Omaha Joe

Halloween ComicFest/Trick or Read, Sioux City, IA; 10/26/2024

Columbus Days Night Parade, Columbus, NE; 8/9/2024

Dream Night at Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, NE; 7/12/2024

Kool-Aid Days Grand Parade, Hastings, NE; 8/19/2023

10th Annual Superhero Heart Run; Papillion, NE 9/18/2022

ooops, I just realized my Troop Log post’s title might make it seem like it was my first troop ever not my first troop ever, but the first troop in my TK and yes, the first of many more TK troops..!

Trooping the Old Market, Imaginarium; Omaha, NE 9/4/2022

Hey all!! Just checking in for the first time as an official TK, having been approved late last evening!! My name is Joe, from the Imperial 80th Squad of the 501st Legion’s Central Garrison, and I’m very excited to now be a part of the FISD..! Like some, I decided to make becoming a member of the 501st Legion part of a silver lining to the year that was 2020… I’ve been very fortunate to have built and assembled together with a ton of help from family, friends, and forum members, a handful of approved costumes, the latest and very recent of which has been an original A New Hope Stormtrooper…!

TK-92576 (newly approved) kindly requesting full FISD Stormtrooper Access..! Thank you!! https://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=32945

Thank you very much for the kind words @justjoseph63!! And thank you for the suggestion with the ab button plate..! I will definitely give that a try to make it as close to the originals as I can… only issue I know is that I used CA glue for the ab button plates, but if there’s a way to replicate the screen used version with what I have, I will absolutely make that happen Again, thank you (and everyone else who has provided input) with this build, I appreciate every bit of feedback, and I love the attention to detail from everyone in the FISD..!! Once I get the 501st approval and FISD TK access, I will most definitely be submitting for Expert Infantry, and later down the road, Centurion..!!!

Thank you very much, Gentlemen..!! I very much appreciate your feedback and suggestions! And to both @gmrhodes13 and @AradunFF, thank you for the tips on the butt plate issue, both great techniques to remedy that problem… I’m hoping to be able to get back to it this weekend, make these minor adjustments and with any luck, suit up and submit for 501st approval in the coming week!!

…had the first preliminary suit up, wasn’t aiming for any sort of submission-style photos at all, just wanted to get in it and see how it fit. Overall I’m happy with the direction it’s headed, but still a few minor tweaks… wasn’t wearing the detonator, and the elastics that hold down the backs of the plastic shoulder bridges are not yet installed… I was able to see the dressing issue with my right shoulder that was causing the shoulder bell to come away from the bridge and chest armor; basically the right bicep was not properly aligned, causing the interior elastic connecting the bicep to the shoulder to pull the bell outward… gotta add some velcro to the belt and ab plate to hold that directly at the bottom of the ab buttons, and still need to add support to keep the butt plate from pushing outward… Like I said, the first of many suit-ups, but glad I was able to identify a handful of issues that I’ll be able to work on between now and the next time..!

Thank you @TKSpartan..! …got the bridges trimmed and glued; gonna give ‘em a solid 24 hours for the E-6000 to cure and hoping for a preliminary full suit-up very soon

…long time, no post; been busy with work but I’m nearing the end of the build itself, just about ready to suit-up… had a question regarding the plastic shoulder bridges…. are the larger detail ribs on the front of the bridges trimmed lengthwise right up to the raised portion..? or is there a little bit of flash at the end..? this is what I have right now, and I want to make sure of any trimming that needs to be done (either length or width-wise) prior to glueing them to the shoulder area of the chest plate.