DesertMonkey

February 24, 2016

Wow thanks guys!! I'm above the moon on the confirmation!!!!!

Thanks to all, appreciate the support here! Big thanks to our local GML Highway for all his help !!!

Ok, time to come back to earth and get ready for centurion - more to come!!!

February 23, 2016

Wow thanks on the hand guard details, like they say learn something new every day - I figured I had to do new ones for centurion, sounds like I better get on it - once approved for EIB that is

February 22, 2016

S-trim is what came with the kit from Anovos.

You are correct, it is larger than the trim I used for my AP kit from TrooperBay.

February 20, 2016

There's a light rip, I'm a bit hard on things - but I think I'm going with the rebel story from now on. Tried to repair but thinking its time to get some new ones -

February 20, 2016

Michael Betsko

TK-32478

DesertMonkey

Dune Sea Garrison,

Mandatory Information

Armor = Anovos
Helmet= Anovos
Blaster= BlasTech E-11, Scratch built

Optional

Height = 5'7
Weight = 155 pounds
Boots = TKboots
Canvas belt = Rob Kittell
Hand Plates = Sonneshion
Electronics= iComm with Akers
Neck Seal = Darmen
Holster = Anovos

Front

Back

Left

Left side arm up

Right

Right side arm up

Ab buttons

Action pose

Cod split rivet

Butt snaps

Torso inner bracket straps

Helmet front

right side

Left side

Helmet back

Vocoder and aerators

Lense color

Canvas belt

Thermal Det

Sniper knee

Ammo thigh belt

E-11

Shoulder bell and bicep clip

Latex handplates and rubber gloves

Hand painted helmet decals

Thank you for your consideration and i look forward to any changes that might need to be done.

Report · June 30, 2015

Requesting for access - TK 32478 / DesertMonkey -

http://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=18014

March 30, 2015

My friend and I went in together to build - I finished mine, she has taken some time off, but just got back on the horse -

March 30, 2015

I'm in AZ - we have a good garrison here - lots of folks to help out and was a good build -

March 30, 2015

Yeah, I honestly used a LOT of builds here to help, and our armor master for the DSG was an old pro at AP. It's great armor, and it does have some "ah ha" moments

March 30, 2015

I happen to have completed it end of last year and almost done on the second set - so yes, and I so need to get the pics uploaded!!! Give me a few days and I'll complete what I started here - guess I needed a little kick

New Member Introductions Archive · January 15, 2015

You sure will. I'll be the short TK with the shiny white armor

New Member Introductions Archive · January 15, 2015

Hello hello Mike, welcome!

We have a great Garrison here, the Dune Sea Garrison - if you haven't already, head on over to the forums and introduce yourself - we have a lot of builds for new guys ongoing, lots of help and ways to learn!

***edit - sorry, just read the part where you said you already went out to our forums - reading comprehension fail -

October 23, 2014

Just ran across this build and wanted to say thanks for posting! I'm doing a simple conversion as well (I'd love to do some of those new barrel and multi-color ones, but that's for next time!) - your build has helped me get going !

October 17, 2014

Hey John and welcome to the MTK family. There are a handful of excellent build threads on here using MTK. Many of the questions you will have are located within those build threads.

Yeah its too bad I couldn't get to this build thread when you started it. I would have told you about the forearms and to leave a little more on the left. It is a tight squeeze for sure and I have to put my gloves on after I get the forearms on.

You do not need a return edge at the elbow end of the forearm. Especially if you are going to follow Mikes videos and use the elastic to hold it to the bicep. I strongly recommend watching his videos over and over again and use them as a guide. You may have to make some changes to the way he does things to accomodate your body.

The most important part is to have fun while doing this. Take it slow and research and then after that do more research.

Like I said, you can find many answers to any questions in Ian's (Sithlord) MTK ANH build thread and Adam's (Toybiz) ESB build thread. Adam has a great idea on how to tackle the size of the biceps

Good Luck

I'm taking alllll this advice to heart - just got my AP kit and even after researching for months I let my excitement get the better of me and dove into trimming - taking a step back to make sure things are done following the years of advice out there!

October 17, 2014

Just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to this thread still being active and pinned - just got my AP kit and looking forward to walking through the steps along side this thread's awesome advice -

Thanks a million - very well done !

October 16, 2014

Thanks - ears are off the table till ready for them - got way to excited and ahead of myself - going to have to learn to take my time and plan these things out -

October 16, 2014

Hello hello !

My friend and I have finally received our big brown boxes and we're digging in - what a load of stuff to work with!

I've been reading reading reading for the last few months on just about everyone's build on here, and thought "oh this won't be too bad!" We also have an awesome armor smith local that has a ton of experience -

The obligatory armor inventory shot -

The first thing I wanted to do was something I knew I could do - painting - so taped up and sprayed the inside of the helmet black. I've seen this and it looks awesome - adds a bit to the final build and I read get it done first -

Currently trying to figure out if I screwed up the ears by getting wayyyyyyyyyyy to excited at learning how to cut this plastic....if I can bring myself to post the pics I will, but for the moment I'm stepping back and doing hour after hour researching ears....

More to come -

August 28, 2014

I see they are back out of stock, must have been a crazy rush - any idea on how long they usually take to replace their stock?