Recent content by Irongladiator

Hey ya MrFusion1138 Hope you and the family had yourselves a great holiday! Looks like a great EE-3 project! Luckily for me I have an older ma & pop hardware store here in town that has a bunch of older vintage era hardware. I used them for my Jetpack greeblie mounting. We also have an Ace...

Short4ATrooper Thank you, much appreciated! I guess you could say that I enjoy helping people where I can - even if its just with information. Mine may not be the correct way, but it worked for me. In fact, I think the official bolts and nuts are not metal like what I used and more along the...

Short4ATrooper You may have seen how I did mine via my WIP thread. And when doing it, I actually didn't do as much research as you did, but knew I wanted to do this method as it seemed like the best way to do it. I've heard about all the other usual methods such as Velcro, Pushback Pins...

Dang! And I thought when I ordered mine it was expensive. (I paid $75) But these 'Found Parts' do make it look bad ass! Even if, no one can see em' while you're wearing it. ;) :cool: (y) Hope it goes to a good home! Cheers, -Iron

Once the Liquid Nails took over and held the Han cast in place I removed the popsicle sticks and began slathering on the 'Carbonite' texture. And for that it was simply DryDex.... After that, and using reference pictures, I began assembly of the panels and greebles using E6000 and applying...

I followed that up with additional support braces going across the middle portion of the HIC block. I used a T-Bevel on some 1x4 sticks and cut them for a perfect fit.... After some creative ideas on supporting the top and bottom supports, I got it all fixed and in place. (Which is supported...

Once the sides fully dried, I then started building corner supports out of 2x4's and screwing them in place.... At this point the box is still very flimsy and can be tweaked without too much effort. I then decided to add in additional support by installing 1x1 sticks and using L-Brackets to...

Hello All, It has been far too long. Since my last post on my HIC Project. As with most people, life got in the way. We bought a house last year (Moved out of our Condo) only moved a few blocks from where we used to live. As part of our 'making it our own' initiative, we undertook a big project...

Hello my fellow Fett family! ...And Happy Thanksgiving! Well, it's been over a year since my last post on this thread and I'm about 1 year and 7 months since I joined the 501st ranks. Its been hella fun, and I'm meeting a lot of really great like-minded Star Wars costuming folks over here! I...

lowberg Looking good! Back in action. As you can see from my pic/post back on July 30th (2025) by back armor is suffering the same from the jetpack repeatedly moving around and scratching the paint up. I may need to address that too. Happy Thanksgiving by the way! -Iron

MojoTurbo It's been a pleasure in assisting you where I can with the knowledge that I've acquired. Well all need a 'Boba Buddy(s)' as we work though our builds. I had a few myself as I grew up here too. Lazerjock ShortFuse Boochman BudaFett Krewkid82 (to name a few). It's been great watching...

I'm definitely in for a shirt!

Hi Art Andrews Seems it is that time of year again. I'm all paid up on the RPF forum for the year.... If you'd be so kind as to remove them ad's for me, that'd be great! Thanks sir! :cool:(y) Best, -Matt W. (aka: Iron)

Eagle Great to see you back out of the woodwork! And grats on the college graduation! That panel is looking mighty great - some great amount of detail and love seems to have gone into it. Looking forward to seeing more! -Iron

MojoTurbo Looks like it fits much better! You could look into a small pocket being sewn behind the flak vest. Just make sure the stitching cannot be seen between the armor pieces. Or sewing on a small velcro patch behind the Flak Vest and sticking on some velcro to the battery box and have it...