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Update - Lessons Learned: Methods: Heat gun is extremely risky - always keep the heat moving or else things'll warp Heat gun can be used on shims (tow away signs) to soften and contour as well as get a better fit after gluing Sealing iron sock - pressing too hard too early results in waffling. Semi circle file is really useful for smoothing down curved edges. Don't work late at night- a bad brain will result in regrets. Biceps: Left bicep was extremely small, hybrid mix and match left outer + ATA Works inner works very well. Anovos and ATA are really close in color. Shins: Sniper knee requires water bath to get proper fit. Sniper knee with sealing heat iron to form return contour is a good idea. Hello All! I had this ANOVOS kit sitting in my living room(s) (moved once) since 2016 and I'm finally kicked myself in the boot to get started. The ANOVOS booth guy said it'd be approximately 100 man hours to get it built... I'm starting to think he was underestimating... This is my first build ever, please forgive the amount of newbie stench I will be emitting. Shoutout to justjoseph63 for providing some good newbie advice and steering me in the right direction, which includes starting this thread. My build has been in motion for approximately a week now, all parts trimmed out of their molds per UKswraths/uswraths? guide, currently fitting all pieces before any gluing will be done. I'm a guy that likes to go big or go home, like I stated in the title, I'm shooting for Centurion/L3 approval, so hopefully I won't have a troopers accuracy regarding that ; thus, any approvers reading this, please let me know if I made any errors. Forearms Thigh - front Thigh - rear shims Questions - rear thigh shims 1. How does the shim look? Am I messing up? The left thigh shim I think is good, I can trim the splint where I marked with the sharpie, but for the right shim, I planned that I will need to add another splint (shim) to the outer, then glue them with an overlap, that way the overlap will an overlap of shims and be on the inside, then, ABS paste the valley and use a normal sized cover strip. 2. The right thigh seems to be smaller than the left, my right thigh is also bigger than my left. I have big thighs. On the left thigh I can maintain connections between the two side's return edges, but on the right thigh I cannot- I anticipated making a "fake" return edge from ABS paste and scrap, would anyone advise against doing this? 3. I just ordered a Hangar 9 sealing iron and cloth sock to make return edges for the top of the rear thighs - I kind of have a bubble butt, so those will need to be taken down. Would you recommend doing this before or after the thighs have been glued and coverstripped? Calve - front Calve - rear Questions - rear calve shims 1. The inner and outer upper returns don't seem to line up naturally, I plan to trim and shim accordingly to get them to line up, any advice on shimming calves? I don't have enough experience to gauge whether or not I want to use velcro or the bra strap closures. I feel like with the bra strap closures i'll have more athleticism , but i want to be sure the shims will look OK with them. I'll keep updating with more posts - I ran out of 2 inch tape, so I'll need to get some more before I can start fitting again. The 1 inch stuff doesn't hold up to squeezed flesh body pressures. Oh, I already messed up my left bicep trying to shape it with a heatgun - guess I will never do that again. I contacted ATAWorks for a replacement with a right bicep; hopefully I can get that soon.

