ivantam303[TK] Posted July 15, 2016 Report Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) Despite most out there, I have a mysterious fondness over the wonky and squashed look of ROTJ armor... After a long struggle... I made up my mind and looked for Mark for a ROTJ kit. First of all, I have to thank Sskunky (CFO Mark) a lot for his patience with all my questions and his craftsmanship for putting the helmet together. Yeah... I had tons of doubts when making the order and changed my mind billions of time before settling everything with him. I have ordered the armor kit and blaster kit with a completed bucket ( its just too damn scary to do it myself and I don't wanna screw up a nice bucket lol) Photo and assembly Credits to the maker himself A pair of painted white chelsea at the ready. Mark is currently waiting on the blaster kit to arrive next week then the BBB will be shipped over the other side of the galaxy! This is officially my second build ( first being a Shadow Stormtrooper over at SpecOps ) When the BBB arrived, I ll be sure to post my progress here along with tons of questions (PS. I will be using an ultrasonic cutter in this build, which is also a first so please stay with me lol ) Edited July 17, 2016 by ivantam303 2 Quote
ivantam303[TK] Posted July 23, 2016 Author Report Posted July 23, 2016 The BBB has arrived!!!!!!!! It took just 3 days to ship to HK from UK, fantasic!! Much gratitude to Sskunky Mark, the helmet is a masterpiece... (And I love the signature...) a must-do thingy Everything laid out! Most parts dont require too much trimming also thanks to Mark! Quote
ivantam303[TK] Posted July 23, 2016 Author Report Posted July 23, 2016 ROTJ blaster kit also here!! Wasted no time and glued some easy parts already!! Quote
ivantam303[TK] Posted July 23, 2016 Author Report Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) Using a Ultrasonic Cutter Small parts are trimmed easily with efficiency Edited July 23, 2016 by ivantam303 Quote
ivantam303[TK] Posted July 23, 2016 Author Report Posted July 23, 2016 Shins completed ( still need Velcro at the back ) Chest and Abdomen trimmed and ready Quote
Maxl[TK] Posted July 24, 2016 Report Posted July 24, 2016 Nice work! Go on, I will see more ;-) :-P 1 Quote
Maxl[TK] Posted July 24, 2016 Report Posted July 24, 2016 Nice work! Go on, I will see more ;-) :-P Quote
Daetrin[Admin] Posted July 24, 2016 Report Posted July 24, 2016 Wow, great photos. Keep up the excellent work 1 Quote
ivantam303[TK] Posted July 24, 2016 Author Report Posted July 24, 2016 (edited) Nice work! Go on, I will see more ;-) :-PThanks man you got some mad skills going on on your ROTJ as well!! ;-) Edited July 24, 2016 by ivantam303 1 Quote
ivantam303[TK] Posted July 24, 2016 Author Report Posted July 24, 2016 Done quite a lot today as well!! Im going for a speedy and accurate build so hopefully I can get it done within this week!! Many thanks again to Mark from CFO who has been staying with me and giving advice all the time!! And also thanks to build threads like Disco's and K@nne's who gave me a large amount of prep work to do before building! Body part Since Im a thin trooper, the ROTJ fits me quite well without too much adjustment But the Shoulder straps are giving me headache since the its ribbed in shape the Velcros are having difficulties fixing to the back (even after I gave them a hot bath and bended!) Any advice out there? My girlfriend is having fun with the bucket as well (yep thats a SpecOps tee!) Arms trimmed and strapped... Repaintes the buttons on the Abdomen and yea...Strapped a bit alrdy. The Stelmax is really some hardcore stuff and amazingly helpful!!! Armor so far for today.... The blaster is almost ready as well!! Update soon Quote
Maxl[TK] Posted July 24, 2016 Report Posted July 24, 2016 Thanks man you got some mad skills going on on your ROTJ as well!! ;-) Thanks, bro! Quote
ivantam303[TK] Posted July 25, 2016 Author Report Posted July 25, 2016 Did a lot today... Cut out abs and made be inner dropboxes... Belt fixed... everything seems well so far... but I think I want to lower the belt for a bit after fitting.. I think I needa lower the belt definitely... Anyone knows how to remove a rivet? :/ 從我的iPhone使用Tapatalk 發送 1 Quote
troopermaster Posted July 25, 2016 Report Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) Belt position looks fine to me. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160725/c5555025ed9a389e4089c7d5d4b6903f.jpg -------------- Edited May 19, 2022 by gmrhodes13 link removed no longer working 1 Quote
Stormy320 Posted July 26, 2016 Report Posted July 26, 2016 Wow - looking good. Looks like a great kit. Love the Blaster too. 1 Quote
ivantam303[TK] Posted July 26, 2016 Author Report Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) On 7/26/2016 at 4:04 AM, troopermaster said: Belt position looks fine to me. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160725/c5555025ed9a389e4089c7d5d4b6903f.jpg -------------- Thought so too!! But when I fully wore it, it seems like the belt front is hanging too high ... or maybe the chest plate too low? The abs buttons are almost covered up Any suggestions about this? http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160726/d27097c4dded2d6cd12cabf5e64e3631.jpg Edited May 19, 2022 by gmrhodes13 link removed no longer working Quote
