Neo Fett
Active Hunter
Hello all,
I have a 'completed' (nothing is ever complete) ROTJ costume. I recently go an air brush and I've learned a lot since I originally painted with rattle cans so I decided to strip everything down a repaint. With everything having a blank slate I figured now would probably be a good time to consider going from ROTJ to SE. I have done some research on what the difference is exactly but I was hoping I could get some questions answered and double check my findings. (Ironically when searching the difference between ROTJ and SE one of the first results is a thread telling OP to use the search function).
I see that the promo shots differ slightly than what is actually in the SE - and some promotion shots I see in the gallery contradict each other.
So, here is what I have found, please correct me if something is wrong.
Paint:
Helmet - ESB Hero
Left knee - PP2
Jetpack - ROTJ style, different damage
Everything else: ROTJ style
Soft parts:
Pouches - One darker, pp2(?), one ROTJ
Spats - One ESB(?), one ROTJ
Everything else - ROTJ color
Ammo belt - ROTJ with more pouches and white spots (I assume from age? The vinyl coloring is coming off?)
Braids - PP2 braids(?)
Physical differences:
Left gauntlet - Tip of flame thrower has added parts that extrude round and out (on some shots?). Hose attached to rocket and goes behind back plate.
Right gauntlet - Only one hose coming from the top and goes under shoulder bell. Connectors from the bottom two hoses are black in color.
So, that is what I have found. Now for the question section.
I have a 'completed' (nothing is ever complete) ROTJ costume. I recently go an air brush and I've learned a lot since I originally painted with rattle cans so I decided to strip everything down a repaint. With everything having a blank slate I figured now would probably be a good time to consider going from ROTJ to SE. I have done some research on what the difference is exactly but I was hoping I could get some questions answered and double check my findings. (Ironically when searching the difference between ROTJ and SE one of the first results is a thread telling OP to use the search function).
I see that the promo shots differ slightly than what is actually in the SE - and some promotion shots I see in the gallery contradict each other.
So, here is what I have found, please correct me if something is wrong.
Paint:
Helmet - ESB Hero
Left knee - PP2
Jetpack - ROTJ style, different damage
Everything else: ROTJ style
Soft parts:
Pouches - One darker, pp2(?), one ROTJ
Spats - One ESB(?), one ROTJ
Everything else - ROTJ color
Ammo belt - ROTJ with more pouches and white spots (I assume from age? The vinyl coloring is coming off?)
Braids - PP2 braids(?)
Physical differences:
Left gauntlet - Tip of flame thrower has added parts that extrude round and out (on some shots?). Hose attached to rocket and goes behind back plate.
Right gauntlet - Only one hose coming from the top and goes under shoulder bell. Connectors from the bottom two hoses are black in color.
So, that is what I have found. Now for the question section.
- Jetpack: The weathering is very clearly more extreme in promo shots. What JP is this? Can the less weathered ROTJ style be used?
- Gauntlets: Why is the tube going from the rocket into the backplate not always present?
- Gauntlet paint: Does the weathering in the paint differ from ROTJ?
- Flight suit: It looks to be the same color as ROTJ, but I saw somewhere it isn't the same suit. Is the color still the same?
- Pouches/Spats: In some of the promo shots one pouch and one spat is much darker than the other, or is this just the lighting? Where did the darker ones come from?\
- Helmet: Paint, wrapped brow, and different physical damage. Any other differences?