Recent loft find ANH armour discussion

BFuk wrote:

Interesting topic guys :D

How many post do I need to do before I can PM the admins to talk more about this?

Best, Rob.

Hi Rob not many, if you wish you can email me directly at [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Cheers mark

Hey Mark, thanks buddy, will do.

Thank you guys for welcoming myself and now Rob. I dont personally know Simon but I do Rob and have for several years now and he is a very skilled craftsman. I am very glad he is now here to speak for himself beacuse I can step in all day but info straight from the horses mouth is what you are after. I can say this I do know some info and it's very cool what's coming. I have the highest confidence things will turn out great.

I think this site is going to be an alright place to be.

Very interesting news indeed. Looking forward for updates on this!

Hi Rob,
first of all thank you for the info,like you said,it is a rare,the only one to date as we know it outside the archive armor,and had a breathtaking intro on the rpf(at least for me when i saw it ) when suddenly no more news of it,fear surrounds on what happened. now that is clear,thank you,and wish you goodluck on the effort,and please do update us on what would you guys do next wish you can answer my question on how would you remove the glued parts such as the strips.
second,want to thank you for both you and Simon for the purpose to share with the community,and do take care of that baby will ya
third,you're still going to make boba fett's jetpack dont you? i'm in love with your latest version you know although it's still a looong way to be able to buy one

Don't worry guys the suit has been handled by Rob and Myself with kid gloves!

The helmet hasn't been destroyed it is very much in tack. We've gone through several different molding techniques, it has taken quiet a while but that's down myself and Rob want to produce best helmet available.
Our first prototype was a great success the detailing that has been capture from the original exceptional and we'll have copies available very soon.

The Armour is also going well and we're hoping to have that available shortly after the launch of the helmet.

I'll also post some pictures we had taken recently!

Great news Simon, be sure to keep us upto date..

I look forward very much to see castings from such a sharp helmet

This could bring TK-costuming into a new era

locitus wrote:

This could bring TK-costuming into a new era

Lets hope!

Heart felt news guys.Thank you for poping in with the update and may they continue.This little corner of the Stormtrooper world is honoured that we have the Three of you to share your fantastic story and progress of this gem.

I'll add some pictures as soon as i can find out how to???

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New and exclusive pictures of the ANH suit I've posted them here first!

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Please do not post them anywhere else without my permission.

locitus wrote:

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Cheers Buddy!

Awesome pictures thanks for sharing

TKuk wrote:

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Cheers Buddy!

No problem! And boy are those some beautiful photos!

Can i remind everyone that this section is only open and viewable to registered members only, so anything posted here that you dont want the whole world to see is relatively private.

And anyone found posting images elsewhere without permission from the original poster will have their account deleted.

And many thanks to Simon for sharing with us here first at L.S.D

TKuk wrote:

New and exclusive pictures of the ANH suit I've posted them here first!

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Can I ask something really dumb,

Whats with all the black bits?

Im sure there are lots of questions to ask Simon and the team about the suit and its history ?

Heres mine,its seems that the helmet has two shades of green one for the face plate and one for the cap and back.Is this a trick of the light or are there two colours of green ? This leads me to believe that they are infact two different types of plastic (maybe) ?

OK one more for luck, Looking at the full suit picture it seems that the shins are layed out on the wrong legs. Is there at the top of the left shin as we look at the picture the remainders of the sniper knee plate ?

Thank you once again for taking time out to show these detail pictures.

I see the thigh cover stripes have been riveted on, with the right thigh there is 1 rivet at the top and the left has 4 in total with 2 at the top and 2 at the bottom.. is this an original feature from filming or something you have done?

Uff.. i'm stunned.

They are amazing pics, thanks for sharing guys.

Is it my imagination or is that a handplate under the thigh?

I love this kind of stuff!

Absolutly stunning Simon thanks for shearing these photos here , if its ok with you i think i am going to base my new HDPE helmet build on yours i mean cut the eyes out the same and teeth and paint it up and chip and weather it as it would have been in ANH , just luv it all you must be well happy , can i ask how and what you are going to restore ? .

PS Luv that holster

I also noticed that the holster tabs are rivited to the outside of the belt i thought the tabs were to be in the inside of the belt ? intresting