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Congrats Michael

Excellent job. Very informative and touching. Thank you all for your hard work.

Very nice. BTW please put me on your sales list for one.

This is so cool Q.

Shin Closure In this section I'll be using industrial strength white velcro to secure the calf closures. Note: For future builds & builders, this will be the same technique used for the inner thighs and biceps, 1. Using a piece of printer paper I made a template by following the contour if the calf opening. 2. Using template mark and cut velctro. 3. Continue trimming velcro to 3/4" in width. 4. Place the velcro (hook side) on the inner shin closure. Trim excess 5. The loop side on the outer. 6.Check fit and operation.

My pleasure and thank you. Apparently I forgot something, thigh to shin connection. I'll get to that in a bit. lol Thanks David

Hand plates If you purchased Imperial boots with gloves installation is simple, Install velcro to back of hand plates, attach hand plates to gloves. If your gloves don't have sewn in velcro your best bet is to hand sew a piece of velcro. Ok so they're a little off, shoot me lol Edit: Next up thigh to shin gasket attachment...

Posterior to Cod connection As with TK armor the posterior and cod are secured together. From what I've seen their either being held together by clear or black round 1/8" (or smaller) elastic. The posterior and cod each have a mount. The Posterior mount is closed while the Cod is open. 1. Starting with the elastic, I just so happen to have some white elastic on hand so using a sharpie I colored it black. Note: I later found clear elastic but that won't illustrated. The length of the elastic should be sized to keep the cod and posterior from flopping around, but not too tight. 2. Mounts. Using abs cover strip mater cut two 1" x 1-1/2" and two 1" x 1" sections. It's best to round the corners before you move onto step 3. 3. Working on the posterior mount first. Heat a small section of the plastic. Using a 3/16" diameter or similar screwdriver or nail wrap the plastic around and holding it until cool or hard enough to let go. Make sure the end is closed. Use gloves please. 4. For the cod perform the similar operation but leave the end open. 5. Using CA glue or other attach closed mount to posterior and open mount to cod. Let dry Posterior Cod 6. Feed elastic through mount and tie it in a knot. Trim excess knot. 7. Finally, slide the knotted section into the mount so it's unseen. Done!

Knee Cap and installation In a nutshell I'll be using abs cover strip material to make two mounts that will be held to the knee gasket material by Chicago screws. Velcro will then be used to secure the knee caps to the mounts. 1. Place a 2" x 2-1/2" section of velcro on the back side of the knee cap. 2. From ABS or similar plastic (1mm+ thick), cut two sections 2" x 2-1/2". 3. Drill two holes for mounting screws. In my case 11/64". 4. Install screws. Note: keep the screws installed until instructed to remove. 5. Using a heat gun or hot water soften the plastic to a pliable state. Note: Use some kind of hand protection as the next step will require it. 6. Mold the mount plastic to the shape of the knee cap. I simply placed it on the backside of the cap until cool. The velcro made a nice barrier and protected the cap itself during this procedure. 7. Remove screws. At this point you can either leave the mounts the shape they are or chamfer them as I did (see next step) 8. Center mount on gasket material. Mark the mounting holes by using a sharpie of similar and placing it through the mounting holes. 9. Using and exacto knife or punch create a hole in the marked areas for the screws to go through. 10. Reinstall screws. 11. Place the opposite side of the velcro on the mount and trim as needed. 12. Attach mounts to gaskets. 13. Attach knee caps to mounts. Sorry of the blurred pic

Alright, final stretch here. Chest to Yoke connection In my build I choose to use velcro for the upper and lower connections. There won't be much to describe. 1. Measure and cut two 1" x 5" pieces of velcro. Place the loop on the lower yoke back, outer panel. 2. Place the hook on the Chest inner, lower panel. 3. Measure and cut velcro for the upper chest and front yoke. I'll post an assembled post a bit later today.

That's part of the yoke (back), but theirs are painted.

DOE!

Thanks Q

Well I'd say yes to so cal but Clint is from AZ, so just curious as to how people were selected, invited. Awesome experience though

Might be time for more updates? The red carpet trooper armor are different armor than our guys (maybe canon). Take a look at the TD and yoke pin holes, their black. Interesting, haven't seen this before... anywhere.

Alright Bryan

I enjoyed building this bracket sys. Extremely strong to say the least.

Ok I guess it's been official for a few hours , just now posting it "Hello Tony, I am writing on behalf of the Golden Gate Garrison of the 501st Legion to officially thank you for your additional costume submission. We have reviewed your photos and we are pleased to APPROVE your First Order Stormtrooper (TK) costume." I guess it's time to get of my butt and do some troopin

haha thanks Walter

Grown kids I guess haha

Alright I get them up later today, Thanks

So is this Ralf or Ingrid?

So shiny, so chrome WITNESS!!!!!

Also, if there's something someone wants me to elaborate on let me know.