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Good option for a very reasonable price. My Imperial Warfighters one is an older version now, but still pretty good. His newer ones have a more accurate magazine amongst other improvements. Below is my Doopys Vs Imperial Warfighters. :-)

Since the video section of Flickr is still not accepting new video's, here's a YouTube link instead: Fortunately everything survived the build-in process! Cheers

There's a big difference, actually. While the principle of using nylon webbing may sound more practical, it gives zero stretch and limits your movement in armour. Not only that, the zero stretch means it will pop your snaps or crack your armour when you move around too much. I know some people use webbing exclusively but I would strongly advise against it and use elastic instead. If you use quality elastic it will last a long time and if you have to swap it out eventually, so be it.

Time for a new project! I've always liked the look of the SE-14R so I decided it was time to make one of my own. I also wanted something with lights and sounds, as my Hyperfirm has none, but didn't want to put a lot of time or effort into doing so. I started of by printing this blaster: THINGIVERSE ----------- I've had to modify a few parts to allow for adding electronics. I bought a cheap blaster from the dollar store that I plan to transplant into this blaster: After opening it up (and tossing the housing) I am left with a speaker, an LED diode and a battery pack (which I cut out of the plastic handle): Now that I knew what I had to work with, it's time to start modifying the print files. First I had to make room for batteries in the magazine receiver, which was easily accomplished with a dremel and some Apoxie Sculpt: I did the same to the frame, so I can wire in the circuit board and a toggle switch for the trigger (not pictured, sorry!). The LED diode will sit at the end of the barrel (may see if I can easily swap in a larger/brighter one without having to redo everything - I'm going for a no-frills, budget approach to lights and sound!), and I figured I would put the speaker at the other end. To do so, the end cap must be modified to make room for the speaker. It will also need a grille for sound to escape: I plan on covering the opening with speaker cloth, but even so, I couldn't help myself. Another thing I had to do was print the barrel in two parts and glue them together (used a piece of plastic rod to reinforce the joint): I also picked up the correct scope off of eBay for $8 (also pictured is some other stuff, new build thread coming soon!): Hoping to get the new end cap printed up tonight, figure out where I need to drill holes in the barrel/frame for wires, and then I should be good-to-go with sanding/filling/priming.

EVENT: Astrofest 2019 (10th Anniversary) LOCATION: Curtain Stadium DATE: 16th March 2019 TIME: 5:33pm to ~ 9pm. LANDSCAPE/WEATHER: Outdoors and clear skies!! TROOPERS: TK51164 -Stuart-DV64 TI59226-Jerry-jezzapm TK85421-Q-gmrhodes TD84000-Plunk-DARTHTROOPER TI86557-Jason-Volksjager TI47140-Jason-tantaris TI98311-Peter-Flocky IG21897-Johnathon-ImperialKanos BH79815 - Glenn - Fett79 ID11842 - Kate - K8T TI7642 - Mark - Kade TI36367 - Luke - Gyurizon TK671 - Mark - tk671 SL98593 - Garry - Gazman TR40515 - Mel - Miss Red TI10996 - Jo - Mitchru TI77702 - Julie - Jules WRANGLERS: Em Marie REPORT: After clearance for landing at designated pad troopers made their way to briefing room greeted by point trooper Stuart. Troopers changed with time to spare and the local governor in charge of the facility did an ID check and we were briefed on the activities of the night. We had out at 5:33pm with imperial precision. An advanced trooper was out scouting ahead as we arrived to the area of operation. Pincer flight was out in force as the local governor had displayed the local TIE fighter. Lord Vader and guard was a hit with the local populace. Rebel forces were kept to a minimum. Juno Eclipse standing by Vader wooing the crowds and shaking the tin for charity. TIE pilots and reserves headed to the TIE fighter to pose for photos with the stunned crowd who were amazed at our brilliance. Stormtroopers and Sandtroopers were under cover patrolling the main concourse and keeping the peace. A patrol of the area was carried out several times interacting with the lines of people entering the imperial establishment. Around 8pm it was starting to drop off in activity so TIE pilots left the stormtrooper, sandtrooper and Juno and few others to finish off the evening. Great job by the wranglers collecting a decent amount for Starlight foundation. Thank you to Stuart for organising this troop. This is a great troop worthy of the Empires best efforts. CHARITY: Starlight foundation ($203.50 raised) INJURIES: None reported ARMOR REPAIRS: None reported HAPPY PEOPLE: All citizens of the empire pleased with our presence UNHAPPY PEOPLE: None. If there were any they go to the spice mines of Kessel. MISSION STATUS: Sector cleared. REPORT BY: Flocky

