Hello once again fellow Fett's,
Continuing on with my Phase II iniative. I wanted to provide an update, be prepared this will be a long one....
Firstly, I recieved my
Mike M. ROTJ Gloves! These gloves are great! I don't think I'll be upgrading to anything else anytime soon.
For those interested in how they compare to the MoW Studios ROTJ variant?
Using a little bit of black - I carefully misted on the soot to weather it up some.
Secondly, and after about 5 months of waiting I finally receivd my package back from Customs. To recap this story, Boba Maker (
Daz) sent me a painted/weathered ROTJ Shoulder armor with a ESB Mythosaur decal on it.
He was accomodating in that he said he would repair it for me. I shipped it back to him and paid for priority shipping. I tracked it and it got over seas to him in 7 days time! (
This was in July) There, it sat with customs where they wouldn't complete the shipping saying that they needed to know the overall value of the package and it's contents. After going round and round with Customs on this - both Daz and I felt frustrated and Daz agreed to send me the ROTJ Mythosaur decal and have Customs "
Return to Sender". He initiated the RTS Mid-October of 2020. I knew I would probably NOT have it in time for Halloween - so I went without. I was doing weekly checks on it where it simply for whatever reason fell off the radar. I was about to send both USPS and CTS a nasty gram, when low and behold it re-surfaced on tracking and was here in the states. (
Jan 26th, 2021) and finally got back to me this week! I was super excited to have it back and this mess behind me.
I was worred about removing the ESB decal so I took my time (
About an hour) and got it removed with out any damage to Boba Maker's fine work!
I was then tasked with removing the sticky residue from the ESB decal. I researched this and landed on Goo Gone. And they state many times that the original formula doesn't remove paint. Using a towel and carefully rubbing in one spot - I can say that it is true - it doesn't remove the paint!
and I was able to get the ROTJ decal applied and thankfully and from the looks of it I shouldn't need to do anything else! <
WHEW!>
Again, Daz was great and communicative throughout the entire process! He also felt bad about it and refunded me a portion - which I didn't ask for, nor expected as he took it upon himself to do.
With that said, as you know it was St. Patty's day for us this week! And in the spirit of wearing something "
Green" that day, and the fact we had great weather - I asked a friend of mine whos also a photographer to take a few pics of me. I know I still need to get some other things done to make this complete, but......Enjoy....
Again, Still more to do, but I thought these shots came out great! I love the way the sunset hit the armor! Still on the to-do list is:
1) Add-On Woodman's ROTJ Braids! (
Which I ordered back in January, I'm super excited to get this one!)
2) Weather the vest and suit a bit more.
3) A complete re-do of my entire helmet!
4) Trim vest so only 1/2 inch of vest shows below the gut armor.
5) Bring the knee straps so they are a bit tighter (
Not too much) but hug my knee a little better!
Anything else you guy can think of?
Again, I apologize for the long post.
Thanks,
-Iron
