[Greetings from Portland, OR.]

Welcome Joshua! I’m in Portland, and just starting my build too. Working on the bucket first while waiting for the armor to ship.. 6 month wait list . I’d be totally clueless without these tutorials. FISD is THE place to be!

[RainTrooper’s ATA Build]

Thanks everyone! I filed the teeth a bit more, although I may need to hit a few spots again. How do they look? I also rough trimmed the ears. I can see why they send two sets of ears with the ATA kits.. That’s some thick ABS! Not easy to trim..

 

[RainTrooper’s ATA Build]

Hello Troopers! I’ve been wanting to do this for years, and I’m finally starting! My goal is to be trooping with the 501st in time for Celebration Anaheim! My ATA helmet kit has arrived at my door, and I’m wait-listed 7 months for the rest of the kit. I guess that gives me plenty of time get this helmet up to EIB/Centurion standards! I’ll be posting pics of my progress and would love any feedback, tricks and tips along the way.




I’ve just started on the face.. Eyes trimmed, and teeth cut. Still going to do a bit more filing on the teeth.






Side note to my build: I was lucky enough to get a taste of the armor experience at Wizard World Comic Con here in Portland earlier this month, thanks to a friend who kindly loaned his ROTS Clone armor. He even had the jedi gear so my wife didn’t feel left out. We had such a blast! It was great meeting all the folks at the 501st Cloud City Garrison booth! Most of our time at the Con was spent posing for COUNTLESS photos. We would barely walk 10 feet before someone would hold up their camera phone (which sparked a chain reaction of a dozen other cameras) and before I knew it, a line-up of people would form around us, all waiting for a photo with a Clone Trooper and a jedi! The best part of it all, for me, was the reaction I would get from kids. Faces lighting up, hand shakes and high-fives all day! I can’t wait to finish my TK armor and participate in charity events the Legion is involved in. Oh, and getting to actually BE a stormtrooper instead of just collecting the figures will be pretty cool too!

[TKBoots problem]

SCORE!! tkboots.com had a pair of 10's left in stock! They said they were slightly blemished and the grain on the leather was a bit big (?), but that they looked great. Replied to my email within a half hour, just this morning. I did NOT want to have to paint black boots white.. I know it's more ANH screen accurate and all, but... yeah.

 

Oh, hi everyone! First time post here on FISD. Just staring my first TK build to join the Cloud CIty Garrison.