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Got the side panel roughed out for trigger frame

The trigger frame is beautiful! Mag well looking sharp too. Will the magazine release work like the real thing?

Aluminm MAG well test run

Yeah, but it doesn't show up well in photos. I hit it with some brown spray paint mist to look like dirt, but you have to redo it every couple washes. Actually hit the neckseal with the sander on the dremel, bit don't want to put holes in the suit where skin would show through. I like it being washable, so not adding zombie spots. Sent from my 831C using Tapatalk

I'm working on approvals for a Zombie Death Trooper in my Garrison right now and did a lot of looking back on what you've done here as some guidance. Very nice work. Nice attention to detail.

This.. I am just stumbling upon and will probably use this as a reference. I came across some old Commander Cody Animated armor (pretty busted up) and will probably try a "ZOMBIE CLONE" for fun. This thread will be helpful. Well done! I have to ask, what did you do for that helmet!? Or what is the face made from?

Drill the holes in the ends of the ammo belt 10mm from the edge.

LOVE that photo, Glen. Did you notice the only ones NOT wearing a pauldron are the two "HWTS"(?) at the top right?

Remember to attach the ammo belt to your canvas belt using the middle rivet first, then attach it to your abdomen and mark out the end rivets to prevent popping the rivets

In an epic - for the 501st - display of restraint and discipline, we are in the takeoff sequence however there are other aircraft ahead of us. I really have to commend the LMO office for keeping things moving in on orderly manner. Even though *the* LMO is a former FISD DL, he's not abusing his office to fast-track us. So, it will happen when it happens - likely before the end of month. However, I much prefer this type of fairness to how things are being run these days to "heroic efforts" or "special favors".

Thanks Tom. That's probably one of the best posts I've ever seen a maker provide with regards to their philosophy and design methodology. Not only is it always preferred to have the person doing the actual work speak to it, but also the objectivity provided as to "here is why" without the least equivocation or obfuscation whatsoever. I look forward to seeing more of your work in the ranks.

Lol!yeah Sandy's can be dry. A Ball game is a great first troop to say the least. Go big or go home, right? Once you get some battle wear on you the Sandy's will come around. Between us cause no one is reading this. They actually hate us cause they ain't us. But just keep that between us. Just kidding Dirty boys! Or ain't I?

Hi there. I just wanted to jump-in and address some of the comments that have been posted regarding my FOTK Ep8 Helmet. The parts that you see in the previously posted photo are our pre-production parts that were designed for easy 3D printing. Any of you who know design would understand that when you are designing something you are also thinking of the end result and materials that you are going to use. I 3D print all my props at TDK Props, so they are designed from that stand point. We followed the same process with our Death Trooper helmet, which again was designed in parts for ease of 3D printing and painting. There was no physical bucket in existence at the time so we designed from scratch using ref pics and Hot Toys figures, four-months before the movie was released. Our FOTK Ep8 helmet was designed in exactly the same way. So the earlier posted pic shows how our bucket goes together NOT how it will be molded and SOLD. The helmet that is for sale is in three parts, Main Helmet, separate nose piece and the aerator. As I see it, the end product I am looking to sell is no different than any other of the fan made helmets currently in market. All have been devised from reference material available but our development process may be different. You would have to confirm with them how they work. I would also like to highlight that there are a couple of design elements that are unique to my helmet. As you can see the pointy chin, teeth, underside around the front and the lenses are all different shapes to the Anovos EP8 bucket that they are selling. This helmet was designed six-weeks ago from ref pics that everyone else had. We had worked hard to make this as accurate as possible and I think we are very close. I hope this helps clarify things. Cheers Tom

Lmao!!! The funny thing is that absolutely no one else outside of the 501st gives a crap! It just all looks "cool" to the kids, etc that we're doing this for! Leave it to us to stress about the little things! Lol.

I think a sandy made this:

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Tim Waychoff TK-51878 "Dark CMF" FISD Executive Officer http://whitearmor.net/images/newsletter2015/aroundthedetachment.png http://i.imgur.com/REASe78.jpg Are you an approved TK that spends more time on the boards than the average Trooper? Do you enjoy using your knowledge to help out future and existing Troopers? If so, we would like to invite you to join the Imperial Attache program! Members of the I.A. team are chosen to help out not only those here on the boards, but on a local level as well. Our aim is to have at least one in each and every Garrison, Squad and Outpost in the entire legion to be the eyes and ears of the FISD on a local level. A suggested level of EIB or above is preferred, as part of the duties include assisting those aiming for levels 2 and 3, but is not a requirement. Being active on the boards on a regular basis and helping out where you can is, though. Some of the benefits: 1. Access to exclusive Attache merch., including patches, etc. 2. 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My Whoops! Par_ was a big contributor to the R1 CRL, and I was remiss in leaving him out. He's added in now. Thanks Reese!

Before next newsletter. No way I'll get to it before end of month

And now the ab-buttons are glued on *happy happy happy

As hankey said: And I also read it helps focus your vision out of the bucket, can definitely see that one. Oh and the most important reason why is it looks cool as poodoo. If you want to go über accurate though leave it white. Good choice on Geeky Pinks! Can't go wrong with her. Awesome that you're gonna start a thread, takes a while to document everything but it is so worth it. Plus you dump a lot of knowledge and information out to those new builders and get the chance to get answers from the more experienced ones on that costume. The tent I used was a small 2-person "go to a festival and leave it there" type of tent, it's really cramped and not a lot of space so I could really just paint a big piece at once or both thighs/shins etc. Also if you don't have a proper respirator and you're going to do this, GET ONE. Painting inside such a confined space without a proper respirator with filters is just asking for trouble, also wear clothes you don't care about.

