Nasuki3

My ultimate goal was to eventually go to SWAT, but at this point I kind of just want to get into the 501st and then deployed. It's something I've wanted to do for a while and just kinda anxious and ready to get my armor. But I will dig into it a bit more and try to find it. I forgot to mention that I have asked the person who assembled my armor for me if he could do the weathering and he agreed, so I don't want to be sending him the wrong pictures for reference. Obviously he can't weather my pauldron, pack, or pouches, as I have them, but I'd like my armor to at least be ready for the Cantina Captain, that way I can get deployed and work on the other parts myself. And thanks for the guidance. One of the reasons I want to be a part of MEPD. Everybody seems kind and helpful

Ah okay, thank you very much. I found that sight but called my searching for the day off before getting too far. I knew I was obviously looking for a Captain in the Cantina scene, but as I for some reason don't have that movie in my collection yet, I couldn't go back and watch it, and I couldn't find any like that in the Photo Gallery Reference Guide. I do appreciate that. I edited it in, I realize I didn't say which guy in the second picture I thought it was, but it is there now. So it appears that I was correct on my guess?

Hello, it has been a while since I have been back on the site. I started the entire process to become a part of the 501st and ultimately the MEPD a little over a year ago, but, things came up, and i ended up pushing the project aside for a while/forgetting about it. But now I have the time to go back to it, and everything is just about done. The last thing that needs to be done to my knowledge is the weathering. I had intended to go with the Cantina Captain's armor, which leads into my question, is this my guy? I looked through the Photo Gallery Reference Guide and this was the picture I found that really jumped out at me, so to say, as yes, this is the right guy. It appears as though he may have a, smear as I shall call it, on the right side of his chest. This lead me to believe that he is the same as this guy on the right And if this is the case, I may be able to find him better in other scenes with the clarity of the second picture. As I understand it, the same troopers are in different scenes as different troopers, their gear has changed, but their armor is the same. Correct me if I am wrong though. Thanks ahead of time to those that take your time to read this! Oh, and sorry if the images are overwhelmingly large, I've never really dealt with images in a post before, so it took me a bit just to figure out how to even get them there -_-

I recently acquired one for my build and it's awesome

So, I am now in the process of receiving a neck seal (maybe an inch, if that, too big, but should be fixable if it is) and already weathered boots (courtesy of Dirt Bag), my Move Along Pack, and my Pauldron. I think all I have left after getting that in is the MP40 pouches and the actual armor to arrive. It's starting to look like I just may have this done by the time I wanted it done

Okay, thanks guys. The guy (Dirt Bag, that's his username by the way, not an insult, just to clarify) that I'm getting them from told me when he got them they were from an MEPD member I believe and he was told they were TK boots. Obviously you can't take somebody on their words alone always, but they looked the part. My main concern was having to strip the weathering if they wouldn't work. But even if so shouldn't be too hard

So, I know that you should generally stay away from ebay, but I went as a last ditch effort to try and find a set of white Chelsea/Johdpur boots, and I found these. Now first, these aren't those funtasma ones or anything. Far as I can tell, real deal TK boots. http://m.ebay.com/itm/301034314250?nav=SEARCH&sbk=1 If not, I have found another set as well. So what think you guys?

I had seen the advice towards those people for the equipment, but I just wanted to be sure I wasn't overlooking some underdog, so to say, that does good work but isn't well known. I will definitely look at those suppliers though. Starting contacting people tonight. I appreciate the friendliness of everybody here, and I can't wait to be part of this group (assuming I get accepted that is). One more thing, what do you guys think of the Bass Amsterdam boots? I already purchased a set that wasn't trooper friendly so to say, thankfully I can still return them, but I don't want to make the same mistake again. I know they are cheaper boots, but I also don't see a reason to drop a lot if I won't be wearing them much (then again, I don't know how often people tend to dress, and I would definitely love to go out and represent MEPD.)

So, as the title states, the armor build starts. Well, armor build may not quite be right at the moment. My armor should be on it's way within a few weeks. But I figured it's time to start gathering all the pieces I need and to start a topic for a WIP once I actually get started. I will do my best to update with photos and what not once I start. I will be going for the Cantina Captain, so any and all help will be welcome, as this is my first armor build. Figured why be shiny and clean? Dirty is the way to go, may as well do it first since it's what I want. Vern will be assembling my armor (I very much appreciate this, by the way) and I will be finishing it up I do believe. Currently I have: DLT-19 Undersuit I know I am going to need: 2x 3 slot mp40 pouches 1 3 slot mp40 and tool pouch 1 Orange pauldron 1 "move along" pack My question about the pauldron, is there any out there that is preferred for those of S.W.A.T. status? As this is what I will ultimately be aiming for. Also, about the pack, I've been researching, and I still have more research to do, but, would I be better of buying a pre-made pack/ unassembled pack or would I be better of making it myself. I have seen a few how-tos on making it yourself, but I have also seen that they can be shy of fully screen accurate. Now, obviously for the price you pay, they aren't bad packs. But, again, I will be going for S.W.A.T. status, so I believe that it is better to get it right now instead of just scrapping one together that won't work for S.W.A.T. I will be talking with Vern on other parts and what not, and I will provide an update with current equipment/equipment I need to get after talking to him. Also, I will cross reference everything on the lists I find so that I'm not asking for information on parts that are already listed. This may be wishful thinking, but I'd love for the armor to be in a wearable state by early January if possible. I'll just have to see how things go along though.

"Your heel may be a little higher than mine, it's hard to tell. The hardest part about modifying you boots would be to get rid of that skin-like texture and make them smooth. I've never tried dying or painting these types of boots, so that may be hard too. I'm not sure how well paint would stick to those. I guess my final answer would be, if they were smooth and white, and I really couldn't tell mch of a difference, I would say they were okay. If they still had that texture, I wouldn't be able to pass them. I hope this helps." Words straight from my GML. So, I'd assume with that I would clear and make 501st with these? My next question is, would these be SWAT approved. I will be going for SWAT and quite honestly it is a waste of my time for me to spend much more effort on these boots if they won't.

So I have found a shoe repair shop, (the only one less than 50 miles away), but about how much do you guys think should come off? I can't walk in and ask them to just shorten it and leave I'd assume, I would think they would need to know how much. And my question with the heel height is, the CRL says "short" heels. when I thought of high heels on these boots, I thought of something like these - http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/383718?cm_mmc=polyvore-_-cpc-_-boots-_-http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/383718. This isn't to be rude or mean, but I haven't found any numerical value for the height a heel should be on a troopers boots. I guess I'm just not getting why what I have is too high. But, I will continue looking and checking for relative/exact heights for the heels and what not. I appreciate the help from everybody.

Sadly, I live in East Bejeesus Middle of Nowhere, so there are no close by shoe shops that I know of. I think the closest thing we have is a few Payless Shoes in each direction, at least 35 min. away. I'm not opposed to the drive but I don't think they are what you meant by a shoe shop. But that is a good idea. I will start looking around to see if there are any around here somewhere.

That was my fear. Would I be better off taking them back or could they be modified enough to look proper without messing the look up

I don't know how to get better quality, I took them off my phone and it saved them as 1.5mb or so each file, so I had to look around to figure out how to scale them down. But I can always email the original photos or any other way that you guys know of. I think I may have stumbled upon a decent find here though if these are right, because they seemed a bit abundant where I got them, but I can't find a trace of them anywhere online.