Manbehindthemask

LOOKING GOOD GARY! I agree with gmrhodes13 about lowering the bicep to reduce elbow gap. I also wonder if the diameter of the wrist on your right forearm could be made smaller (without sacrificing the ability to put it on) Hope you get approved! GE needs more TK's

I managed to fit 3 troops (new personal record) into a very busy May the 4th! Brought smiles to many, and had so much fun doing it! First one was an early 9am troop for the Best Buddies Friendship Walk. Second troop was a Star Wars party at the Rochester Central Library, and holy sith did we have a presence there! Last troop was for free comic book day at All Heroes Comics in Rochester where we held an impromptu Imperial pride demonstration!

Couple more troops under my white belt! Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra ESB in concert 1/26/19 Kids Fest at a local sports center 2/16/19 And a "Hero day" at a local Elementary school 3/29/19 Lord Vader caught me goofing off at one of the activity stations

I'm gonna chime in with a 5th, Ukswrath's hovi speakers paired with his amp is one hell of a combination!

Whooooo! Very excited to join the ranks of Expert infantry! Thank you for reviewing my application! And thank you for the suggestions, they should all be easy fixes.

Awesome! Better shot of the attachment Thank you.

Congratulations! Looking sharp!

Thank you all! Very excited to finally be getting this process underway.

Sept. 2018 Stong museum Troop (1st official) This was my first official 501st troop back in October with Garrison Excelsior at Strong national Museum of Play in Rochester NY. Also in attendance was the Canadian Garrison and Rebel Legion. I dont think i could have had a better first troop. I was able to take part in a stage sized photo op, was part of blast-a-trooper, had pictures taken in front of some awesome sets built by the Canadian Garrison, and more importantly brought smiles to all the kids and parents! Rock on lil' dude! *stolen from Instagram* Thats my eager face FOR THE EMPIRE!!!

Whoops! EDIT: added photos of sniper knee and ammo pack details. And the obviously necessary right side of the helmet photo. Heh, my bad.

EDIT: Added the required D ring pic

Name: Ryan Foresta Forum name: Manbehindthemask Leigon ID: 91593 Garrison: Garrison Excelsior Armor: RS props Helmet: RS props Blaster: Doopy Doos Height: 5:11 Weight: 167 Boot maker: Imperial Boots Canvas belt: Trooperbay Hand plates: Latex Electronics: TK Talkie, Ukswrath Neck Seal: Jedi Robes Holster: Trooperbay? FULL BODY: ARMOR DETAILS: ACTION SHOT!!! HELMET DETAILS: BLASTER DETAILS: ACCESSORY DETAILS: SNIPER KNEE AND AMMO PACK DETAILS: I believe thats everything! Hoping for the best and a speedy response! Thank you!

TK-91593 requesting access https://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=28674

Well, I had my first (unofficial) troop last week with the wonderful folks with Garrison Excelsior! I had a blast! Was nice to get out in public fully suited up. They even helped me take some pics to send to the GML. And just last night got an email approving my 501st application! I am beyond PUMPED!

Okay okay. let me preface this by saying that I really intended to be more thorough with this build thread. I felt pretty confident with the techniques, reference materials and the things ive learned. i just kind of barreled through the rest what i had to build and all of a sudden i was pretty much finished. Would you guys be able to tell me how you think it looks? I will for sure make a post in the pre-approval page.

Pan head screws acquired! On the way to centurion!

Whoops, too bad I didn't see this yesterday. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Ordered a few on the flea-bay. and by a few I mean 25

UPDATE! So the RS hand plates served as a great base to make some latex hand guards. All I really needed to do was build up the some of the soft edges with some bondo and super glue paste hardened with baking soda. After a little spot filling, sanding, and filing I managed to get most of the details sharpened up. After that I made a Ultrical-30 (mask making plaster) mold and filled with a thick layer of white latex mask paint, and filled the rest of the way with latex. Ultrical is amazing at drawing out moisture from latex, but to speed up the process i tossed the mold into the oven (180 degrees for an hour or so) These were fully cured by the next day. Think they came out pretty dang good if I do say so myself!

Some fitment pics. I am 5'11 ish and 165 pounds (i need to workout) Might have to heat up and shape the butt plate a bit so it hugs my rump a little better. The bottom elastic strap is being pulled pretty tight and its tricky to get it snapped, but I feel like once i get the belt all built and attached this gap will close up. Another question i have is if the back plate is sitting too low? Should i re-glue the white elastic shoulder straps to tighten em up ?

Hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July! So this week off from work has proved to be a very productive one. Managed to get the torso-ab-back-kidney-butt plates assembled with the strapping kit from Imperial boots. (Those Trooperbay videos really come in handy for this) Also pieced together the thermal detonator. My main question at this point is the accuracy of the screws that RS props builds their detonators with. Are they passable for centurion? Because they don't quite look like pan head screws? (last pic) ^The screw heads in question^

Alright, so. First order of business was to get a feel for cutting and trimming the plastic. So I figured that the best place to start was the ab plate buttons. easy, small pieces that are pretty hard to mess up. What really surprised me was that the buttons came painted fresh out of the box. Thanks Rob and Simon! Plan on piecing together the thermal detonator next...

LMAO thanks

Thanks guys! Okay, lets start this build thread off right and show off my helmet. Bought the kit a few months back and only intended to own a helmet, but quickly decided that a full set of armor was in order. I took very few pictures during the build process, and this is all ive got. I mainly used Trooperbay's videos as a build guide for this.

BBB day has arrived! ...about four weeks ago. Didn't have a chance to post anything earlier. Better late than never! P.S. Bear with me while I try and figure out this picture uploading process.