[Another Deathtrooper!]

Best Deathtrooper I have ever seen, You have motivated me to kill my ANH Hero sir.

 

Your deathtrooper looks like it actually came out of the ground with all the other filthy stinking zombies, I can almost smell the decay.

[Ardkorians Doopy Doos E11]

<speechless> *wipes drool from mouth* </speechless>

[Hello from South Dakota]

Announcement. Okay, I am done with my build. My Holster is not up to par with the requirements because i used a really thin fake Leather swatch from some old kitchen chairs (don't ask.) I will be wearing it for the first time in Public on the 28th of October. That is if you don't count the time i wore it all to take the garbage to the curb. I will take some photos and post them of my build. I will submit for 501st just afterwards.

 

It is my first build so please be gentle.

 

 

I look forward to trooping with the central garrison May of next year in Spearfish.

[October 2011 Newsletter!]

so there is an approved zombie trooper.....excellent

[Keep it clean?]

I screwed up some lenses I had a while back where I scratched them up a bit. I took a lighter to them and rubbed them with my thumb and all of the scratches came out.

 

I will try it this weekend thank you

[Keep it clean?]

Thanks guys, I will try to sand it, I have the sandpaper, thenuse some glass cleaner or something. As you said if all else fails I can buy new ones

[Keep it clean?]

I am new here and I believe I might have made a huge mistake. I dripped the ABS cement onto the eye-lens, I quickly grabbed Methyl-ethyl Ketone to wipe it off. This Caused an even bigger problem it left the lens cloudy.

 

I was hoping that it was only the remnants of the paste and I could maybe wipe it down some more but I don't want to take any more chances with MEK.

not a great picture but you get the idea.

 

 

 

What do you guys suggest?

[First Boots]

Where did you purchase the dye and finish?

[Hello from South Dakota]

AP armor here ANH Hero, I am using Velcro at the moment and learning about some of its negatives but it is my first build. I am finding it to be a slow process as well, but quality comes at a price. I would be done by now if I didn't care

[Hello from South Dakota]

So far my target Is to finish my ANH Armor by halloween to be a road guard for the kids in base housing.

[How long to finalize an armor?]

I am very very new to all of this, I did just buy my first kit with a helmet. I am finding lots of deviations from the intended instructions in the kit. All I have left is legs forearms, hands, and final nelmet details. I say it is all I have left but I need to accomplish lots more trimming to fit me. I may have to be in the suit for a few hours, So I will need comfort. This has been 2 weeks of work.

I have used;

Hot glue gun

blue paint

Gray paint

Black Paint

ABS Glue,

Drill

Drill Bits.

Industrial Velcro strips (sticky back 15 feet)almost gone

(I am still new to this so I can only describe noobish perspective

REGRETS;

 

Not finding a way to temp install Velcro for fit

 

not taking my time with helmet to avoid sanding and reglue

 

not taking the time to watch movies for detail instead of blind instruction following..This put my straps in weird places, I should have fit it to me.

 

Watched the youtube videos of people armoring up to see how their builds work

 

As stated I am very new to tho, I just want to help you avoid some of the mistakes I have made.

[Helmet Question]

This is the same way we remove rivets from nut-plates on Aircraft. Our Sheet Metal guys drill the middle out and typically it will break the rivet. I won't beat the proverbial dead horse but Heat is a usual issue and I know this plastic melts. But if you start out with a smaller bit you can carefully work your way up till it breaks the back piece off. Do as SCtrooper says with the pliers and you will be fine.

[a request for folding stock photos]

Purchased a few decommissioned magazines for the E 11 specifically. I can get some more (maybe, if the antique store is not sold out)I am very interested in the folding stocks too.

 

Edit:

 

i apologize the magazines that I have are for 5.66 rounds. The Sterling L2A3 used 9MM. Sorry about that.

[Hello from South Dakota]

thank you, Any help is appreciated

 

EDIT: I have been keeping to myself because I am attempting to read up on stuff before I annoy you guys with stupid questions.

[Hello from South Dakota]

Will Do and thank you

[Hello from South Dakota]

hello I am MR. Strange from SD. I hope to get into this with full FORCE. Give me time and I hope to be a useful member of this community. Anything else I need to say just ask.