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Okay then. It will be interesting to see your final sculpt before you cast it. I was just thinking of something simple made from clay and cast in plaster.

I hope you're not overthinking the sculpt again Karin

You don't have to be a Sandtrooper to have weathered armour. You can apply weathering to Stormtrooper armour to give it a used look. That doesn't mean you have to blast it with sand and dirt, just rub some grey pastel dust into the plastic and then wipe most of it off to leave a weathered look. That should at least hide the different colour plastic a bit but I don't think completely. A few black marks on the armour will add to the weathered look.

These guys in ESB certainly don't wear a balaclava. -------- You can see a troopers face/neck in the Carbon freezing chamber scene in ESB so no balaclava there either. The only trooper I have ever seen with a balaclava on is Joe Johnston as the space trooper in ANH. There may be behind the scenes photos of troopers wearing them in ANH and ESB but I have never seen anything.

Happy Anniversary :happy and cheerful birthday: Don't forget John (Pugman/Stormtrooper). I believe he was the first to make latex hand plates

Thanks guys It was easy, though unintentional. I wasn't really looking for it and suddenly I noticed the eyes and checked with my reference photos. These helmets have their own individual identity so picking a certain helmet out is not too hard once you have good reference photos. It's like picking out your own child in a room full of kids after you have looked at all these helmets for long enough

Thanks Keith I measured the brackets on my suit and the holes for the brackets are 40mm apart on the torso and 55mm apart on the chest.

Here is a better photo on screen. Second trooper on left

Found it! Finally! I have found the TE1/Brian R. helmet on screen. I was just looking through some of my photos and it just hit me smack in the face. I am sure you have looked at this photo lots of times as I have and I only just realised what I was looking at. Before I show it to you, I would like to show you it in the stack of helmets outside AA's workshop. I found it a while back when I was searching for Simons helmet in there. And now the helmet on screen. Take a look at the trooper on the far left. This is the TE1/Brian R. helmet. I don't have photoshop to zoom in and do overlays, but anyone familiar with this helmet can spot it. The vocoder, tube stripes, wonky eyes, all match. The same helmet again second in from the left. I am going to try and find better photos to prove my point, even though I am already 100% convinced this is the same helmet. If anyone has some better photos then feel free to post them.

I will measure the width of my brackets later today for you. I know the chest brackets are wider than on the rest of the suit.

Do not listen to this guy offering bad advice. Your belt is in the correct position. Congratulations on EIB

AA's kits are cast from a GF or TE ANH (which was cast from a GF) which was in turn cast from an ESB MKII/ROTJ. You would be better off comparing AA to GF if you want to see similarities and not to any original armour which GF or TE is not like.

Now your talking my kind of language

I make them just as Brent does. Heat a strip of ABS and form it over a screwdriver shaft into a kind of large G shape. You only need a small lip on the top to hook the elastic strap and maybe an inch long lower section to glue inside the bicep.

I think he maens the thickness of the plastic - not the width - which is 1.5mm on the original suits.

I think they are seamless and a mould would be very simple to make after the initial sculpting was done. I'm sure i don't need to tell you how to cast a thin membrane which is all these seals are.

Personally I would only make one version and it would be the pull on type. I think only hardcore troopers will want a latex neckseal and those guys will be looking for screen accurate seals with a shredded bib. Just my 2p worth

I am not up to spec on the officail requirements for Centurian but I believe the idea is to make your armour as accurate as possible. If that is the case then you should aim to glue the sniper knee as per the screen used pieces. The screen used costumes ARE Stormtroopers. Everything else is other peoples versions, so choose which one you want to look like

Forget the MKII suits. You have an ANH/ESB suit and the MKII's are like ROTJ, so no point even thinking about replicating one of those. The shoulder bridges are easy. Simply glue them to your chest plate and use a thin strip of white 1/4" elastic looped on the back plate to hold them in place. While Brain states not to use the elastic, I say otherwise. No doubt the original suits used in ESB lost theirs during ANH or after, I don't see why they should not be used when that is how they were originally assembled.

It looks like an early AP to me. Definitely not a meatsock, TE or GF. Is it a smooth cap?

Yes it was glued on Vern. Care to point out the holes you are refering to? I don't know why you have to talk rubbish all the time. If you don't know something for sure, don't say anything. You are making yourself look foolish by being proved wrong all the time. Just a friendly tip

What is 6/32 refering to Vern? The bolts are 9/64 or 3.5mm in English

There is more to a Hero helmet than just a low brow. The hero is a completely different helmet and can be seen with a low brow and a high brow as above. All Hero helmets have bubble lenses, are made of ABS and three teeth cut out. Some Stunt helmets also have three teeth cut out and have low brows, but that doesn't make them a Hero. Stunt helmets can take on many different looks due to assembly, trimming, and painting, so don't be surprised if you see low brow, three tooth Stunt helmets. You won't see any Stunt helmets with bubble lenses - just flat green acetate.

Is there actually a mark on the plastic showing you where to drill? The rivets should really be towards the ends of the belt and not set in about an inch.