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A lot of people use the welding material. It's definitely green from the inside but it looks dark on the outside and flash photography won't show your eyes which is a good thing.

Welcome to FISD Connor, if you haven't already, read this: Getting Started 1. Hero lenses are smoke-colored or green, but stunt helmets have green lenses. Most of the time people use either green plastic film (movie accurate) or welding shield. It looks darker than it is, but they are green. 2. All vendors sell helmets and you can buy one separately from the armor. 3. Look at www.starwarshelmets.com to get a feel for the different helmets: ANH, ESB, and ROTJ. Your helmet will also dictate how your armor turns out (or vice versa) if you are looking for 501st approval. 4. I don't have the skullworks set up but you should be able to find information by searching here. There are alternatives as far as installing fans on your own, and various members sell microphones and speakers, etc. If you have more questions, keep asking them.

I left mine intact. I wish they didn't make the screaming eagle/tie fighter sound and that they only made the blaster noise, but oh well.

Is there a list of articles we're missing for the academy Paul or do we just need to look over there and submit what we think needs to be submitted?

I think there's an add-on for some forums called Shoutster, where you can have a chat link open at the top of the page and talk but still be surfing the forum. I may be wrong on the name but I know I've used it before. EDIT: How about: http://www.shoutster.com/shoutster.php?url=http://forum.whitearmor.net/ You can register, sign in, and chat with the little orange word bubble icon.

Looks great

I just ordered one of Jim's amps and got it in yesterday and it's easy to use, and plenty loud. http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?showtopic=11907 He's got a bunch of options, including one with a wireless headset.

Really soft, you can tell by the teeth. Are there any bumps on the back of the cap? Looks like it has the bump in the tear so that should be a clue.

With all the build threads here you don't really need the directions. I would use snaps and straps on the first go around. There are plenty of reference pictures to help you get everything set up and you'll save yourself from having to go back later. The snaps really come after the pieces have all been put together so you can figure out how to strap the armor to fit your body. *And excellent job, Terry

Well HIPS is a material (high impact polystyrene) not a vendor, but T/MC is a vendor. AP is the usual recommendation for smaller troopers because the parts are smaller than what you'd find in FX, AM, or RT-Mod. If you look around *carefully* many of the armor vendors are members on the forum. If all else fails, just send one of the staff members a PM and they will point you in the right direction. It's a little bit of a game trying to decipher all the information I know, but necessary to keep the sellers protected, and to make sure people that join up on FISD are really interested in trooping with the legion, not just blowing in from anywhere and finding contact info for these important people that make the armor. PM sent..

Interesting results, not a lot of votes on some of those :-/

That one looks like it will work just fine and the front zipper should come in handy...

Mine looks black to me, even after repeated washings. I'd imagine what you saw would be fine, but it's up to you. I'm sure it will look black against the white armor anyway

If you don't have black showing through then you shouldn't need to add side plates. The shims are only needed if you've got black showing, and furthermore, I think that's only an EIB requirement.

Is your thigh small enough to butt those edges together and glue on a cover strip?

The new AM calves are longer than the other suits I think, RT-MOD might be as well. I would definitely NOT try to heat and stretch the shins, I think that's more trouble than it's worth and there is a lot of room for error.

PM sent.

What type of armor do you have?

I'm pretty sure FBJ is not making belts anymore. I'm sure Wyatt will come through, Graham. It is really easy to make your own belt if you need one urgently, but I am sure that as one of the trusted members of FISD, Wyatt won't leave you hangin'

Do you have a picture of where the straps show? Maybe we can figure out another way to run them.

The two piece is fine, but I think you'll find a strapping system for the armor works better than velcroing the pieces directly to your suit. If you decide to velcro things to the suit, be sure that the soft velcro is what faces in towards your suit, the hook velcro can tear the undersuit.

Keep in mind if you go with Under Armour, you may need to cover the logos on the shirt and pants.

AP or the TE-derived suits work well for smaller people. ATA can work too. Take a look around the forums, there are plenty of build threads of all the types and when you have an idea of which you want, we can give some more guidance. Welcome aboard

I forgot about the virus possibly disabling your internet... If you can't get to any sites, try going in IE and opening the internet options, going to the connections tab and then LAN, and disable the proxy settings there. I had to do that before with another virus before I could access a site that have a tool to remove it.

I would download and install Malwarebytes anti-malware. It's free and it's removed anything I've ever had on my computer. Some sites will also provide a downloadable file that can wipe the virus, it depends on what it is. If Malwarebytes doesn't work, come back and we'll try something else. Install it, run a full scan, and see what it pulls up. http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php