troopermaster Posted July 26, 2016 Report Posted July 26, 2016 It looks like you are too short for the armour to cause the chest to overlap the abdomen like that. You can pull the chest up and even trim out the neck curve a bit more to pull the chest even higher. I Have done this for short people many times and it makes a big difference to the overall look of the armour. You will have to replace the trim on the neck and reposition the shoulder straps, but it's worth the effort. 1 Quote
ivantam303[TK] Posted July 26, 2016 Author Report Posted July 26, 2016 It looks like you are too short for the armour to cause the chest to overlap the abdomen like that. You can pull the chest up and even trim out the neck curve a bit more to pull the chest even higher. I Have done this for short people many times and it makes a big difference to the overall look of the armour. You will have to replace the trim on the neck and reposition the shoulder straps, but it's worth the effort. Got it!!! I should do it right away!! Quote
ivantam303[TK] Posted July 26, 2016 Author Report Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) It looks like you are too short for the armour to cause the chest to overlap the abdomen like that. You can pull the chest up and even trim out the neck curve a bit more to pull the chest even higher. I Have done this for short people many times and it makes a big difference to the overall look of the armour. You will have to replace the trim on the neck and reposition the shoulder straps, but it's worth the effort. Made some adjustment... does it look betta? Or need to trim more? Edited July 26, 2016 by ivantam303 Quote
ivantam303[TK] Posted July 26, 2016 Author Report Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) Internal strappings and stuffs... Test fitted again today..Feels a lot better!! Still some tweaks to go.. Im aiming for Centurion... so any comments and advice are welcomed!!! The boots have to go.. its a bit too big Edited July 26, 2016 by ivantam303 Quote
troopermaster Posted July 26, 2016 Report Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) You have done with same thing with the thigh ammo strap as Markus did in his thread. The straps should be attached like this: (copied from his thread) Not like this: ------------ Also, I see most of the arm and leg armour look very loose on you. If you have enough room, you can totally remove one side of the joining edge to make them narrower. I would trim off the back strip on the inner half of each part if you have enough room. This is just a suggestion but let me know if you need more detailed info. The back knee joints could be trimmed a bit neater too. Cut them in a long diagonal line and they will look and feel much better. The thigh tops at the back could be trimmed to make them look neater. Check out these guys again for a bit of visual reference on how the movie suits were trimmed (and some of these were trimmed down). ----------- Edited May 19, 2022 by gmrhodes13 link removed no longer working 1 Quote
ivantam303[TK] Posted July 26, 2016 Author Report Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) On 7/26/2016 at 8:28 PM, troopermaster said: You have done with same thing with the thigh ammo strap as Markus did in his thread. The straps should be attached like this: (copied from his thread) Not like this: ---------- Also, I see most of the arm and leg armour look very loose on you. If you have enough room, you can totally remove one side of the joining edge to make them narrower. I would trim off the back strip on the inner half of each part if you have enough room. This is just a suggestion but let me know if you need more detailed info. The back knee joints could be trimmed a bit neater too. Cut them in a long diagonal line and they will look and feel much better. The thigh tops at the back could be trimmed to make them look neater. Check out these guys again for a bit of visual reference on how the movie suits were trimmed (and some of these were trimmed down). ----------- Thank you so much for your detailed advice !!! I will definitely cut off more to make the arms fit better! For the thighs, I have added paddings to fit in, it feels ok but dunno will it affect approval or anything.. And the edges of the thighs are currently untouched just yet.. Surely will trim them cleaner! About the shoulder bells they are floating around so I added elastics to the chest to prevent them from moving around... but looking from the back its kinda weird.. (looks like they are pulled too much to the front) Any suggestions on how to fix them? Edited May 19, 2022 by gmrhodes13 link removed no longer working Quote
ivantam303[TK] Posted July 27, 2016 Author Report Posted July 27, 2016 Re-riveted the ammo belt in the right position thanks to Paul's advice... and narrowed the thighs and trimmed to a better shape Quote
ivantam303[TK] Posted July 27, 2016 Author Report Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) any improvements? Edited July 27, 2016 by ivantam303 1 Quote
ivantam303[TK] Posted July 29, 2016 Author Report Posted July 29, 2016 Test Trooped today, nothing really fell off and feels quite well! Got a new pair of TK boots from fellow members and still needa paint the soles white..Let me know what you think! 1 Quote
scott.lindsay.5209 Posted August 5, 2016 Report Posted August 5, 2016 Love it. I've got a dlt19 for my Rotj TK. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk 1 Quote
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