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I went to a local sporting goods store and bought shoulder pad elastic. It's a lot heavier duty.

My late father's birthday.

Well done. I have a very nice heavy weight undersuit and found a lighter weight one to wear in summer. It also stained the underside of my armor. Now I warn evenone I know to wash their undersuit multiple times before wearing. I am afraid that the Anovos undersuit will do the same thing.

The email I got said the undersuit and gloves will ship in a separate box. I got my box yesterday and I'm happy with it. A little lighter it seems than my ATA. I think I am going to build it for the wife.

I can tell you from experience to never set foot in a hot tub wearing your TK

I did the same thing, they also have white. I ended up using the black on parts that don't show which was the interior snaps for strapping. I wouldn't use it for cover strips because there is always some that oozes out.

I sit down and put my legs through my thighs and not go past my knees.. Then I put on my boots. Then stand and pull my thighs up as high as possible. Put my foot on the chair and put on the shins. Proceed from there.

Plus $6.50 for shipping.

Do not underestimate Lord Vader. Awesome job guys, the attendance is amazing. I hope the team was impressed.

I can't wear glasses in my bucket since I have to twist and turn to get it on (ATA). Plus you can't see regardless. As for fogging up fans help but I wipe my lens with a soapy towel also.

Oops, I did not spot the smaller shoulders and gold abs. Your suit is one of the best I've seen. Plus you fit it well. I need to lose about 50 pounds to make mine look better. Awesome job.

Awesome suit except that is a MKIII (Mark 3) suit. It was worn in the first Ironman movie. The MKVI (Mark 6) was built in the second movie and has the triangle shaped arc reactor. I have a foam version of the MkVII (mark 7) that he wore in the Avengers. I am jealous because you look so much more awesome than I do wearing mine but kids don;t care, they love Ironman.

Yep Happy 4th everyone.

You can troop with pretty much anyone but you are restricted to one squad or garrison because of voting privileges.

Luckily you have some vets to help you. I had absolutely zero help from my squad and the main garrison is too far away.

My first was a Star Wars Reads day for some inner city children. I didn't have any thing to carry my gear in so I used the box that it was shipped in. It was so awkward. I knew nobody at the event, they were quite surprised when an unknown TK showed up. (It was a local non 501st costume club called JediOKC). I had no handler but there were enough people there to help. We dressed in a supply closet. When the kids showed up they were ok for about two minutes then they started getting confrontational. The girls were the worse, they would get right in my face and start asking questions like "what are you supposed to be" and then start poking my chest. After ten minutes the kids were done with us and we were supposed to be there for an hour. I was miserable and hoped that not all troops were like this one. Thankfully they were not. I've only had a few other experiences that were as bad or worse. I learned a lot that day. First I realized that building a costume and wearing it around the house is one thing, actually trooping in it is another. Armor bites and immobility plus having no fans may me fog up so I could barely see. Just because it fits at home doesn't mean it fits when you go to wear it and move around. When I got home I had to make adjustment to my thighs (I have redone them three different times since then). I learned you are never done working on your armor. The good news is that my second and third troops went much better, and now I am pretty much a veteran with over 60 events in 20 months. When I first made the decision to build a TK, my wife thought I was crazy. When I took her to her first event, and she saw the way that people reacted, she said to me "Now I get it. I get why you are doing this." She goes to nearly every event as my handler and now all of my grandkids have Star Wars costumes as well. One last thing, smiling inside your bucket is normal. But it also hides your tears.

Dyeing stitching may be very difficult or almost impossible because it is usually a nylon thread and won't take the dye. Also I caution anyone buying cheap undersuits to make sure you wash them three or four times before wearing under your armor. I bought a lightweight set at Kohl's and it stained the inside of my armor.

Congrats

I have, that's where the original idea for the bikini came from.

I ended up raising over $750, triple what I raised last year. Thanks everyone for the support. There is a video of it on this facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/JediOKC/129612153779532

Nice job

Thank you Bobby for the generous donation

Goal has been raised to $400 now. Thank you everyone for the help. Here is a video from last years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvhRlEQAgPc

I just wanted to pass along to everyone that once again I will be doing the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics in Oklahoma City on February 15th. I did this last year in full stormtrooper armor this year I'm adding my hot pink bikini. I would appreciate any support you can give me by sharing on facebook, twitter and other social media. If you can contribute a little, I would appreciate that as well. Will post photos after the event. http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraise...olarplunge2014 Thank you. Dennis Church TK20736