TD7930

allright.. for those of you who think i will never finish, what i´ve started Some pictures of my pack at the moment. The upper black section was finished today. The blue trays still need some work and the radio too.. But i am on the right way... thanks for watching... as you can see, everything was deassembled. I got a new metal frame, wich makes the whole pack much more stable. Everything was painted, the radio got a wood-corpus, to be more stable too. a bit dusty from working. This is NOT the weathering Next steps tomorrow! Good fight, good night! Mike

I am working on that right now. I finished my blaster first and the pack will follow. But i want to post the pictures, when it is done! I am on 40% progress now, still some things to fix for S.W.A.T. Cause I don´t wanna start from zero again.! But it becomes...most impressive!

Hi Guys... Today i finished my E-11 Beauty. It is a full aluminium replica with movable parts and i also can deassemble it. I - just had to fit the t-tracks in there - got a WW II Scope and had to do model and fill and prime it a bit - i shot a real eagle counter in the bay i mounted today - did some weathering...so that´s it! It is an amazing blaster. Full aluminium and functional folding stock, removable magazine..etc. More pics follow. Cheers, Mike

try this : yeeeeeeeeehaw! You don´t need to buy one. Just follow the turorial. I guess 2 pieces of ABS/HIPS/PVC or whatever and some glue is all you need! Mike

Hey guys.. just wanted to let you know, i didn´t give up. Just took my time and i am working on my Backpack-Upgrade right now. Some parts will be replaced by aluminum, the radio will be a new one and it will get a total update. I also got a beautiful full aluminium-blaster, a real scope and a hengstler counter. Pics follow. I think i have 3, 4 weeks to go. Cheers, Mike

Thanks, guys! I am working on my backpack right now. And i hope to get a Trooper 1-pauldron and a woodman Faceplate soon! My problem at the moment is the money. AARGH! But i will fix these things... The goal is right in front of me..and i won´t give up. I also decided to replace the whole plastic frame with a metallic one and the big tube on the right is going to be an aluminium one too. Cheers and stay tuned! Mike

OK... i will do that!. It will just take some time..It´s not done in a few hours, like the other adjusments. Thanks for your help! So i have to study especially this pack a bit more. We´ll see the progress..

Hey Guys, Saludos, Juan! Thanks for all your critics. Honestly i am a little bit surprised and also disappointed, how much i obviously did wrong with my backpack. It was my first costume at that time and so i obviously din´t spent enough time for research and reference-pics. So i got a lot of homework to do. It comes to the point, where I have to ask myself, if it´s worth to configure all these points on my pack (the material won´t get better), or should i start a new one without "mistakes" from zero and get the better and accurate faceplate.? I´ll have to sleep a night or two over it and let you know, what i am going to do. Unfortunately i can´t afford all these things right now, cause I am still in education till october. What´s for sure is a Trooper1 Pauldron (soon) and a Blastech-Full Aluminium E-11 Blaster with moveable parts (when they´re ready in about 2 months)... but man.. that´s S.W.A.T. Best Regards, Mike

yes man.. i hope to get a trooper-1 Pauldron soon! And when we´re all at the cantina bar, i´ll get you some tatooine-beer! Cause I was the one, who was overrun by the old Jedi and let the droids pass through .. danm

or is it necessary to remove the leather things to get 2 cm into the first "puffy" pauldron-area?

Hey Rolf...i know that. I added the snaps as you can see. I am looking for a Trooper 1 Pauldron, hope mine is ok so far? I didn´t want to remove the whole leather-section, so i just put in the 4 snaps, to get the optical effects. Anybody found something else? :jawa:

ok..i just added the snaps on the pauldron: and here: one step closer to the holy S.W.A.T ? Cheers, Mike

ok..there we go: the Pouches were trimmed and the toolbox´s place moved to the right: and again: you asked for my lenses and frown: Btw: my frown never has seen any mesh and never will!! he he.. my shins.. Assembled original after the AHN with the small gaps: and at least my thighs: also assembled in the AHN-style: Pauldron follows asap! I´ll have to add the additional snaps first! Cheers, Mike

i´ll get some coffee and then i´ll go right downstairs to fix these things and to show you, I am SWAT-worthy Thanks guys! Mike

