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Posted this over at FISD and thought some may find it interesting here Made by Torsten Hallman 1970's And an oldie but a goodie, for those who may not have seen this image

Still waiting on a TD upgrade please

TD85421 requesting TD access https://www.501st.com/members/displaymember.php?userID=15264&costumeID=2

Approved

Here's one of the first cards I have seen with shinny Stormtroopers, one is having a slight malfunction though with his td, maybe he needs a backpack to cover it

Yes I agree less is more which is the feedback I gave to Peter after his second attempt. The only sticking point has been the colouring, I realise there are a lot screen images available, which some have sent to me as examples lately, BUT many are either in full sunlight or shaded/shadowed, these images then do not accurately show the correct colouring, most of the lighter shades, tan/sand/rust/orange is lost in these images leaving them looking dark brown/black. Prime examples of images some of the colouring is lost, first few you find in google images, all you see is black or dark brown. For weathering that is mainly black or brown in colour I advise to add a tinge of orange, other terminology could be a shade of rust/clay/earth. To me burnt umber does have a tinge of orange to it especially if mixed as a wash. Some images I like to suggest as a guide for weathering are from Pandatroopers thread and also other troopers who have been approved. And although I think a little too much weathering I do like the colouring and layering in the tutorial on looksirdroids.com I know for basic approval pretty much most weathering can be allowed but it is nice to have a consistent look between your troops or you can be the odd man out, which gets a lot of attention as one of our older Sandtroopers has found, to which he has recently commented he will be re applying his weathering to match everyone else. Recently one of the biggest complaints about 501st approvals has been consistency, so if I'm way off in my suggestions of colouring please let me know.

We do, especially from the GML section of the legion boards, also been told it's not up to detachment to access for basic approval when I contacted mepd directly, it only looks after higher levels. I may add I took the time to edit in Peter in to a line up of recently approved sandtroopers to show the colour/weathering difference, also supplying info on what colours and link to weathering tutorial and CRL weathering page. In this instance Peter's weathering is looking much better BUT his colouring does have a hint of pink to it, which will stand out compared to the rest of our Sandtroopers, for consistency in the ranks I advised some more colouring, sand/clay orange which is similar to the CRL images of weathering and closer to our other sandtroopers. Peter has since sent a test image of the colour he is going to add and it looks spot on, I don't see any issues with his application once it is applied.

Rogue One CRL (clean and crispy white version) Stormtrooper is live https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:TK_rogue_one

Work in progress here https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:TK_rogue_one

85421 requesting 501st access please https://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=15264

Thanks everyone for the kind words, definately a warm and friendly bunch around here, looks like a TD will be in the cards in the very near future, get down and dirtly lol

Managed to order 2 slings from here came to $43.00 including postage, their site search doesn't work well, I just looked up the weapon model and the slings came up. Will post a picture of the quality when they arrive. Slings came today, very pleased, good quality, now just have to make a sling mount and fit, shouldn't take too long now that my DLT-19 is moslty finished. Sling bracket and mount made, just need to sand and paint Now primed, satin black and satin clear Paint dry, mount and bracket fitted, slings attached, T-21 is done

Side pieces glued on, just some final detailing and sanding to go So bit of filling, sanding and now some stain The smell of paint is in the air Hit the primer with some 400 wet and dry sandpaper, now to coat in some silver and black Just love how quick this silver dries, now on with the black Everything painted, stained, varnished, cleared, now it's just a matter of assembly Here are a few pic's assembled Some close up details More detailing Diffused light in action

A few details pieces done Using some reticulation dripper pipe for the barrel detailing, easy to bend when heated, then tape it to the barrel to hold it's shape until it cools, gives me time to do the blue wire twist . Just did a bit of rounding on the butt, drilled the chanels for the oil brush and holder Using the electronics from a $6.00 toy gun. Assembled on the front which is hidden in the pipe, added another speaker and a red hi-bright led Fitting a small micro swith, spring and trigger Found a small push battery light, using the front cover as it will give a nice look inside the pipe instead of just seeing the one led. Even with only one led the beam of light is quite intense.

