Skywalker

Hah! Well I guess its bound to happen to us no matter what...I'm sure I'd have the same issue if I ended up wearing a pauldron.

Thats fine, I'd rather it be tighter with a little less cranium than the AM helmet, that way the bottom of the helm won't obstruct me from bending my head!

I've heard the padding takes up a good amount of space...but I'm sure there's still room to have a small mic around my head if I were to use an icomm amp for voice right?

Definetely!

This is where I found the idea...http://www.whitearmor.net/fisd/Tutorials-legs Its an awesome resource when building your armor, basically since the AM armor is so large thinner troopers have to trim a lot off the legs and thighs, so its easier to trim off the front and add another strip of abs to cover the two seams...aka butt joining.

It seems like the better way to go, I already tried gluing the shins together without butt joining them and they didn't look quite as good so I'll go this route...the only other issues i've had so far is the shin armor not completely covering my boots, I'm thinking of trimming the return edges off the bottom of them to make them more comfortable.

Hey guys, just had a quick question, is butt jointing the shins and thighs on my armor more efficient on an AM kit rather than just trimming the back/front of them to downsize since I am a little on the smaller side in terms of size comparing to that armor out of the box. Thanks!

Just sent him a payment now for my helmet, can't wait to get it!!!

Thats fine, I'll have time to make my armor by then!

Cool, I just sent him a PM so hopefully I can buy one ASAP

Looks really nice, are they comfy? My AM Helmet is sort of wobbly and its only held by the headband inside.

Hey guys! So I recently just finished constructing my AM helmet, it looks alright, with a few teensy errors...but I've heard a lot about them being too big for a normal set, I'm about 5'11 and 163 lbs and it seems to look ok, but I feel like I'd do better with another bucket, any ideas on where to get a new TX bucket? I've found this thread ---> http://forum.501stsp...ck-a-tx-bucket/ But haven't seen anything on suppliers or where to buy. Hope to hear from you guys soon!

Gonna ask my boss about it, send me an e-mail at (thewreckinator@gmail.com) if I get confirmation and you'd like to see a few pics.. -Skywalker

It happened...! I have to see if I can post anything, because I don't want Georgie Porgie suing Museum Replicas over something that got leaked on the internet that he didn't want, keep in mind those are pieces nobody including fans have ever really seen, why? I have no reason, if it were up to me, I'd show all the pictures I took, I even got close ups of how he insides of the original TK helmets were made, which is really cool, and comparing them to fan made, ours are much MUCH thicker than the originals, and there are a lot of nifty little ways they put the armor together so it was wearable back then, somewhat similar to ours. I also pretty much have literal confirmation that the stunt and hero tk lenses were green although most already know that, hm what else...the boots are really neat, they were actually similar to the boots we shadow troopers wear, they were simply spray painted white!

So, I went to the Archives, I got a ton of pics and learned so much about the original armor as compared to a lot of our fan made armor...I even took some pics of original white tk armor next to fan made white tk armor...

Woo...hoo...that was awesome. More to follow soon...!

For the most part, I totally hear you, I love putting stuff like that together for sure, unfortunately, I highly doubt Lucasfilm will let us sell kits, they'll be out of the box ready to wear pieces like I said, for those who prefer just to costume straight away rather than spending a couple weeks assembling, but I agree with Griffin it would definetely be more fun to assemble... Regardless, i'm off to The Archives in the morning...I'll keep you all updated on the status of originals...armor progress etc...as much as I can! -Skywalker