I started building my TFA Phasma out of steel in September (?) 2016 after seeing the “Silver Stormtrooper” in the movie, and knowing the character was female. I was going to make a kit supplied by Shawn Thorsson, but noticed that I would have a major problem with inner thigh chafing that would make a Chrome paint job a real issue. I have a background in blacksmithing and making wearable suits of armor out of steel, so I thought to use my knowledge base to make my own Phasma. My biggest issues have been that there are no templates for this suit (or there weren’t when I got started), so I have had to create EVERY part of this suit first out of a paper template, and then cut it out of steel and make it as accurately as I can. The other issue I have is that I am only able to work on this project a few hours a month (and my dad’s smithy is about 80 miles away from my house), so it has taken me almost 2 years to get where I am. I will post some (but definitely not all - I have tons) photos of my build, and I will try to have them in some organized manner. I’ll post the images mostly in the order that I made the pieces. ** right now I’m having a deuce of a time uploading ANY images, and I may have to try this post again at a later time [emoji20]

Please move this to the forum that you think is most appropriate if this is not the right one. What is an LMO? The Legion Membership Team are responsible for reviewing and processing applications for membership, and maintaining and updating member information in the Legion database. The Legion Membership Officer drives costume policies, including acceptable costume types for membership and setting standards for costume submissions, and are the final arbiter of member costume issues and approvals. The Legion Membership Officer supervises and advises Detachments, Garrison Membership Liaisons, and Garrison Web Liaisons on any questions or issues they may have with members costumes. Have a question about membership these are the folks to talk to! LMO@501st.com There are two point of contact LMOs assigned to this Detachment: Eric Brager TK-9674 and Brian Anderson TK-7602 *Thinking of starting a NTTL (New to the Legion) Costume? Please make sure you keep in contact with the Detachment. *For “New to the Legion” costumes please have a look here: http://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:CRLGuide Here is a brief list of some of the improvements we have planned for this term: • Communication, Clarity and Consistency: Utilizing the legion forum to regularly engage the membership and command staff alike through open and transparent lines of communication. (Ongoing) • Increase engagement with Detachment Leaders: Regular group meetings and conference calls to work with each other as a team. (Q1) • Launching “CRL Development Guide”: (Q1) • Streamline and document the process of creating and changing CRLs: (Q1) • Update the LMO Survival Guide: This will help current and future LMO understand the role and it’s responsibilities. (Q1) • CRL attainability: Ensuring CRLs and costumes attainable for all people in all countries and walks of life. (Ongoing) * Finishing 75% of unfinished CRLs: Supporting the detachments to find models and writing text for CRLs that are not yet green. (Q3) • Add galleries to every CRL: Increasing the use of detailed reference imagery in CRLs (Q3) • Create CRL Development Forums: Utilizing the legion forums for open and transparent development of new the legion CRLs.. (Q3) • Encouraging GML Feedback: Engaging the GMLs to ensure they know the LMO team is here to support them. Make formal efforts to receive feedback from GMLs about CRLs and the approval process. (Ongoing) • Regular Membership Surveys: We want to know what the members want. We serve the membership. (Ongoing) About Me My name is Dawn Bright and I am the LMO for the 501st Legion, ALMO with the Rebel Legion, I have previously served as XO of the Flagship Eclipse (501st) and the Senatorial Detachment (RL), GML of Southern California Garrison and a Legion Costume Judge (LCJ) for the Rebel Legion. I love making costumes (with an emphasis on EU and new to the legion), I have almost 60 (RL/501) Legion approved costumes. In my normal day to day life I am an Administrator of a care home for developmentally delayed adults in independent and inclusive living situations in sunny Southern California. I work with family's and social workers to establish communication between what the families and residents want for themselves to feel productive and able and I institute success for people in need. I'm a people person and as an LMO I put members first and foremost. People like you with passion for the costumes in this Detachment. We are all volunteers who have spent hundreds of dollars or/and hundreds of hours making costumes. I promise you that you will be treated with respect and deserve honest and efficient results. I look forward to serving you and working with this fine Detachment About the Team Michael Capell CT/SL/ID-3037 Timberline Garrison Michael has been an LMO and on the LMO Team for about a decade. He has done many things in the Legion since his wife told him she was joining and that he needed to as well. He has been the SLD Webmaster for ten years, as well as (over the years) been a GXO, GML, GWL, and GEC. He specializes in Clones, EU / Legends, Sith Lord costumes, and helping people where he can. He’s looking forward to another term helping expand our Costume Reference Library. Blair Douglas ID-12266 Midwest Garrison Blair is new to the LMO team but has served as a liaison for unity for the clubs for many years. She has LMO experience with the Rebel Legion and has led an effort in the RL around costume approval reform with a concentration on maintaining quality, improving consistency, and making approvals attainable. Her experience will help us address some of the current pain points within the 501st system. An additional bonus is that Blair is a lead software engineer by day helping to provide Fortune 500 companies technical solutions for their business needs. Her professional experience will also help us assess the current state of the systems supporting costume approvals and help to figure out how to improve them to facilitate a more positive costume approval experience. Fun fact Blair plays bass in the band Soft Speaker, extra fun fact she paid her way through college playing bass in a U2 tribute band and her nickname was Madame Clayton. Kris Kobus ID-33633 United Kingdom Garrison Kris is new to LMO but has held positions such as XO and DCA for the IOC and Events administrator for his Garrison where he is also a Officer costume adviser. Kris is a workaholic and does not believe in sleep so is usually always available no matter the time zone. Brian Anderson TK-7602 New England Garrison Brian has been the LMO team lead previously. He was one of the driving forces of Detachment empowerment and pushed for CRL changes. Brian has been on local staff and Detachment level staff for many years and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table. Brian is known as the “make it look like the picture!” guy when it comes to standards and truly embraces current Legion culture. Eric Brager TK-9674 New England Garrison Eric was the lead LMO for the 501st Legion two terms from 2015 to 2017. He has twice been elected FISD Detachment Leader and has held a number of garrison level command positions in the 501st Legion We are so very excited to work with you guys! One thing I love so much about Detachments is the love for new CRLs and the passion. Both of which are very near and dear to my heart. Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Detachment or LMO team. I prefer messages Here or to LMO@501st.com that way I keep record of them and can tag appropriate parties Thank you and have a nice day, Dawn Bright SL-13377 www.SL13377.com https://www.501st.com/members/displaymember.php?userID=15902&costumeID=343

