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Thanks nick

This build. Cost me 0$$ For a change i had all the randoms laying around In my garage hoardings I used a hasbro e-11 for a base Already full of aound/ electronics - Also a recognisable star wars blaster base Has laser Light Lights up when fired Not ti shabby for free and a 3 day build !!

*glassy eyed * i WILL post pictures http://s79.photobucket.com/user/primed-1/library/Facebook/Flamer

Agreed i just wore my glasses in helmet the first time this last weekend Forgot my contacts, Not a fan , double fogging .. No room had to pull some foam out Then the bucket was wonky .. And trying to get it on/off with the glasses. And mic Was a pain - plus my fans are too small Wont be doing that again any time soon

I have me one of them thare flamers For my magma ..

nice !!!!

NICE ... YOU SNEAKY GIT .... I HAD NO IDEA ?? welcome to the dark mwg has a great-and growing spec ops presence !!

that im not sure , shes fairly new about a year maybe her name is nicole vanbrooker ,, but an excellent trooper and fantastic spokeswoman for the legion and our garrison .. not to mention just an all around great gal .who parallels kristen avera actually who is in R.P. in the photo kristen is ALSO a spec ops member and doing a shadow trooper ... weve so many fine female troopers in the midwest garrison ,, i dont have enough fingers,and toes to count them all ... our x~ xo is now lco ourx~co has at least 4 costumes 501st /rl... and our new co bean has a spot on centurion tk on fisd or whatever they do ..over there nicole also is a budding seamstress she made that juno entirely on her own , and ANOTHER MEMBERS COMPLETE darth revan soft parts ... these ladies are a definite asset to the mwg for sure !! my girls are following their footsteps . in a full sand trooper and the other has started a scout

few more from a more recent event https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/426624_10101217441165249_1149630953_n.jpg https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/485483_10101217440800979_1853022598_n.jpg https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/426703_10101217439618349_49498628_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/971499_10101217439528529_171682370_n.jpg

nice.. looks good .. once you troop it a few times and dial in the little stuff your golden bro !

well everything is good ,, now all parts sit well .. i may need to pull the hard hat liner out of nova and go foam like in the shadow , and the shoulder bells kept detaching due to the Velcro not sticking ,, apparently to mush weight .. easy fix ... add a second snap like the shadow and have the velcro sewn to the strap . and it should be good to go ,, all my issues have been nailed down ,, wears really well im pretty sure i could do 8 hrs in it .

yes ive always done them backwards .. on my other suits and my paldron is left and my e-ll is right on my shadow and tk also -- but i have switched them around now but re doing the nova to try something .. that may help .. i Chicago screwed magnets with holes in them inside the ammo pouch . then inside the chest i did a snap kit of sort with magnets . it holds well but i did Velcro in 2 spots .. to keep the 4th end- tiny pouch against the plate .... works good i shortened the attaching belt so i can still use it on my other heavy gunner costume .. and soon to be incinerator (will be magnet as well ) the strap gives it the look of function(and it wont fall of if bumped to hard it will just move back ) but the magnets add the lack of movement and security .. i think i have figured out the helmet being pushed up as well .. being the king of over kill and over complication ,,, i have taken the pack and velcro'd the back plate into it so its now one piece and cant move or fight against itself .. and then attached the straps at the top to the pack straps and to the top of the back plate and the strap floating between the chest and back ..where the plastic top strap goes so the plastic isnt load bearing i bit confusing on paper ,,, but basically once the ab/butt back plate and the lower half is on ,,, and i connect the suspenders for the ab/back -- i now have to slide my arms through the pack straps (chest and back connected ) and my head up through the head hole .. reach under the now floating chest piece and hook the pack straps together via a buckle under the front chest .. let the chest drop down ( almost like a carnival ride when you lower the bar down on yourself from above) and i hook the velco -elastic across the sides like a normal chest and back ,,,,,, then the top plastic tk straps are velcro i just reach up and pop them on and im in tight .. even with the pauldron on i can see out of the helmet comfortably now .. with the ammo pouch now pitched forward i can move my headleft and right and see out right ,,still not much up and down but eh .i mainly wanted to be able to see so i dont fall or step on anyone under veiw height . but i had to remove the thermal as the pack sat on it and wouldn't allow it to drop and sit right ( tds don't have them i believe ... and with the pack on you cant see it anyways ... the only issue to tackle is my side plates hit the lower pack straps .. so i may need to notch out a 1"square for them to sit in ?