Found a couple of water fittings, had hexagon heads so had to turn them down on a friends lathe, then used a file to make the knurl effect This was the only ribbed pipe I could find Was 30 mm too narrow so what I did was slice it down the middle, cut some sections out of the off cut then glued and siliconed them in. And this is what I have so far Few more bits done, top section all sanded and glued Cut and modified some pipe to make the outer rings, had to enlarge one and reduce another, also found a couple of O rings for some of the finer detailing Used pieces from two coupling to make the front section and taper All the pieces on the pipe, think I will paint them all seperately and assemble later with a dab of silicon to hold them in case I want to change any pieces later.

Posted this over at FISD and thought i would share with my sandy bro's, thinking of my next build being a TD. So while waiting for armor and done as much as I can up until now, two blasters made so I thought I would give a T-21 a go. Unlike the E-11's most of the materials for this build I have around the place or I can get for next to nothing. Found lots of info and some templates so hold on here I go. Marking out first, measure twice, cut one Now to start glueing a few pieces together Just a few more pieces done Made some spacers to take up the gap between the tubes and added the tapered section

Was doing some digging around online and came across them by accident, plans are here, you do have to register but only takes a minute. I have found a fault with the plans so far, one of the hole sections is missing one row of holes. I just made a blank A4 image, then copied the plan into it which is huge, then just moved the plan around and printed sections, if that makes sense. I will be making templates sections in pdf when I finish this build and will correct them and post them on the forum Thanks everyone, took about a month on and off to build, had a bit of practice before with two E-11 blaster builds and a T-21 which I will post shortly. Really got bitten by the building bug so got carried away with blaster builds. My TK armor is in the mail so will be building that soon, seriously thinking of a TD too

A few photo's assembled and some details, will keep looking at it today and decied if I am going to weather it or not before I apply a satin clear coat or two

So bit more sanding, few more details and now primer. Going to be 34degC here today so paint will dry pretty quick so no doubt silver should be on before the end of the day. Now some silver, after it dries I will paint the butt brown to simulate the bakelite look, then paint black over the top and when weathered some brown will be seen Got a coat of brown on the butt Also a few bits with black The black is on, looks so nice, now I have to decide if I am going to weather it or leave it crisp. Had decided earlier to weather it but it's sooooo nice all black

Was racking my brain thinking of how I could get the knurl look on the side handle and while scouring the shops found this $2 torch, couldn't believe it was just the right diameter too. Handle fitted and a few more details added Just onto the stand now, making the adjuster, still need to find a bit of spring tension rod, maybe a bicycle spoke will do Now the stands and a few details Not a lot of progress last few days, health issues. Managed to finish the folding stand, have made it all operational, was quite rewarding making it all work A few more bits of detailing, electronics fitted into side cover T tracks and wire fitted And this is where I am at so far With the electronics working

Barrel threaded section glued to main body A few of the finer details on the grip cover plates Selector switch and mount screws Trimmed butt and body to take spacer ring Just making the grooved plate and screw head on the rear of the butt Heated the back of a knife on the stove and used this to melt the grooves, took two heatings, also found it made the piece curve upwards, just about the right contour as the butt Tapered disc, for screen accuracy A few more details to the body

Have this build thread over at FISD but thought I would share it here as I may be taking a leap for another armor build (dirty) in the near future Found some technical drawings online, was a full size print so I had to spend an hour copy and pasting onto A4 size template then print them all. Just spent an other hour cutting and piecing them together, this is what I have so far. I may just add that most of the pipe sizing seem slightly larger than most of the templates I have found before, oh well cross my fingers and hope this one is ok. So my aim was to try and build this gun close to original, which of course means a lot of work, I had to decipher the plans and convert sections into templates for seperate parts. It has taken some time unlike my other builds just to try to get to the cutting stage. There will be a lot of work to make all the smaller components also unlike my other builds. Of course pipes in Australia are metric and not imperial as in the UK and US so that was another challenge, lucky I still have a box of pvc fittings left from my markets buy. I also had to modify the templates for the holes to fit the metric pipe, all I did was measure the pipe then adjust the templates width to suit and printed, the holes are slightly oval but that won't matter as they still have their centre marks. As you can see below I have made quite a mess so far but seem to be making progress, should be able to start cutting later today Got the basics of the pipe work sorted, just need to do a bit of final sanding and drill some holes Using some garden reticulation threaded pipe and fitting to attach barrel to body of gun, be removable for transport Front sight and muzzel lock made and holes drilled Got a bit more sanding done on the main body and lid Just made a switch compartment, using some plastic, a spring from a pen and micro switch same as my other blaster builds, also using a hi-bright red led and electronics from another $6 toy gun