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Hello! Being inspired by Brian's amazing thread I thought I would begin a thread on building my relatively new ANH JMC-E11 Let's begin erm.....At the beginning! I fell into creating my own blaster by accident TBH. At the time, I was trooping with my trusty Doopy blaster. But, with age getting the better of me I found that towards the end of a long day's troop I was getting more and more pain in my elbow from carrying the resin E-11. It was then I decided I needed a lighter option. I bought my first (and only) 3D printed E-11 kit. Soon enough I realised why I had avoided working with 3D prints. The sanding ( along with the detail affected by the print layers ) were just so much work. Comparing the print to my Doopy blaster made me realise just how "off" some of the printed parts were. I decided I could do a better job building one from scratch using the excellent templates available out there. A friend of mine makes the receiver tubes from aluminium so I could reduce most of the weight with just this single part. I also decided that I would like my blaster to be able to comfortably accommodate electronics without the need to grind out solid resin parts. This meant that I would need to make hollow resin casts which in turn would reduce weight and leave as much space internally as possible. As time went by, I sourced a few original parts which I could not scratch build. Things such as the Sterling Grip, the counter, and scope. I also wanted to add a more detailed stock, so I got purchased one of those too and took it apart to cast. It then got to the point where I wanted 100% accuracy. I was lucky enough to come across an original sterling which was to form the backbone of my new blaster. Which meant I could ditch my scratch-built parts such as mag, mag housing, trigger housing etc, etc, etc. Making casts from an original is not for the faint hearted let me tell you! Saying that, I was soon to get my hands on a second L2A3 which is solely for display purposes! Well, there is a little history to the ANH JMC E-11. Now, let's move on to the kit itself. The entire blaster is made up of 75 individual parts which consist of aluminium and resin hollow casts. It has replacement screws, nuts, bolts and springs which will replace the resin ones. Wires, cord and Spring have also been sourced, along with the scope lenses and material to make the counter lens. You can see in the pics below a full listing of the parts which go into making the JMC E-11. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Sure, here they are

nice work,

Hi, In the UK here we have the one garrison, but I would expect with such a vast country as yours it would be more practical to join the nearest to where you live so you can troop at more localised events. Cosplay as a hobby can be expensive with travel and accommodation costs. So keeping it local with maybe the odd effort to travel to the big events further a field will make it easier. Plus you can connect with others more closer to you and possibly meet up in between troops. I’m sure whichever you choose to join, you will be made most welcome. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Normally you would join the garrison closest to your location. Info from the main legion site, Bloodfin Garrison www.bloodfingarrison.com Territory Occupied: Southern Indiana (United States) You can find their contact details here, you may be able to speak to someone on command about your issues https://www.501st.com/members/garrisonroster.php?garrisonId=48 Northern Darkness Garrison www.NorthernDarknessGarrison.com Territory Occupied: Northern Indiana (United States) https://www.501st.com/members/garrisonroster.php?garrisonId=96 Bluegrass Garrison www.bluegrassgarrison.com/ Territory Occupied: Kentucky (United States) https://www.501st.com/members/garrisonroster.php?garrisonId=140

Thanks!! Yeah….it has been a process!! the black and red Mando helmet was something a grind had printed and didn’t go right so he gave it to me to practice on.

That is not the correct link, that is your forum profile, should be this one, your membership profile https://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=19142

Wrong link, this is the one you want https://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=26147

Another easy assembly. Drilling out the rear of the D-ring mount allows for fitting. Then it was just a case of installing the ring mount to the end cap. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

WOW!

Welcome to the FISD. Wow, my hands are getting sore and cramped just looking at the pictures (I hate sanding). lol. Nice work!

Can't wait to build one of these some day. And it is already in transit right now. Following.

Nice work Dan, looking forward to seeing your project complete.

Hello Daniel and welcome to the FISD. Great job done on this helmet so far. If you really think about a collection, you could try a helmet kit from ABS next time (saves you from printing and all that filling and sanding in the future ) Did I spot a red and black Mando helmet in that first picture?

Nice work getting those pieces aligned and all the print lines gone, looking good