Ryan C. Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Hi everyone, I recently ordered an ANOVOS kit to go along with my 501st approved AP TK. My id # is TK-51978. One of my suits will be used to make a sand trooper and I can't wait to build another costume. I live in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island and I'm a member of the Canadian Garrison. I two sons, One of which is in the Galactic Academy as a Jawa. He is six years old. My three-year-old is soon going to have a Jedi costume. He can't wear the mask yet. My wife loves what we do. Does anybody have any suggestions for me while I wait for the suit to show up? I have an E-11 blaster already. As everyone knows, the Anovos suits were basically purchase sight unseen. I hope it's good. Looking forward to chatting and meeting some of you maybe someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIVE Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Welcome to the sand pit man!!! I don't think you'll have anything to worry about the ANOVOS suit... should be great. I'd make it your white TK and the AP turn into a sandtrooper though — IMHO. Troop on!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TD4434 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 you're in the right place. Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman Tigui Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Welcome aboard man! Check the build threads, post progress pics, pop questions and in no time we'll see you as a Police Officer 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE TROOPER Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Welcome Ryan, seems like you've done some research. Check out F.I.S.D. too. Have fun brotha, and see ya in the cantina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandtrooper Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 While you are waiting you could look into buying pouches and a pauldon. You may also need to get another pair of boots since the TD ones will need to be "dirty". P.S. My wife wants to someday visit Prince Edward Island because she is a big Anne of Green Gables fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan C. Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 While you are waiting you could look into buying pouches and a pauldon. You may also need to get another pair of boots since the TD ones will need to be "dirty". P.S. My wife wants to someday visit Prince Edward Island because she is a big Anne of Green Gables fan. I've got a few connections here on the Island within the Anne industry. You're always welcome to come explore...and bring your armour along as well. Beautiful place for a troop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 hello and welcome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millenium1 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Welcome to the Sand Pit Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan C. Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 Well, my last post here was in May 2015...That's way too long but guess what arrived today...My big brown Anovos box! I am very much looking forward to joining the ranks of the MEPD. I spent the afternoon and evening trimming it and taping some pieces together to see how they look out of the box. Pretty decent so far. The pieces match up nicely. There are thicker pieces than others but nothing paper thin or worrisome. Now I am a smaller trooper - only 5'6" so many of the fits of the suit are not meant for me. Knowing this, I have always been planning on cutting into the back of my thighs, shins and the inner forearms as I did with my TK in order to be able to bend limbs. It's the only way. At the same time this is going on, I am also building an R2 unit. That's a task, holy moly. I'm thinking of what weathering to use for R2 and now that I am hoping to join the scene on Tatooine, perhaps a Mos Eisley post-restraining bolt paint job is in order. So anyways, I look forward to reading builds and moving forward. My goal for the TD, as long as I can get boots and the soft parts, is to be approved for July 2016. That's the timeline considering family, work, coaching, etc... Now as for questions: 1. Is it safe to assume that cover strips are the same sizes between TD and TK's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBoy Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Welcome back bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRIBBLER Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 @ Ryan - Welcome back, Boot! No worries about your height, this detachment will guide you to the end of your TD project. We have accurate looking members ranging in height from 5' to 6'-4". You are definitely in good hands! As for armor details, keep referring to the build threads. And to answer your question... yes, the cover strips are same size. You might have to tweak/mod certain parts of your armor to get it as close as possible to looking screen accurate in proportion to your size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan C. Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 I just looked at my Anovos and the kidney armour has the TK notches cut out. I don't see a whole lot of Anovos builds here. What's the word on the notches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Welcome back, Ryan! The notches are the same. If you like you could start your own WIP thread here. I'm sure there a bunch of guys out there at the moment who'd be very interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveMonkey Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Welcome. There are also a ton of ANOVOS builds over at whitearmor.net that might be able to give you some guidance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan C. Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 Is there a tutorial for uploading pictures? Or should I use an app like Photobucket or Flickr? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Most of us use Photobucket and use the "insert as image" function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan C. Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 I'll try Photobucket! This is my TK. It is AP. I am EIB. I had thought about converting this armour but I love it too much to dirty it up. The Big Brown Box for my TD. The unveiling Anovos on the Left, AP on the right. It is considerably bigger than my AP. I can't tell about the weight though because of the customization in the AP. The Canvas belt is rotten in my mind. No structure. Maybe once I put it on, it'll be fine but I see it twisting and just being a nuisance compared to my TKittell. After snapping and scoring everything I decided to tape everything right at the scoring lines to see where everything lines up. I like it so far. Matches up fairly decent. Shins Thighs Biceps Forearms The right fits nicely at this point considering the roughness. Certainly not where it has to be. The left is massive. And finally, one of my helpers. This is Keegan. He is 4 and has a Jedi costume that he wears sometimes and helps out when I troop. He's a member of the Galactic Academy. His brother is 6 and has a Jawa costume and a Gonk droid costume. He is also a Galactic Academy member. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Trooper Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Yep, you can cut out those notches for your sandtrooper. Sandtroopers get built the same as TKs just without the square ab button piece and black paint stripes, 3 buttons instead of the 4, and diamond knee plate. The Anovos kits do not come with the parts for TDs so hopefully you kept your AP pieces. If not, hit up trooperbay or another vendor to source those the diamond knee plate and 3 button piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan C. Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 Hi all, I've had a chance to work on my Anovos TD over the past couple of days. A couple of questions have come out of my work... 1. Does anyone have a 3D printing file of the sniper plate? 2. The strapping that Anovos has provided....can I use that? I read in a few thread that there was specific strapping requirements but in reading the CRL, I can't find out what the specifics might be? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan C. Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 I use clear hockey tape to set things up. I found it is extremely strong, easy to remove and I can see through it to identify my problem areas. Here are a few pics of my initial sizing efforts. AP on the left, Anovos on the right. Some notes I have from my TK build that I referred back to. Front of thighs are 10mm per side with a 20 mm cover strip. This is a picture of thighs with just the excess trimmed off. You can see the width of the bump compared to the coverstrips. Too big. Here things get a bit better.... Just a preference, but when I was drawing lines and cutting, I tried to remember to pull back the plastic. I figure that a Sandy is going to be beat up a bit on purpose so I don't care if it get scratched. 20mm on the from of the shins as well. Here is some of the strapping I mentioned above....works great for the most part. Test Fit somewhat...have not removed extras from belt yet. (wait for the next section of pictures) I removed the drop boxes from the belt and the holster. Pulled back the canvas on the ammo pouch and glued it with E6000. Will pull aside the threading on the rest of the belt and reinforce it somehow. I figure some MP40 pouches will cover the hole left over by the Anovos Holster design. That's where I am. Feel free to chime in.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne Trooper Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I saw ukswrath take some of the excess folded portion of the belt that's sewn down out and use that as makeshift patches for the chicago screw holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBatch Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Hi all, I've had a chance to work on my Anovos TD over the past couple of days. A couple of questions have come out of my work... 1. Does anyone have a 3D printing file of the sniper plate? 2. The strapping that Anovos has provided....can I use that? I read in a few thread that there was specific strapping requirements but in reading the CRL, I can't find out what the specifics might be? Thanks. I've not seen a 3D file for printing the diamond plate, but I do know that you can build one up from flat ABS sheets. If memory serves Dirty Boy did his that way. That is what I did for my 3 button ab plate- just cut a strip from your scrap and then cut/punch three 19mm- 3/4" buttons. Re: ANOVOS strapping. some guys are using it (there are no CRL specifics about strapping)- I don't trust velcro for long term attachments (too many years of tech diving) so I went with snaps. Best of luck on your journey to the Dirt Side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan C. Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 Just checking in here. I have a line on some MP44 pouches that will need to be modified in color, but are they acceptable? My GML suggested that I ask here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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