Looking good

Bummer Kris, I did update mine adding the missing silver bands, the black circles and also sanded and painted the black end screws, I'm not stripping the whole thing down just to add some extra led's though. It really comes down to local GML's but going of the CRL it doesn't mention the lights or how many there should be but does mention the extra silver bands. Perhaps some higher level details should be added to the CRL so basic requirements are a little more obtainable, after all we allow a lot less details for other optional weapons on other CRL's. Riot Baton The baton has a white base with two black triangles on both sides, a silver pommel, black side grips, and a silver handle perpendicular to the base. The end of the base has an extension roughly 1 foot long with 5 silver bands equally spaced apart. There is a black strip running down the center of both sides of the extension. At the end of the extension, there are two white half cylinder arms each with 5 silver bands equally spaced apart. The end of the half-cylinders are angled at roughly 45 degrees.

Button panels painted today, side poppers added, fashioning a slide catch to help keep it aligned. Elastics added to arm parts. Gloves ordered. Re measure of legs so hope to get them finished this week. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi Dan, yes the switch has a very nice ‘click’. And the angles of the 3 positions match the ‘A R S’ printing on the grip very well. I’m very happy that Paul included this switch in my BlastFX kit!

Very nice. Looks like the switch has a very satisfying ‘click’ to it. Good stufff. :-)

None of the red LED panels are accurate, the one furthest from the handle is too small and has 4 screw holes and the end cap is wrong. It's also missing a black circle either side, near the handle. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk

Well done!

Wow!

I’ve got an Imperial Warfighters ordered because I’ve seen it approved at Centurion out of the box and I needed something affordable and durable.

I just wish to offer my condolences to you for your loss. Taking the time to make sure you are in a stable and good place is important, and everyone here understands that, so I'm glad to see you waited until you returned. (P.S. We missed you too).

