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Now I’m making some changes to work toward centurion. To reach that I’m told I need to close the gap in the shoulder bells and get the shins lower. 

 

To do that I’m trimming the shoulder bells shorten the top and follow the contours of the chest and back plates. 

 

Next day:

Trimmed out the tops and contoured them a little. 

 

This is with the straps reattached ANH hung in place. Once I test fit it to me I’ll know if any more trimming is needed. 

 

I put a piece of Velcro on the boots and inside the shins to keep them down and centered. 

 

I also trimmed out the top rear area like the screen used stunt kits. 

 

Next day:

Both done now. I also trimmed a higher arc I’ve the heels. They don’t get pushed up when walking now. Pushing up sometimes made the backs open up as the narrow bottom area was pushed over the wider calf area. 

 

That takes care care of the gaps that were there (below picture). I’ll be trimming the thighs the same way. This will increase mobility and lessen the stress on the kit when moving  

 

I neatened up the vocoder paint as well. 

 

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After some tweaking and tidying up I achieved EIB. Here’s some of the things I did to get there. 

 

I cleaned up the frown paint paint to keep it only on the teeth. 

 

Replaced the damaged and short brow with a new one from Trooperbay. 

 

I built a 3D printed E-11 blaster. 

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I took the teeth paint down some to remove the excess area covered. 

 

I also replaced my brow with a new Trooperbay brow. 

 

 

The blaster that I’m submitting is the 3D print I built. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Here is my main blaster. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3 hours ago, TK 71627 said:

I like them.... which one is the lightest for trooping purposes ?


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This one seems slightly lighter. Both good trooping weight though. This one is ready for paint now. 

 

 

 

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16 hours ago, TK 71627 said:

Can I see a Pix of the D-ring ?

 

 

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There are two blasters I’ll be using depending on the event. The complete prop and I’m including my current project that has lights and sound. 

 

This is the prop:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the more functional unit still in progress. This is a kit from Raymond Hebert BlasterMaster. 

 

 

 

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9 hours ago, TK 71627 said:

In the future, you might want to consider buying a new brow, it’s short on both sides. Hope this helps !


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On my to do list. 

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6 hours ago, DZFireMedic said:

Where did you get the strips? Thanks!


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They came with my AM Armor kit. 

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I added the pics as requested. I thought the Aurebesh would be a nice touch, thanks. I have a few compliments on it now. I also added a pic of the chest/ab bracket screws since they are required to be painted as well. The magnetic kidney/ab was possible because of your shins setup, I did it and it’s great. The main difference is that they actually slide but don’t lock. The Han snap holds the top together and the ammo belt holds the bottom, like the movie kits. The magnets slide out when bending or breathing deep then return everything to proper alignment every time. 

 

I can can imagine how trying it can be to walk newbs through this process. I appreciate your patience with me as well. Let me know if there’s anything else you need. 

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Ok. Hope I get this right. I included the left ab/kidney hinge and right ab/kidney magnetic latch. 

 

Armour: AM Armor 2.0

Helmet: AM Armor 4.5

Blaster: Blastpro

Holster: Darmans Props

Neckseal: Geeky Pink’s Phantastic Gaskets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking. 

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34 minutes ago, mjrose927 said:

Did the S gasket come with your helmet? Or did you buy it some place???


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It came with mine. 

 

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I have to say…I used your magnetic shins build. Absolutely love it. Great idea. Thanks. 

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Thanks Cricket. Looks like I’ll be waiting a bit to get all the pics. The Blaster should be here soon and I’m waiting on my replacement neckseal from Teresa (Geeky Pink). 

 

My armour and helmet come from AM Armor. The Blaster is from Charles Craig of Blasterpro. 

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On 4/29/2019 at 12:20 PM, T-Jay said:

Good luck Dave.  Erm, is there a cut in your brow, right above the eye? If so, you might be able to fix that simply by turning the inside out.

 

Forgot about that. Might be my project for tonight. 

 

Turns out its cut cut on the other side too. I remember cutting it while trimming for the  brow gap. 

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I hope these pics cover what you’re looking for and meet the EIB level requirements. Let me know if I need to add or change anything. 

 

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Name: Dave Araujo 

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Forum name: Easy

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Split rivet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before trimming ends, split rivets in

 

 

New blasterpro blaster should be in this week. 

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Theres so many to thank for helping me get here. I’ll try to get to each of you.  

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So I made some adjustments and took some new pics. Hoping I’m ready to submit. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is my first time in the full kit. 

It’s as comfortable as I expected. 

 

You'd think he’d have centered the TD. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3 hours ago, gmrhodes13 said:

Nice work, with the thigh ammo strip the rivets should be more towards the corners, shouldn't be an issue for basic approval thought, depending on your GML

 

 

 

THAT’s what is bugging me about the knee. Just couldn’t put my finger on it. Thanks.

 

i need to trim this off the inside…

 

and this off the outside. 

 

That’s what I’m looking for. 

 

Much cleaner look now. 

 

Thank you gmrhodes13. Sometimes a detached eye sees clearer. 

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A few little  touchups.

 

I removed the Chicago screws and replaced them with split rivets. 

 

A few dabs of white paint and these are perfect. 

 

I also touched up the bracket screws to be screen accurate. 

 

Nice and neat. 

 

Did all of them to make me happy 

 

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2 hours ago, phil said:

hi, have you removed the return edges on top of your thighs. ?? 

Yes I did. They were too tall for me. At some point I’m going to heat and roll them in. 

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On 4/15/2019 at 8:50 AM, ukswrath said:

Hey Dave looking good.

 

Just a heads up, the area on your posterior you're using to connect to the Cod is incorrect, it should end where I've illustrated. This is by no means a deal breaker and it's is a very common mistake made with this armor.

 

Keep up the good work

 

 

Thanks Tony. I fixed it last night. Did the button and screws paint as well. Except for the neckseal I think it’s ready. All my adjustments and things I’ve changed because of the good support in here are posted in the thread sections that cover those specific build processes. Still considering trimming behind the knees. Going up stairs is tough, down is easy.

 

This is a long build thread. Hopefully it is good and will help future builders.

 

I’m going to spend Friday working on fitting it just right and taking some pics. I’ll use an older neck seal but it’s tight. If everything looks good I’m posting pics here and in the FB groups for feedback.