Name: Mike Mautz Legion ID: TD-7930 Forum Name: Miksi Garrison: German Garrison Trooper Emulated: Captain Road-Block-Version Me on the left showing the weathering which is going after Mr. "move along" Member must currently be deployed as an MEPD Police Officer to be considered. - yes Weathering must be appropriate to screen used armor. Too little or too much weathering will not be allowed. - yes Pack, pauldron, and weapon combinations must match a specific trooper a seen on screen. - yes next pic shoing my puffy pauldron with the round detail: next is my backpack which is based on a crashmann-kit. Syphon by Gordon, Large Dial by Vodoo and some ohter details are selfmade: here all of my gear togehter: Latex-Rubber Gloves with Latex-Handguards: my rivets on the left: snap on the right: the beeeeeep-snaps: the front-snap: my TK-boots: my E-11 Blaster with real weapon parts: canvas MP40-pouch on the left shoulder: my MP40-leather Pouches on the hips. One is original If i get another one, they will be replaced! the Abdomen with the charakteristik weathering-spot: a side by side comparison from the original to mine: helmet comparison: my real tubecrack: and to see it complete..here in action: the second from the left: show me your identification! and here: the first from the left: yes...it´s me I hope, i dind´t forget anything important..? We´ll see :-) For those, who are interested in the gear: It´s a 3mm HIPS Movie FX Armour (from Germany), a 1.5mm PT-Helmet, painted extra to fit to the armour. Mic-Tips by VAJ from Germany, Sandtrooper-Tubestripes from TK-4510. Boots are TK-Boots, Handguards are from Sonnenschein. Backpack is by Crashmann, syphon by Gordon , Large Radio Dial by Vodoo. My Blaster is a full resin-blaster with real aluminium and weapon parts (full aluminium blaster comming soon ). The armour is weathered with black and dark brown water-based (airbrush)acrylics, rough cleaning-sponges, towels and shoe polish! As you can see, i spent hours and days to go right afer the "move along" trooper. Some might call me crazy, but YES..i cut a real crack in the right tube, to get the original look. It is glued with fiberglass from the inside to get the crack fixed. It´s a very massive armour (some like it, some don´t) It weighs (all in all) about 15 Kilos = 30 pounds. After 2 Days of troopin´in it, you really know, what you did the last days Please don´t wonder about my handguards on the trooping-pics. I got my hardplastic-guards with me as backup and used it the second day, cause the latexguards had to be glued again. So let´s see, what happens Cheers, Mike "move along...move along"...

we are the minority and we stick together! TDs rock.. no matter where they appear... thats for sure!

CONGRATS VAL!!! Welcome to the Sandpit with the BEST! Only the hard ones don´t feel their necks in the evening anymore. This was really one of the fastest deployments i ever saw. But you did everything right. Let´s rock some Events! Cheers and congrats, Mike

It was absolutely great man! So many TDs.. very impressive, when a group of us went on Patrol! Great feeling! And they let me be the "chief".. cause i got only the E-11.. Even I was the smallest Trooper My Mate Val luckily got his Backpack ready (one day before) and so we really had 2 good but **** HOT times in Legoland. One of the italians collapsed in his Tiefigher-costume. I hope his is fine again To give you impressions..here we go: http://www.pictureupload.de/originals/63726/060611174337_sonstige_sandtroopers-legoland_10.jpg Thanks! move along...move along!...

if it helps, i got 2 more pictures of TD-6599 from this weekend. Val is marked! on the right! and this one: Cheers, Mike

you forgot the pic of the green lenses

hey man..this is a real ugly one!!!. You´ll never get deployed with trash like this! Who is the noob who took the pictures? ..ok..just kidding, Val... great Job! I don´t see anything, what will keep you away from deployment. It was a pleasure to troop with you! Mike

Hi Stefan! Nice to know you on Board the Sandpit´s best! See you again in Legoland. We´re gettin´more and more... Jens, Harald, Val, Stefan, Daniel, Peter (Holland), Gian (Italy) and me of course... So many TDs are impressive! We all meet at June! Congrats!!! Mike

Nice to know you on board now!!! Let´s have a good troop at Legoland this year and kick some Jedi´s *****! Welcome to the best... Zeit is´s worn, Bolzer Gruß, Mike

welcome to the cantina, man!!! BLAST ´EM!!! Mike

Thanks for all your positive critics! It´s fine to see the work was not for the trash-can! I spent days an hours in front of hi-res Pictures of Anthony Forrest.. I´ll make some pictures to compare.. Just want to get my old Armour-deployment replaced with the new one! Greets, Mike