Koryu1212(Dan D)

Strapping continued... Sewed several elastic straps... Female snaps added and started “snapping” together... Using my last split rivet I installed the “crotch” strap...I placed a piece of pile Velcro over the rivet so I wouldn’t tear a hole in my under armor and I used 2” heavy duty elastic, triple stitched with nylon for the female snaps since that is a high stress point ... And there you have it, all strapped together... Test picture... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Strapping everything together. My Thigh garter system set-up... Glued snap plates... Box stitched nylon webbing to the elastic. I also stitched some hook Velcro as a back-up to the snaps... Female snaps set... Pile Velcro added just above the snap plate... Snapped into place... Measured and triple-stitched the loop for the belt... I used a Mil-spec belt since it is very stiff and even though the thighs do not weigh a lot, the stiffness of the belt helps with balancing the load between the hips and lower back... Test picture... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you! Will try and finish up posting the rest of the build tonight...

Canvas belt snap to abdominal install along with the ABS ammo belt and leather pouch mount... Test fit and center marked... Male snaps marked and installed on abdominal armor; marked and placed on canvas belt... ABS ammo belt attached via rivets to canvas belt... Test fit... My fix for attaching small Spanish pouch to belt. Using a heat gun I bent an ABS strip around the “D” ring... Measured against width of canvas belt... Trimmed it to width and added hook Velcro to ABS strip. Added pile Velcro to belt with lock tight (I sewed it later). And my “Stop that Ship” load out... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Time to start strapping it all together. Abdominal and Kidney plate fit and split rivet install... Blue tape test fit... Holes marked for split rivet install...I used Billgrams guide for placement off of FISD forums... Han snap... Codpiece split rivet placement... Butt plate snap placement... Viola... Sewed small and large Velcro hook panels and added pile Velcro to sides... Test fit... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sniper plate install...basically followed Pandatrooper’s tutorial... Added some internal ABS strips to form a base for the backplate to adhere to... Sanded that flush... Added another piece of ABS for reinforcement... Holes marked and drilled... Rivets placed and set (unsure you use backing washers)... And, done... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thigh ammo pack install...waist belt and thigh pack were bent using a heat gun and two paint stir sticks... My trim lines... Trimmed and Holes drilled... Tools to bend over and flatten out the split-rivets... One side at a time... And, done! I added a little bit of CA glue in specific spots to hold it in place... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Glueing it all together...again my mentor showed me the “how to glue a butt join” at our Garrison armor party starting with the biceps and forearms. From there I measured, trimmed and glued the rest together by myself...starting with the thighs and then the shins... Starting to add the cover strips...thighs than the forearms and biceps finishing up with the shins. For the back closure on my shins I used white Velcro... Reference picture of a screen used thigh off of FISD...I filled in the gap at the bottom of each thigh piece with ABS paste I brewed up using my shavings and acetone. It came out the consistency of white out and worked beautifully! Also glued my ab buttons... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Results from the armor party...my mentor made my canvas belt for me and showed me how to “butt join” using CA glue (Zap-a-gap) and accelerant...measure twice, glue once [emoji6] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Our Garrison held their monthly armor party so prior to that I went ahead and cut all my cover strips and made a lot of snap plates. I used Tandy line 20 snaps. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

After trimming gave everything a quick dunk in my tub to wash off any casting residue... I also acquired a sewing machine from the base MWR (Morale Welfare and Recreation)...first time using one, but you’ve gotta love YouTube! Learned how to sew a “box stitch”. My Garrison mentor showed my how to add nylon webbing to the elastic, which adds a reinforcement to the snaps and keeps them from pulling out of the elastic...I also became friends with the staff of my local JoAnns and began receiving things from Imperial Procurement (read Amazon) [emoji846] Pauldron, split rivets, tube stripe templates and helmet fans from TrooperBay...neck seal from Imperial Seamstress out of England. My boots where ordered from Imperial Boots. Pouches from Blaster8266... E-11 “Standard” grade from HyperFirm and nomex flight gloves from off EBay...I also purchased some Italian made leather gloves (not pictured)... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Since I’ve already completed this build, I’ll break it down by stages; starting with trimming and so forth... Began with shoulder bells and hand plates, followed by abdominal, butt piece, kidney, chest and back, biceps and forearms, shins and thighs finishing with sniper plate and ab buttons along with the ammo belt and thigh ammo pack. I saved the helmet till the very last, which I highly recommend since you gain more confidence working with the bigger items that are easier to fix if you mess up especially when it comes to doing the ears for your helmet, but more on that later... Save all your trimmings which you can use to make ABS paste for repairs! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

BBB was April 1st, which aside from being April Fools Day, is also the United States Navy’s Chief Petty Officers birthday...of which I happen to be. (Master-at-Arms, or Navy’s version of Military Police) Entire kit was put together in my barracks room; spending about a couple of hours each night after work and most of the day on weekends. I am geographically separated from my wife, which means she stayed back at my home of record. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Posting my original build progress off my Garrison forum (Imperial Sands Garrison) of my variation of the “Stop that Ship” trooper. From the date I received my BBB to the day I finished was one month! And it was my first build! I trolled this and the FISD forums a lot, and had help from my Garrison Mentor too! Kit is an ATA...and without further preamble...

26JUN28 Poway Library Troop and Costume Panel Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Apparently...right here! Huge shout out to Ed Quinn for sharing this with me/us!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

16Jun18 IntergalactiCon Got to meet Colin Cantwell... And I was able to steal a picture with Claudia Christian... Best part of the day was shaking hands with Colin Ferguson while his costar Ed Quinn took a picture [emoji41] I wonder where that’s going to wind up? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

10JUN18 Legoland Star Wars Weekend 2018 Best part of the day was a father and son asked to take a picture...son was like I have you at home! Father said that I looked just like the star wars black series figure and it was his sons favorite! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

09JUN18 Naval Hospital Balboa NICU Reunion Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I went with liquatex acrylics and used basically the technique Pandatrooper showed...it helps I have a background in commercial art too [emoji846] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Dan, TD-15169, requesting Sandtrooper access... https://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=27887 Thank you!

Hello fellow Police Officers of the Empire! Active duty Navy Military Police (Master at Arms) Chief currently displaced and stationed out in sunny El Centro CA! I am part of the Imperial Sands Garrison and literally Just got my approval for my TD on Saturday! It was my first build and after having served two tours in the “sandbox” it was pretty easy to go “dirty”! I went with the “stop that ship” trooper variation and posted my build thread up on our garrison forum. If it is ok with the mods I would like to repost it up on here if that is ok? I’m not going to lie, but I trolled these forums a lot! Picked up my pouch set from blaster8266 and emailed pandatrooper a couple of times for advice...I also had an awesome mentor from my Garrison assist me in my build! Anyway, I look forward to typing it up and hopefully meeting some of you all out in the field! Dan (TD-15169) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk