Blackwatch

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thank you! I hae been MEGA busy myself. We stArted working 12 hour minimum days at work, and Im super busy on my off days. Im FINALLY at my keyboard. YAYS! Ok, gong to update the topic now.

you are correct sir! The best refereces we have, and the only references used currently, are the three at the top of the proposal, understanding that this is young Maximilian Veers early in his carreer with the Imperial Army, and two others using the same tan coveralls. Wren we need to discuss the straps (smooth as we see them not ribbed like the other Ground Commander) as well as any other details.

ALRIGHTY!!!! SO!!!!!!! I wrote up a proposal for the backpack. Please look it over. I know its wordy but we can trim and edit for clarification. troopers here is my proposal. Bear with it, its a rough draft: Rocket Pack: Styled after the pack as seen in the battlefront II video game. An interpretation of the pack is allowed, but screen accuracy is encouraged. Comprised of the main pack box, fuel tank at the top of the pack and exhaust ports at the left and right bottom of the pack. Main pack box is rectangular in shape, flat at the top and beveled at the bottom, stopping above the thermal detonator. It is mounted to the armor backplate “0 II “ . The main box features a depressed center area inset approximately ½”-7/16” deep. The depressed area is divided into five segments. There is a horizontal line at about midway up the depression, with three horizontal lines dividing the upper half into equal segments. These three equal sized segments may be weathered light grey or dirty white. There are three circular buttons approximately ¼” to 5/16” diameter below the bottom horizontal segment line, arranged horizontally toward the right side of the depression. These are black in color. The bottom bevel of the rocket pack features a black rectangle on the right size of the bevel, approximately 2” tall by 2.5” wide. Horizontal black lines extend to the left from the upper and lower edge of the rectangle. The pack center box may be lightly weathered. The rocket exhaust ports are mounted to either side of the pack center box, curved at the top and are beveled at the bottom. They are mounted ½” below the surface of the pack center box. The bottom of the exhaust ports feature rectangular nozzles, inset into the exhaust port, and may extend ½” below the top of the bevel. This area is weathered per the reference photos. There are two medium to dark grey rectangles 3/4” by 2” just above the exhaust nozzles. The left rocket nozzle has a raised rectangle approximately 2 ½” wide by four inches long. Rocket nozzles and ports may be lighly weathered. The fuel tanks is slightly wider overall than the backpack. The center barrel section is as wide as the center section of the main backpack box, and is mounted directly on top of it. A horizontal groove divides it into top and bottom sections. Two truncated cones extend to the right and left side of the barrel, ending in flat depressed caps which feature raised rings inside he flattened ends. 20 grooved depressions are seen near the ends of the tank. The outermost part of the caps are painted light to medium grey. The back side of the tank features two vertical oblong depressions 3/8” by 1.5” long, painted a light orange / peach color. This is not the same color used on the helmet and shoulderbell. The fuel tank may be supported by plastic structure as seen in reference material to help hold it stable. Level 2 The backpack is as close to screen accurate as possible. The black rectangle and horizontal lines in the lower bevel of the rocket pack may be made of separate individual plates instead of black lines to represent the separations. Tank end cap layout should match reference photos as closely as possible.

I just checked the text in the original post and fixed one server migration error, and it looks ready for your review. We are still working from the 3 source images. I know Wren is working over her coveralls and Ive asked her to update us. Our armor is on hand but untrimmed at this time.

i worked from the plans that were posted early on for the backpack, and I used sintra. However its not 100% done yet and I had not finalized my explosive layout. The pack , boxes shovel and two explosives are done (to a point) however I think Im going to run itno a problem with the lower explosive hitting the back pouch on the belt. Thats why I really wanted to hold off before I posted much outside my own buid thread, to see how the crookknight had been buit and how it handled certain things. I do know this--when you ask for a refund it gets their attention!

Ok, great that helps thanks. I know a lot about otehr stuff but when it comes to TK armor Im not up to speed. I aplogize for not answering sooner I could see you sent a message but I was not able to respond on my phone

This may be academic, but Im not a Tk type TX , do we have a list of kits with parts featuring overlap construction?

Thanks. Its dead at work now and I have the proposal printed out and i am going through it.

Awesome!!! Overall I lije it i would say tighten the straps up a bit and add a spot of velcro to hold them to your shoulders. Until i weighed the Engineer belt down the way it is now, my shoulderstraps were always slipping. Looking forward to your approval!

Yeah, i totally understand. Kind of how it is with waiting on a vendor thats producing other orders.

Neal any word on the pack ?

Ok so back to the forums-yay- and looking for any progress or discussion on the topics above.

THAT "creates a vacuum". And ive been there, more than once with different makers. Please let us know if anything changes.

I love progress photos!

I got home just after dark because I wanted to get back outside, get some more work done, and get my helmet fixed up . REALLY want to get my IAT done. Ive got one pressing project thats a time eater but that will be over soon.

Serious Grats on getting this approved, and being the "first". That is a great feeling! This was a tough build, a long haul, but in the end its worth it!

Todd were you able to pick one up? today I got a notification on my FB feed that I had posted my first, sloppy shot of my Engineer one year ago. I was drowning in that thing!

stuff like this makes me wish I could fit a TK kit but that aint gonna happen. I love this! Ill give it a good lookover. Theres a lot of work here and a lot to take in. it helps that the chestbox is identical (except the additional square and square colors) to a TIE box, pulled in white plstic with grey trim colors. Easy to source. Ill see if I can work up a new description for the backpack depening on how busy I get tomorrow.

i ordered a custom holster for my E11 through Carl Luhman in Star Garrison and its great. Actually fits my hasbro mod E11. The commercially produced holsters wont fit mine at all.

it certainly has the grime for it. This is well executed weathering and looks -to my eye- good overall.

other than rebuilding it three times for the CRL and redoing all the photos, its actually a very easy build.

mine are about half an inche, semi domed, from the hardware store Hillman bins. They are push nut covers.

Todd Ill put you in the list here for wasnting to purchase. Youll need to get ahold of WTF on his website/ FB page, Sebastion was handling them originally. @Tomtrooper did you get your patches? @jenmcnitt what is your order status? @Evilshadow Whats is your order status? @Roydh Whats your order status?

This looks good. I havent had a chance to try my Angelus paint yet. did you thin with water, or alcohol? I got lucky with my snap covers and found some at the hardware store that looked appropriate.