Hi All! I’ve been getting a lot of offline requests to share how I got TrooperTalk to work really well lately, so I figured it makes sense to create a topic with all my info in one place. I just want to say, I absolutely love TrooperTalk. It took quite a bit to get it to the place where it’s useable for me, but it was well worth it! Now, it’s just not useable, I personally think it’s amazing. Here are the details. FYI, I got an iPhone 5 just for using this (a white one no less). When I troop and am using the background chatter, I have a USB battery plugged into it to extend the use for the entire troop. My settings: I’m using the mic that came with my Aker 1505 (it's better than the more expensive after-market one I bought). I’m sure there’s better out there, but it works really well. Voice volume (in app setting): -20 I have "voice volume threshold" at 0.05. I found that higher than that, as soon as my mic wasn't perfectly positioned my voice wasn't always coming through. I went with a slightly higher static burst volume (-25), especially for louder environments. Lowpass: 1540 Highpass: 2070 Radio Distortion: OFF Compression: 0 Don't play with voice pitch either. Just creates unnecessary distortion and latency (lag): 1.00 Echo Delay: 0 Voice Static: Unchecked So, with these basic settings I think it still sounds really really cool, and more importantly, it's way more usable to me. Easier to understand me, etc. etc. Very importantly, there is no feedback and not even any tinny feedback tones in the voice, when used with proper dampening and mic position. A really nice by-product of having these settings off is that your phone battery will last way longer, and the voice lag is very close to gone. On dampening: In early days, once my helmet was on, it loved to feed back. When I had my mic plugged straight into the Aker, with no helmet on, this wasn't an issue, as those high distortion-y sounding frequencies weren't being pinged so harshly. The sound of the app, mixed with the smooth parabolic surfaces of the helmet's interior are a recipe for feedback disaster. I was able to completely solve the feedback only with a 3-pronged approach of app settings, sound dampening inside the helmet and mic position. The dampening setup: Instead of hanging the Aker amp around my neck, I velcro'd it to the chest, at the speaker side. So, the velcro is directly over the speaker. I put a bit of foam inside the chest plate, just below the neckline, blocking sound from coming up through the neck and into the helmet. I bought 1/4" x 3/4" x 10' insulating foam tape, and I covered all the surfaces of the inside of my helmet, from about the temples down. Even the foam surface will be uneven with lines going different ways for extra dampening. Remember to cover ALL of the surface in the front of the helmet around the vocoder…even the rounded ones, cavities etc. The only place I didn’t dampen, was the top, rounded crown of the helmet. I found it wasn’t necessary, and I didn’t want any insulation up there to hinder the fans keeping my helmet cool. One more tiny but very important bit of feedback…even with total helmet dampening, when I have it loud, there will be a little tiny bit of tinny feedback in the voice when my mic is put directly in front of my mouth. However, when I have the mic a little bit off to the side of my mouth there's absolutely none. Solid as a rock. With voice static and/or radio distortion on, there's still more tinny feedback tone than I'm comfortable with. However, I find that it still has pretty close to the same quality of distortion through the app and the tone of the voice that I'm looking for, without them. I don't hear a lot of "stormtrooper quality" voice gained by either of those two features to even think about justifying the noise that comes with them. I'm very happy with the sound of the voice! Trooped with this, outdoor, in a very loud setting with kids, with my Aker cranked yesterday. No issues. Everyone understood me. Used 10% iPhone battery in 1.5 hours. Thanks again to Andrew for such an amazing app, and for those who’ve also helped by testing the settings and got back to me with their feedback!

It is my esteemed privilege to congratulate and welcome you to the 501st Legion Badlands Garrison TK -17997! Beautiful work Trooper!

I cut mine at the line, never a fan of the g-string feel when walking with that extra material. With the snaps, they will bow down with the pressure from the front cod and the elastic band pulling. My build, will still trim the outside returns for comfort.

On my build, not that I have finished, I cut about 5mm or so, from your line, that way you can keep the illusion of a return by reducing the inside curves to match it. That being said, I have been reducing the returns on my build to improve flexibility in the parts, so the 5mm may become less. If you look through my build, it may make more sense.

Yep, go with the paint. Your stencil work on the traps and tears is great.

Thought I should share an update here today: helmet paint will be finished tomorrow, and I have decided to move away from the original bracket strapping and do a button strapping instead which seems to be quite popular with essentially every legion member I have ever talked to, so yeah.. onto some more trimming and glueing, and then I can finally go into strapping more which will be the final step on my way to becoming a trooper

Dude... Bravo!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Either way is fine

Really impressed with the work you're doing here dude, great job.

Looking wonderfully ‘ANH’ to me [emoji1303][emoji1303][emoji1303]

You’ve done such a good job painting the rest, I’d definitely go templates. :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

One can find some great stuff in the junk box/bucket at these hardware stores. It’s like finding gold! I dig it!

