TFDarkside

TK-1636, Michael "Highway" Culp, also assisted me with my TK build (ATA Works ANH Stunt). I would not have joined the 501st without his promise to help fit and assemble virtually all aspects of my armor. In addition, he paid great attention to the details and helped me qualifiy for EIB and Centurion. He clearly has a passion for Star Wars armor and lives the 'Troopers helping Troopers' code! He taught me numerous techniques I have applied to other costumes and have further passed along while helping others. Thanks for all your hours of help Mike!

Wow. Congratulations. That is great! Proud to be a fellow Centurion!

Awesome! Thank you! Thank you all for your help! I think the kit looks great and it is a result of all the great work the Detachment has done. What an incredible resource. I'm off to intimidate the unruly! Long live the Empire!

Thanks for getting it so fast! Cool.

Thanks again for your time, but I'm not going to make my armor look worse to achieve Centurion status. I easily trimmed the knee belt corners more but lowering the back riveted sides down 3/4 of an inch and patching the old holes with ABS paste (not my favorite medium; I notice a little color change from the acetone and know I can't make it look like new) is just not worth it to me. I might check to see if I can get just a new ATA knee belt in the same ABS color and replace it someday. Perhaps drop box height and other details should be made official requirements for Centurion, then interested people will know what criteria to shoot for in the first place. Thanks again for your efforts and I still enjoyed making my armor! Long live the Detachment.

Thank you. The helmet is all hand painted. Lines were done with Trooperbay stencils (lots of cleanup with toothpick on bleed-throughs).

Thank you for your comments and consideration. I am of the no-strap camp, but will consider it again. I do think moving the knee belt down a bit would look better, but I'll probably have to get a new one as I won't like the look of the patched old holes. A huge thanks to Mike/TK-1636 for all his help and wisdom in assembling it! Back to my post!

My holster looks great! Thanks Vern.

Now that there a a couple of us from the Dune Sea Garrison, is there a place we should upload our logo (other EI's have their logo..). Should this be posted in Tech Center instead? Please let me know if there is anything I have to do.

Updated original post! Please let me know if that wasn't what you wanted. Awaiting orders.

TK4912 Requesting ANH stunt Centurion status Name= Tim Fergestad Garrison= Dune Sea Forum name= TFDarkside Armour= ATA Helmet= ATA Blaster= Hyperfirm (w/ D-ring added) Height= 6'1" Weight= 185 Boots= TK boots Canvas Belt= Trooperbay Rubber Gloves= Trooperbay Hand Plates = Trooperbay Neck Seal= TK409 Holster=FISD Vern/Bondservant Thermal Det Clips = custom Inner Drop Boxes = custom Communications: iComm/Aker amp with throat mic EIB submission link here (contains Centurion level details, AND DUPLICATED BELOW): http://forum.whitear...showtopic=18983 New photos addressing detailed comments by Locitus for obtaining Centurion shown below: Raised drop boxes: New knee bottom curves: I also brought in the left shoulder, reshaped the bells so they sit better over biceps and arranged my neck trim to hide under the vocoder. More pictures can be provided 'in armor' in a week or so if necessary. DUPLICATED PICS FROM EIB SUBMISSION: Thank you for your time and consideration! Long live the Emperor!

I setup the throat mic and it worked great with the iComm. After rewiring the jack for the throat mic, the only two problems I had/have is controlling the volume of the static burst compared to the microphone and the VOX of the iComm when moving my head too much with the throat mic under the neck seal. The system worked great until I had the neck seal rubbing the throat mic every time I moved and it was thinking I was starting to talk.. thus, I had to use the PTT feature and then all was fine using the throat mic under the neck seal..

Nice! Good looking crew!

It is an honor. Thank you and thanks for the comments, I will get to work on improving my kit!

501st membership requested. Thanks for your comments all!

TK4912 of the Dune Sea Garrison requesting 501st status. http://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=13962

TK4912 Requesting ANH stunt EIB status Name= Tim Fergestad Garrison= Dune Sea Forum name= TFDarkside Armour= ATA Helmet= ATA Blaster= Hyperfirm Height= 6'1" weight= 185 Boots= TK boots Canvas Belt= Trooperbay Rubber Gloves= Trooperbay Hand Plates = Trooperbay Neck Seal= TK409 Holster=FISD Vern/Bondservant Thermal Det Clips = custom Inner Drop Boxes = custom There they are. Please let me know if I need to provide more pics (or just better ones)! Thank you for Expert Infantry consideration! Long live the Empire!

It was a good event and it was great to meet you! Also, your TK looked great!

I too put foam in my shins to tighten it up BUT with TK boots it still happened. The velcro straps in front fixed it! Slick fix! Thanks.

I too am interested in this. Any news or luck getting it to work? I got a throat mic but it is too small to fit the iComm or Aker amp (3.5 mm jacks I believe). Even if the 2.5 mm to 3.5 mm adaptor works, I fear it might need powering from the amp to function..

Looks great. How strong is the resin? Specifically, I think that in addition to a metal sight rail, I would like a functional folding stock. Is that feasible on a Doopy resin build? Any thoughts?

Rather than putting a non-functional resin mold of a scope on a blaster, and other than looking for hard to get old M38 (etc.) scopes, what are the available options? Anyone know of custom optic manufacturing jobs for E11 blaster builds? Not sure how many would have to be ordered to make it cost-effective, but I think for a hundred bucks someone should be able to make a functional scope (probably superior to the originals) that looks E11 canon, right? Anyone..? Bueller?

So the girth of your left calf piece had to be made bigger? How about your opinion on ATA vs TE2? size, color, detail, assembly.. Also, ABS vs HIPS? (ATA provides both now) Thanks a ton!

This may be more of a thickness issue, but in AZ my storage space gets HOT. 120-140 degrees Fahrenheit in the Summer. Can anyone share info on this? Will some armor bend/reshape/melt in a clustered storage bin? Thanks for any advice!

I am 6' 1" and 185 lbs and looking to do a TD, could you please let me know if you think shimming would be required and if it is worth it or should I go with another maker like AP or TM? Thanks all.