TK-JJ10

yes! Thanks for the links everyone and for all the insight. i will be going and getting E6000 tonight as i want to start working on the torso soon because I will definitely need a lot of help on it.

How exciting! I haven't met someone doing a build at the same time as me. I wish I knew more people doing it, it feels a little lonely sometimes. LOL. I'll go purchase some E6000 this week. I heard E6000 takes a day to harden, is that true? I think thats why I decided to go with the CA glue I don't have a lot of room to have my pieces out to dry and I have a feeling that I'll come home and see the dogs with one of my TK shins attached to them. they are not the brightest dogs out there.

Unfortunately, I used CA glue and Zip kicker spray. Should I change to E6000?

Ok, I got daring and started to glue and now I'm scared again. First of all, I didn't know I got glue on my work table and I got it on my forearm and some. Does any one know how to remove glue off of abs plastic? I do have pictures for everyone to see what mess/mistakes I made. Building a TK suit is no joke. BTW, I left a little extra so I can adusted accordingly to my size later. I might hae to cut the forearms for me to have better movement. Input, suggestions and anything would be helpful and greatly appreciated. Going into my shins and thighs next, still confused on how I'm going to cut the back of the upper tights, I'm a very athletic yet curvy girl will be doing more research here for it.

Thank you everyone! Joseph, thank you for all that information, it was exactly what I was looking for. I will be working on my outfit tomorrow and will post some pictures of the progress. I haven't glued anything together yet and I'm super scared to do so but I think I will officially start the gluing process tomorrow. I will be working on the shins, thighs and hopfully start the torso, wish me luck!

Hi guys, I have found some great information here and as I have started to build my first Stormtrooper outfit (ANH - Stunt) I came here to try to find answers about trimming which I did find some great and super helpfull information but wanted to see if anyone had further information on this subject. I wanted to see how one can make the suit fit correctly without losing any of its credibility or to lose my ability to be approved for the 501st. I'm on the smaller end of the Regular size Stormtrooper (5'7" female) and I'm finding that the forearm is quite large, thats where I'm at and moving on to the thighs and shins next. Is there a forum for how to make size adjustments for small troopers that will be up to par for the 501st? Thanks in advance, having a blast making it so far! J.

I'm so excited, I bought my costume on Etsy and I actually didn’t know about you guys until; 1. I was looking at videos on how to construct it and they kept saying its 501st approved. so I looked it up, 2. a coworker asked me if I was going to try to get my outfit approved when I was done and he filled me in on a couple of things but said I should research it more. he said it was probably a good thing to do seeing how I’m always talking to him about SW and Stormtroopers. I haven’t received my outfit but its eta is June 1st. I wish I would have found this earlier and had a better understanding of what to look for but it is what it is. BTW, I am reading all of the documents posted about being a new member, they are very informational. Thanks!!

Hi My name is Jay and I’m super excited to be here. I’ve been a huge fan of the movies and just this year I decided to make my own stormtrooper outfit that I’ve always wanted. Unfortunately, not a lot of my girlfriends like SW and usually it’s just me getting super excited about it on my own so I don’t have a lot of people to share my excitement over SW. My BF does love SW but he's too shy to dress up and he's more of a "light Side" kind of guy, he's more of a Qui Gon Jinn or a Mace Windu person. I thought maybe making my own outfit and joining a group of like-minded people might help me "nerd" over my love for SW and more specifically over stormtroopers. Since the first time I saw SW I was obsessed with Stormtroopers, and when I saw that infamous stormtrooper bump his head on the top of the door opening I knew I was a stormtrooper (I'm kind of clumsy). Not really sure what I’m getting myself into but I’m super excited about it. Should have my costume done by fall, hoping to work on it all summer long. If everything goes well, I hope to move up the ranks to Tie Fighter (another costum I want to build) but I will be just as happy just moving up the ranks as a stormtrooper too. J.