Looks like another one for the list...

[TK5492[TK]]

Looks like another TE derived recaster on ebay. May want to steer people clear of this if that's, indeed, what it is.

 

Thoughts?

 

*I am not interested in purchasing this armor. I am fully aware of the reputable nature of the armor manufacturers on this site. I am posting this to check with the experts on the lineage, and whether it is a recaster to warn potential buyers away from*

 

See below...

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/STAR-WARS-STORMTROOPER-SANDTROOPER-ARMOR-PROP-KIT-WITH-HELMET-/180976330647?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a2307a797

[DizzyStormtrooper[501st]]

the thermal detonator looks tiny, like the size of a red bull can lol. ive seen another one like it, whats up with the vertical ab plate? the missing buttons on the bellybutton part are for TD's then you put the TK button part on top of it, but the vertical button part, why do they cast with the dip in the bottom?

Edited September 20, 2012 by DizzyStormtrooper

[vader74]

because the original had the dip in the bottom

[Locitus[Admin]]

Yeah, I've seen them before: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=20813entry256877

[YouCantBe Sidious[TK]]

Photos contain links to a Facebook page that has photos containing molds:

https://www.facebook.com/CTMProps

 

Edited September 20, 2012 by YouCantBe Sidious

[Dizzydevil105]

is it me or do those molds look funny?????

Edited September 20, 2012 by Dizzydevil105

[Sonnenschein]

Actually, no.

 

He tried to make them more accuste, like to extra button and the notch on the ab plate.

 

He must be a member on this forum

Edited September 20, 2012 by Sonnenschein

[Sonnenschein]

Anyone wants to chime in with his dicussion on FB? He's claiming that "501st approved" BS

 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.446051488772165.98741.412112785499369&type=1&comment_id=5124184&notif_t=like

[DarkTrooper[TK]]

The helmet looks strange. The front trapezoids on the cap and back look too big. They look as big as the back ones.

[TK5492[TK]]

I like the comment you left on that discussion, Karin. I'm not educated in recasting. Could he have recasted parts to create those molds, or can you only make molds like that by actually "tooling" them? And what's up with the holes in the molds?

[Locitus[Admin]]

You can make moulds by tooling. But it's unlikely that they would be any accurate unless you spend 10+ years studying, sculpting and resculpting like TM. I'm pretty sure that AM is computer designed and the moulds then machined from aluminium. The holes you see in the moulds are to aid the vacuum suck the plastic down.

[Sonnenschein]

Yeah, what Mathias said.

[troopermaster]

This could be CAP-W. I know Scott was doing some modding to the moulds (posted on MEPD) and that ab plate looks just like his. I believe CAP made most (if not all) of his moulds in resin and looked just like these.

[Scootch[TK]]

It's not CAP. It's a new guy for sure.