i have been working on the pauldron , trying to loosen it up a bit ... im working on my incinerator as well .. no conversion .. 2 full suits i am up to 5 tk suits well 3 -2 tx also trying my hand at magnetizing the ammo pouch , like i did for the chest box on the skytrooper build ?? well see

138- nova elite completed .. working out a few bugs .. with the pack it doesnt wear like the shadow ,.., it pushes the chest out and up .. so the helmet is against the pauldron .. hard to see out , and virtually no mobility head wise ,,, but worn it 3 times and again on next sat so little by little working it out , http://www.501st.com/members/displaymember.php?userID=10228&costumeID=142 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=781307857602&set=t.1383429460&type=3&theater https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=511166188936403&set=t.1383429460&type=3&theater great fun ..

id like a price quote as well ? Q.M.

i will be starting a nova at the end of the year , couple projects ahead of it ....... but im shooting for end of the year may do at least the helmet before then ? some things i will do the same.. some things i will try to do differently so it breaks down easier ,,,,,but hopefully the next 3 builds will be as solid a this shadow !!

id be down for a hardcore damaged tx.. just me but i look the wore hard look .. my heavy gunner is fun and i keep my ti dull and all black -- and i don't novus up the tx much i like the heavy worn look ..... so done be surprised if i show up at c6 with the least shiny and most abraised tx of the bunch i do get compliments on the real world look of it ....im not normally misteakin for a prop ..lololol, but id love to rock some blaster marks someday --or a sandy version of the tx .hmmmmmmmmm?????

i velcro'd foam in my i can take in or our depending what the troop entails

i love mg ..she is a great pal !!

verry sweet another magma rocks !!

well ,when i got it it was in really bad shape , all scratched up glue everywhere . it took a lot of tiny sanding and chipping away at the glue, and i used rubbing compound also . the i used about 2 large bottles of scratch remover on it .. a lot of manual labor . to get half the shine i have . id like to get a small hand polisher ? and it gets all scratched up where the parts rub. so i try to elevate as much as i can when packing it up ,, also those towls come in handy . to stand on when i dress and have my shoes of .. hot asphalt ,grass ,etc also the sw one i used to pat my self down with at parades .. and i keep an extra just in case ? i also put them over the tub and set parts on that i cannot bend all the way to the floor to pick up as i dress . keeps them from rolling off the top of the tub .. it takes me a while to get it all out and then get all the way into it .. i usually start to dress 15 min before everyone else , and i am usually the last one out and packed up .... but all in all the complete full Stanley weighs about 50 60 lbs not light . but not heavy enough i cant pick it up and Cary it when i need to . ..say through someones home .so in mot rolling over someones nice wood floors or clean carpeting .. or small hallways its hard to steer around i can pick it up from either front or rear instead of the sides where the hand holds are also with these big tubs you HAVE TO WATCH peoples walls these stanleys will destroy a wall if your not watching closely , i found that out in my own hall . going from downstairs to upstairs ..luckily i hadnt painted yet so quick fix -but a really nice gaouge id hate to leave at someone home !

i literally have spent the entire day trying to do this . and edited out a bunch , and am trying to fix the pics as we speak i started at 8 am its 1:45 am im still going 2:36 am im done , beat going to bed ... p.s. i quit we dont have one for asleap ? it looks close enough ..

i am too pooped to get another costume out . and load it in just to take a pic of a bag strapped to this lid use your imagination im pooped