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Welcome back Jayke. Good luck on your approval

That sounds like a fun moment! 😄 It’s great that you managed to stay cool and hydrated while everyone thought you were bracing for hurricane winds. The simulator must have made the whole experience even more entertaining for the crowd.

Thanks, I'll check them out- though I've been trying to minimize my Facebook use as of late. Looks like the latest post has the same problem as I do, and the fix was to get a whole new BLE board. I'd rather save that as the last ditch plan since the one I got took almost a month to get shipped here to Canada. Wanted to try troubleshooting it first.

I've not seen that locally so interested in seeing how you go. Like any paint it does take some time to work out how heavy or light you can spray as well as distance from the piece. As I've said previously I found auto acrylic really the easiest of all the paints I've tried, very forgiving but sure you can still get runs. I've painted 3 sets of armor and 1/2 dozen helmets without much issues. I would suggest cleaning the spray tip between spraying as well as shaking the cans, no matter how long you have shaken it before you begin. One paint I did try with my Mandalorian was the 2K clear, love this stuff, expensive and highly toxic and you need to use the whole spray can once activated but what a finish, gives a deep look and very glossy, it also has very little orange peel due to how it dries. Hope you have better luck this time

Just a couple of things you could address. Helmet appears to be sitting high, you may want to see if you can adjust the padding, or tilt the helmet back so there is not as much black showing. Looks like your shoulder straps are not under your elastic straps in the rear photo, they should also be centered to teh backplate. Also shins are not quite closed Brow trim is on an angle You may notice your posterior is sticking out, I came up with a V tab system which reduces this, may be worth a try. With a heat gun or oven you bend strips of ABS plastic into the shape of a V, only glue one side and the other remains free to allow movement when you bend. Just helps stop the butt plate from pushing back from the back plate.

"... higher-end finishes others are spraying through proper paint guns". That's very true. My FOTK was my one and only to receive a professional paint job. As much experience I had with auto guns, I still paid someone to shoot mine. I'd find some way to jack that up. It's hard to believe it been 11 years since building my TFA. Even though it's been trooped in quite a few times it still looks like the day I brought it home form the shop, except for a couple nicks and dings naturally.

Ipod / MP3 players plug into the amp in the auxiliary in on the side (if using an Aker amp)

Hello! It has been just over 6 years since I last posted. I started this build when I was too young to join the Legion, and I ended up being happy just wearing this armor (amongst other costumes) just for myself, and didn't feel the need to join a group. Now in my early twenties, I feel the need for that community and to do more good with this armor than ever I did before. I have since moved back to Canada where I'm from, and I'll be joining up with the Badlands Garrison, I am just awaiting approval. I started to feel the unfinished business of not accomplishing my goal of joining the 501st, and I'm really glad to be remedying that. Here are a few of my approval photos.

@revlimiter we need to do better No worries, I'll still manage to procrastinate building my new armor. ... you get 10 new memes in one day as an apology for the lack of activity. Sorry, Chris, the addiction is back in full force!