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Daetrin

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  1. Credentials confirmed - welcome on station trooper Any pix of your TK? j/c as only the Vader is loaded on the 501st site.
  2. Post here if your status is not updated within 48 hours after making a donation.
  3. Yup, webisodes are already online----------
  4. Actually it's a reference to Battlestar Galacita. They call new pilots nuggets, which I think refers to the fact that they are valuable but not fully formed (mature) professionals. Sorry, BSG Season 2.5 is in and we're re-watching.
  5. Super work Ryan - you're looking great! Now that get 501st application in to the GT GML ASAP - we could use a good nugget like you. ;-)
  6. Yup, this feature is disabled. Though it's active on CTN it's not active on BSN. I'm talking to their admins to see why they chose the rules they did, and we'll have this straightened out shortly.
  7. No, it's different. Feel free to PM me with the error you're getting. Most likely it has to do with file size.
  8. Where were you trying to post it? Right now I see two pix uploaded in the Trooping Events album in the "TK's in action" gallery.
  9. So would it be safe to say that as long as you're in that range, you should choose what looks aesthetically best for the size helmet you have?
  10. There's a place called TAP Plastics in my area, and I'm sure that there is something similar in yours. Look for a place that sells plastic products for industrial customers, such as custom thermoforming shops.
  11. My bad Jonathan - I should have updated you at the same time I got your new member notification.
  12. How does it perform in the heat/cold compared to UnderArmor in terms of percent (which is the most helpful comparison), e.g. 100% equal to UnderArmor, about 75% as good as UA, etc.
  13. Thanks Paul - how many stripes should there really be? The reason I ask is that I've seen between 11 and 13 on various screen caps.
  14. So for the TE2 helmet if I want to be an accuracy freak, should I have the traps painted or use decals? For a sandtrooper this is easy - go with paint as on the original helmets they were hand painted and it helps give that primitive look that sandtroopers should have, considering that it was the TD version of the armor that they did first, and the TK really was created after that. For a TK I'm kinda on the fence. Weren't those helmets hand painted too? Decals look nice and crisp with keeping with the clean motiff of the TK, but if you go TE2 for accuracy, why not go all the way? What do you guys think?
  15. Actually this is how most people have them so they float. What you'll see a lot of folks do is to run a strip of velcro or a strap from the bicep to the shoulder bell (lots of variations). This will control the maximum length that the bicep can slide down. Let's see if I can think of all the different ways I've seen this done: 1. Duct tape (no foolin'!) 2. Strip of velcro to velcro tabs on each end (e.g. in the bell & bicep) 3. Dedicated strap glued to each piece 4. Dedicated strap riveted to each piece 5. Strap glued or velcro'd to the bicep that loops through a "tab" that has been glued to the bell. This allows the length to be adjusted. The nice part is that all of these (except a rivet on the bell) are hidden from viewers, so it doesn't have to be pretty. I dig having the strap adjustable. Also, I'd recommend you not pull it too high. If you look in the screen caps it should rest at the bottom of the upper arm, not be half-way up.
  16. See boys and girls what happens when you don non-canon gear like spats? Seriously - just glad he was unhurt - man that was funny.
  17. Sorry for the delay, there was some issue with validating who you are - the pix from the Legion database were not working. You're good to go now.
  18. I think I'm more embarrassed than anything - my enthusiasm to get going overran my judgement.
  19. It turns out that putting together a TE2 suit requires a little more patience and skill than an FX. I'm using this thread to record my journey in the hopes that it helps others buying TE2 make the transition from FX. ----- I was pretty excited to get a box of sweet TE2 armor earlier this week. Unpacking the items was almost a religious experience - what a great kit! Yesterday we had an arpa (armor party) for another guy and I brought the TE2, trimmed and painted, to work on. Feeling like an FX veteran and having worked on clone suits as well, I thought it would be pretty straight-forward. In this case, a good friend did the main trim and paint so that should just leave me the assembly. I figured a five hour arpa should be enough time - it would for an FX - but boy was I wrong. For starters, the TE2 is made of HIPS isntead of ABS. In the past I used ABS cement and all was good, but for HIPS (whether TE2 or JM) this is a no-no. So it was either use E6000 and wait, or use CA glue + accelerant and not. And here is where I started making my first mistakes: 1) Quality is better than speed. You'd think after telling this to others for so long I'd have learned it myself, but instead I was overconfidant and started to jump in instead of taking my time and getting oriented with the particulars of this armor. 2) Don't forget to sand before glueing I'm so used to ABS kits (e.g. no paint) that I forgot to sand off paint from the surfaces before gluing. Needless to say the first attempt didn't go well. 3) Trim the part to look right ANH armor is not symmetrical, unlike FX. The biceps for instance look very different from each other, and also one is larger than the other. I can get the right over my bicep, but think I'll have to shim the left slightly to get it to fit. Never having seen a TE(2) suit before, I wasn't sure if the parts not lining up perfectly like an FX kit is intentional or not. Being afraid of trimming where I shouldn't, I glued before I checked with people smarter than me. Here is one example: Fortunately my glueing was limited to one bicep which I think I can clean up and two shins, which I probably can't but still look OK for now. And yes, I did test fit the parts but thought that minor mis-matches were part of the "authenticity". Now I know that I should have continued to make minor trim changes to ensure a proper fit. 4) I psyched myself out and didn't ask enough questions when I started As I said, I was pretty sure on the shins that the fronts should have been trimmed to flush fit and put the strip on top, but I doubted myself thinking that perhaps it was me who didnt't know what he was doing to overlap the fronts first. This is TE2 - the best armor out there - and I let the legend intimidate me. Next time, I should follow my "gut". On the other hand, there were some things I did correctly. 1) Label each part before you assemble. As I said the suit is pretty asymetrical. The forearms, biceps, and thighs are - quite easily to even my eye - different parts. This is very different from FX where the molds are made to be symmetical (unless you have the older FX thighs like I do). I drew a R and L on parts to ensure I didn't inadvertantly mix the inside left shin with the outside right shin. 2) Stop when you get tired or frustrated Near the end I was pretty exasperated from all my errors. Rather than trying to press on, I stopped for the night and took some time to go over the days' progress, check in with TE2 on the finer points that I had missed, and am now set to start again. [*TE]
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