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Waiting for BBB day is always the worst part for me lol

He gave a basic reason why it's at 5.0 now. He said the only change was the color of the plastic between 4.5 and 5.0 but the rest of the changes up to 4.5 I'd love to know too!

Well it's helpful plagiarism lol

Really Mark I can't belive how helpful this build has been for me. Stuff I didn't even think of is being covered.

Looking amazing so far. Im just in the beginning phases of mine but Ill be watching yours closely to see any tips I can pick up!

Now it looks like I have a friend who wants to join and I promised her if she buys it, I'll build it. As well as a different friend who wants me to build them an AM helmet. Let's hope I'm good at this haha.

That is a really cool patch to have

Navajo Bros build of the 2.0 suit looks like it will be the most help so far. I think Dave changed the helmet from a 3 piece to a 2 piece recently but I'm sure it's almost the same build.

Yeah having built most of the AP kit alone was a nice achievement. I do want the experience of building a whole kit on my own. The part I'm mostly questioning is the helmet. It looks like the build "might include" electronics but it's unclear if it's an extra cost or not. Im sure if I want them I can figure it out myself as well. I am an electrician hahaha

Here's a question. Is there value in getting Dave to build it. It'd be $500 more usd and comes with a bunch of electronics. Half the fun of this is building but if I'm spending just as much to build it myself in supplies should I not consider just pawning it off to him?

Yeah I think UK will be my main reference. Thanks buddy!

There are a lot of 2.0 and 1.0 builds but Dave is saying he's at version 4.5 now. Does anyone know a good 4.5 build?

Looks like Darkside Dave wins the race. I just got a message asking for a deposit for this week. I'm so excited. I'm even more excited to share the journey with you all. I forgot about this feeling of happiness when you're building a new costume. Thinking about all the kids you can help and all the fun times you can have in it.

I learned a valuable lesson about not buying unless they do a shipping quote first. He produced the receipt and was a guy off of here so I trust he didn't take me for any money, just higher than either of us expected it would ever be lol. Yeah I'm pretty happy with both. I got the 8 ounce leather holster. It's built so well.

I just got Darmans Holster today. I got this stand from Questdesigncanada too! Im excited for my new E-11 to come in now

Shipping on the boots just cost me $100...

I'm just spending thousands to get you to troop with me more haha. I should say so I can troop with you more.

Thanks Buddy! Last time I did this I made some friends who started at the same time and we all supported each other in our builds. Im really hoping 6 years later that this forum is still the same as it used to be.

Hey everyone! So a few years back I built an AP that ended up being a sandy because frankly Im a big guy. I ended up selling it because it just flat out hurt to wear it. I'm 6'1" and about 260lbs and it just dug in in 100 places. I ended up building an AT-ST driver to wear instead. SO fast forward to now, I regret selling it because I miss the smiles from the kids when they see a Stormtrooper. No one but us cares about the AT-ST driver costumes lol. The way I explained it to my wife was that this is a bit of an addiction and the only one of the drugs strong enough is a TK or TD. So I got the wife permission to spend some money! Okay so I contacted Darkside Dave to get an AM. I have sent both deposit and payment now. Took 5.5 months between the two but that is fine with me. It looks like I now am building an extra helmet on top of my own. I'll be including all building activities on this page so hopefully it will help someone else down the road. TK-73337s Building service is open for business lol Here's the list of parts I have ordered or am in the process of ordering. Armour: -AM 5.0 ANH Stunt (Payment sent, waiting for BBB day) Soft Parts: -Undersuit (Have Old Undersuit) -Neck Seal (Contacted Pinkys) -Canvas belt (Contacted Pinkys) -Harness (Contacted Pinkys) -Holster (Bought Darmans off etsy) -Boots (Bought random boots from guy in California lol) -Gloves (Provided by dave) -Handplates (Provided by dave) Weapon: -E-11 (Bought Quest Design Canada E-11 off etsy) -Stand (Bought Quest Design Canada E-11 stand off etsy) Electronics: -Fans (I build my own 5v setup) I'm Basically doing a list from memory so if you see anything missing let me know. Build threads for me to learn from:

The things we lost in the fire lol

This thread, feels like I've been here before :p

And if you get an inline fuse and buy new fans from amazon I'll put a new set together for you. It takes me 10 minutes or so to make the last time I did it. I might take a bit longer because I can't remember how they look but it's like riding a bike as soon as I see yours I'll know. Just need to find my iron. Can't find that bastard anywhere.

I have 2 boxes of scrap, from the same run as you so colourmatch will be 100%. Come visit lol

Im sure at this point I owe her a roll lol

Im amazed we were able to jerryrig a belt tbh.