themaninthesuitcase

The Sondico stuff is actually pretty decent. Whilst it's not tactical level rugged like some of the under armour stuff, it's designed for sports use so is reasonably hard wearing.

Another one here with the sondico stuff. Use a rag with the acetone to get the labels off.

Yeah getting the big boxes out past 2 stair gates and through small store hall ways is always fun. I'm sure I'm 1 or 2 knocks from breaking off a lock loop.

The running Stormtrooper just went into the Guiness book of records for the fastest marathon dressed as a Male Star wars Character! https://twitter.com/StormtrooperRun/status/856194900446126081 A fantastic acheievment. He's not one of us be a few UK Garrison members have helped him out with armour parts and repairs. He's running to raise money for MAW and has yet to reach his £10,000 goal if some troopers wanted to help him get there. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/rogueone

Congratulations!

I don't take mine appart I used to use the Homebase/Aldi/Where ever is cheap this week box but upgraded to the 50 Gallon Stanley as I got luckey on eBay.

It's a 3 but only just: ------------- by Christopher Pearson, on Flickr

--------- Assuming thats a screen used prop, thats a copy of a doopydoo scope. The serial matches my DD: ---------- ---------- Christopher Pearson, on Flickr I would guess the prop makers used what was available to them easily hense the DD scope, SDS parts etc.

Oh yeah, you'll need that for the member link oops. As for the LEGO troop, it wouldn't be suitable for an induction really.There's an event early in May that might be able to be one but the EA isn't sure they can make it.

Don't need soft guards for EIB, get that application in!

Welcome to the FISD. I see a few dressing issues as mentioned, and you probably need to re-assemble the legs. The EFX helmet isn't clearbale either. Doesn't look terrible but a few areas to address. As suggested sign up over at the UKG and we'll get you sorted out with parts and assistance. There's a fair few people in the Surrey area, and we have a troop in Chobham on May 1st if you want to come have a look and say hello in person. Currently 4TKs and a Vader.

He does them, just ask him for a price.

I have a handful of spare pre made elastics and some shoulder loops, some white duct tape, super glue, a bit of white t-shirt, scissors, lexan scissors and some velcro. I also carry a small basic first aid kit (mostly plasters and a few basics), blister plasters, micropore tape, lanyards for if I need ID on me, spare glove liners, 2-3 small towels and 2 cups of just add hot water coffee.

So today I received some Troopermaster hand guards that Paul kindly sent me to compare against my Anovos kit as a test. I've used my bucket as a comparison as it's what was easiest to get to. I've polished the helmet a little when I re-painted the decals. The finish on the TM is very similar to the finish on the un-polished parts of my armour. Indoor shade lighting, no artificial lighting: Troopermaster ABS (Indoor shade light) by Christopher Pearson, on Flickr Direct sun light: Troopermaster ABS (direct sun) by Christopher Pearson, on Flickr The colour on the two images is very different, these aren't colour corrected images. What we're looking at is the colours inside each image. I'll let you all make you're own minds up but I think the match is very good. There is a small difference but how much of that is me looking for a difference I don't know. I'll try grab a less polished item sometime tomorrow and re-do the test.

There's a company I know of in the UK who will make custom flags for quite reasonable money. I did mock up an FISD flag to see if it would look right but never went anywhere with it. Edit: Less reasonable than it was. Looks like Brexit strikes again. Also none of your silly American flag ratios, proper 2:1 flags.

Looks good trooper but I see a couple of things: The left (in the photo, so your right) leg is rotate a bit. The strip should be at the front. Looks like your ab plate is about to pop out. Looks like you're using wire brackets but I can't tell if you have the correct taller ones on the chest plate for the overlap. Good luck trooper!

This was part of the reason the CE2016 photo was so early, to help keep on lookers to a minimum and mean the space was more under 501st control.

I found those tricky to get accurate lengths. Also hard to cut with but that may be the pliers. I'd also recommend filing the end smooth after as most methods of cutting will leave sharp edges.

http://www.starwarshelmets.com/original-TIE-helmet-costume-overview.htm "black vacu-formed plastic" and looking at the images I suspect ABS is pretty much a certainty. You can also see what the vac forum com-pads looked like as there's one stuck to the back of a helmet.

Seeing as it's soon going to be time for me to start trooping again I'm fixing some of the niggles from last year. This evening I finally trimmed down the helmet ear screws. I used M3.5 brass screws that only come in 25mm long, and when I put the bucket on would jab me in the head. To fix this I used a sharpie to mark all the screws after the nut and then 1 at a time removed them and trimmed them down with a hacksaw. Amount of screw removed by Christopher Pearson, on Flickr I didn't need to remove much but it's made a huge difference and I no longer catch on them when putting on the helmet. If I could have got them 20mm long would have been about perfect. Trimmed screws holding visor by Christopher Pearson, on Flickr Looks much tidier too. The good thing about the brass screws is they cut and filed smooth easily and also leave a nice uniform finish.

No time like the present!

I have a scar on the tip of my finger that says this is good advice.

Congratulations trooper.

Welcome to the FISD! First Order options are a bit more limited than the original trilogy stuff but there's more than just Anovos. Have a read up in the getting started, and also have a look at the build threads section and see what others are building and where any sticking points are.

Speak to your local Garrison. I am sure they will have a program in place where you can source a troop and then pass it on a team inside the garrison to ensure everything's above board.