A bit more progress on painting the helmet today... Right tear: Right trap: Left trap: Left tear: Can see on this one that I will need to do a little touch up with gray. But that is it as far as I'm concerned! I used the templates from TrooperBay and they worked very well. The left tear was most difficult to fit, but overall these worked excellently...unless you all say otherwise that is. I also finished the ears: Free handed and I'm completely satisfied with how they turned out. Now a question. My AP kit came with decals for the tube stripes. I also have a template from TrooperBay that I can use. The template I bought is very uniform and straight. The decal has a less uniform appearance. Here's a side-by-side: Decal on the left, template right. I'm interested in opinions on which is better. I'm building ANH Stunt, if that makes any difference. I'm leaning towards the template because I like the idea of having everything painted, but I welcome others opinions. Any difference as far as Centurion approval goes?

went looking for shim material yesterday, and low and behold - the trash/recycle bin at the home depot blind cutting area. 2 stacks of free shims!

Welcome to the FISD! Below, in the next 3 posts, you will find the lists of our Imperial Attachés. These are respected folks who have gone above and beyond the call of duty, and have been selected to welcome you to the world of shiny white armor! They are volunteers whose duties (in part) are to assist you on a local level to achieve your goal of joining the 501st Legion as Imperial Stormtroopers. Not all Garrisons, Squads, or Outposts may have them, in which case you should refer to the one that is closest. If you wish to contact your local Attaché regarding local events, activities, etc., you can PM (personal message) them here by simply clicking on their highlighted screen name, (example: @justjoseph63) Please note that again, these are volunteers, and may not be able to get back to you immediately, but if you have trouble getting in touch with someone, please feel free to contact @Nairy via PM. If you are a 501st approved Trooper who wishes to join the ranks of the Attachés, please get in touch with @Nairy and/or visit http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/15252-fisd-attaché-program/ Each Garrison is shown in ORANGE. Click on it for a direct link to their site. Post 1: United States Post 2: International Garrisons Post 3: Outposts (work in progress) An asterisk ** next to the Area Served means that the Attaché is verified active as of 2026. An asterisk ** next to the Area Served means that the Attaché is verified active as of 2024. An asterisk ** next to the Area Served means that the Attaché is verified active as of 2023. An asterisk ** next to the Area Served means that the Attaché is verified active as of 3/1/19. An asterisk ** next to the Area Served means that the Attaché is verified active as of 6/01/18. Thanks, and again, welcome to the home base of "Troopers helping Troopers"! Location Garrison/Squad Attaché Attaché contact Area served/Armor/Offices held ALABAMA Alabama Garrison Chris @bmth chris Montgomery ANH-S ** Delta Squad Needed -------- ------ ALASKA Alaskan Garrison Needed -------- ------ ARIZONA Dune Sea Garrison Eric @GoofTrooper Phoenix, AZ ANH-S ** ** ** Jundland Wastes Squad Scott @Hesikaya ANH-S ** ** ARKANSAS Diamond Garrison Bryan @Kagamaru Fort Smith, NWA ANH-H ** ** CALIFORNIA Southern California Garrison Orange County Squad Jeff @Oztrooper Orange County, CA ANH-S/ESB, Armorer ** ** ** Justin @TheRascalKing Orange County, CA ANH-S/ANH-H/ESB/HWT/RO/TFA, Armorer, Former DPRO ** ** ** ** Los Angeles Squad Michael @TK6682 Northwest Los Angeles County, CA ANH-S/ESB/TFA/Concept ** ** Ardeshir @equuspolo San Fernando Valley, CA ANH-S/ANH-H/ESB/HWT/TFA/TLJ/TLJ-E ** ** ** Inland Empire Squad Eriberto @TK Cowboy Nuevo, Riverside County, CA ANH-S, Squad Leader ** San Joaquin Squad Adam @Atom661 Bakersfield, CA ANH-S ** ** ** Channel Islands Squad Brian @mikidymac Ventura to Paso Robles, CA ANH-S ** Central CA. Garrison David @tat2trooper Sacramento, CA ANH-S ** ** South Valley Squad Rebecca @sharkbait Fresno, CA ESB ** Northern Mustafar Squad Needed -------- ------ Imperial Graffiti Squad Needed -------- ------ Imperial Sands Garrison Needed -------- San Diego, CA Golden Gate Garrison Tony @ukswrath ANH-S/TFA/HWT, Former DXO, Armorer, FISD Diplomat ** ** ** East Bay Squad Needed -------- ------ North Bay Squad Craig @Batlord77 ANH-S/TFA ** Peninsula Squad Sha Sha @shashachu San Francisco ANH-S, Asst. Squad Leader, Former DO ** ** ** ** South Bay Squad Needed -------- ------ COLORADO Mountain Garrison Needed -------- ------ CONNECTICUT Connecticut Garrison Needed -------- ------ DELAWARE First State Garrison Needed -------- ------ FLORIDA Florida Garrison Tampa Bay Squad Ken @PiettLives Tampa Bay ANH-S, Trooper Academy CO ** ** ** ** Chuck @TK 33773 Tampa Bay ANH-S ** ** Everglades Squad Tarkan @TookBreaker South Florida ANH-S/ESB ** Makaze Squad Mike @msouza Windermere (Orlando) ANH-S ** ** ** ** Parjai Squad Needed -------- ------ Squad 7 Doug @DUGJAX ANH-S, GML ** ** Honorary Attaché Joseph @justjoseph63 Live Oak ANH-S/ANH-H/HWT, Former Attaché Ambassador, DO, XO. DL ** GEORGIA Georgia Garrison Ocmulgee Squad Needed -------- ------ Outlanders Squad Needed -------- ------ Venator Squad Jorge @zv288bot North West Atlanta ANH-S ** ** ** ** Caleb @MaskedVengeance Far Northwest Georgia ANH-S, Former Attaché Ambassador, Current DCoG ** ** ** Coastal Empire Squad Needed -------- ------ Terminus Squad Chris @PhoenixTrooper Atlanta Area ANH-S/TFA/DTH, Armorer ** ** ** Nemesis Squad Christine @Cricket Atlanta Area ANH-S, GML, Squad Leader ** ** ** ** HAWAII Pacific Outpost Needed -------- ------ ILLINOIS Midwest Garrison Dan @KaiserintheHood ANH-S/HWT ** ** INDIANA Bloodfin Garrison Needed -------- ------ Dathomir Squad Northern Darkness Garrison Mark @captsafe66 ANH-S/HWT/TFA/TLJ-E, Former GCO, Current GML, DCoG ** ** IOWA Central Garrison Needed -------- ------ Imperial 80th Squad Ben @Buttons Omaha, NE ANH-S ** ** ** KANSAS 70th Explorers Garrison Needed -------- ------ Firehawk Squad Needed -------- ------ Gateway Squad Needed -------- ------ Great Plains Squad Needed -------- ------ KENTUCKY Bluegrass Garrison Needed -------- ------ Blue Sun Squad Needed -------- ------ Derby City Squad Darin @Darin Ennis Louisville KY ANH-S ** ** Northern Vanguard Squad Needed -------- ------ LOUISIANA Bast Alpha Garrison Shane @Shanester New Orleans ANH-S, XO ** ** MAINE New England Garrison Needed -------- See @DocDan Central Vermont TFA ** ** ** MARYLAND Old Line Garrison Alex @Alikh D.C. / Baltimore ANH-S ** ** ** MASSACHUSETTS New England Garrison Needed -------- See @magni Providence, RI, and Mass. ANH-S/HWT/TKC ** ** ** MICHIGAN Great Lakes Garrison Needed -------- ------ MINNESOTA Central Garrison Needed -------- ------ MISSISSIPPI Rancor Raiders Garrison Needed -------- ------ MISSOURI 70th Explorer's Garrison Needed -------- ------ Garrison 66 Needed -------- ------ MONTANA Timberline Garrison