Hoping to join 501st in Sioux Falls area

[jzawacki]

Hello everyone.  I've been in contact with the central garrison, so hoping that will go well.  Feels like it's already been a roller-coaster ride with my armor, as I ordered from authenticstormtrooper.com before being directed to these forums.  Searched and found a thread with speculation on that site.  The kit arrived yesterday and I can confirm that they are selling originalstormtrooper.com kits as the paperwork all says originalstormtrooper.com.  So, I searched that and found threads saying not to buy from them either, but they aren't on the official "avoid at all costs" list, so I'm not really sure if any of that matters.  I'll find out in 6 days when I go to SiouxperCon and meet the people there.

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Hello and welcome, there are a few quality/detail issues with SDS (Shepperton Design Studios aka originalstormtrooper.com), this thread may help you, @Helotech put in a lot of rework on his SDS kit, most mentioned in his pre approval thread

 

 

Also his build thread 

Another SDS pre approval

Just takes a bit of work to get them to an approvable costume but I'm sure with garrison help you will do just fine.

 

Good luck and any questions please let us know

[jzawacki]

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it!

 

James

[Helotech[TK]]

Another referral! I should pay you a royalty for each one you do Glen LOL

 

James,

 

If you need any help let me know. It did take some work to get the SDS up to Centurion status, but I think it is actually much less work than cutting plastic pieces off of full sheets.

It is much easier if you go for basic approval. I also did much more detailed work on the internal strapping and such that I technically didn't need to do.

 

Best of luck!

 

Dave

[jzawacki]

I'd like to thank Kat and Merritt for all the info they provided today at SiouxperCon.  I picked up some helmet pads to fix my bobble head at ABN on the way home and some E6000 and black screen .  I'm just looking for level 1 certification, so after talking with them, I feel more comfortable with the modifications required.

[JBar[TK]]

The modifications required to get the SDS kit approved might actually be a good thing. It'll be a hybrid of a built kit and one you had to do yourself. You'll learn a lot in the process. The links @gmrhodes13 provided are great. Comb through those and see what people needed to change.

This one in particular goes into some great detail:

Good luck and let us know if you have questions. You can always make your own build thread here so we can help you

https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/80-anh-build-threads/