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Dutchtrooper

501st Stormtrooper[TK]
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  1. looks like I'm stuck, can't upload more photos. will need to see how others are posting photos for this.
  2. Just FYI when you get to the buttons that get glued onto the stomach plate. don't cut them down to fit inside the indentation. Leave enough lip around the outside so that it lines up "flush" around the framed outer edge of the indentation. The kits are made for sandtroopers too and leaving those stomach buttons off is what the sandtroopers do. I made the mistake of cutting those buttons down too much to fit inside of the sandtrooper indentation on the stomach piece. I had to reorder the buttons and glue the new piece over the top! I hope this makes sense, but it was a minor detail in keeping me from getting EIB or Centurion, yet this detail is not mentioned ANYWHERE. You just had to notice it.
  3. Is there a link somewhere to get the conversion up to EIB approval status?
  4. My kenner e-11 conversion w/doopy doos resin doesn't have the lower things shaved or the extra holes across the bottom. Can someone point me to a thread that has these details??? I might just splurge and get a sci-fire, but if the updates aren't too crazy, it's not a lot of extra work!
  5. No news. Looking for a chance to retake photos. Looking to update in the next couple weeks. At least I got my paper done! Lol. Thanks for being patient and looking forward to sending updated pics.
  6. My bad! Yeah I should know this as a graphic designer. I'll edit the original post once I'm done typing this 10 page paper I have for a PhD class. Instead of doing this to procrastinate, it will be my reward for getting homework done!
  7. Looking to get EIB approval!

  8. Looking to get EIB approval!

  9. Hello, PICS POSTED IN REPLY POST BELOW..... 1: Your Name : Nic Bongers 2: Your 501st TK ID # 6459 3: Your FISD forum name: Dutchtrooper 4: Your Garrison: Great Lakes Garrison Armor = ATA Works Helmet= ATA Works Blaster= Hasbro DoopyDoos Coverted Optional Height = 6'1" Weight = 182 lbs Boots = TK Boots Canvas belt = Home made Hand Plates = ATA Works Neck Seal = TK409.com Holster = Handmade I got my ATA Works TK armor (ANH Stunt) approved by 501st Great Lakes Garrison back in July 2012. Attention to detail went as far as n00bily possible. Humbrol blue paint, etc... handpainted helmet. Photo should cover the details. I tried to cross off all the criteria on the EIB list with success. I've been told by others in my garrison it should pass EIB. I sure hope so! On the details, since I have the hard hand plates, a hasbro converted E-11, and is missing a hero popper on stomach plate... it is not quite up to Centurion status. Hopefully the photos in the link are acceptable. I already learned that photos are better taken with biceps pushed down more, etc. That's an easy adjustment if these photos aren't acceptable. My shoulder bells are velcro'd on and can be adjusted to appear tighter as well. These photos were taken back in July when I first tried on the suit. Since I've been trooping I've learned how to adjust to make it look better. Dutchtrooper TK6459
  10. Please enable me for TK6459 for 501st status. http://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=14738 thanks, Nic Great Lakes Garrison
  11. Links to patches and beret brings up an error... HELP!
  12. Go to 501st.com and find your local Garisson... there should be a member willing to meet up with you and show you their armor/how they did some things. I found a guy 10 minutes away form my house, and he was very open to me stopping by to see his armor and take reference photos. You don't need power tools. For gluing this together, a lexan scissors, carpet knife, long ruler, sandpaper, and clamps should get you far. It took from November-July to finish mine, and I thought I'd have it done in a couple of weeks. Boy was I wrong. For what it's worth, I didn't use magnets at all for my build - but I did use strips of wood and heavy duty (not the plastic) clamps from the hardware store. Since I didn't have a lot, I had to do them on glued side at a time while the other side was masking taped (for placement.)
  13. I wanted to do this initially, but the dropboxes don't fit cards width-wise.
  14. Most everyone in the Great Lakes Garrison has the Stanley ones from the Home Depot. I got one myself and I love it. It's a little hard to fit into the trunk of my Imperial Hybrid though!
  15. ... So my ab buttons are "inside" the Sandtrooper box on the ab armor, and they should be protruding out from that box. So I need to re order the ab buttons and not cut so much off, and re-glue for EIB or Centurion.... But I got approved! I am now TK 6459
  16. Many thanks! The shoulder bell distance from the shoulders vary in millimeters because I have an elastic strap that velcros to the top of the shoulder bell. I'll simply "choke up" on the velcro next time I attach them. I found the velcro works better than a button because adjustments like this are much easier. Carrying around extra velcro in my case won't be a big deal. I put the forearms on in haste, since they're the 2nd last thing I put on. They fit nice and tight, I should have pulled them up a little bit more for the photos.
  17. Pending approval! Height = 6'0" Weight = 180 Helmet, Armor, and Thermal Detonator = ATA Works Boots = TK510 Hollywood F/X TK Boots Canvas belt = homemade per whitearmor.net specs Gloves = black rubber chemical gloves Electronics = None so far Neck Seal = TK409 neckseal Holster = Bob Stout, real leather holster (Jacksonville, FL) Inner Drop Boxes = homemade Thermal Detonator Clips = TK 4702 Jesse McClear (home modified to fit ATA Works 2" pipe) Paint on helmet & Buttons: Testors black and gray, Humbrol Blue
  18. Ha. yeah! You'll find that having a test piece for armor and even the belt is going to be to your advantage. Always test first on something else. I had to get creative with a mistake we did on our armor, and after that I learned my lesson!
  19. I drilled one just large enough so the screw could easily go though it. Try the drill on a test piece of plastic before going "live" on the helmet.
  20. As a graphic designer, I'm awesome with an xacto blade, or a carpet knife. A safety ruler is a good investment too. I didn't realize I could score and snap until after cutting half my stuff out with a small lexan scissors and a pretty raw edge too I had to smooth up with sandpaper. Score and snap really speeds up the process too. Cutting with a scissors could take much longer with not as nice of an edge. Don't order magnets from TrooperBay. The ones I got were small in diameter, maybe 10mm and were not that strong. Get magnets that are at least the diameter of a coin like a US penny or nickel. In spots where the seem is too thin to fit it, you can put a block in between and the strong magnets will still hold. The magnets I had barely held the armor to the cover strips. Blue painters tape did an ok job holding things together as I tried things on, and also while I'm gluing things into place. For starting, I did the biceps first. Good luck!
  21. I was emailing him today. Seem like his operation was fully functional. I took a C clamp (UK calls them G clamps) and tightened the clip all around the pipe so the clip lines up with the top horizontal edge of the pipe. The pipe no longer hangs so low. I plan to cut the clips just after the inside hole and drill another hole closer to the clip itself. A metal saw wasn't working that well, but a tin snips works awesome. Bending and cutting the clips will give me • the tight appearance of the clip onto the belt, • right clip sizing for 2" diameter, • and the TD control piece facing outwards instead of upwards
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