TK6294

So you changed it? I thought CRL changes had to be voted on by the detachment?

Thank you Izzy! I can add some black inserts if needed. However, I feel I followed the CRL as written with regard to approved lens color. I checked both the 501st CRL review forum that I have access to as part of the legion council and the CRL that is listed on special ops. in states that they may be silver in color. See below... From the Special ops Magma CRL http://forum.specops501st.com/index.php?/topic/11-magma-troopers-lumiyas-troopers-crl/ * LENSES: Either opaque flat or bubbled helmet lenses are acceptable. May be Black, Smoke, Silver, or Dark Green in color. A spectator must not be able to see your eyes through the lenses when the helmet is worn.

Hey Troops, I wanted to share pictures of my new costume that I just finished. It is one of the ultra rare Magma Troopers (part of special ops). I bought this kit off of ebay from a 501st member about a year ago. I got a great deal on it. I have been working on it for a long time. the kit had been hastily thrown together to make a Georgia bulldog trooper. The prior owner had riveted EVERYTHING together. To add to the problems, many of the rivets had caused cracks in the armor. So i had my work cut out for me. Red armor is tough to work with. it is translucent and turns orange when it is stressed. Fortunately any stressed or orange spots can be removed with a little heat from a heat gun. I started out by drilling out all of the rivets and removing all of the Georgia decals. I immediately had a challenge of patching all of the rivet holes. that is where i got a little bit creative. I took a hole punch and punched out red filler rounds from spare pieces. I then put one of the rounds into the hole. Next i used a soldering iron to melt the plastic round into the surrounding hole area. that did a good job of bonding things together but it made for an ugly surface. I then took sand paper from 300 grit to polishing grad of 20,000 grit and wet sanded out the spots until they were totally smooth. I had about 30 of these holes to fix. I then finished up with novis polish and finally car wax. The hole repairs are tough to spot but i can see every one of them since i have the most critical eye. Nobody notice them at the first troop unless i pointed them out. I am please with how they turned out. The rest of the armor was pretty straight forward. I took my time to make it very wearable. I also spent a great deal of time polishing out all the scratches from the previous owner. My boots are from TKboots. i used red high performance gloss enamel spray paint from rustuleum. the paint worked very well and is very flexible which was surprising. They are still in good shape after 4 hours of trooping and a very busy Dallas Comic Con. Here are some photos taken by a Jeff Brownlee, a local recruit. He did an awesome job. I know the Texas Flag Pauldrin is non-cannon but it really adds to the look and was extremely popular at the Comic Con.

Frak! I just painted a pair of white TKboots red for my magma! I used red enamel. It looks good but i don't know if they will hold up... Although, for $169 I think I can make my painted boots work.

From the FISD forum. I plan on using this method to repair the used magma armor i bought. It is full of rivets in bad places. http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?showtopic=2041&hl=acetone&st=0

I would like the belt and detonator pieces.