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  4. Chookaboom's Walt80 ANH Stunt Build

    in Build Threads Requireing Maintenance

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    So instead of more Trooping today, it was clean the house and. It the grass day. To unwind i poured a big glass of tasty Bourbon and had a go at the whee little helmet. God Damn I love the smell of ABS being trimmed and sanded. ;)

     

    Here is cap and back bolted in position with eyes rough trimmed.

     

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    And here it is next toy AP ESB for scale.

     

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    And here we have the faceplate with teeth and eyes trimmed. About 90% happy with trimming. A bit more and I'll be done and move on to evilness that is the ears.

     

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  6. Superfan Comiccon - Toronto

    in Field Training Exercises

    Posted · Edited by gmrhodes13
    photo updated

    Greetings troopers, decided to knock off the week's worth of dust on my TK and get right back at it again at the Superfan Comiccon event here in Toronto. it is the organizer's first attempt at a large-ish con. 

     

    Here are a couple photos I have acquired or taken of not only myself but other s in attendance. 

     

     

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    eeeeeek

    in New Member Introductions Archive

    Posted

    We have a trooper, we'll call him "Steve" whose PVC RS Props has such a squeak his nickname became Squeaky :). He used a small felt pad, like the ones on the bottom of chair or table legs (I think) in the offending area where the rubbing occurred. Helped a bunch.

  10. Boots for Kids - Recommendations?

    in Boots, Soft Parts, and other Accessories

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    I am building one of Walt's 80 TK kids for my kids and I will eventually need to get a decent boot for them to wear. Currently they are about a size 4 or 5 (8 and 10 years old). I have no issues dying the boots if needed, I am just not having much luck seeing anything in the stores that would be acceptable looking and by acceptable, these are just kids kits, so I don;t need Centurion level perfect

     

    thx

  13. Chookaboom's Walt80 ANH Stunt Build

    in Build Threads Requireing Maintenance

    Posted

    I just acquired a new set of plastic, a Walt 80 (80% scale) TK. The ideal height for this armour is ~4'6". It can be trimmed down to 4' and work with a height up to 4'11" (as per maker of the kit). 

     

    My daughter is 4'6" and my son is 4'4" (currently). I plan to build this kit based on the mold lines in order to maximize the life of the kit. I will build with the appropriate return edges initially. If the kids have issues with mobility, that will be a likely area I will trim down. After my kids outgrow, I will offer it to my garrison mates to use with their kids as needed. 

     

    I am not sure how detailed I intend to be, but I will try to post progress as often as I can. 

     

    Here is the requisite armour laid out  - untrimmed. 

     

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    Here is the plastic pile after the first evening of rough trimming (aka removing 90% of the excess plastic and flashing. 

     

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    end of update. 

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  21. Make-a-Wish Canada World Wish Day

    in Field Training Exercises

    Posted · Edited by gmrhodes13
    photo updated

     

    The Canadian Garrison had the very special honour of attending the Make-a-Wish Canada World Wish Day event at amazing Casa Loma.

     

    The event also marked The Toronto-Central Ontario's granting of wish #1000 by sending a great young lady to England.

     

    To share the words of a fellow trooper:

     

    "Met a lot of very brave parents and their even braver kids tonight. It was strange to hear them thank us for making their day when to me it was so clearly the other way around. In a world where these families so frequently hear "no, you can't," it was really rewarding to be part of an evening where some of them could hear "yes, you can." I hope they all felt like princes and princesses at Casa Loma, especially the one lucky and deserving girl getting her wish to visit Disney World!"

     

     

    Here is the trooper group photo.

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  23. Cool find at Radio Shack.

    in Electronics for Helmets / Blasters

    Posted

    Is it really that hard to hear when wearing a bucket?

    I have a kit that Skyminer build, he is part of my garrison. I started using it back in November, and I would call it game-changing. Being able to hear the sounds around you clearly in stereo from up to 25 ft away, I love it. The mics are small and occupy the smallest open teeth area on the frown. invisible to anyone not looking for them.

     

     There will be some troops where you just don;t want it (say during a symphony performance) but for most events, cons and the like, not having to say HUH? all the time is great. 

     

    I loved it so much I put a 2nd kit in my Tusken.

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  25. Run or Walk for Southlake Hospital

    in Field Training Exercises

    Posted · Edited by gmrhodes13
    photo updated

    The Canadian Garrison dropped in a small landing party of Stormtroopers to investigate the goings on at the Aurora Community Centre this morning. It turns out the disturbance in the the Force that Lord Vader was sensing was just a whole bunch of great people gathering to Run or Walk to raise money for Southlake Hospital. To date, over $126,000 has been raised. Their goal was to get to $175,000 by May 1st. 

     

    Here are some photos scraped from the web:

     

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