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Spray painted the inside of my helmet matte black today. Used a plastic bag to keep the outside untouched. Worked pretty well! I also dremeled/sanded: biceps, forearms, shoulder straps, chest, and back. Oh and I picked up strapping supplies too.

Some trimmed armour. Also to get used to using the dremel and sandpaper, I sanded down a shoulder strap. Small steps! Was wondering about feedback regarding my wrist side of forearms. Am I good with the no return edge requirement for Centurion? Thanks guys.

Thanks guys. I will be starting the bucket soon, just want to spray paint the inside matte black first before I make any cuts. Looks like saturday should be warm enough in the garage to do that at least, and then I can get that going! In the meantime I will continue rough trimming here and there when I get a few minutes!

Hi guys, Some members of the Capital City Garrison (two TKs and a Chewie) surprised me and my wife at our wedding (thanks to my mother-in-law) in 2014 and being part of the 501st has interested me for a while, so here I go trying to join the ranks! Been reading quite a bit in anticipation and have finally received my ATA armour and have started trimming! So far I have rough trimmed the biceps (pictured below among a bunch of other junk), forearms, chest, back, and kidney. No photos of those yet. Fortunately for me, I'm 5'10" and about 165 lbs so most everything should fit decently right out of the box. Going alright so far, though I've made a few slips of the exacto that I will need to fill in and polish or simply live with. I am limited in what I can do right now because Canadian winter means that it's too cold to glue in the garage and I have a baby so I don't want to be using E6000 indoors right now. I will patiently await Spring! I am hoping to finish my build by the end of the summer and I am shooting for Centurion status...wish me luck! I am currently rough trimming using the snap and score method and then plan on sanding down with the dremel and then doing the final sanding by hand with either a piece of sandpaper or a sanding sponge. I still have some supplies to procure but I've got time to get those. They include: boots, gloves with flexible hand plates, neck seal, belt, pipe for TD, and holster (and possibly a garter belt system?). I am planning on going out and buying snaps, nylon, elastic, etc. in the next few weeks. Have already ordered rivets. I also need to buy the paint for the helmet. I am happy to take everyone's advice throughout my build and I appreciate the community that exists here at FISD! Here's hoping I don't make any critical mistakes.

Will be following this for sure since I jsut started my ATA Stunt as well! I have biceps and forearms trimmed for now but can't glue till it gets much warmer...damn Canadian winter.

Great thread as all the others by you that I've seen on here! I have read a lot of threads and not a lot of people specify how they are wearing the thighs. My understanding is a garter system is generally seen as better than attaching to the cod. Do you have photos of assembling that at all? Thank you!

Found more info on the neck seals/other items I was interested in in the ongoing sales board. Think I will probably order from someone here on the FISD! Thanks for the photos. Very helpful!

Hey just wanted to say thanks for the really detailed documentation! I am awaiting my ATA armour arriving in a few weeks and I am definitely using this as a resource when putting mine together!

Thanks for the reply regarding the belt and white Velcro! There is 2" black Velcro (various uses) listed so I was wondering what that's used for and how much I will need. Sorry if that was unclear!<br><br> Will definitely read up on the double snap system.

Hi there, I was wondering if I could get people's opinions on the following items from Trooperbay: https://trooperbay.com/gloves-hand-guards-combo.html https://trooperbay.com/trooper-neck-seals.html Thanks in advance!

I may have missed this, but what about materials for the canvas belt? The belt plus the Velcro? And also how much black 2" and white 1" Velcro is typically needed? Thanks for the great list.