lantern27451

Congratulations! Keep things humming along!

Far, far too young. Buckets off.

6) "Weird Al" Yankovic

3) MDA Muscle Walk

2) Free Book Celebration

1) St Patrick's Parade

Jeff "Lantern27451" Greatens TK - 27451 1) 3-17-2018 St. Patrick's Day Parade, City Deck, Green Bay, Wisconsin 2) 5-4-2018 Free Book Celebration, Hemlock Creek Elementary School, De Pere, Wisconsin 3) 5-12-2018 MDA Muscle Walk, Voyageur Park, De Pere, Wisconsin 4) 6-30-2018 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Star Wars Night, Fox Cities Stadium, Appleton, Wisconsin 5) 3-17-2019 St. Patrick's Day Parade, City Deck, Green Bay, Wisconsin 6) 6-23-2019 "Weird Al" Yankovic Strings Attached Concert, Overture Theater, Madison, Wisconsin

It's been a long time coming, but I finally got off my butt plate and got my TK approved. Anovos OT Stunt, first wave of shipments. The upper half has been done for a year. The lower since last October. I just wasn't happy with a few things so I never went for approval. Heck, I already changed some things. Well to anyone else that feels that way about their kit, I say that there will ALWAYS be things you aren't happy with. Accept that, and get approved, and wear it, or you'll start to resent the investment (both time and money). You can always update/ upgrade things as you go.

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Requesting 501 status. Not detachment yet. Working on that. Finally. http://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=23102

Awesome work! I have a similarly deactivated Sterling waiting for me to have more time out in the garage. I also have the same scope, with one of the feet missing the way yours was. What did you use to rebuild it? Thanks, and great work!

I saw it for a second time today (in 3D for the first time) and still thoroughly enjoyed it. Visually, this IS Star Wars. Real sets, with real props (although some of the props seem like cast offs from Star Trek), and practical effects. If this didn't look "Star Wars" enough for some people, then there simply was no pleasing them. As for the story, yes it felt a whole lot like ANH. They're both the first movie of their respective trilogy, and as such have to establish the who what and why of things. (when and where are taken care of in the scroll) Is it a perfect movie? No, of course not - no movie is. Except ESB. That's a perfect movie. But is it good? Yes. It's darn good. Here are the two major quibbles I have with TFA. Okay three, but the first one is that saying the acronym TFA out loud sounds like you're talking about airport security with a lisp. So Finn's dialog; A few times it took me out of the movie. Boyega is good. I felt what his character was going through. I was rooting for him the whole time. However when he was interacting with Phasma, and letting her know that he was in fact in charge, I felt (1) that he sounded more like a linebacker after a good play. And (2) that Han's line about "taking it down a little" was Harrison Ford giving him acting advice, not actual scripted dialog. And let's not forget "Droid Please". The other big point of contention that I have is with how the big "reveal" was handled. With Snoak casually spoiling Kylo Ren's paternal lineage, so much emotion was drained from the bridge confrontation. Imagine that Snoak hadn't told us that. And that Kylo kept his helmet on and told Rey that yes he IS just a monster in a mask. Now when his father demands the mask be removed, the line "So I can see my son's face" would have hit us like a ton of carbonite. And we'd still be reeling from that bombshell when Kylo cements his path to the dark side. Some could be said about the speed with which Rey learns to use her budding powers, or how Finn could go toe to toe with Kylo Ren, but I feel like answers to those issues may be delivered in the next installment. As a side note, I view TFA as a bridge and or setup movie. It had to set the stage for the future films, whilst explaining the 30 year gap. It could have done more in the exposition department, but it sets up what comes next very well. And as a transition, I don't view it as the first of it's trilogy. Not in the strictest sense of the word at least. And that's all I gots to say about that. For now.

Wow Marvel1975. Thanks for adding that truly amazing insight. It added so much to the non discussion. You are indeed wise beyond your screen name's purported years.

It depended on how early you jumped in on the pre order. I was the point man in my group, and ordered 5 sets. No coupons for us. But we got the best possible pricing, so theres that I guess.

I looked at the pictures, but not very close before I bid. Then I completely forgot that about it. Full disclosure, I may have had a few cans of Pabst in me at the time. More than a few perhaps. Okay I was drunk. At any rate, I didn't pay a whole lot so I'm not upset with myself. I just need to figure out what I have and what to do with it.

Hey all, so the postman dropped off a package today. I bought an M38A2 but hadn't really looked closely at the photos. Here are some pictures of it that I took. As you'll see, this one doesn't look like any I've seen. What happened to the mounting flange on the taper nearest the user? And the one existing flange is tiny! The clamp looking thing rotates and should be removable. Did I just buy a paper weight?

Is there any tut for converting an A2?

NOOOOOOoooooooooo! Meh. I thought for sure they'd be in there. Oh well. I guess the pack CRL stays put.

Hey all. I just watched the gameplay trailer for Battlefront 3. It looks amazing! Especially for pre alpha footage. Now, although they haven't been shown yet, will the HWT's back pack be even more detailed? How fast will the CRL get adjusted? Should I, or anyone who wants to do a HWT wait or start building? I'm waiting on my Anovos kit and won't be able to submit before the new game drops. Much questions, many wow.

Hey everyone! How goes it? So I (like many a noob) have the whole summer and fall to arm myself. I of course speak of the time between now and the lovely brown boxes arriving from just south of me via our new friends at Anovos. I'm a pretty handy guy (to have in a fight),and want to craft an ANH E-11 to go with my armor. So I put it to you, dear afficianados, what route should I take. Some background; I build things. Big things, stupid things, cool things. What ever I can. I'm a machinist, but can't get machine time at work... Yet. A buddy has a 3D printer at work, but it's older and again time on it may be fleeting. I've read just about every thread dealing with just about every manner of E-11 replica. Resin, rubber, 3D printed or demilled. I'd love to go the demilled route. I figure at the least, I could cast parts off of it. (I also will be responsible for building 4 other blasters.) Buying a 3D printer is also something I'm toying with. The wife said not now, but not no. The resin kits out there are getting scary good. But for what I think it would cost for 5, I could buy that printer. A demill is affordable, in so much as I could use it to make more of them. Though I would still need a scope, power cylinder and counter so I wouldn't be completely self sufficient. But who is these days? What to do, what to do? Bounce ideas off me my dear brothers in armor. Sisters too. - Jeff in Green Bay

Are those templates available anywhere? The Blaster Builders seems shuttered... Amazing build by the way!

I have a couple kits on order and can't wait. However, I'm not sure I like the tone of their answers in the way they talk down about the "underground hobbyist market" and "bootleg kits". Fan made armor is the backbone of the 501st, is it not?

I have five sets shipping to my house. Though I'm only keeping two. Buddies are hiding them from their wives until we can build the kits. hahaha