SuperTrooper

Congrats Stefan, your armor looks great.

Congrats Juan, you have a great looking kit.

When looking you want an open face balaclava. That way you can see and breath with ease.

Actually that's personal preference, the originals didn't have any frown mesh. I have it in my trooping helmet though.

2" PVC is what you need. Either white from the plumbing area or gray from the electrical section of your hardware store.

Yes you can.

Personally I'd rather have a tablet that runs android. That way you can get the software you want without Apple deciding it for you.

I agree on the TE lineage being blurred, but the VT armor is AP through and through. My bigger concern is that Mike the decal seller has flawless customer service there have been numerous complains about VT's customer service, communication, and quality. So which seller's personality will you get?

Great looking pictures, and how cool to be a LFL TK model.

I get a couple bouts of insomnia that last a couple weeks each a few times a year. I find the best thing is a light snack an hours before bed and doing a complete stretching routine before bed. Don't know why stretching works but it actually works quite well for me.

I use a mix of elastic and nylon strap. I actually use two inch elastic for the thighs as it gives less than one inch but it still gives for movement. I have nylon strap on the bells and biceps. For the ab plate I have a suspender system set up of very heavy duty elastic.

Actually the CRLs are a reference, the base standards are actually lower than the CRLs text. This is being looked at from the wrong end. Instead of lower and lower standards to should be seen as higher and higher with encouragement for troopers to achieve instead of looking down on others. Some on the FISD are at the top % of what's possible and it's unrealistic to have a program that is that high. If you look at the SLD program there is for Vader the base standard then for the first tier you have to have one major and one minor upgrade, and for the second tier it's three major and minor upgrades. The Vader I got approved already meets the second tier and then some witch isn't difficult to hit if you do your homework, but the goal is getting people to make a few upgrades bringing up the overall level on a broader scope. The goal of centurion is not prop replication, it's between EIB and prop replication while staying within the confines of what is 501st acceptable. People need to stop with the assumption that just because an actual prop was done this way makes it Legion acceptable is not correct. You have to remember the 501st is a costuming club not a prop group.

Sorry I asked if you know of a place to buy them. Have a link to a website that ships international?

Mark, do you know of a place where I can get chelsea boots in a US13? Every place and maker stops at 11 1/2. Thanks

In a thread from years ago I posted up a bunch of screen grabs from ESB. I'm not even sure of the title of the thread, but I think it had to do with EIB requirements and the promo EBS blaster that had been cast and was being offered at the time with extra greeblies on it.

So much for Priority being 2-3 days. I've noticed lately they have been regularly taking five for large packages, sad that you don't get what you pay for. I recently had some packages shipped express and they were two days late, luckily they are guaranteed or you get you money back so I got a refund.

But somehow that standard issue armor doesn't fare well against sticks and rocks.

You all are too much.

Check with model train shops, they carry small sheet of various types and thickness plastics.

TE2 is not out of the game, just taking some time off for R&R.

Vallejo just came out with a masking fluid last month. They are my paint brand of choice and if it's anything like their other products it'll be excellent. ------

Ditto that. Will there be a blaster run of these?

No, the seller put my ebay account on a blocked list. Luckily it's on it's way back anyway.

Dan (the seller) was nice enough to block my ebay account so I couldn't bid on it. I tried to snipe it but got a nice ebay message instead. I guess pooled FISD staff money isn't good enough for some people.

Hopefully the FISD staff will be buying it back. Maybe we can do something special with it and make it into a positive.