Hesikaya

(6) Super hero Saturday 2020 Made it to Phoenix with CDZ4861 and CDRO4877 Sent from my sorrosuub C1 comm link device using Tapatalk

Welcome to the forums! I find it's always helpful to drag a medic around wherever you go regardless of duty status. Take your time and do your research before pulling the trigger on that gun. You'll want to not only be sure you've gotten a good deal on whatever you buy but that you'll be happy with your purchase after you start working on it.

As for the mic nothing comes to mind thread wise but Lorelei has perfect search advice. I'm just using a the mic with a rigid boom I got on Amazon that came with my PA speaker. That cord runs down the inside of my neck seal out the top of my shirt behind the armor so it's not seen and under the backside of my chest plate where I have one of those chest high radio holders. The cord goes into my TKTalkie (think home built versatile iComm) and then the PA speaker. There's also a small power supply to run the TKTalkie. I second the balaclava idea. Definitely helps keep everything attached to your head when you slide your bucket on. http://www.tktalkie.com/

Welcome to the Forums Junos! Nice to see a Michigander on here. I ran away from there many years ago to live in the desert but I would expect to hear that Michigan would be teeming with snow troopers. Sounds like you are on the right path with all those questions. I don't think it's been mentioned yet but, also find your local garrison and get in touch with them. You might get lucky enough to meet someone with the same costume you're considering building and get some tips from them too. A lot of the costumes get hot, especially inside the helmet. There's a bit of information out there on rigging up small computer fans to help keep you cool. You can run them off of small USB battery packs like you would buy to recharge your phone. I have 2 pair that run off two switches along with a hearing aid/assist unit so I can still hear what's going on outside my bucket in fabulous stereo. Blows other troopers minds when you can hear them and there talking a few feet away.

For what it's worth In 2017 I paid ANOVOS $497 for mine with no soft goods. Sent from my sorrosuub C1 comm link device using Tapatalk

My Armor is ANOVOS and I've been quite pleased with it. It's the first kit I've built and while I don't have a lot of experience building several previous costumes I found my way through and like how it looks. It's going to rest in personal preference as to whether you like the look of it and there are several manufactures that you can take to expert infantry or Centurion. Like has been said before take a gander at the Expert Infantry and Centurion approval threads to look at the different makers and how the final product appears to see where your tastes are. Sent from my sorrosuub C1 comm link device using Tapatalk

Awesome! Glad you're with us.

I used photoshop to crop and adjust the picture then save it so that it was smaller than the 25Mb limitation. If you don't have photoshop you could try to use the built in windows picture tools. Click on the three dots to the right and click resize image to get it under the limit.

Welcome to the forum!

(2) 12/14/2019 Kids and COPS 2019 TK W/ CDZ4861, CDRO4877 We worked the crowd before Santa Arrived and roamed freely inside in search of rebel activity until my Jawa started chanting "Sooga!".

(1) 12/07/2019 Tucson Bike in a box at the Elk's Lodge TK W/ CDZ4861, CDRO4877 My first troop with my loyal droid and Jawa.

