camroc13

Oh hello there I know you dare to join the Tk ranks huh? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Cool! Didn’t know about the stormtrooper hall of fame but glad to be a part of it! Honored to have my picture chosen definitely a cool shot with R2 in the background. Thanks for sharing guys! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Small update ended up cutting the last tab on the back strap problem is it’s now too short for the elastic to slide over the back plate unless I move it to the very last tab. I still have yet to do a test fitting so it may actually be better once it is actually on me. Luckily the black strap on the underside is holding the front and back plates together so hopefully this won’t be too much of an issue. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I appreciate the feedback luckily I’m already basic approved and have been trooping in this kit for a few months now just been addressing some major issues I’ve had and I didn’t realize about the large tab on the back of the shoulder strap. Also I’m a little worried about the back just being held in place by a piece of elastic do you usually carry extra elastic in case it snaps? Also for the forearm armor I had to trim a lot of the return edge to get it to properly fit (since I have skinny forearms) so we had to work with what was left when it came to gluing the cover strips. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Also added black elastic to the forearm armor so it will be a lot easier to put on and stay in place. Before I had to stuff mine with padding to keep It in place! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

New finished chest piece Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Also decided to take off the Velcro that was holding the front straps and glue it with e6000, I was told to not glue the back straps and leave it free floating so I have a piece of white elastic holding the back strap in place. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Also did some major upgrades to the chest piece I was told I should fill the gaps on the underside of the shoulder strap to make it more stable so with the help of my girlfriend, we went through the tedious process of cutting strips of abs to fill in each gap. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Also switched the thigh strap from a buckle to a loop which he sewed directly on to the Velcro so it should be nice and stable Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We decided to combine both the chest and ab piece so it will be a lot easier to take on and off Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Hey guys I’m back with some updates on my strapping! After wearing my kit and countless troops I decided it was finally time for some much needed upgrades. With the help of my local GML, we were able to make some major improvements to my setup. It’s still mostly Velcro, but we reinforced a lot of it with e6000, and he sewed some parts for me as well. Overall I am very pleased with where it is at now. I will likely continue to upgrade more in the future and include more snaps but for the time being, this is so much better from what it was before where it was mostly help together with tape. I’ll include some pictures here! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Welcome! I’m also from Texas so if you have any questions feel free to reach out! Also I would highly recommend you join our recruit Facebook page so you can get familiar with some of the members of Star Garrison and they can help you place you with the right squad! https://m.facebook.com/groups/296336407050926/?ref=share&mibextid=EZGj5y Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks everyone glad to be in the TK ranks! I’ll keep you guys updated as I start to upgrade my strapping Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Requesting full access TK 11198 https://www.501st.com/members/displaymember.php?userID=34757&costumeID=71 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well I got approved still got a lot of work to do to better improve my strapping but glad I got basic approval out of the way! Just want to thank everyone for the great advice so far! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Gotcha I will do more research then I appreciate it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Found this on Etsy what are y’all thoughts on this kit? Also I noticed that there is 2 options the snaps separate and pre-set male snaps. Don’t really know what the difference is. Assuming it would be better to get it pre-set. Would rather get something that is mostly ready to go for attaching on armor without much work. https://www.etsy.com/listing/595852866/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Was just looking through your thread any chance you plan on selling your strapping kit again would make my life easier if they are already assembled and ready to go for gluing on the armor. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Most of mine is held together with Velcro and a lot of tape haha which works but again not great definitely need to look into upgrading to more snaps Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here is the suit with some minor adjustments for a recent event I am the TK on the far left in both photos you can see how the shoulder armor drops ever so slightly on my right side. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Note I could not really see well out of the helmet in those photos so that was why I was standing awkwardly I have since adjusted the padding to where I can actually see a lot better Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk