Stormtrooper Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Hi everyone. As some of you may know I made some latex ANH Stormtrooper handguards and authentic gloves, a few months back. A lot of people asked me if I was going to produce them again and the answer had always been "no".... until now If you'd like to know more, check out the For Sale section, or mail me at troopergloves@yahoo.com First come, first served Cheers, John troopergloves@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezerkus Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Those are pretty dang accurate, I'll have to get my name on that list. Found this in one of my many frame by frame fun hours of stormtroopers, the color on the inside looks to be pretty accurate with that cured latex... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-7620 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Any possibility to get the handguard without the glove? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchy Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Already made a post in the other thread in the projectorder topic, but yes...I also would like to know if the handguards are availalbe without the gloves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCKo Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 hey John, i´m glad you´re offering those again! those gloves and handplates are definatly as close to the screenused ones as you can get... reference needed? GET THEM!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troopermaster Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Very nice John Why would you guys want these hand guards without the gloves? If you are going to the trouble of having accurate latex hand guards then surely you would want the accurate rubber gloves too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchy Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Very nice John Why would you guys want these hand guards without the gloves? If you are going to the trouble of having accurate latex hand guards then surely you would want the accurate rubber gloves too? Already got the gloves TM but I'm only missing the handguards..at least the latex ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtrooper Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 Bezerkus - good eye.... I went through many, many screengrabs and watched ANH in High Definition before seeing the shot you posted, which shows the colour of the natural, cured latex underneath the paint. Another good scene is right at the start of the movie, where Vader is advancing towards trhe camera, and the troopers (holding their blasters high up) can be seen behind him, with various scrapes and scratches in the handguards' paint.... showing the brown-honey colour underneath. When I first started on a prototype for these I tried polyurethane rubber (which was too stiff and didn't capture enough surface detail from the mould) and even a 'sandwich construction' of a latex skin in the mould, which I let cure and then filled the void with polyurethane rubber.... the 2 substances bonded well together but again the handguards were too rigid, and the latex didn't cure properly (remained liquid in places for several weeks! ) So good ole' latex seems to be what they used back in '76 and for that reason, that's what I'm using now... The cost of the actual gloves is so little, that buying the handguards *without* them makes very little difference to the price. So even if you do have a set of accurate gloves already, there's little incentive to buy the handguards on their own. For pricing info please see my thread in the For Sale section. Hey RocKo... thanks for the comments and the excellent screengrab comparrisons that you did. I'm really glad that you were happy with your set from the first run! Cheers, John troopergloves@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Heres mine my hands are little bit small than you guys ,and this one fits perfectly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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