ROTJ vs. Special Edition

Speaking of the differences, does anyone make a 14 pouch SE belt? I see makers selling multiple SE belts with 10-12 pockets, but none with 14.....
 
What were the colors of the knees and shoulder bells?
All orange/yellow? Hard to tell in the pictures....
And a BIG thanks to Woodman and RafalFett.
 
I believe the shoulders and knees are all the saame color for ROTJ. I've used rattlecan Krylon Equipment yellow for the ROTJ shoulders and knees. I think i used Krylon signal yellow underneath(for around the silver scratches) ..i cant remember. Its not a dead on match, could stand to be a little more orangey, but i think it looks very close. I havent done ROTJ with airbrush yet so havent gotten to try out suggestions.

Here is a set i did with these rattlecan colors(pre "dirt" weathering) The color here looks brighter than it actually is though:
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Heres some screen shots so you can see the actual color:
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Ya know looking at the screen shots and the shoulders i had done in the past...the rust color i airbrushed onto the one shoulder looks like it makes the yellow closer to the correct color if lightly misted over it...ya learn somethin every day lol


*I'd also like to thank Woodman for his earlier comment. I dont know why people have to get condescending when someone asks a question that has been covered. I have used the search and ya know, trying to find very specific info, even with the search is very difficult, if not impossible. Ive tried it.
 
What were the colors of the knees and shoulder bells?
All orange/yellow? Hard to tell in the pictures....
And a BIG thanks to Woodman and RafalFett.

The shoulder/knee colors are the same for ROTJ/ROTJ SE, except for the left knee on the ROTJ SE, which was part of the Pre-Pro #2 suit:
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Basically the ROTJ parts are darker in colors than the Pre-Pro #2.

The Pre-Pro #2 knee is painted in the layered method, while the whole ROTJ suit (as Mr Fett already said) was painted partially layered (the silver scratches) and partially topical (the yellow scratches) over existing ESB era armor parts (read more here ==> The Fate Of The Twin Armors: Pre-Pro #1, Pre-Pro #3 and ESB).
 
Since everyone seems to be so upset about this being covered already, maybe we should sticky it? The SE suit is done often due to the awesome ESB helmet, and great ROTJ armor looks and colors. I think there should be some sort of sticky to help everybody keep it straight and provide an easy link for new people.
 
Since everyone seems to be so upset about this being covered already, maybe we should sticky it? The SE suit is done often due to the awesome ESB helmet, and great ROTJ armor looks and colors. I think there should be some sort of sticky to help everybody keep it straight and provide an easy link for new people.

I agree! I will post (in the next few days) some images to clarify the differences between the ROTJ Hero and the ROTJ SE suits, to avoid the following statement:
the ROTJ SE is basically ESB helmet with ROTJ suit
...which is not totally true.
 
Truthfully there should be an ROTJ, ESB, and this thread. If you have the gusto to do a promo or PrePro you probably already know what you are doing. I am with ya, but clobbering one thread with all versions will make it too nasty to read.


-Kevin
 
Or perhaps keep them all together in a master thread with separate links to each (kind of how the armor template threads are setup)...that way you can just click to the specific version you're looking at getting more info on (hope that makes sense). That way no one would have to read through a ton of information just to get to the one they're looking for
 
Wow... So looking at the screen shots by DV, the knees/shoulders are definitely not a solid color orange. I did find a rust oleum "warm yellow" that's more resembles stormtrooperguys "summer squash" for the bottom layer yellow.
Got it drying so ill mist the top yellow and orange tonight....wife permitting....
 
Haha I love that this discussion happened. I just received my Woody braids tonight. When my SE was approved, one note is that I should have ESB braids. So when I found out that Woody offered both ESB and SE braids, I ordered both just so I'd learn the difference right in front of me.

I also added the extra pouches (honestly I didn't want to just because the belt feels huge), and MOW offered his belt with 12 pouches, so I now have 12. Maybe I'll go back and get two more... Maybe slap them on my ears or something.

I also changed out my ammo pouches tonight as well to the correct match to the stills above.

I LOVE UPGRADES. I've learned more about and improved my SE so much since initial approval.
 
@zebrabuse....did you go with a light blue flight suit or ROTJ grey? I have an ESB I intend on trying to grey and was just curious. And about the ammo pouches, definitely believe RafalFett that there were14, but I have a 12 pouch in process, and as you said....where in the world would you put em? No one is gonna see them...AND you can only keep so many skittles on you at one time!
 
@zebrabuse....did you go with a light blue flight suit or ROTJ grey? I have an ESB I intend on trying to grey and was just curious. And about the ammo pouches, definitely believe RafalFett that there were14, but I have a 12 pouch in process, and as you said....where in the world would you put em? No one is gonna see them...AND you can only keep so many skittles on you at one time!

My suit is more gray than blue. I lucked up that it fits pretty well on me out of the gate. I'd like to tighten up a couple places, but it's getting worn to a point where I might just get a new one fitted by a local flight suit maker.

I had read 12 ammo pouches in several places, and I believe both BooBoo did and MOW does now offer SE belts with 12 pouches. I have all 12 on and it
forms an almost perfect 180 degree coverage on the front of the belt. I don't think I'll go with 14 anytime soon, but I trust Rafal as well. I love my MOW belt though
with the functional pockets. Definitely packing plenty of spare batteries now!

And I should have clarified in my last post that I changed out my smaller white ROTJ style cloth belt pouches to a larger gray/brown SE style set. I love them!

And with the Woodman SE vs ESB braids. I love the quality of them both. Definitely heftier than my original self made set.
 
Got a set of Woodman braids for SE headed my way! FS coming from Arkady so I can finally start seeing how the girth belt will look with it.
Are the pouches different size from ROTJ other than weathering? Anyone got some good pics to post up of their outfit?
 
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