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here is the link to it on their website: ---------- Model: 277-1008 Catalog #: 277-1008

Not a damn thing. Ok maybe finish the painting on my helmet. I cut vent slots in the back during the winter and now that its summer I've pulled the decals and am painting the area.

FYI AP is great armor.

Athrun, Check out this link, he shows how to build the armor out of Foamie Foam... http://www.tk409.com/tk409.html ...you want the MINI TROOPER section near the bottom. If you have any questions feel free to PM me. Some of the parts are tricky to make (shoulder bells).

Nice job Mike. I made a tk suit for my nephew as well out of the Foamie foam. FYI you can buy big rolls of it at Jo Ann's Fabric store. Michaels does not carry the big rolls (at least near me they don't). The two problems I had with it was that one it tears (boys are a bit hard on the armor), and you gotta find a strong glue. I found that the glue they sell for Foamie foam does not hold up at all. Make sure you reinforce any areas that are obvious stress zones.

very cool looking. I have one question, in your very first photo your helmet appears to be split in half vertically, was that how it came? I have not seen a helmet like that before.

Looking great. TK-TEX get started on yours. Its not that hard and there are plenty of tutorials to follow on here. I am not a skilled crafts man and mine turned out pretty darn good (ok I had to replace my ear pieces cause I over trimmed).

welcome back and good luck with your continued recovery...well it will now be more of a total life style change.

regarding attaching velcro...when I attach velcro to a cloth surface I add fabric glue to it. The velcro does already have an adhesive on it but I find that it does not hold well on fabric (canvas, strapping, etc). I find the fabric glue really helps hold it in place. You can get fabric glue at any art store or fabric store. It dries very quickly too.

What Paul says is very true about AP. I had a strap that went around the bicep piece except it kept slipping off and it was very hard to put the armor on with it. since removing it, I've had no problems and I am very happy with the fit and how it stays in place.

ah yes the classic armor bite...makes us look like a bunch of heroin users:))

On the one thigh I did using the butt seam, I found it much easier to first glue little tabs on the inside of the thigh pieces to hold them together and then glue the long outside strip into place. I'll get to do this to my other thigh because I just had a blow out on it. When I built my armor I with started butt seams but found the thighs were really hard to do so only did one that way. I overlapped the other thigh. If you look at the plastic you can see that the overlap strips are not straight down the front of the thigh on the AP.

Scott, please let your wife know that there are many of us around the globe pulling for her and keeping your family in mind and in our prayers.

I don't know about the helmet but the body looks like AP to me.

Great news, glad you are healing with almost Woverine speed:) Did the mouth injury result in the loss of any unwanted pounds??? I always figure if I'm gonna have a bad illness or injury at least I could lose some unwanted weight.

If money is tight you could do an officer uniform which you could then wear for trooping. We always try to have a few folks in officer uniforms to help handle the crowds, take the photos, and watch our backs.

one of the guys on GT posted this link, its really funny. Watch to the very end when you see the 2 troopers talking. The lift ride is truely funny. http://geek.videosift.com/video/Gnar-Wars-...-Star-Wars-Fans

when I watched the movies I didn't like the clones. But now that I have trooped with a few clones I want to build a suit. I'm liking it more and more.

Sorry to hear about your layoff. It really sucks getting layed off. I had it happen to me once. It really is tough emotionally and financially.

Dude, damn is all I can say. I'm glad you wear your helmet when you bike. I wish ya a speedy recovery.

my dad gave me a call telling me that he and mom were trying to watch a movie with their VCR and it was no longer playing tapes in color. My first response was why the hell are you using a VCR, you have an HD DVD player and a new plasma tv???? It must look like crap. I told him to throw out all his VHS tapes and get them on DVD. Then it registered what he was watching...an original ANH VHS tape. I had no idea my mom had bought it for the grand kids some time ago. I totally back tracked and told him to keep it. I've been wanting to see the original tape so I can remember what it looked by before all the digital edits done for the DVD. Yikes I can't believe I told him to throw it away...DUH!

I'm surprised that did not work. I used a heat gun. I then used goo be gone on it. It came right off as I recall. Though my glue was on the inside so I was not worried about any scratches I might make. Try goo be gone.

Please excuse my ignorance on this topic but what is going on? I"m guessing he's in the military and is being deployed today?

unless you have monster thighs v.s. your waist line fitting is not a problem. Top of thigh barrel measures about 24" around. Bottom of the barrel, by the knee, is about 20" around.

Height wise you are fine for AP, gut wise hmmm. At 5'9" and 200lbs, you'll need some serious shims, but then again, I think you would have to shim FX a lot too.