2019 (1) 12/07/2019 Tucson Bike in a box at the Elk's Lodge TK W/ CDZ4861, CDRO4877 (2) 12/14/2019 Kids and COPS 2019 TK W/ CDZ4861, CDRO4877 (3) 12/18/2019 Rise of Skywalker ticket giveaway for Toys for Tots TK (4) 12/22/2019 Arizona Oncology benefit screening TK W/ CDZ4861, CDRO4877 (5) 12/26/2019 Christmas Comic Book Delivery at UMC TK 2020 (6) 01/18/2020 Superhero Saturday 2020 Phoenix, Az TK W/ CDZ4861, CDRO4877 (7) 02/07/2020 Tucson Night to Shine for special needs kids TK W/ CDZ4861, CDRO4877 (8) 02/08/2020 C4 Cochise College Comic-Con Sierra Vista TK W/ CDZ4861, CDRO4877 (9) 02/15/2020 Family Sci-Fest at Children's Museum Tucson TK W/ CDZ4861, CDRO4877 (10) 04/03/2020 Phoenix Children's Hospital Trivia contest and Virtual troop TK (11) 06/25/2020 Phoenix Children's Hospital Virtual Trivia contest TK W/ CDZ4861, CDRO4877 (12) 07/08/2020 Online Birthday Sing Along TK (13) 12/09/2020 Death Star Destruction Trial Witness Round-Up TK 2021 (14) 02/12/2021 Tucson AZ, Night to Shine for special needs kids TK W/ CDZ4861, CDRO4877 (15) 05/13/2021 Tucson AZ, Banner UMC Virtual Hospital Troop TK (16) 06/25/2021 Tucson AZ, Jewish Community Center Summer Camp TK (17) 07/03/2021 Flagstaff AZ, 4th of July Parade TK W/ CDZ4861, CDZ4877, CREY4878 (18) 07/16/2021 Tucson, AZ, Jewish Community Center Summer Camp TK W/ CDZ4861, CDRO4877, CREY4878 (19) 09/18/2021 Tucson, AZ Dream Night Reid Park Zoo TK W/ CDZ4861, CDZ4877 (20) 10/21/2021 Tucson Boo at the Zoo TK W/ CDZ 4861, CDZ4877, CREY4878 (21) 10/23/2021 Tucson Lymphoma and Leukemia Light the Night TK (22) 10/30/2021 Tucson Pima County Sheriff Trunk or Treat TK (23) 12/15/2021 Benson Death Star Trial Witness Round-up TK 2022 (24) 01/29/2022 Tucson Tucson Road Runners Star Wars Night TK W/ CDZ4861, CDZ4877 (25) 02/02/2022 Tucson Cholla HS Star Party / Curriculum night TK W/ CDZ4861, CDZ4877, CDZ4878 (26) 02/11/2022 Tucson EmpireStrikes Back in Concert TK W/ CDZ4861, CDZ4877 (27) 03/05/2022 Tucson Ray PArk Meet & Greet TK (28) 03/26/2022 Tucson Be Safe Saturday TK W/ CDZ4877 (29) 04/23/2022 Tucson Pima Pet Parade TK W/ CDZ4861, CDZ4877 (30) 04/30/2022 Tucson Boxer Bot Banquet TK W/ CDZ4861, CDZ4877 (31) 05/04/2022 Tucson Bricks & Mini Figs May the 4th Extravaganza TK (32) 05/04/2022 Tucson Martha Cooper Library SW Celebration TK (33) 05/04/2022 Tucson ANH in Navajo at the Loft theater TK (34) 05/27-28/2022 Phoenix Phoenix Fan Fusion TK W/ CDZ4861, CDZ4877 (35) 09/02-04/2022 Tucson Comic-Con TK W/ CDZ4861, CDZ4877, CREY4878 (36) 10/29/2022 Tucson Pima County Sheriff Trunk or Treat TK W/ CDZ4861, CDZ4877 (37) 10/31/2022 Tucson Tucson Medical Center Halloween Parade TK (38) 12/01/2022 Benson Death Star Trial Witness Round-up TK 2023 (39) 4/15/2023 Tucson All in for Autism TK W/CDZ4861, CDZ4877 (40) 05/04/2023 Tucson MT4 TMC Hospital Visit TK (41) 05/04/2023 Tucson Games and Gadgets Park Mall TK (42) 05/06/2023 Tucson Games and Gadgets Tucson Mall TK W/CDZ4861, CDZ4877 (43) 05/11/2023 Tucson Lauffer Middle School Carnival TK W/ CDZ4861, CDZ4877, CREY4878 (44) 05/12/2012 Tucson ROTJ in Concert TK W/CDZ4861, CDZ4877 (45) 06/02-03/2023 Phoenix Fan Fusion TK W/CDZ4861, CDZ4877 (46) 08/12/2023 Tucson Summer Safari Nights Reid Park Zoo TK W/CDZ4861, CDZ4877 (47) 09/01-03/2023 Tucson Comic-Con TK W/CDZ4861, CDZ4877, CREY4878 (48) 09/30/2023 Tucson Siblings in Foster Care Picnic TK (49) 09/30/2023 Tucson Vail Book Block Party TK W/CDZ4861, CDZ4877 (50) 10/20/2023 Tucson Cholla HS Hollywood Homecoming TK (51) 10/20/2023 Tucson Boo at the Zoo TK W/CDZ4861, CREY4878 (52) 10/27/2023 Tucson Boo at the Zoo TK W/CDZ4861, CREY4878, CDZ4877 (53) 10/28/2023 Tucson PCSD Trunk or Treat TK W/CTI4861 (54) 11/05/2023 Phoenix Nascar TK (55) 12/08/2023 Tucson DMAFB Winterfest TK W/CTI4861, CDZ4877 (56) 12/09/2023 Tucson TPOA Shop with a cop TK (57) 12/09/2023 Tucson Bike in a Box TK (58) 12/30/2023 Tucson Roadrunners Hockey SW night TK W/CTI4861, CDZ4877 2024 (59) 02/18/2024 Tucson Pima Pet Parade TK W/CTI4861, CDZ4877, CREY4878 (60) 05/03/2024 Tucson-TMC Hospital Visit *Hospital TK (61) 05/03/2024 Tucson-DMAFB Exchange re-opening TK (62) 05/04/2024 Benson-Benson Primary FLL Expo TK W/CTI4861, CDZ4877 (63) 05/04/2024 Tucson-Bricks and mini figs TK (64) 05/04/2024 Tucson-Bookman's Entertainment Exchange TK W/CTI4861, CDZ4877 (65) 05/04/2024 Tucson-Tucson Games and Gadgets TK W/CTI4861, CDZ4877 (66) 05/24/2024 Phoenix Fan Fusion TK W/ CTI 4861, CDZ 4877, CREY4878 (67) 07/27/2024 Tucson School of cool carshow TK W/ CTI4861, CDZ 4877 (68) 08/30/2024 Tucson Comic-Con TK W/ CTI 4861, CDZ 4877, CREY4878 (69) 09/14/2024 Tucson Dream Night at Reid Park Zoo TK W/ CTI 4861, CDZ 4877 (70) 10/18/2024 Tucson Not too Frightful Friday TK W/ CTI 4861, CDZ 4877

