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How cool is that!?! I'm on the patch! Ok, it's not really me but still

Yeah, I tried for the angle and faild.

Thanks! It was a lot of hard work.

I ended up taking a dremel to the bottom of a pair I had. Then I used caulk to fill in between the sole and leather. Then painted it with plasti dip. After a few uses it will start to warp so I'm open to suggestions if someone knows a better solution than caulk to fill the gap.

Just finished my second troop in the new armor.

I replaced the rubber straps with metal, now I don't have to worry about it falling apart. I added paint and used a lighter to add some burn marks

Ok, so originally they asked me to remake my front pouches 3" taller. But after looking at the reference photos a few more times and comparing them side by side with my photos I decided that my spacing was off. I ended up shortening my cummerbund and making my cod longer to give it the desired look. I've got a troop next week that I'm really looking forward to trying the new costume out. I'm most likely going to remake some of the rubber parts to be foam. I really don't like how they attach to the plastic, it's so not secure and I would hate for it to fall apart on a troop. May I'll post photos of those changes lster.

And thank you Grumpy, for the photos you sent and the support you gave, and especially for doing the foot work to get the biker clone 501st approved.

Thank you sir!

Thanks guys, it's a great feeling to have something to look forward to and see it to the end

Approved! ! ! I got the email this morning. I'll post some pics later on this week or weekend of a change they asked for.

I submitted the photos to my GML and received this as response "Very nice work, extremely cool costume. I will post this to my review team, also this costume will be posted to the legion for review. Since this needs to go to the LMO and legion review it may take a while. PLease give it a couple of weeks before you hear anything. I am hoping sooner but takes time." I've got my fingers crossed!

Thank you! It took just over a month working as fast as I could. It's so hard to see the white on white. Is this acceptable? Question, because I'm already 501st, I only need to send photos to my GML for approval to start trooping in this right? Is it possible that he'll have a problem with it because it's listed in the CRL as "CRL status undefined"?

So, I've got some small tweaking to do but visually I'm good to go. I'm ready to submit my photos for approval.

My belt is not white, it came grey. I just ordered some Plasti-dip spray, depending on the results of that I may end up contacting Bikerchick to try to get a white one. Thank you Grumpy for the tips, I'll try hand sewing the velcro onto the back of the belt. My gloves should be here Wednesday, unfortunately they're just regular leather gloves and not kashyyyk gloves so I'll have to mod them my self.

I knew I wouldn't be ready for episode 7, but I'm cool with it. I'll just have to take my TK. I have made a lot of progress through. I hope everyone is enjoying the premier today or tomorrow or this weekend or when ever you see it. Quick question, how do you attached the rubber parts like the straps to the armor? Every adhesive I've tried just falls apart. So far I've seen some people use snaps but I'm not crazy about that idea. I can't see using snaps on the lower arms. I've also seen people using velcro to attach the belt and I'm having a hard time imaging that as well. Also, what's the best paint to use on rubber? My primer just cracks and falls off

So after hours of gluing and clamping and cutting and sanding, I've got a good start on my pouches. I also got by blaster in the mail yesterday, I'm getting so pumped!

I've got everything trimmed and the legs are put together I made a lot of progress on my bucket I cut the face off because I want that flip up function that the biker scouts have. I also sanded up the corners of the eyes. First layer of bondo A little sanding After a few more layers and some shaping I got excited and just had to paint. I still need to so some more shaping but I'm very happy with what I have

Thank you Grumpy. I guess I'll continue to post here as I've already started this one. I've got the back pretty well figured out I decided to go ahead and bondo the hell out of the inside were the two connect, hoping for extra support against cracking. Its just a little bit crooked but I don't think anyone will notice (fingers crossed ) A quick question about bondo, I noticed two different kinds at Home Depot. One more for car body repairs and the other all purpose. I didn't know the advantages or disadvantages of eather so I went with the all purpose one. Anyone have any experience with both?

This is great! Its very helpful to see what someone else is doing.

This was very helpful! Thanks man!

Ok, so my plan is to use this as a build thread, I hope that's cool as I don't really see a spot for build threads here. I like to be able to ask questions and descus what I'm doing and need to do. I've found a lot of great thread here but I have notice many of them are a little old. Many of the threads I've looked to for info were made almost 10 years ago. So wish me luck More to follow