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I am doing an ICAT myself, but not a mudtrooper, and while they consist of the primarily the same parts, there are fundamental differences beyond the helmet. Dig into the work in progress topics for each of the troopers, especially the one written by rickboyblue , one of our pioneers. You will get an information overload. The mudtrooper is MUCH MUCH ****MUCH**** dirtier. The ICAT is a truck driver. You may want to get your ICAT approved first, then go to town on the weathering on the MT. Actually i am wearing my fully converted ICAT pants now, with the thigh patches. added It turns out that the black Dickies 874 original fit black work pants with scabbed-on parts from Dickies flights suits not only fade perfectly, but are quite comfortable to wear during the day in South Louisiana September heat. There should be a vendor source list in the MT forum. I got my jacket made from JT in the Phillipines. Let me say that the jacket has PLENTY OF ROOM in it, so dont try to add any on your measurements. Im too big to fit in manufactured armor, so Ill be printing my own. I bought a printer, ive spent months researching, and I will start on it this fall once I have settings figured out. Im looking forward to your progress!

Were you able to get what you needed?

trust me, theres a lot of black zip ties on my rigs!!!! I cant wait to see you approved.

Looking good and the arm seams should present no problems, since its not discussed in the CRL. I have my hooks going through the hole, from the bottom, literally holding the belt from below. Mine are dropped another 1CM down from where you have yours, to hold that bottom edge of the belt. In future, if you want to go L2 *which I totally suggest* you'll need to add a snap and piece of webbing to each of the puches. Look at the CRL, click on the pic and it will take you to the enlarged image. I used the nylon loops I cut off the bottom of the pouch, used to pull it open, and put a snap half on that, then sewed it to the pouch flap. Pretty easy stuff.

The bund itself is really simple, even for beginners. Its just a tube, and going by what you have already you can sew your own out of black fabric. ive made a few, and Im more round than straight, so it was more of a challenge. But essentially its a long rectangle with velcro on the ends, sized properly to fit between the belt and the chest armor, and the stitching in the middle. As far as projects go, this one is on the very easy to sew end.

Im curious too. Are magnets actually strong enough to hold it?

We look forward to your progress

A while back we tried to get another type of Army trooper, an officer, approved but we did not have enough resources. To get a new type approved you must have a minimum of three matching sources, head to toe, showing 360* of the character. Im really happy with it and how it turned out, but unless we see it in the newer comics or even the Disney series, It going to be a one-off for me.

any updates?

Beau i sent your harness parts out in the mail yesterday, so you will have them soon. You just need to mount them to the belt, try everything on and keep the webbing as flat to your shoulders as you can make it, putting that horizontal strap under the webbing right across your shoulderblades. Final image should look like this

are there any update photos ?

Good morning, I apologize for getting to this late, but Ive been just a bit busy. The current, published CRL is always correct, regardless of what any one says. That is the only measure we have to grade by. If you want to shoot for specialist look to the blue text in the CRL. There is a list of boots in this topic, so the boots shoud be available, there is another applicant doing Sunber and he just picked up boots a couple of weeks ago. I agree that they are comfortable. Your gloves are pilot style, and will not be used for a IAT. The IAT gloves are a very short, green glove. It appears that your epaulettes are still attached, go ahead and remove those. Thats what I made my collar closure out of. If you havent seen it yet, here is the Vendor list.

I do believe at this rate you wil be official for the Con.

the mods are to make it a bit tighter on you so its not baggy. I flipped mine inside out and pinned it, then stitched along that line on the arms, and the legs. You still need to be able to sit. Stand the collar up and make a flap to close the collar. Trim down the legs where they fit inside the boots better. Then the standard round of scout parts, the mudflap, riding patches and the 50MM black elastic. Mine was all white for snowscout but its exactly the same. There are topics both here and on the TB forums on how to do the mods. If I may offer some constructive criticism, I suggest that the depressions/ holes at the hinge bolts be filled in, especially if you plan to go to L2 Specialist. I really hope you go for Specialist, its more work but in the end its worth it. As you work if you shine a strong flashlight across the flat surface of the helmet you will see all low spots that need filler. Bondo Glazing spot putty shrinks over time, but it works to fill in spots that size. Other puttys such as BlueAcryl or even fiberglass resin dropped in will not shrink as much.

Ive just had a big setback, but honestly I cant wait to order my soft parts. Love the look! I just have to wait=====longer

Eric ya I had a fourth of july party / bbq / going away party/ ships official annual party/ Fleet event at my house, and we all got to hang out for the first time in EVER, and I was able to sit down with Beau and get a bit of work done on his suit. His suit is a Danish spec forces suit (Fitting) and it looks great, the color and texture are awesome.

Beau I am glad I got a chance to sit down with you after the party on Saturday and go through your gear with you. The suit will work, it needs the mods we discussed plus the pocket that I pulled off, just add the snap on the collar. Im going to get the webbing and Ill paint and roughly set up your harness but you will need to final sew it so it is sure to fit you properly. You have the boots, thats the hard part, the rest can all be painted to match (besides the fligtsuit, thats fine).

i took a look at the shoes and to me that looks like the boot and over-gaiter that we use on the Rebel Endor Commandos. I may be wrong, not knowing the game but thats how it appears. we do the same thing for Hoth Trench Troopers, its a mocossin with a gaiter over the top of it. In this application its more likely a white shoe/boot with the gaiter shaft and cover created on top of it. Is there a way to get around inside the game , or the character views, to see the backside of the boot. I was pretty shocked that our Del Meeko guys were able to strip out the individual components of the game, and then we could look at how the developers modeled things , looking from inside. That may help determine exactly how this appears.

Beau if you can go ahead and start to post photos of what you have in the topic so all eyes can be on it. I know the things you have shown me on PM, but it also helps to see it all here. You can use Imgur or other hosting program, and use the Other media link at the bottom of this window to host the photos.

Christian have you talked to herotexX yet? Also send a PM to @Melnik his trooper is approved, he can give you a lot of insight where he got his. HTH

I used to have a whole tutorial on painting loaded to the JRS and photobucket ate it.

im bumping this topic for people who are looking for the commuter, or commuter "type" boots. The resources in this link should help a ton of people with various foot sizes.

Eric I have no idea what WTF sells for the Army trooper other than the patches hes always out of. What did you recieve? Can you post pictures. There is no armor for a trooper, there is only the helmet and the soft parts, so I am VERY confused by what you are describing. This is the approved CRL, and no armor is seen in the comics, or worn by troopers. Costuming:TX imperial army trooper - Databank (501st.com)

Daniel almost everything twists to the outside, and with my kneecaps already rotated out, anything I wear on my shins especially the Rebel gaiters for multiple costumes wind up sideways. years ago fitting clones here in my garrison we had all sorts of things including foam and velcro to keep things in place below the kneecaps which were their own nightmare.

hey Don dont know if you saw but there is a LFT armor party in about two weeks , it was just posted to the forum last night.