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Helmet works. Smoothing out the brow line, looks like I need to raise it a bit and bring it back a little more for the brow to line up with the lines on the Also thinking about what to do with the bottom of the tube where it flares out. Not sure if I should leave it as it is and see how it goes once I attach the mask and trim it then, or put a little heat on it and bring it in some. I'm thinking also much of the flared out bottom will go once I trim it down for the S-Trim.

Sorry for the lack of updates folks, last few months have been busy with doing a Officer costume and racing my car. Thankfully the Officer is done and there's only one more race with the car this year(leading my class in the club championship, giggity) so my weekends are opening up. I have been to my first amour party with my garrison and another coming in a few weeks IIRC. Made some good head way on the bucket, got the face mask pretty well done. Might need to work on the teeth some more to make them more even. Currently working on the part of the bucket I call "the mullet" because it looks like a bad hair cut. And then get the ears on which I've also done some basic trimming on. The goal is to have the bucket completed before movie release so I can take along to our private screening of Ep7. Obviously I'd like more done, but I'll see where things land between now and then. Hopefully all the Christmas parties and 501st events don't eat too much time up on the weekends.

Nice work guys, I only came up for Sunday but it was a good day. I can tell you from where I was(directly across from the 888 garages on pit straight) there was plenty of TK love. One quote was... "WOW, Those stormtroopers look so real..." and general admiration otherwise. Well done

Thank Ian, Legend

Requesting 501st member update. http://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=19571

Hey folks,<br> I was sure I had seen where to put my 501st number, but I cannot find it in the User CP anymore.<br> I thought it was between Name and 501st Unit, or am I missing something?

Thanks Steve, I wish I could report some significant progress but haven't done much. Seems as soon as it landed, my weekends got busy all of a sudden. I've done a bit of trimming of the excess here n there, gathered bit n pieces.and prep work. Not to mention more reading.

Anyone had any luck contacting Trooperbay? I've sent three emails, even tried sending a message via the eBay page without a response. EDIT: Never mind, The old speak of the devil thing happened

It's been a while between posts, But I got a delivery. Time to start getting this party started

I was thinking a few weeks ago about a thread like this, but wasn't sure of I should or not. I'm a petrol head from way back. Have mainly been in to Fords and Mazda rotaries. I had a nice classic Australian Falcon, was such a nice cruiser. Unfortunately it became impractical as a family car and I moved on. But with the loss of the old beast came a "daily driver" which turned into a project. So enter the little blue beasty, my Mirage hatch, or Colt as they call it in the UK. It's not exactly the stock 68kw slug it used to be... Makes the daily commute tolerable And much fun to drag race and take to the skid pan. And that ^^^^^ guys is why the Mrs is happy for me to troop, it costs a lot less, lol Still an on going project, but it never ends I guess. #carmoddinglife

I was looking an hoping for a Quantum of Solace pose. Great pics though

In case any of you aren't following him you can find him at https://www.facebook.com/StormingAustralia?ref=ts&fref=ts He's doing a great job and I can't wait to see him on his way down the east coast in Sydney and throw some support his way. Inspiration level x 100

I think I'll start off with this, If you haven't seen it before its a great watch. I'll show it to my daughter if the day ever comes. My mum was/has been been a closest Trekkie & Dr Who fan from way back, as a kid she got me in to Star Wars, Praise the lord... Vader! So I was never short of the toys, figures and movies growing up. I wish I knew where they were today. I went through a Trekkin phase(mum's fault), a MaCgyver phase that turned in to a Stargate phase, both of which ended. But Star Wars never dies and has always been there and I think will be for a long time to come. I've had my fair share of mates who either embrace it, or put me down for it, but those close to me know I'm more than the sum of all my parts, so to speak. They know there is more to me than my love for Sci-fi. One minute you'll see me watching Star Wars Rebels, next minute, Sons of Anarchy, The Walking Dead or NASCAR. And I think that's what some people miss, they don't see the whole picture. They mainly see Andrew the car guy, who occasionally makes Star Wars related comments on Facebook or wears a nerdy Transformers or Star Wars t-shirt. If I were to tell you that go drag racing or take my car out to track days at least once a month you may not believe me, but its how I've been getting my thrills for the last few years. I know guys who spend tens of thousands of dollars on their cars only to sit in car parks at night and chat o each other or sit in open fields for show days to win a trophy and they call that enjoyment. How ever they often don't enjoy the attention it brings from the police, something I too have felt this year when my car of defected, but I over came it and got it passed and legal. Yay for me To me these days, it seems a little crazier than this. Tons of money spent for self enjoyment that sites outside majority of the time, or being brought down a few notches by Five-0 and your car off the road. And most people would call that "Normal" If I had of spent as much money on building suits with the 501st as I have cars over the years, It would be like Tony Starks "House Party Protocol". Now that seems a little weird and crazy if you put it in perspective. Anyhow, being that I cannot make anymore progress on my TK build at this time, I'm going outside now to flare the guards on my car so I can put bigger tyres under it for more traction before I hit the raceway again in two weeks. Crazy and weird... I love it Rant over

Where do you get white fabric dye from? I can't seem to find it anywhere

Thanks mate, it's a bit more feet first than you may think. I've been living on the modified car scene for the better part of 20 years, this is my first costume. So you could say I'm on a bit of a learning curve. The boots are 98% done. Just a few touch ups to do on the elastics if anything. The dye I got was more of a watered down paint rather than a dye, took a few coats. I've watered it down a little more and kept on applying layers. I'm pretty happy with them

Hey Guys & Gals, Thought I'd get a move on my ESB build on FISD, I've got a sister thread on the SCG forum too. This being my first build I'm hoping to document it as I go along along, so expect a few pics. Currently on the waiting list for a TK kit from ATA with a few more months to go, I'm going to do as much as I can leading up to it's arrival. So I'm going in feet first. Bought these babies several weeks ago last while they were on special. Took advantage of the early 30'C aussie summer days that have hit in the last week and got some painting done. Masked up. Made a mini spray booth for the boots. Did a light first coat. Added layers as the day went by. Which was essentially between episodes of Clone Wars as I'm trying to catch up And pretty well done for this phase, on to the elastic inserts next. Now to unmask and do the elastics.