Lowberg's ROTJ SE Build
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lowberg
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I got approved w/ the 501 a few weeks back and had my first big troop with them and Mando Mercs at a children's museum for their annual SW weekend. A lot of funny shenanigans occurred. It was really awesome to hang with the Mercs too, as I've been doing a custom build with them and was able to meet the downstate NY guys and gals for the first time. Great crew.
AdenSolu
Active Hunter
Congratulations! This is fantastic news and a great payoff for all the hardwork you've been putting into your build!
lowberg
Active Hunter
I finally got around to doing more work on my original GMH helmet I painted myself. I love my Uhbif helmet, but it was important to me to finish up my first one as it is what started this journey for me! Mine is far from perfect, but I do really like the green tone better on mine and the flatter finish matches my armor better. It's pretty much complete now besides the MQ-1 circut board!
I also got a mannequin to display my build on. It's a super heavy duty department store type mannequin so it was really a pain to get dressed, but I got it so cheap locally it was hard to pass up.
I also got a mannequin to display my build on. It's a super heavy duty department store type mannequin so it was really a pain to get dressed, but I got it so cheap locally it was hard to pass up.
lowberg
Active Hunter
The costume that is never actually finished continues!!
As I've been putting it to use and trooping around I've found some things I want to address and upgrade.
First order of business was to fix my jetpack harness as the straps were sagging wayyy to low.
I moved up the white straps on my DIY harness a few inches and now the top lip of the jetpack is sitting closer to the top of the back armor where it should be.
Before and After:
The next project will be upgrading my knees, my original knees are oversized and made of very thick styrene which had no flexibility to wrap around the leg and very heavy. This caused some floating and sagging that annoyed me. Not to mention the overall shape was not super accurate.
I have a spare set of Minute Fett SE Knees, but they seemed a little too small and wasn't crazy about the shape (they look kinda squished to me).
Neo Fett hooked me up with their new SE knees (Black ones below) and wow the shape and sizing is very accurate.
For comparison
Painted: DHPFX
Black: NeoFett
White: MinuteFett
Neo Fett's sculpt for knees is fantastic. Looking forward to painting these up!!!
Also great news, in addition to 501st I got Boba SE approved with the Mandalorian Mercs a few weeks ago.
They have been equally as helpful as TDH members with this build and a great crew to run with.
As I've been putting it to use and trooping around I've found some things I want to address and upgrade.
First order of business was to fix my jetpack harness as the straps were sagging wayyy to low.
I moved up the white straps on my DIY harness a few inches and now the top lip of the jetpack is sitting closer to the top of the back armor where it should be.
Before and After:
The next project will be upgrading my knees, my original knees are oversized and made of very thick styrene which had no flexibility to wrap around the leg and very heavy. This caused some floating and sagging that annoyed me. Not to mention the overall shape was not super accurate.
I have a spare set of Minute Fett SE Knees, but they seemed a little too small and wasn't crazy about the shape (they look kinda squished to me).
Neo Fett hooked me up with their new SE knees (Black ones below) and wow the shape and sizing is very accurate.
For comparison
Painted: DHPFX
Black: NeoFett
White: MinuteFett
Neo Fett's sculpt for knees is fantastic. Looking forward to painting these up!!!
Also great news, in addition to 501st I got Boba SE approved with the Mandalorian Mercs a few weeks ago.
They have been equally as helpful as TDH members with this build and a great crew to run with.
