johnnyshotfirst

It feels like this day would never happen. After scraping & saving for the better part of 2 years, the big brown box has arrived. I’ve been an avid researcher on the forums for a long time now, was lucky enough to attend Gazmosis’ Anovos seminar a couple of months ago and attended several meet & greets with the Midwest Garrison. Can’t say enough on how much these forums and all of you in the 501st have helped me to get to this point. So...let’s get building! The BIG BROWN BOX arrived and you won’t believe this...the same day, my TK boots which I’ve been on a list for like 16 months, arrived as well...I felt like the force in this build was off to a strong start! Paul really packs this stuff well, everything arrived intact and ready to go. TM ABS capped armor is a sight to behold. Fortunately, I live close to Chills and he was kind enough to help me out with laying out all the pieces, marking the entire kit and getting some trimming started. To have an experienced hand for those first couple of cuts was extremely helpful. Plus...bonus! Got to see the much lauded Death Star room….very cool. Lots more pics to follow....December will be a tough month to get stuff done with a house full of kids and a wife that's due with another in February. Just really happy to finally have my TK build thread off and running.

obviously not trying to sell this or anything...but saw this on ebay in my travels, a bit different than the hot toys... -----------

Can't wait to see this [emoji106]

Incredible work! [emoji106]

Thanks for the info Bill...fantastic build !

So awesome! Curious, on the armor pieces, after the mutiple coats of glue and plastidip, white & clear glaze, what's the rigidity of the armor pieces. My daughter is dying for a trooper suit and I was considering pepakura with a fiber glass finish...but your project has my curiosity peaked. I tried a pep helmet and it killed me, ended up getting her a helmet from Walt

Love the Death Star room!!!!![emoji106]ðŸ¼

Great posts like this are what keep my thrifty and saving for a TM kit [emoji106]ðŸ¼

Awesome list! Thank you so much!

I'm a U.S. 10 1/2 on most shoes (10 in redwing) it's good, I'm just sort of trolling eBay with a used notification list. Not really in a hurry, I suppose I'd pay like 150ish? Anymore than that, might as well just go tkboots. But you know how eBay is, you never know what kind of deal might pop up [emoji106]ðŸ¼

Thanks so much for the advice Soren. I've been trolling for a used pair on ebay but not finding many at all. Good to know the sizing though.

Can't wait til I reach this day! Anxiously following your build Sent from my KFTHWI using Tapatalk

Thanks for the advice all [emoji106]ðŸ¼

I'm getting ready to get started on my DDay E11 pipe build. I'm planning on using bondo for fills and smoothing. I took a look at the bondo site and shopped a bit on amazon and didn't realize how many types of bondo there are! What do you all recommend for working with resin E-11's I saw all-purpose bondo putty which looks like it would do well, and the most popular from what I've seen in the forums is 261, also have seen green putty and tamiya putty mentioned....any suggestions folks? Cheers, Johnny

Enjoying the build [emoji106]🼠like the bell to bicep solution you came up with.

Just found this thread. Before I go delving into the styleforums for sizing info on the Loake's. Any advice on sizing? Do they run big or small? Redwings 10 is my usual, with vans 10.5 Also, in some initial searching, starting to find multiple styles on the 290, like A, B and T....any thoughts on those? TIA

This is really an incredible build....loving your ingenuity on this!

Really excited to see this build. I dabble in some maker electronics like this and really curious to see how this turns out

Excellent...thanks for the tip Bondservnt [emoji106]

Hello all, I did do a quick search and couldn't find an answer to this. For me, some topics are locked and I cant post to them. The one I have in question is http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/28047-dvh-e-11-stormtrooper-blaster-kits-a-new-hope-and-esb/page-9#entry387818 Other people seem to be adding to the topic although I see it as locked. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Johnnys

Awesome newsletter! Fantastic info and just truly enjoyed reading this....keep up the great work, truly inspiring! Sent from my KFTHWI using Tapatalk