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Been hard to get anything done these last few weeks… my 17 year old cat Daisy died on Jan 9th. (Raised her from 5 weeks old)… my mom died at the end of Jan… and then my dad died end of Feb… but I did get around to doing something more on my armor the other day. I added elastic straps for holding the shoulder bridges down. this is how I did it. aligned the ends stapled together added e6000 heat shrunk over that and they work

Hey all: I'm still waiting for armor to arrive, and while I do, I've tried to hone my assembly skills by working on a few different blasters. Between a Rubie's E-11 Conversion, a Disney E-11 conversion, a DoopyDoos/T-Jay build, a poor-man DLT-19 (from the 2008 Clone "Build a Blaster"), and a Disney DL-44 conversion (just for fun), I'm coming to realize that I have several blasters I'm going to want to display. Bookshelf space isn't gonna cut it, so I did some research, trying to figure out a good way to wall-mount all my blasters. But I have several requirements of a wall-mounting solution: - It must not scratch the blaster - It must allow the blaster sufficient space away from the wall to fit - It must not be ugly/overly obvious - It must not be overly expensive - It must be easy for me to take the blaster down or put it back up And while perusing Amazon, I found these: These are guitar hooks, designed to mount a guitar on the wall without damaging it. Each mount has two foam-padded prongs that extend about 5" from the wall and can be rotated into any position. And they hold that position, unless your blaster is excessively heavy. They're not flexible, they just rotate 360 degrees. Because of this, they are very forgiving about positioning for odd-shaped items. You can also squish the two prongs together so that they are like a single large prong. They do come with standard screws and weak drywall anchors, but I decided to go out and get better anchors and black screws, so that the mounting hardware would be less visible. I made sure to get screws that are a little bit longer than the anchor's screws, because of the thickness of the hook mount (1-1/4" was enough): I mounted them 10" apart and leveled them vertically to each other, not caring about the shape of the blaster. Just to see how they would handle it. Surprisingly well! Yes, I know that an E-11 wants to "roll over", but these hooks allow me to compensate for that. I then tried an alternate configuration that I like better. Now the blaster doesn't want to roll at all: Much more stable and attractive, in my opinion. I just ordered a bunch more for the rest of my blaster projects. They come in single packs at $3 each: http://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Hanger-Holder-Mount-Display/dp/B005CX4GLE They come in 2-packs at around $5.35 ($2.68/ea): http://www.amazon.com/2-PACK-Display-guitars-Mounting-Hardware/dp/B00LTDOIXW They come in 3-packs for around $6.50 ($2.17/ea): http://www.amazon.com/3-PACK-StageTM-Display-Mounting-Hardware/dp/B00LTDOL02 They come in 4-packs for around $7.65 ($1.91/ea!!!!): http://www.amazon.com/StageTM-Display-guitars-Mounting-Hardware/dp/B00LTDON0K I really recommend these hooks, they allow the blaster to "float" off the wall. The shadow effect can be quite striking: Will repost here when I've finished all my blasters. Enjoy! Bill

I couldn't help but spot a muddy Anthology trooper...

Also, either they have holsters now, or the riot baton from R1 and Battlefront II has returned...

Congrats Ben. Nice work.

Congrats. Awesome job.