Gmrhodes13 YOU DID IT! Thank you Glen! We will rebuild!

Gmrhodes13 If you can delete that I would be happy. Especially if it fixed the attachment problem at the same time.

Right!? Is there an option to delete?

That's where I started. Problem is the attached pictures no longer show up and I have nothing to click unless I go to the manage attachments link. I half wonder if I can delete the entire thread and start over? It's my troop log and my history is brief, 2 whole troops so far. Sent from my sorrosuub C1 comm link device using Tapatalk

When I go to my profile is this where you are mentioning to go? I know I'm getting older but I don't see the trash can. The second image is the manage attachments page and I don't see one there either. Sent from my sorrosuub C1 comm link device using Tapatalk

Tk41469 requesting 501st access. https://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=31551

Thanks for that, but how do I UN-bomb my storage?

I was trying to add pictures to my troop log. After I submitted the post I noticed one was upside down. So, I tried again from my computer instead of tapatalk but then they disappeared and I got this warning "You have used all of the attachment space you are allowed. Manage attachments to free up space". When I click the link I can see the pictures I tried to upload but there are no actions available to take. What gives? What should I do to fix this?

I've noticed while roaming the site that on other people's posts their 501'st ID number is listed between their actual name and Garrison name. On mine it does not. Is there somewhere I am supposed to go to fix that?

A couple days ago I received my Basic 501st approval! A great big thanks to all who've helped me out thus far! When I started on this endeavor I felt like I was trying to swim solo across the ocean. Everyone of you has had a positive influence on the process. A few of you seemed to be checking in often to offer loads of great advice. gmrhodes13 you've provided excellent feedback and the most impressive insights in locating things on the forums. ukswrath I followed your Anovos build and greatly appreciate the encouragement. Hopefully by following it I will make an easy transition to higher levels. Had it not been for your build thread I would still be working on this thing. TKSpartan thanks for pointing me directly to the things I needed to adjust and having the ability to highlight great posts with pictures when your words weren't doing it for me! Me like pictures! justjoseph63 the detailed critique was very helpful and timely to assist in getting myself prepped for approval. Now onto the blaster. I've got my resin doopydoo kit in hand, hit up T-Jay for the extra bits to make it better than a rubber duck and started reviewing the enormous wealth of info here. With any luck I'll be able to have a moment or two to work on it despite all the holiday, family, and work hub bub to be able to qualify EIB then Centurion in short order. TK41469 signing off!

Thank you for the review JustJoseph, I really appreciate it. I think I need to give that calf a bath if I'm going to correct the symmetry problem there. Seems no matter what I do it defaults to that position when closed. The belt had popped off it's snap and I really wanted pictures so I just let it be after fighting with it a while. Seems I may have been a millimeter off when I put the snap in the belt and it comes unsnapped easily. Thinking I've seen some folks add a little velcro under there to assist in keeping the belt in place. As for EIB I still need to assemble a blaster that's in a box. Planning an easy build to get a grasp of it then trying a second build to make a more realistic one.

Thanks JustJoseph63 I appreciate your suggestions. The thigh photo I just posted is after I removed the back cover strip and trimmed the thighs down. I am thinking I will probably take off some more of that return edge around the top but they fit much better now. Here is a more recent photo. Please tell me what you think. My new concern is that my butt plate seems wider than my derriere and hangs out a little. Still scratching my head on whether to just eat more to correct that or something else. Pretty sure the Dr. will tell me the latter.

Here's the end result of the backs of the thighs. I think they turned out pretty well. Sent from my sorrosuub C1 comm link device using Tapatalk