Harenatrooper Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Just wanted to say hello to all my fellow Sandies. Life goal achieved of joining the 501st Legion as a Sandtrooper. I was just approved earlier this month. I am from the Northern Darkness Garrison in Indiana USA. While it is just basic approval I took screen accuracy very serious in my build. It is an AM armor and helmet. My blaster is a Hyperfirm that was delivered in August just before they went defunct. Pauldron is by Trooper1. Large Spanish pouch (not visible in pic below) from Blaster 8266. My helmet is entirely hand painted by me. Never done anything like this before, but it was a very rewarding experience. Over the last 6 months of the build I have looked at almost every build thread here on MEPD for details and guidance. I'm especially grateful to SWAT #47 (TD-84414) for inspiration. I have tried to achieve a reasonable facsimile of the Road Block Captain Version 2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hausi Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Your kit looks great, well done and congrats on your 501st approval! Welcome to the sandpit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwam Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Congratulation Trooper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcalus Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Congratulations! , and welcome to the dirty side! Nice work, your kit looks great. The cheese grater hand plates aren't seen as often as I think they should.. lol.. awesome to see another trooper wearing them. Will you be going for PO? If so, looking forward to your build. Jon.Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harenatrooper Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 Thanks everyone for the kind words! I really like the cheese grater aesthetic as well. I need to find a set of them in latex. I am debating PO, I really want to do it. But I have back problems, not sure how well I can deal with the extra weight. We shall see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hausi Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Don't worry, you don't have to wear the pack at every event you attend, just for the photos, the rest of the time you can use it as a displaypiece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthStevius Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Congrats and welcome Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch99 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 You did a great job on your build. I had a question for you about your AM armor? I'm looking at AM because they are supposed to be for bigger and taller folks. When you put yours together if you can recall would it be good for someone 6'2 without having to add shims to make it fit for height? And most importantly what do you think of the quality of work AM does for the kit you got ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 hello jeff, congrats to you sir and welcome to the MEPD! Your suit looks great:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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