Voltin

Thanks Troopers! I plan on purchasing a black pauldron this Friday and another down the road. I will use one of them to sport my Garrison seal, 501 legion seal, and 501st Special Operations seal and the other to use for other photo ops. After that I will either be making a set of black binders with holster or purchasing some and then I would like to find a DLT-19 Heavy Blaster, oh yeah!

I am pleased to announce that today, Memorial Day 2014, that my Shadow Stormtrooper has been approved! I have been waiting for this since I purchased my armor and helmet back in 2010! Now were can I purchase Special Operations swag? I am really looking forward to getting a Shirt, stickers, and a couple of patches. Will I need to wait for a run to get started or does anyone here have any of those items for sale? It is an honor to be among the ranks of the Galactic Empire's Finest Troopers! Thanks!

Looking at the photo it does have all of the little extras. So yes it is.

I just did my second event in my Shadow Trooper and all went well. However after the event I noticed that my bi-ceps were a little higher then they should be. I can adjust them as I have them attached to the inside of the shoulder bells with industrial velcro. Sometime this week I will be submitting pics for approval. I have a new blaster on the way in the mail. My Master Replicas is WAY to heavy to troop with. The new blaster is a used Disney Star Wars Days E-11 with light and sound. Basically it looks to me like a glorified Hasbro with most of the extras attached. Next paycheck I will be purchasing a quality all black pauldron.

Thanks! Yeah it was a lot of fun. This week I will be ripping out the old elastic straps for the chest, back, and shoulder bells and redoing it all. The Night before the Con the right strap ripped off when I was testing it. I bought the armor used a few years back and never replaced those straps. So I had to do a temporary fix. I don't want to submit pics for 501st Approval until I am sure my armor will hold up while Trooping. I have a new undersuit on the way as the Underarmor I bought has the white logo on the right thigh that I actually painted before the con. Now the paint is peeling. So a new undersuit was a must. Other then that I need to still find my Voice Amplifier Head mic piece and then I will be good to go.

Here are a few pics of my Shadow Trooper at Wizard World Minneapolis 2014. I haven't submitted my costume for approval yet as I still need to work out a few minor kinks. However it shouldn't be long now. And here is one with my Wife joining us.

Update I have now finished the Chest, shoulder bells, upper arm cuffs, forearms, and gloves. I had a minor set back as I somehow lost or misplaced my neck seal. New one arrived today though Tonight I will be working on the shins and thigh pieces. I hope to have it all finished within the next two weeks! Still have some work to do on the O2 Canister and waiting on the aluminum clips to arrive in the mail. I am afraid it will not look nearly as awesome as most out there as the armor I am using was already used and has many light scratches and also the fact that most of my set up is being put together using velcro (I know I know). I do plan switching it all over to the snap system soon. But right now I am just trying to get it all ready for a major event coming up here in the begining of May. Should not be much longer!

Well I did a very stupid thing and bought it off someone on ebay. I know I know, I should know better than that. It was made of fiberglass and the front chest plate was very warped. This frustrated me so much that I gave up the project until now. My older set of armor was used. I bought it from a 501st member in the UK. At least I believe he was in the 501st from what I recall. It has many very light scratches but is far superior from the last set I purchased. I have decided to go ahead and finish the older set. When all is said and done I should have just saved my cash up and bought a brand new kit. Oh well I have to make due with what I have. Regardless I am still very excited to finish this project. Tonight after I finish work I will be working on it somemore.

Once again I am back from the dead. I have finally begun working on my Shadow Trooper again. They second set of Armor I purchased was... HORRIBLE! So I have decided to just go ahead and finish the older used set I purchased back in 2010. I just finished my Belt the other day (besides attaching the drop boxes) and plan on working on the thighs and shin guards this Weekend. My goal is to have it all finished by the end of April this year. My holster loops are just long enough to slide on to the canvas part of my belt. However that MR E-11 Blaster weighs a ton! May be in the market for a lighter blaster in the future.

Ok I am back from the dead. Got a little sidetracked with things such as life. I just purchased some new Shadow Trooper armor that should arrive in the mail any day now Also my Under Armour bottoms should be arriving soon. Once that is all here I can began my build which I am super excited about! I may have to get some new boots as I have worn the ones I bought a couple of years ago and they are now a little scuffed. I have made the modifications to my eFX Shadow Trooper bucket and Izzi says that is good to go. never ordered the shoulder pauldron but I did get some really nice gloves and neck seal. Once everything is finished I am going to purchase a quality Pauldron and a pair of Black Shakles to add a little flare. Not 37 pieces or anything LOL but a little flare is good I will be sure to keep everyone here updated. Salute!~

Ok I have been away for awhile due to a few different reasons. One being that I have put my Shadowtrooper costume on hold until I finish my Snowtrooper which should be sometime before December this year. Another reason is because when the new backgrounds were installed here it makes it very very very slow to navigate through this forum. I know that all I have to do is change the background but can not seem to find where I am able to do so besides the "Change Background" in the upper left and non of them seem to help. Help me follow troopers You are my only help, if I am to stay active on this forum. Which I love by the way. I will begin working on my Shadowtrooper again come next year and need to be here. Help me!

I am having some difficulty navigating this site after the upgrade. Really laggy. I have begun to work on putting together the lower pieces and I just picked my neckseal up from the post office today. Still need to pick up some snaps from Tandy leather.

Did I see Voltin somewhere in this thread? I actually would like to have/make a DLT-19. I was going to buy this http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=180441 But izzi pointed out that is not the correct replica firearm the DLT-19 was made from a MG34 and this is a MG42. However I wonder if you could still use it as a base and then mod?

Thanks! I should be getting more pix up soon. Just got my boots and neckseal in the mail today!

The belt loops look small in the pic but fit when using my 3 inch Imperial belt for my other costumes, however I will probably be getting a 3.5 inch leather belt to use for this costume so I may have to mod or just make a new one. I will have to measure the loops to see if they will accomadate a 3.5 inch inch belt. Will be stopping by Tandy leather to pick up snaps, leather dye, glossy leather protector spray, and belt buckles anyway.

Just received my gloves from Sith Armor, have added black plastic screen mesh to the frown of my efx bucket, got temporary undersuit (thermals for the colder months) but still need heatgear undersuit, awaiting armor to arrive in the mail, and will be ordering neckseal, boots, and a black shoulder pauldron tomorrow. Here is a pic of my MR E-11 and custom holster I made for it.

Cool thanks for the tip Blackhole and thank you izzi for some further clarification on the efx lid. I think it is a pretty decent helmet for the money. Kind of wish I would have bought two of them to be honest.

Congrats! Your costume looks awesome, good job Trooper!

So hopefully the only thing that really needs to be modified is the frown mesh? As far as with the crown indents the CRL states that they can be gloss black so I will be leaving them. The tube stripes to me appear to be flat black which the CRL states they can be that so I will leave them. I have swapped out the paper frown with plastic screen mesh and will be adding a couple of fans, but other than that is there anything else I need to do it to get my efx helmet approved?

I just found this out when checking the CRL. Good thing I didn't buy it yet. Thanks for the heads up though izzi.

I plan on going all out and getting a black pauldron from www.shoulderpauldrons.com and also buying a MG-42 Ruger 10/22 mod to mod into a DLT-19. Oh yeah! They will never see me coming

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Congrats Phoenix! Way to go!

Thanks izzi I can barely get my 24 inch size head into my eFX so I am thinking of getting a FX and install fans to wear at outdoor events when it is hot out. I don't think I can install fans in eFX as I only have room for my huge size head inside of it