. The worst places are Spain and Australia for me.

Karin, Dont let it bother you. I have had three disputes in two years. One on ebay and two from my site. All of those people I will never deal with again. Whats funny is that all of the orders were under $20.00....Can you say whiner??? Thats why I have "Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery" on my website. I almost always ship within one week of order, but I like the extra cushion just in case something in the REAL WORLD comes up, and it keeps people from asking me a day after their order....."Did you ship it yet???" You have a great product and plenty of satisfied customers. Dont let the haters get you down girl!

TK-4510 reporting in Weight 08.04.10 --172 lbs Weight 05.04.10: 202 lbs Result - about 30 lbs loss Atkins is awesome! I gotta buy new clothes and it WAS EASY!!! Over and out.......

Thats normal for those lids. Most guys mod them by sanding them down and repainting them. Nol' offers this service for the MRCE I think.

What do you mean? I dont get it. Are you talking about the seams in the injection molding process?

Amber, I am in San Diego. I can help you with questions but I am afraid I cant help you much with physically showing you assembly and stuff. No free time really. Feel free to PM me or email me at applingfamily@cox.net. Also, there is a San Diego Squad and a Southern California Garrison you can get in touch with. San Diego's Squad has many members. You can find them at http://www.southerncaliforniagarrison.com/

2005 - Comic Con was my first event as TK-4510. I wore my RT-MOD proudly. SInce then Ive been an EP III Clone, Sandtrooper, AP for Rose Parade, then clean trooper in 2008. Havent dressed out since then. BUT this year I am coming back to Comic-Con for the Saturday photo. Crunch Time!!!

She looks AWESOME! Good job!

you can always shim the back and keep the fronts correct. Thats what I do anyway. My shims are like 1.5 inches in back... Doesn't look too bad bro. The assembly looks clean. The shims are a lil too wide though as you said. Mike

I have noticed that if you paint your helmet assembled it causes more headaches with uneven paint and runs etc.. Now I assemble the helmet, disassemble and paint, then assemble again after its completely dry. You have less chance of screw ups and less angles to work when painting. I put a little tiny bit of white grease or vasaline under the screw heads so they dont pull on the paint when re assembling.

TK-4510 reporting in Weigh in 07.02.10 --178 lbs Result -24 lbs loss Atkins is awesome Over and out.......

using shims or overlap the sizing should be very similar. You can actually make the parts smaller by using shims. Have you looked at the other build threads yet?

Shims are the correct way.

You misunderstand me, I am not praising Chris at all.

sounds like a recast. Do the other things macth up? Has anyone done an overlay?

Rubies?? JK! LOL

Dont let that one go boy! Congrats!

Actually now that I think of it TE2 is not a recaster. He bought his molds because he loves Star Wars. He is probably the ONLY guy who is doing it for "fun".

So what is the difference between TE2 armor and TE??? There is no difference. They are the same. You recast CAP, you recast TE. You recast TE, you recast TE2 You recast TE2, you recast TE. You recast PT, you recast TE, TE2, CAP. You recast ATA, you recast TE, TE2 and CAP. Its all the same. There isnt a dis-jointed legit recast in the bunch. It is what it is. Maybe the new guys dont know whats up but the armor history is very muddy. Its nonsense to argue legitimacy or rights now days. All armorers are the same. They are all recasters in my opinion. Is that bad? I dont even have an opinion anymore other than, we should not point fingers or judge people anymore. Its WAY to late for that. The mystic is gone. To me all thats left is quality and price. Right now its $=ATA....Quality=TM. Thats it.

Somewhere on these boards is a loooooong thread about the whole debacle. Gino and TE both spilled. My understanding was that TE let Gino borrow the faceplate and cap n back and when Gino gave it back it was damaged.... Gino cast the armor molds directly from the ROTJ set of armor I as I recall...Matt sold casts of his original ROTJ molds to GF who did a resculpt (poorly) to match ANH. Then Matt had Dan laws sculpt a new set of molds. Then Matt recast himself, selling the recast armor molds to TE2 and the original helmet molds as well. Then he came out with the HDPE and SFS molds...Then he sold his SFS helmet molds.. Then He recast CAP and was selling his TE armor for a very short time. THEN he whipped out the ROTJ molds and started again (they were at least in part recast from CAP). THEN he sold those again!!! Man will anyone ever learn... The only authorized people to sell armor (if there is such a thing) is Gino, TE2 ( from being a victim) , AP and TM. There has been debate about TM authenticity....but at the very least he has made the molds all his. If they were ever recast there aint much left that hasnt been made better than anything out there. In my opinion the armor wars ended a long time ago. I really dont see where its worth it to argue such nonsense anymore. CAP succeeded in doing what he always planned to do. He obsessed about F'ing Matt over. All he ever talked about was screwing Matt. He planned to make his CAP armor available to everyone and even showed them how to recast it, make a table and make the armor. Thats how Marcus, PT, Scootch, ATA, TE, VT and SOOOOOO many others got the molds. He wanted to "bring down the walls on all the Bull Shift". and he did. When he was done messing everything up he disappeared into thin air. Mission accomplished Chris. I guess you had to be here...

Yeah you could I guess. I will be receiving my material in a few days and will post pics.

Hey I just noticed this thread a day ago. Dont give up so soon. Please post all the pics of TM armor you can and compare it to the AP line or TE line. I think its great.