Just to set the situation at ease, (and I'm really not supposed to be posting this kind of stuff, but you guys deserve to know) none of the armor makers are in danger of losing any market or value, remember we're dealing with Lucas, first off! This project has been on hold by Museum Replicas for 4 years, and of course in the end its about the money, but from a designer standpoint, I want it to be about the quality and the fans satisfaction, now the reason its been on hold so long is because the company lagged behind, they couldn't find anyone to help prouduce this stuff accurately. Secondly, like I said we're dealing with Lucas, and we all know he profits a big revenue simply from licensing...our license alone? $450,000 dollars up front just to MAKE this stuff. Thirdly for the armor makers, yes, they are fantastic, they're incredibly accurate (for the most part), I have an AM kit myself and its better than some of the originals, i've seen, since taking over this project, I've been really strict with MR within the lines of how I want this project done, they originally wanted to make a prototype here and send it to India to be mass produced, I said no way...I've seen too many good projects come back from there looking half done. So, I'm going to be sitting here in a shop for a few weeks with a huge vaccum form machine just like the original pumping out hand made armor pieces here, so fans will know the quality is decent and not just a factory job, plus for those who are worried about armor makers suffering or think its a bad idea that Lucas is just coming out with this, they're asking us to sell the complete, ready to wear suits for around (you didn't hear this from me) $2000. I only paid close to 700 for my kit alone, so armor makers and their kits are much more affordable and will end up closer to 1000 if you can put it together yourself, but for fans who don't want to spend weeks customizing and putting things together themselves, they can go the MR route where its ready to slide on out of the box and you can run out and troop, and I'm talking complete armor here, from holster, boots, neck seal, undersuits, gloves and you can even order with or without an e-11. So! To conclude, in the end there isn't much to worry about, this project is generally just for Georgie to make some more money and the 501'st will benefit and Rubies will suffer. I just got a phone call this morning actually and I'm flying out Sunday morning to go to Lucasfilm and head into the archives and I'm going to go look at the originals, yes that means up close pics, where each piece was, how it was put together, and for peace of mind, I'm going to try and bring some fan made armor to sit side by side, so we can look at the originals compared to what guys are wearing today. -Skywalker

Red ABS troopers may not be a bad idea, thanks Blackhole! And yes guys, this is going to knock the lame Rubies ones off of the market as far as I'm concerned and gain a bunch more members for the 501'st as well as expanding the TX community too. Just don't tell George I'm an inside man!

Its going to be original TK white troopers, then I plan on (yes) producing shadow troopers, then we're going to work towards SWTOR Jedi and Sith armor....sandies, scout troopers and so forth (i'm hoping to do a Boba Fett) ;D I just wanted to get everyone's take on it first before I posted something like this on whitearmor, since its a bit smaller and we can communicate more. Plus if it was out that I had detailed up close pictures of original ANH and ESB trooper armor...I'd never hear the end of it haha.

Hey everyone, so I thought I'd share a quick summary of whats been going on with me, a while back I got my black AM kit for a shadowtrooper, and I have all the components finally, just need to...assemble...the...darn...thing. I know I had made a thread about my progress I've just been so darn busy I haven't had time to post up on it, so my apologies for that in case anyone had wondered why I didn't respond! Back to the task at hand, I've been working on a project for the past few weeks concerning something that will eventually affect the 501'st community, which scares me, but also excites me. As of now I'm working with Museum Replicas ltd, they hired me as the lead designer to make the first ever lucasfilm official licenesed Stormtrooper armor. Now along with this, we've had some inquiries from 501'st guys as well, which, being part of the community, I totally understood so i've worked with a few of them, to make sure that when the armor is finally mass produced, its 501'st approved so they can still gain members without losing the armor makers, because I know as much as anyone how much effort goes into making this stuff. That being said, I took a trip out to Lucasfilm, and I got to take a peek into the archives and get some 'ahem' pictures, of some original pieces. Anyhoo, I'd definetely like to hear your guys' feedback on this and how you feel about a licensed product like that. Look forward to hearing from you all soon. -Skywalker

I tried posting it...hm. Maybe its not working. Or didn't upload?

I've started assmbling the helmet so far, this is how the bucket looks with the dome on, (not attached yet).

Hi everyone! I recieved my FX Armor kit today along with my gloves, and a pair of glossy black Bass Amsterdam boots (as pictured in reference photo's on the 501'st reference section. I'll include pictures TX troopers! Thanks to Troopergear for the kit!

The shoe style is correct I believe, but I'm not certain about the detailing on the sides where the lace shows, I'm sure one of the Troopers on here will know for sure! For $13.00 though, its not a bad shot in the dark.