Airborne Trooper

All set!

If it works for you, go with it! Plenty of guys stick with the screen used method. I like my hard hat liner. Fits great, allows air flow, and my eyes line up perfectly. Plenty of guys plastidip or paint the inside of their buckets black. I choose not to.

Radio faceplate is a no-go

Looking good! Now dirty that sucker up!

I should come down to Philly and troop with you guys sometime. Closest place to me with multiple sandtroopers!

Not bad! Hopefully you used a template so you're not exactly 100% painting them by hand. Love the RS helmet. I'd love to own one someday.

Detachments such as FISD for our squeaky clean TK friends and MEPD for sandtroopers do not provide basic 501st access. For that, you need to contact your local garrison's GML (Garrison Member Liason). Please checkout 501st.com to find out your local garrison. SIgn up on their forum/facebook page. For level 2 and above, you'll contact your appropriate detachment.

These are old photos when I first submitted for basic approval but here's my MTK helmet: And here's one of me, same helmet, at my last troop in April of this year

Welcome, Larissa! Plenty of Florida crew to help you along your way.

Welcome, Dustin. If you can put together an R2, you can put together armor. Probably for much cheaper too! LOL

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I just sowed nylon and parachute buckles and made my own. Something like this:

Did you add a sternum strap? It does help take some of the pressure off your shoulders.

I see no point returning. I need to stop being lazy and migrate my troop log photos to imgur though.

The shoulder bells are not bad to begin with though. I've seen far worse get approved. If it ends up really bothering you, I know AM2.0 makes larger bells and I think Walt's Trooper Factory does too now. What some guys do is when they glue in the elastic band on the top of the bells, they put them off center so they are rotated forward more. We always try to keep the front of our armor as close to screen specs as possible since that's what gets photographed and seen the most. Stick with close as possible to stock cover strips in the front and go larger in the rear, for example.

Congratulations! Reviews can happen quickly when all the required photos are supplied and are clear. Great work and welcome to the brotherhood!

Welcome, Jeff! I was approved with no pack and honestly, I used packing tape to attach my shoulder pouch for the photos because I never intended to wear it without a pack since it's meant to be attacked to the backpack strap. Looking forward to seeing your WIP over in the Armory section!

Glad it's all worked out, Scott. Trooping is one of those things you get more comfortable with by experience. I still make adjustments and have been in for over 2 years now.

That is the plan! They go to troops with me already most of the time.

It's one of those things where you just try your best and then settle haha.

Everything I can see in the 2 photos appear to be up to snuff for basic. Since you're getting ready to weather, I would recommend at least loosely emulating a trooper for SWAT. It'll at least give you a foundation to work with going forward. I'll let someone with better pouch knowledge chime in about those. Belt placement is where it needs to be. Top of forearm to bottom of bicep is correct. The only thing that everyone will say and the hardest to achieve is getting those shoulder bells rotated a little forward more to close the gap more.

It's a quick way to get have rights revoked. Not really sure spamming just so you can post a sale is productive. Maybe become part of the community here. If you're 501st, you can always post it on the legion forums.

The straps connecting the chest to back sag and kinda bunch up. That's natural. It's also a reason why TKs have ABS straps on top to cover them up. What you can do to minimize the effect is to double up the elastic. By doing 2 pieces or do a fold and sew it together.

So did you get approved???

Change of plans... booked a hotel and will do my best to make it. I'll just wear a celebration branded kevlar vest