Congrats, Trooper. Well done. :-)

Hi Tina. Glad to see you starting a build thread here. Sounds like you ordered some cool stuff from Brian (@Bulldog44) and Chris (@themaninthesuitcase). This should make a nice blaster. This pvc tube is meant as a backfill behind the venting holes in the resin receiver. Just paint it black, slide it in and it will simulate your inner front barrel. No drilling required except for the spots where your scope rail and folding stock will lock in. You are on a good way. Keep the updates coming...

Happy St. Phasma’s/Patrick’s Day You fierce Lads and Lasses! ~May the sun shine warm on your bucket! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Congratulations trooper

For full transparency, a note to Zylo and anyone else reading along: Although we did originally decide as a DO team to not pass Zylo's original blaster for EIB, upon receiving feedback from some trusted members, it is evident that given the current CRL, his original blaster should have passed for EIB, although it likely would not have been allowed at Centurion. @zyloRN - I want to personally apologize for this mistake, but by the time we reached this conclusion, your new blaster had already arrived. One of the major things we strive for as DOs is consistency, but at the end of the day we are but human inside of our plastic space armor and we certainly do make mistakes. Unfortunately in this case, it resulted in a member spending extra money for a new blaster. Please feel free to reach out to me or any of my fellow DOs if you have any further questions/concerns.

Shoulder bells: (Left - unfinished right - finished)

I've never dropped a blaster either but I've had youngsters rip my scope off when I had a plastic version

So sorry for your loss, real life can be a real blocker at times, looking forward to seeing you back on the build, when you are ready

Nice work trooper, Imgur is the way to go with posting photos, once you upload just copy the "direct link" straight into your post. Just a couple of things to really make your build stand out: Could bring your forearms up a little, they are touching your handguards. Ridges on forearms not matching, rotate the right arm to match the left. Shoulder bells could come in more at the top, reduce the strapping length. Adjust position of shoulder straps at the back so they are aligned better to back plate. Thigh cover strips should stop before the lower ridge. Drop boxes should align with the end of the plastic belt, you may need to add a dap of glue to the straps to help them stay in the same position. Ab button paint could be a little smaller, the smaller ab plate could be trimmed a little more, also the plates do not have rounded corners There are also a few images the DO's will want to see which I don't see in your application (perhaps they are in the links) Blaster both sides and D ring Thigh strip rivets, inside and out. Sniper plate from front and directly side on to show sniper plate to shin alignment. Butt/cod rivet/snaps. TD screws (and should be "pan head") S trim Green lenses Helmet screws top and bottoms. A few tweaks and I'm sure you will be fine, good luck

Sorry about your loss. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Were very sorry for your loss Lorelei. Well be here for you when you're ready, no rush.

I'm so sorry for your loss, Lorelei. Real life first, but we're glad you're back.

Excellent work.

Holy smokes! A modern day blacksmith Awesome!

I would say about the width of the detonator. Don’t know if their are exact measurements but I’m sure if there is it’ll be in the next CRL Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Truly amazing work, I would love to know the total weight of the armour once completed.

My new Praetorian E-11 blaster arrived today - submitting pics of it here to continue my EIB approval process

Thanks! I'll pm him. And thanks for the info on the blaster.

I've got a few helmet kits ready to go. I'm hoping to get the sale thread up this weekend.

I used a 1 in thick 3x3in size piece of hard foam when I did my sizing down and they came out great, Used 1 piece at the bottom and 1 at the top. yes, I removed them after I sized down. I have some soft foam in there now so they dont bounce or move when I'm walking Advice: Better to under trim it and have them slightly large than too tight and have to shim. (A painful lesson I learned on my calves)

Excellent, I have a very similar gap. You don't want them too tight so you can move freely. Stairs are a challenge in a TK and that little bit of room may well allow you enough movement to negotiate them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for this! I have it bookmarked. I am trying to work to EIB guidelines from start. But I will be happy just to meet my goal of wearable armor by May 17th.

I love this!! I do have snaps fair close to the edge of the butt/kidney and I think they're tight ish? But the straps for those snaps aren't elastic - that can be improved too.

Requesting 501st access please TK 15579 from Chinese Garrison requesting 501st access. http://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=28321 Regards

Scratches head and fires up YouTube...

You're absolutely right. In the end, we each have the ability to pick how we want to troop. There are people in both camps. In the end, it's what makes you happy, and gives you the most enjoyment while trooping.

Wow, you are making it way too easy for the newbie-newbies. This newbie did a lot of digging and cloak & dagger research to learn all this.