Stormtrooper Helmets & Armor

JoeR · **Joined:** Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:42 pm **Posts:** 502

Guys

I have compared a Meatsock and TE together and I am 100% convinced it is a recast, have a look at the right hand trap (as you look at the helmet) and look at the dimple in the 'tear' areas. TE said the dimple was one of his 'tells' to catch out recasters. Notice how soft the teeth/frown area is on a Meatsock. It's a no-brainer!

Also if you read Keith's post you can see he contacted the real Meatsock, Brian G from New York and he denied that he had posted on the RPB. I think it is a windup...

Joe

JoeR · **Joined:** Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:42 pm **Posts:** 502

Pics from the collection of The Dark Side.

GF Hero:

Meatsock Sandtrooper:

Meatsock Christies ESB Replica painted by me, notice the right trap I mentioned earlier:

TE Smooth Cap Sandtrooper painted by me:

JoeR · **Joined:** Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:42 pm **Posts:** 502

This is a ROTJ suit by 9thy, he was given skins by TE which he vacuum formed over to produce these nice accurate suits. No longer available:

Joe

No Humor Man · **Posted:** Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:46 pm

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

And yeah... I think I read that on the RPB... that Meatsock wasn't Meatsock and all that... :lol

Mind if I use the Meatsock picture and add it to the list?

Also added a picture of the AP helmets... but am unsure whether the helmets in the picture is in fact not GF helmets... anyone with more insight could possibly tell them apart... :wink:

JoeR · **Joined:** Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:42 pm **Posts:** 502

Not at all NHM, sorry about the size of them!

Joe

No Humor Man · **Posted:** Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:58 pm

Well, the larger the better... shows more detail. Though, you could possibly post them as thumbnails here to ease the loading, etc. :thumbsup

No Humor Man · **Posted:** Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:01 pm

Maybe I should remove the pictures of the ESB helmets, as they are simply the same as the ones offered in the ANH section, only painted differently or with differently colored stickers. I dunno...

JoeR · **Joined:** Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:42 pm **Posts:** 502

Thats fine with me.

Joe

No Humor Man · **Posted:** Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:31 pm

Added Master Replicas to the list.

Also... still need pictures... please help me as I don't have any of the helmets and therefore cannot take my own pictures - only got an AP helmet and it's not finished. Thanks! :thumbsup

No Humor Man · **Posted:** Sun Dec 17, 2006 12:07 am

Re-did the pictures. Enjoy

Defstartrooper · **Posted:** Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:35 am

what about VSF http://supatroop.com/tutorials/vsf/vsf.htm
thats the only picture i can find online a friend of mine has one but its dirtied up for a sandtrooper
oh and the RT i believe he is now on his 4th sculpt

Oh and you forgot rubies too :lol

No Humor Man · **Posted:** Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:24 am

Defstartrooper wrote:

what about VSF http://supatroop.com/tutorials/vsf/vsf.htm
thats the only picture i can find online a friend of mine has one but its dirtied up for a sandtrooper

Oh... I just get a tutorial for a three-part helmet, just like that enigma one on eBay lately. Are they the same?

Defstartrooper wrote:

oh and the RT i believe he is now on his 4th sculpt

Really? So an RT isn't just an RT?

Defstartrooper wrote:

Oh and you forgot rubies too :lol

I only deal with REAL helmets! :thefinger

StarWars Collector · **Posted:** Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:55 am

NoHumorMan wrote:

I only deal with REAL helmets! :thefinger

Defstartrooper · **Posted:** Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:04 pm

No that one on ebay was not a VSF there should be a picture of the completed helmet at the bottom of that tutorial

I contacted RT in october as i was thinking about buying one of his lids he told me that in november he would be releasing his fourth generation helmet as it happens i didnt buy one anyway i plumped for an AP instead
I remember reading elsewhere before that there were 3 types of RT im not sure what the differences are though

are you saying the rubies is a bad helmet ? :lol

No Humor Man · **Posted:** Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:27 pm

Added pictures of armor - the AP/ABS-80 & the TrooperMaster ANH + the 9thy RotJ.