Needed -------- ------ NEBRASKA Central Garrison Needed -------- ------ Imperial 80th Squad Ben @Buttons Omaha, NE ANH-S ** ** ** NEVADA Neon City Garrison Brien @Harbinger Reno, NV ANH-S ** ** ** ** Matt @thechosenhitman Las Vegas, NV ESB ** ** ** ** NEW HAMPSHIRE New England Garrison Needed -------- See @magni Providence, RI, and Mass. ANH-S/HWT/TKC ** ** ** NEW JERSEY N.E. Remnant Garrison Anthony @Redforce Northern New Jersey ANH-S ** ** Eric @Hoda ANH-S/ANH-H/ESB, DPRO ** NEW MEXICO Dewback Ridge Garrison Brandon @elwessbrandon Albuquerque ROTJ ** ** NEW YORK Empire City Garrison Allan @allan1313 East L.I., Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan ANH-S/ESB/HWT ** ** Steve @starsaber25 East Long Island ANH-S/ANH-H/ESB, GML, DCoG ** ** ** ** Bill @Cybergrunt Central Long Island ANH-S/HWT, GG, MBO ** ** ** John @JBar NYC ANH-S ** ** Hudson Valley Squad Erick @echo327 Hudson Valley ANH-S ** ** Garrison Excelsior Needed -------- ------ Nickel City Squad Needed -------- ------ NORTH CAROLINA Carolina Garrison Shawn @CrookKnight Charleston NC area HWT, Armor & Pack Expert ** ** Crimson Sky Squad Needed -------- ------ Palmetto Guardian Squad Needed -------- ------ Western Overwatch Squad Needed -------- ------ NORTH DAKOTA Central Garrison Needed -------- ------ Imperial 80th Squad Needed -------- ------ OHIO Ohio Garrison Jeff @StrmTRPR85 Columbus, OH ANH-S ** OKLAHOMA Oklahoma Garrison Rachel @Spadille Central Oklahoma ANH-S ** ** OREGON Cloud City Garrison Needed -------- ------ PENNSYLVANIA Garrison Carida Needed -------- ------ StarKiller Garrison Needed -------- ------ PUERTO RICO Puerto Rico Garrison Christian @v7sg San Juan, PR ANH-S/ESB/TFA, GCO ** ** ** ** RHODE ISLAND New England Garrison Randy @magni Providence, RI, and Mass. ANH-S/HWT/TKC ** ** ** SOUTH CAROLINA Carolina Garrison Needed -------- ------ Crimson Sky Squad Needed -------- ------ Palmetto Guardian Squad Needed -------- ------ Western Overwatch Squad Needed -------- ------ SOUTH DAKOTA Central Garrison Needed -------- ------ TENNESSEE Midsouth Garrison Knox Eisley Squad Brian @Tilheyra Knoxville TKS ** ** Mos Nooga Squad Needed -------- See @MaskedVengeance Chattanooga, TN area ANH-S, Former Attaché Ambassador, Current DCoG ** ** Music City Squad Needed -------- ------ Twin Sun Squad Terry @dblcross Memphis ANH-S ** ** TEXAS Star Garrison South Texas Squad Helen @mamaking ANH-S ** ** North Texas Squad Needed -------- ------ West Texas Squad Needed -------- ------ Central Texas Squad Needed -------- ------ Texas Gulf Coast Squad Jose @TK 71627 Edinburg ANH-S, Recruit Liaison ** ** Imperial Rough Rider Squad Needed -------- ------ Desert Inferno Squad Needed -------- ------ UTAH Alpine Garrison Ben @Neb Sgird Provo/Salt Lake City area ANH-S/HWT, Extended PR/GML Team ** Kyle @FN1313 Salt Lake City ANH-S ** ** ** ** VERMONT New England Garrison Green Mountain Squad Daniel @DocDan Central Vermont TFA ** ** ** VIRGINIA Garrison Tyranus Galactic Central Squad James @jsilvius Richmond ANH-S, DMBO, GXO ** ** ** Inferno Squad Needed -------- ------ Serenno Squad Needed -------- ------ Sienar Fleet Squad Needed -------- ------ WASHINGTON Cloud City Garrison D'Angelo @DStep Vancouver, WA ANH-S ** ** Garrison Titan Paul @Daetrin Seattle, WA ANH-S/ANH-H/ESB, FISD Founder ** WASHINGTON D.C. Old Line Garrison Alex @Alikh D.C. / Baltimore ANH-S ** ** ** WEST VIRGINIA Garrison Corellia Needed -------- ------ WISCONSIN Wisconsin Garrison Caleb @dejango Green Bay ANH-S ** WYOMING Mountain Garrison Needed -------- ------