mrlaws
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Post by mrlaws on Nov 26, 2006 18:00:30 GMT -5
Good news everyone, I just pulled the first GM chest from my new mold. Let me know what you think. Dan    |
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Post by snowflake on Nov 26, 2006 21:04:13 GMT -5
nice job, very smooth and clean! I think it is too snowtrooper-like, the front plate should be smaller and shorter, and i think the bottom right and left sides shouldn't be vertical but they should follow the shape of the body, like the standard clonetrooper chest. Just my two cents, in any case i think it is a very nice job! Have you tried fitting it on a back plate?
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Post by ianl on Nov 26, 2006 21:42:53 GMT -5
LAWS has been in contact with several of us over the course of forming this chest plate. He does not have the clone backplates, so he allowed some flexibility to mate it up to whatever backplate you can get. I think it's a great job and much more accurate than trying to mod a TS chestplate. It may need some additional trimming and obviously the greeblies attached.
My TS chestplate was furnished by LAWS and it is a piece of artwork in plastic. I highly recommend his work
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Post by admin on Nov 26, 2006 21:51:56 GMT -5
Yeah I've been walking Laws through this, and it's not a TS chest. It's quite different all together. Very clean, very nice piece. I look forward to owning one in the coming year!
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Post by Anrev on Nov 27, 2006 6:10:26 GMT -5
I WANT ONE!
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Post by snowflake on Nov 27, 2006 7:05:42 GMT -5
No, no, i didn't mean it was a modded TS plate! If you say the sides are straight in order to match any back plate, this is great! Nothing a good hotair gun and a trimmer couldn't fit  Anyway, i still think the top ridge of the front plate where the greeblies go is too big and it should be a perfect semicircle, while it seems too squared to me. |
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Post by youngling on Nov 27, 2006 22:23:05 GMT -5
BEUTIFULL!!!!! What else can I say? I was thinking of doing my own but I know I can't do any better thatn this I am in for a purchase. Please send info via PM.
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Post by pghfett on Nov 29, 2006 19:27:45 GMT -5
Dan,
Is this the final version or just a test run ?
Drop me a PM about getting one,
~Mike
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Post by ianl on Nov 29, 2006 22:09:41 GMT -5
Dan, Is this the final version or just a test run ? Drop me a PM about getting one, ~Mike Dan told me he made one more tweak based on Snowflake's observation, so the final chest should be slightly different (and more accurate) than the one shown. |
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Post by youngling on Nov 29, 2006 22:13:59 GMT -5
That is what he told me too. He said something about the size and some other stuff.
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Post by snowflake on Nov 30, 2006 6:59:04 GMT -5
Dan told me he made one more tweak based on Snowflake's observation, so the final chest should be slightly different (and more accurate) than the one shown. I'm very glad my observations had some utility! I'm sure it's going to be awesome! |
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Post by Commander Voltaire on Nov 30, 2006 17:35:00 GMT -5
Ack!! Hopefully my pull will reflect the tweak. If not, then I will PM for some direction to get on track with the rest! I can't wait to have one in hand!
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Post by ianl on Nov 30, 2006 21:16:08 GMT -5
I don't think Dan sent anything out yet.....all orders will be from the "new" mold (I assume)
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mrlaws
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Post by mrlaws on Dec 1, 2006 3:27:42 GMT -5
I will be done with the second revision GM chest tomorrow. I haven't shipped anything and I won't until the mold is corrected. One more question before I finalize: is it just me or is there a bead running along the edge of the arm cut-out like on the TS chest? It looks like there might be. Does anyone else see it? Details like that tend to add structure to the parts. Dan  |
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Post by admin on Dec 1, 2006 15:52:20 GMT -5
i think we'd need a bigger, clearer image of it to determine if there is a ridge around the arm hole. There is a lot of shadow in there, so it's very possible it's just an optical illusion. I'd leave it off until some better references become available.
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