Death Trooper Level 2 Reference Material

[Tboy7630]

Starting this thread after chatting with Chaos Trooper on this one. 

The Death Trooper did in fact have a corset style setup like literally every other character in Rogue One....Shore, Tank, AT-ACT, TK’s. Here is a photo taken from the Premier of Rogue One that clearly shows the following. 

1. Corset style setup and how it was connected....Velcro. Personally I think this rubber was a made part and not a found part. 

2. We can clearly see the strips of Velcro connecting the chest and back plate

3. We can also clearly see there was additional plastic below the corset that sat UNDER the belt, which per my convo with Victor and Brock was how the thighs were connected via snaps. Can also been seen from photos in the Mandalorian. 

4. Spine plate clearly extends all the way down the back and is connected to the corset.

 

https://imgur.com/F9xtoKx

[lancer[TX]]

I’m not familiar with the “corset” on the other troopers.  I can clearly see what you’re describing in the photo, but hard to see how it is all fits together.  I’m assuming the corset is made up of the ribbed rubber areas visible under the arms, with the ab plate and back plate separate pieces, both velcroed to the corset.  Is that correct?

[Chaos[CMD-DCA]]

I asked Tim to start this thread, he as had access to and spoken with a couple of the actors who have worn the costume and some more photos that can help us (when we get to it) work up the Level 2 requirements. I have looked at some of the photos and have a whole new outlook on how I am going to redo my kit when I get a chance among all my other projects LOL.

[Tboy7630]

There are many similarities between all the troopers in R1. I have been looking closely at ShoreTroopers and TK's to help inform some of the decisions here...which I would strongly encourage others to do. I have also chatted with Victor and Brock about the setup and they both remember a corset with a fabric piece in the back that enclosed the whole works, zipped up and was hidden by the spine piece. There are other details and reference materials that clearly show similarities. I also need to figure out how to use Imgur without having copyrighted photos available publicly so I don't get sued.

[wook1138[TX]]

I'm not sure if everyone has seen these, but these are shots of Mr Pauls Shoretrooper build showing his interpretation of the corset. 

https://imgur.com/9uHs686

https://imgur.com/KAQwzzi

 

 

[nanotek[CMD-DWM]]

8 hours ago, Tboy7630 said:

Starting this thread after chatting with Chaos Trooper on this one. 

The Death Trooper did in fact have a corset style setup like literally every other character in Rogue One....Shore, Tank, AT-ACT, TK’s. Here is a photo taken from the Premier of Rogue One that clearly shows the following. 

1. Corset style setup and how it was connected....Velcro. Personally I think this rubber was a made part and not a found part. 

2. We can clearly see the strips of Velcro connecting the chest and back plate

3. We can also clearly see there was additional plastic below the corset that sat UNDER the belt, which per my convo with Victor and Brock was how the thighs were connected via snaps. Can also been seen from photos in the Mandalorian. 

4. Spine plate clearly extends all the way down the back and is connected to the corset.

 

https://imgur.com/F9xtoKx

Your link isn't working, can you please post the correct link?

[nanotek[CMD-DWM]]

There was quite a bit of evidence supporting the idea that it was corset in the celebration pics, at least that is what I observed from all the pics. It would most definitely be a moulded piece like the rest of the armor. I'll chase up the reference pics at another point.

I think the under suit needs some rejigging too as I think it's more of a modified wetsuit than multiple parts. I have a pretty good idea of the materials used as well

[Tboy7630]

18 hours ago, nanotek said:

There was quite a bit of evidence supporting the idea that it was corset in the celebration pics, at least that is what I observed from all the pics. It would most definitely be a moulded piece like the rest of the armor. I'll chase up the reference pics at another point.

I think the under suit needs some rejigging too as I think it's more of a modified wetsuit than multiple parts. I have a pretty good idea of the materials used as well

Mark, absolutely! I have also been chatting extensively with Lance Culpepper from Rogue Repo. He has a fairly detailed photo of the screen used ShoreTrooper undersuit, which can be seen on his FB profile. He seems to be keen on building it for the ShoreTropper and potentially for the DT as well. 

After chatting with Lance last night....apparently it took him 8+ hours to sew piping for 1 sleeve. I recommended he reach out to Jim Lau at Eadu Armory for potential help.... to produce this in mass quantities. Otherwise it is going to take forever to individually sew piping. Maybe pick Jim Tripon's brain on how he does it too, or hook Jim and Lance up. But Lance seems to have the methodology down on how it should look.  

Lastly, I had a brief chat with Victor B and Brock (like most others) about the understuits as well. Both were firm that it was extremely tight fitting and had full length legs with stirrups....so agree with you there.

[Tboy7630]

21 hours ago, wook1138 said:

I'm not sure if everyone has seen these, but these are shots of Mr Pauls Shoretrooper build showing his interpretation of the corset. 

https://imgur.com/9uHs686

https://imgur.com/KAQwzzi

 

 

Greg....here is a photo that was shared with the community on FB. I would be bullish that this is the correct approach as you can also see the poncho sticking out in some of the photos from Celebration on the FB build group. I also think that regardless if the Premier DT's were Anovos, it doesn't necessarily mean the construction methods are incorrect. Furthermore, it would stand to logic that the R1 TK's, Shore, Tank and AT-ACT driver/troopers had a suspender setup as the Death Troopers were designed first and concepts from that design was carried over to the other troopers in R1.

https://imgur.com/a/WRYbZeS

[Tboy7630]

Some more good reference shots on shoulder bell construction here. I have long said that the Death Trooper shoulder bell construction was similar to the Shore, Tank, AT-ACT driver and TK's.

 

Photo Credit: themaninthesuitcase

https://imgur.com/a/CztUO4e