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It's threads like this that have seriously waned my enthusiasm for Star Wars collecting in general over the past few months. Virtually every forum I visit is rife with elitism and issues of controversy that are unbelievably dull . . . bordering on comatose.

Awesome animation . . really great stuff!! This is exactly the kind of thing I loved doing at college. Wish I had a video camera these days. Making this type of animation is a lot more work than people think and you have doen brilliantly, from the set building and animation right down to the edit and fx. Its great that you're making these for your kids and getting them involved in the production process too . .what a cool dad!! Kepp em coming, would love to se emore of these

Awesome artwork . . . fantastic!!!! Post more examples if you have, Id love to see more of your work.

Wow, one of the best TD costumes I have seen, if not the best The detail on the TM is incredible, so sharp Id be afraid of cutting myself on it lol Havent posted here in a while since my dreams of getting a TD together has been dashed, for the time being at least. Great seeing the fantastic costumes other folks are putting together tho

Congratulations on getting your TM armor, it looks totally awesome bro. Keep us updated on your progress and keep making me jealous everytime I view this thread lol

Thats a killer TD setup, one of the best Ive seen Its great to see a fully geared up and weathered TM kit, the first Ive seen I think. Congratulations

Terrific work on realizing this projects Seth, the protoype looks awesome I love how full and padded it looks, unlike those flat cardboard looking ebay versions. Now, if only I had some armor I would get me one of these in a second. Will availability on these be ongoing or limited to a certain number?

Im thinking of getting this book soon. Whats the general consensus on the book, worth getting?

Happy birthday buddy! My birthday is tomorrow lol

Wow, those look like they came straight off the Elstree set through some time portal . . . just incredible. I love the attention to detail, especially the cut down chest plate on Lukes armor. What make of armor are these displays based on? Fantastic work

Great looking helmet

Great looking helmet I love the "move along" style brow but I agree that you could open the eyes up just a tad more. Is this one of TEs new HDPE helmets?

Unfortunately I dont have enough props these days to have anything useful to contribute to your site. I remember that your website was one of the first I came across when I got interested in Star Wars props and it really inspired me and got me enthused about the hobby, a wealth of information and photos. I hope you guys can help Jez out.

nice interview You're the man

Very very nice!!! Loving the weathering job on this. Can you share your techniques for applying and removing hte paint to get those beatuful dity and clean patches. Ive heard scrummpled paper can get a nice effect. It looks very nicely layred and textured.

Nice weathering but I agree you should tone it down just a tad. The helmet is spot on (not too much, not too little, though it is entirely subjective of course) so I'd use that as a guide. Keep us updated I was wondering, is this a Matt TE kit or TE2 kit you have?

I havent seen these t-shirt designs before. Vey nice! Man I love the "Serve and Protect" artwork . . . awesome! You could put me down for one if there was another run.

Personally I think that ABS would be a better material for making these replicas. I not 100% sure but I think I read somewhere that the original ROTJ helmets were made from ABS, plus its a more resilliant plastic than Styrene and the softer detail isnt really an issue snce the originals were essentially recasts of ANH/ESB helmetds so had much softer detail anyway. Im no expert on such matters though so I can't be too fussy. I'd just love to get one of these kits

EDIT: Thanks Dave, I knew it was missing something

The weathering on the helmet is perfect. Not only does the dirt look authentic but it also has a "bleached in the harsh Tatooine Suns" kinda look Love the armor too . . . the TE kit is so sweet. You're going to have one killer TD setup when its all done What weapon are going for wit this costume? Personally I love the Lewis Heavy Blaster. Great work

Nice weathering, I love seeing carbon scorring and blaster damage on armor That TD has certainly seen alot of action Your BFG certainly looks like . . well a BFG lol. It looks bigger than you in one of those pics Great work trooper!

I have no idea what that means, but it's hilarious none the less!

Hey guys, I started work on a flash Stormtooper based shooter well over 18 months ago but never got very far before loosing interest. Wierd thing is its very similar to whats been discussed as ideas in this thread. http://img79.imageshack.us/my.php?image ... pertd9.swf Above is a link to the game as far as I progressed with it. Well its not actually a game yet becasue I got bogged down with the game mechanics so I focused on the graphical elements, before giving up on that aspect as well haha. I still have all my orginal authoring files and given some insentive and maybe some actionscript assistance I'd be more than happy to try and get this game finished. I think I was on the right track with the games looks, just need to add more elements like jawas, moisture vaps etc and all I really need to do is work on gettin some enemy behaviour figured out becasue the basics for controls, scoring system etc are in place. Let me know waht you guys think and maybe we can build on this as a MEPD based game, though perhaps there are legal issues which might make it inadvisable. . .Mods want to chime in perhaps.

Interesting to hear about the possible connection between Bossk and the Gorn. I always thought that Bossk was a homage to the Gorn or at least inspired by it. I dont think that any pieces of the Gorn costume were used to make Bosk because I remember seeing fairly recent photos of the entire Gorn costume, looking a little worse for wear of course after 40 years but still complete. I dont remeber the story behind it, wether it was up for auction or being diplayed at an exhibition etc. I'l try and find the pics. I love the Move Along set up too, whats the story behind it? Is it built from a TE costume? The pose really captures the character of the trooper in that scene:y:

Hands down one of THE best Sandtrooper set ups I have seen, awesome photos there buddy . . . but shouldn't you be wearing Snowtrooper armor? haha j/k I am very impressed by the AP armor and the couple of other AP sandys I have seen here are equally badass. Do you have info on your Lewis Gun too, it looks terrific. The Lewis is definatley my weapon of choice but options are limited here in the UK so I'l probably have to scratchbuild. Great work!