Koryu1212(Dan D)
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27Oct18 OutOfTheDarkness walk to prevent Suicide
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20Oct18 Sharp Mary Birch NICU Reunion...
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22Sep18
Gutierrez Wedding
My first “Star Wars” themed wedding...it was a blast; Congrats to the bride and groom!
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22Sep18
Alpine California Kiwanis Chili Cook-Off
Our booth didn’t win anything for our Chili, but we did win best decorated booth!
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Patiently standIng by
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Any Updates?
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Ok...it was driving me crazy since you all graciously pointed out the barrel end!
Fixed and added the internal “cooling fins” (Provided by Inland Empire Armory
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Again, thanks for pointing that out!
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I’m down for an orange one!
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25AUG18: San Diego Festival of Books.
Best part of the day was when a young girl asked to re-take a selfie with me...”Mr. Stormtrooper, could I take another picture with you? I forgot to smile in the first one!” Too cute
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4 hours ago, Hausi said:
Wow, your new paintjob is such an improvement, great work!
The ring around the barreltip is a little too thick though, I also had to change mine as you can find in my SWAT thread.
But overall nice looking BFG and it suits you well!
Ah...I see what you mean with the barrel end...thanks for the catch; that won’t effect PO status?
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Sharing pictures of my before and after T-21 weathering...Layers of Folk Art Metallic Gunmetal, Silver followed by washes of Liquatex Burnt Umber and Mars Black. I also rounded out the stock and added some mods based off real Lewis Gun pictures...
Before...
After...
I think it matches my “worn” look very well.
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7 minutes ago, salshred said:
Hey bro the suit looks great! Are you in the San Diego Garrison? I live in San Diego and will be submitting photos for my TK soon. Also have another kit that I want to make into a TD. Your thread is very helpful!
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkThanks! I’m glad it was helpful and yes I’m in the Imperial Sands Garrison!
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Comic Con 2018 various: I had a blast and just wanted to share some of my “other” adventures with you all!
I was featured in several local news cast, one from England (Darth Maul from England interview) found myself in a couple of videos, and was pictured in a couple of “best cosplay” articles!
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/The-Costumes-of-San-Diego-Comic-Con-International-2018-488668741.html
https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/23/17600864/comic-con-sdcc-2018-activations-purge-good-place
And must have had my picture taken 1000’s of times...it literally took me 2 hours to make it back to my hotel on Saturday!
I’m now a Getty stock image!
Best story I have from all the Con is this message sent to our Garrison command staff...
All in all I really hoped that I was able to bring a smile to all those Star Wars fans and that I also represented the 501st and MEPD well!
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22Jul18 Sunday Final Day of Comic Con 2018...
Topps trading cards...
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21Jul18 Hallmark booth:
501st Annual droid hunt...
I had close to 40 “droids” stuffed into both my forearms! When I went to turn them in I had to have one of my teammates help take them out! I looked like a ticket vending machine!
Saturday 21Jul18: Kotobukiya
Was tired so I caught some Zzzz’s...I am active duty mil so I’m used to wearing body armor and with my fans going...I leaned up against the backdrop and struck a pose and figured that if someone wanted a picture they would ask or just take it anyway LOL
Saturday 21Jul18: Gentle Giant again...
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Friday 20JUL18 Local San Diego Fox Affiliate Morning Show...
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Gentle Giant
So people are starting to ask “Are you Mark Hamill?” Couldn’t figure out why until my Garrison mates showed me this:
Apparently a picture (this picture below) was taken and wound up on NBC’s national news feed for ALL their Comic Con coverage!
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Comic Con 2018...where to begin:
Hallmark booth Thursday 19JUL18
Best part of that day was as follows: So, I am at the Hallmark booth and this lady comes up to me and is like "I need you to come with me right now!" Who are you I ask? "I am with Disney!" OK, where am I going? "We are doing a book signing, and you are a Stormtrooper and you look cool, so let's go!" Of course you dont say No to the people who own the rights to the Star Wars Franchise! Wind up participating in Rae Carson's book signing of her new book "Most Wanted"! She even signed a copy for me! I am on Disney's list now!
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A really nice endresult I must say.
A personal note, I'd try to tone down the weathering a bit to give it a more natural look.
Well...I’ve had a lot of positive reaction to the look, but I get what you’re saying
as it was my first time I kinda wound up with a more stylized, sharper dirty look, but as I’ve read on here weathering is sorta personal and it’s grown on me...Would this effect my ability to “Deploy” once I get a backpack?
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Yeah...I trimmed my brow before I riveted it together. I don’t recall the sides of the cap-n-back flaring out that much though...
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Awesome! I just assembled an ATA kit...feel free to check out my build thread here!
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And one month from the day I opened my BBB...my Garrison has told me I set some kind of record
Wasn’t my intention to try and be done in any hurry, I was just enjoying the process...
If anyone has any questions, please feel free to post on this thread, or PM me...and if anyone sees me out trooping, please feel free to ask questions. I really hope that this will help any new builds out there as much as any other build/WIP threads out there helped me!
Koryu1212(Dan D)
TD-15169
Imperial Sands Garrison
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Helmet padding was installed using a combination of an ACH pad-set and neoprene...I also lined most of the interior with neoprene, which added a lot of stability to the helmet. Acorn nuts were used to cover the internal screws and I also installed a set of Henry’s helmet fans that are powered via usb, lipstick sized power banks. Switches and wires are hidden with some really cool looking cable covers I found on amazon...
The “S” seal is held in place via compression...I left approximately 1” extra length and pushed that against the other end of the seal. So far it’s not been an issue with putting the helmet on or taking it off. Extra hook Velcro is for my Aker microphone that is connected to an iComm/Aker 1506 amp located in my chest...
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Same weathering process for the suit. I did the helmet first because I thought it would be easier to match suit to helmet
Burnt umber pass...
“Oily” mixture...
Pouches were distressed using sandpaper and baking soda. Canvas belt and shoulder straps were done using “dry brush” techniques with both paint mixtures. Pauldron was done using watered down acrylics and baking soda...
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MEPD Hockey Jersey ***RUN IS CLOSED***
in Closed Merchandise
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Ordered! Can’t wait!