Echo

Rivets for the sniper? Or do you mean the thigh pack? It is more accurate to glue the sniper plate. As for rivet types, cap rivets are smooth on the back.

Very nice. Good work!

Will these work? Myyyyy Adidas! ----------

Growing up, for me, music was a strong source of creativity and self-expression. One of the most influential bands in my life has been the British post-punk group ‘Joy Division’. On their album ‘Unknown Pleasures’, there is a black and white graphic that is pretty well known. That graphic is of a Pulsar named CP-1919. My TK number is derived from it. When that pulsar was discovered, they originally thought it was evidence of life in the universe, because the signal they recorded had a discernible pattern. It wasn’t long before they realized it was only a pulsar, but for a brief moment they thought they were listening to a story from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. I like visual patterns so I made my number into a palindrome. Also, it was kind of fun that the album graphic is black and white which of course are a Stormtrooper’s base colors.

Francisco Owens 19191 Centurion Letter Thanks in advance!

Thanks all. Its an honor.

Thanks for volunteering to mentor us newbies SW1

Very nice!

Nice work!

I have no experience with the NE suit, but just finished an RS PVC kit. From what I've read, the NE suit has longer parts to accommodate bigger body types. As written above, the RS suit is molded directly from a an original one used in ANH (a new hope) It is built for slim body types, but can also be adapted to larger ones. Generally you can fit into either, but would be easier to do so in the RS suit. The choice between PVC and ABS is as written above, primarily a color difference with some durability differences. In general it's a subjective choice.

Oh, ya the right forearm looks pretty wide relative to your arm. Looks like you could cut out at least the width of the coverstrips. So, cut part from each half to keep the shape balanced and the seams centered from each half. Then add new coverstrips. Also connecting your forearm to the bicep with a 2" black elastic will help position it.

Congrats!

Thanks, I had a blast with my first build. Yea, I may need to adjust my bicep hooks a little. The arm plates felt good, but looking at the photos I agree they could come down a little. Thanks Vern, having a good looking holster helps Sent using Tapatalk

Name: Francisco Owens Forum ID: Echo Garrison: Southern California Garrison Mandatory Information Armor: RS Propmasters PVC Helmet: RS Propmasters PVC TD: Troopermaster Blaster: Hyperfirm E-11 Optional Information Height: 5-11 Weight: 175 lbs Boots: TKBoots Canvas Belt: RS Prop (By Clothears) Hand Plates: RS Prop Latex Neckseal: Darman on FISD Holster: Vern on FISD Submission Photos CENT by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT2 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT3 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT4 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT5 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT6 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT7 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT8 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT9 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT10 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT11 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT12 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT13 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT14 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT15 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT16 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT17 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT18 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT19 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT20 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT21 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT22 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr CENT23 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr Thanks for your time and consideration. -Echo

Francisco Owens 19191 EIB Letter

Great! Thanks Locitus. On to Centurion...

Aww shucks.. now I'm blushing. Thanks for the kind words. Always willing to help, I'll think about some tips..

Thx rhap, yea when I was attaching the thigh pack, I looked throughout the forums for the best fastener to use. I didn't come across a clear answer, so I then went to check the CRL. It specifically stated a split rivet with no mention of a cap rivet, so I went with that. About a week after I set the pack, someone asked the question and it was discussed that a cap rivet was more screen accurate... Little frustrating because I have a stack of cap rivets and could have done it. One day I'll switch it out. But I must say I think the split rivet feels like a stronger fastener and I believe a little better for heavy trooping. There is a fair amount of tension when the pack is pulled from one side to the other to be set. I don't see the split rivets failing while I would have my doubts about the cap rivets. Totally agree with the shin comment.

Oh ya?, it looks like I see a pair of your hand plate sometime in my future haha.

Name: Francisco Owens Forum ID: Echo Garrison: Southern California Garrison Mandatory Information Armor: RS Propmasters PVC Helmet: RS Propmasters PVC TD: Troopermaster Blaster: Hyperfirm E-11 Optional Information Height: 5-11 Weight: 175 lbs Boots: TKBoots Canvas Belt: RS Prop (By Clothears) Hand Plates: RS Prop Latex Neckseal: Darman on FISD Holster: Vern on FISD Submission Photos EIB0101 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0102 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0103 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0104 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0105 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0106 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0107 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0108 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0109 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0110 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0111 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0112 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0113 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0114 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0115 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0116 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0117 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0118 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0119 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0120 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0121 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0122 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0123 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0124 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0125 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0126 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr EIB0127 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr

I can't believe it went by so quickly. In mid January, I received my brown boxes and after lots of cutting, sanding, gluing and swearing (hehe well not a lot but a little) I finished my first TK build. On Sunday I got my acceptance email to the 501st! I'm now TK-19191 From this.. to this.. (Helmet is in the box above, everything else in the mobile tool bin below) Good thing I finished, the neighbors were beginning to wonder what I was doing in the garage until the wee hours of the night for the last 4 months. (That's dust from using the dremel.. honest heh) Here are a couple of my submission photo's for basic approval: SCG-submission_F_Owens_post_Page_1 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr SCG-submission_F_Owens_post_Page_2 by Echo Rogue, on Flickr I have my first troop on May 4th! Very fitting haha. Next up I'm getting images together to submit for EIB and then Centurion. Thanks to everyone for your input and help during my build. I look forward to meeting as many of the Detachment as possible in the years to come. -Francisco (Echo)

TK-KY ... Haha. ...Scrub eyes... TMI

Here's the left side. There are 14 stripes. Here's the right side. There are 15 stripes. If these look incorrect in some way, let me know, (those that know better heh)

Hmm. I think because you are painting before the ears are on you have more stripes than you need. I'll take a pick of how the stripes turned out on my RS bucket later. I used the trooperbay masking decals too. Can't remember how many I ended up with on each side at the moment.

Little trick that worked for me... I put a piece of tape around each magnet with about a half inch tail on it to be able to pull them apart more easily. This also happened to help to keep pieces together if it shattered from slamming together to quickly...