tkrestonva
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If you've been waiting to pick up an RS kit, now is definitely the time to do so. If I wasn't already trooping with a new kit, I'd be all over this. £275 ($354) is about what I paid for Tier 1 (Star Wars Celebration Anaheim) pricing for an Anovos kit, but you'll get a much better quality kit and customer service experience.
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Where would you guys suggest getting the boxes for the FOTK belt? I need all of the hard parts
KB Props will sell you the individual parts.
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If you have an Anovos kit and you are using the Velcro that they supplied, then that's a common occurrence. That Velcro is crap. Better to rip it all out and replace it with a snap-based system.
However, if you simply must use Velcro, at least get the industrial-strength kind.
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Welcome. Glad you made it over here.
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Seems like it would be less trouble just to hand-wash them.
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I have both latex and cloth gaskets (both of which are from Imperial Gaskets) and the breathability difference is stark. The latex gaskets have the breathability of a wetsuit or a rubber body glove (which means they don't breathe at all), the cloth gaskets are more like a sweater or thick shirt. As far as cleaning goes, I simply wipe out my latex gaskets with a wet cloth.
For dealing with the bunching, my shoulder gaskets are connected to the ab armor via a couple of nylon straps - they both pull the gaskets down and hold the armor up.
Yes, it looks like part of your mobility problem at the elbows is that your upper arm armor is too long.
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Have you tried contacting AP directly?
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6'2" is not out of range for TK builds. Your kit can easily be fitted to accommodate your height. Depending on how you carry your height (long legs, long torso, etc.) you may have slightly larger than normal gaps at the knees, hips, upper back, etc. It will mostly be a matter of how you strap it together so as to evenly distribute the gaps.
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It certainly sounds like you have done your homework.
As far as "what do I do now?" in additon to more of what you have already been doing, sign on as a handler for your local FLG squad. It's a great way to get hands-on experience with the armor and how it wears before your kit actually arrives. Furthermore, we can't do what we do without competent handlers looking out for our safety, taking photos, managing crowds, etc. Even Disney uses handlers for their costumed cast members.
Welcome aboard (officially).
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Hey Jim - can you clear your inbox here?
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Besides those two, your other options appear to be "850 Armor Works", and "Thorsson & Associates Workshop". Both can be found primarily on Facebook.
Speaking of Facebook, this is the go-to site for all things Phasma-related: http://www.facebook.com/groups/captainphasma/
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Any kit can be cut down to size as long as you know what you are doing and take care to preserve as much of the proportionality as possible.
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Not specifically. Your best bet is to comb through Germain's thread pinned at the top of the TFA Weapons section.
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I wouldn't trim anything off of the sides of the kidney and butt plate, in particular if you expect to have to add shims later. Doesn't make a lot of sense - at least not to me. AM armor is pulled larger specifically to help troopers that have more to cover, especially in the midsection area.
The cod cutline looks about right to me, but when in doubt there is an excellent archives photo in our reference library here that shows half a dozen suits stacked on a shelf at the perfect viewing angle to estimate how that area should be trimmed. The important part is getting rid of that extra plastic - I have started callig it the "trooper hymen". Like the actual thing, it's not meant to be there indefinitely.
http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/gallery/image/910-armor-shelf-03jpg
The library link is pinned at the top ofthe main forum page, but here is the URL: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/gallery/
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Nice-looking kit.
Side note ... where did you get the height scale with the Legion and Garrison logo on it? My garrison could use one of those.
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I've never had an issue with Tandy Line 24 snaps, but you need to ensure they are properly applied. For that, nothing beats an old-fashioned, hammer-and-hand driven, anvil-and-setter tool combination.
For example, the male snap to the far right in your photo has not been properly set. It really needs to be hammered down into place so that when the male appendage (heh) is split during the application process, the split ends lie as flat as possible. Otherwise, the snap will not hold when mated to the female snap.
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Heston 3D Solutions on Etsy also offers a nice kit.
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This is posted in the Ongoing Sales section:
http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/39247-t-21-blaster-run/
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Check here: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/11-for-sale-or-trade-personal-items/
Also here: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/16-ongoing-sales-project-orders/
You will need to define what "reasonable price" means to you. It is different for different people.
Also, BFGs tend to be expensive - especially T21s with (optional) added electronics. I've seen them go as high as around $500.
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The kit looks like a legit RS kit. However, considering the risks of buying costumes/props over ebay, I echo Q's recommendation about going straight to the source.
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Welcome.
Sounds like you are taking exactly the right approach.
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The official group photos have been posted!
http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/41575-swco-fisd-official-group-pictures/
Photo credit goes to Steve "SLam" Lam, a.k.a TK-878. SLam was also our photographer for SWCA (i.e. C7), and once again he knocked it out of the park - thanks Steve!
Take a look at the rest of his photos from SWCO (https://www.flickr.com/photos/slamto/albums) and if you have your own personal photos, feel free to choose the handful out of the hundreds that you may have taken that you are most proud of and post them in the Field Training Exercises section with "SWCO" somewhere in the title so that we can find them easily - we want to see them!
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Some photos from the Rogue One / Scarif beach shoot at Cocoa Beach on Sunday - once again photo credit goes to SLam and the full album is here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/slamto/sets/72157683142211435/with/33928032190
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Hello from Williamsburg, Virginia, US
in New Member Introductions Archive
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From one Virginia resident to another, welcome to the FISD.
RS, TM, and I think AP will assemble a kit for you based on your detailed measurements. But like Joseph said, it will be much more expensive, will still require some fitting tweaks even after you get it, and you'll still need to know how to maintain it.