DA is also known as BFA so that may help. For what it’s worth whilst DA isn’t the most popular it on the market (it’s quite popular with a lot of non 501st groups) it’s certainly more than good enough for all the way to Centurion. As for a build guide it’s the same as all modern kits, no special gotchas I’m aware of but I’ve not built one personally.

this is the machined inner body,, i have a cast one being done alos,,, its a perfect copy.... The machined one are limited... ive only made 35 of then... But i think these will be great for concept builds and adding electronics...

Many thanks Walter

Sniper Knee, Ammo Pack, and Calf Closures I was sort of dreading each of these because I didn't have a clear plan for any of them. Starting with the sniper knee, I wasn't entirely sure how much to trim. Looking back, I should have used the shin piece as a guide, but instead I basically eyeballed it. I glued it on then had to rip it off because I realized I had glued it on before gluing on the front cover strip. I also had the same experience as most people did where I basically bullied it into place. Here's the only photo I have of the process, and you'll see that I've forgotten to glue the cover strip on first. I'm a bit worried that I may have to eventually at minimum re-glue and at worst replace the sniper knee, because I know the sniper knee should ideally follow the line of the top of the shin, and I don't think mine does. I don't think this will hold up my basic approval, but it may block me from EIB or Centurion. I decided to leave it for now and cross that bridge when I get to it. For the ammo pack, I again basically failed to document the process. I did the trimming, including using a can as a template for the curved lower corners. I drilled the holes for the split rivets, installed them, was proud of myself, then took one look and realized I'd trimmed the ammo pack way too long, and there were huge gaps between the ammo pack and the side of the thigh. Fortunate I was able to salvage it because there was just enough length that I could simply re-trim it to the correct length while still using the same holes in the thigh. Just another reason not to rush through a build. The second time around I did take a couple photos of the split rivets. I found that using increasingly bigger Phillips head screwdriver bits worked best to set the split rivets. Additionally given the tight space in the thigh, I was able to split the rivets by using the side of the head of a hammer. This is an area where using the screen accurate cap rivets would have probably been easier, but I didn't want to have to buy another tool for a single use in my build. Don't forget to use washers for your split rivets as well. If you buy them from justjoseph, washers are included. As most people do, I added some E6000 between the ammo pack and the front of the thigh to keep it from dropping down. Finally, to keep it from snagging on my undersuit, I covered the split rivets with an drop of hot glue. Here is the finished ammo pack. For calf closures, this was another decision I agonized about a bit. I knew that the elastic plus bra hooks was screen accurate, but I was uneasy about drilling holes into the calf. Velcro was simple, but I'd heard that some folks had issues with it popping open, and I didn't like that it didn't have any 'give'. Ultimately I decided to go with Velcro for simplicity, and due to the fact that it was non destructive, so I could switch to the bra hooks later if I wanted. I ended up buying some low profile industrial white Velcro and I'll.jusy have to see how it holds up. If I do have problems with it popping open, I'll try adding an inner cover strip and adding Velcro to that.

Biceps and Forearms Like most people, I decided to start with the biceps and forearms because those tend to be the easiest parts of the kit, but they ended up being some of the most challenging because of how much I had to reduce them in size. Since I'm so short, I was really worried about having Popeye arms so I really wanted to make sure the arm pieces were fit well to me. The recommended way of assembling both the bicep and the forearm pieces is to assemble the front, then trim off the rear to get it down to the size you need. However, I found that trimming only from the back side left me with a really lopsided shape, especially with the forearms, where the swoop cut out from the inner elbow edge was totally lopsided if I only trimmed from the rear, so for most of the bicep and forearm pieces, I trimmed from both the front and rear. The problem this caused was that the WTF kit (I believe ATA is the same way) has ridges on both the front *and* rear of the biceps and forearms. This wouldn't necessarily be an issue, but in order to make that flat ridge, the pieces flare out slightly, as seen in this picture: Depending on where you trim along the bicep, you can basically be left with a bell curve shape on both parts which won't meet up well. This is what happened with me. For example, here is how I sized one of the forearms: After trimming I'm left with something that fits well: But as you can see the edges meet up in a V shape rather than a flat edge: While I did use a heat gun to try to turn the flared edge into more of a curve, my solution was basically to brute force it and clamp the heck out of them: This left the pieces in a somewhat oval shape: Which I remedied with a hot water bath and also using the heat gun: As an aside, I know that most new armor builders are warned away from using the heat gun, but I found it to be an indispensable part of my build, especially for a smaller person. I found that the tip in Zel's thread of heating the armor just to the point where the 'spring' starts to go was incredibly useful. I tended to do most of my heat bending with the gun set to around 450F. Here's how the arms fit on me: After gathering some feedback from this photo, I decided to trim off the first notch of both forearms. While I like the look of the long forearms, it prevented me from really being able to bend my arms in a useful way.