At-AT driver

 

 

 

I fancied another part-armoured suit, I like the mobility allowed by not having full armour, and I like the TIE helmet, so I thought that I would go for this (picture taken once again from the 501st CRL).

 

 

I ordered the armour parts and helmet from Andy (DA) as I like his TIE one. It's basically the same helmet with a few add-ons and (obviously) a different colour scheme. The chest and back boxes from another member of the Facebook group "the shed of glittering delights". And the flight suit from an on-line store.

The armour as shown is white (left), but this is supposedly because the pictures were taken using flash, bleaching the grey plastic to white. So Andy is creating the hard armour parts in a grey plastic (right). Of course, it won't match the toys etc, but it will be more screen accurate, which is the yardstick.

 

  

First up, after ordering all the hard parts, is a new home for the boy when he arrives. A nice big box like the others have, decorated as required. And a flight suit from the usual suppliers. Now to wait.....

So, the helmet arrives from Andy Rodgers, and after finding it (3 days after it was delivered, as the courier had helpfully left it in a locked shed, long story) I opened the box and my heart sank. Either Andy's standards were slipping, or someone had been playing football with the box.

Luckily, Andy offered his usual 90-day, no quibbles guarantee, so I shipped the bits back down south for him to fix.