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Public Information => Welcome to Cloud City Garrison and Kashyyyk Base! => Topic started by: AngryHamster on September 20, 2009, 11:36:24 PM
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I am new to the forums here. I was referred to join by Mr. Chilcote at the Clackamas mall. To start i need help deciding what armour to build. I am caught between a good ol' Storm Trooper, and a Clone Trooper. I would also be willing to do pretty much any troop type that is in short supply. After deciding what to build, I definitely need help building it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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*cough* Scout *cough*, Welcome and I would say at this point there are more varieties of clones to choose from and with the new cartoon tv series clones are pretty popular. Somewhere there is a list of what clones we have that troop, and what we need.
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Wait... in short supply? Can you really have too many Stormtroopers?
Welcome, my friend. I guess what costume you do depends on what costume to wish to do. Do no leave it up to others, it is yours. But that's just my opinion.
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Wait... in short supply? Can you really have too many Stormtroopers?
Welcome, my friend. I guess what costume you do depends on what costume to wish to do. Do no leave it up to others, it is yours. But that's just my opinion.
I second that . It is your costume. I would look at the cost/skill level required as well when deciding.
But then again you can never have enough stormtroopers. :wink:
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I would personally really love to do either a Storm Trooper or Clone trooper with equal relish. Since I don't know what the cost to build a suit of armour is I would first say, why not do both.
Thoughts please.
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I'll give you some advice that might be considered useful.
I've assembled many costumes and I have to admit clone
is THE HARDEST kit to put together. You'll have to size
various parts, trim till your blue in the face, paint/re paint, fight
with the foam belt, you'll yell "gorram" (or its nearest English
equivalent)multiple times, trim the bucket, Bondo will be your
new best friend (or worst enemy), you'll need new tools, and like I've been
told you'll never feel finished with it.....
The best part is.....be sure to sand right next to somebody painting a rebel
blaster.......
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Oh yeah welcome to the boards.....
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*cough* Imperial Officer *cough*
:mrgreen:
Ok, troopers in short supply in Cloud City Garrison.... TIE PILOTS!
Welcome to Cloud City Garrison.
- Bill
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To me, and this in an OPINION only, we have so many people with specialty costumes (myself included) that we are often short in our TK ranks. I have seen requests for a group of several TKs for certain events that we have trouble filling them sometimes.
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To me, and this in an OPINION only, we have so many people with specialty costumes (myself included) that we are often short in our TK ranks. I have seen requests for a group of several TKs for certain events that we have trouble filling them sometimes.
So True Jason. Stormtroopers are great start.. Before you buy a TK kit on Ebay or etc.. Please contact us first so you know you are getting a good deal.
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I would prefer to build my own if at all possible. I think I shall go with a generic Storm Trooper. Is there anywhere to get a how to build one?
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Studio Creations has some good tutorials. The thing is that you would need access to molds, vac forming table, plastic.....
If you can sculpt your own molds, then you are light years ahead of most people. If not, then you may want to go the kit route.
However, I would advise talking openly about how to acquire molds... that is a tabooed subject on the various forums. But for all things storm trooper, I would highly recommend going to the First Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment forums of the 501st Legion.
- Bill
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Studio Creations has some good tutorials. The thing is that you would need access to molds, vac forming table, plastic.....
If you can sculpt your own molds, then you are light years ahead of most people. If not, then you may want to go the kit route.
However, I would advise talking openly about how to acquire molds... that is a tabooed subject on the various forums. But for all things storm trooper, I would highly recommend going to the First Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment forums of the 501st Legion.
- Bill
Yup, What Bill said. FISD can be found at www.whitearmor.net
You will still have plenty of fun time and work assembling a kit. Most new troops start with th "FX" kit. They are decent and will fit a wide variety of body types. They re reasonably pricee too. Alot of people are buying these with out the helmet as they are on the largish side and replace them with a smaller, more accurate helmet. All of this can be studied at th FISD
Jason
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Thank you all so very much. This should be enough to get me started.
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As said before we can also always use more Scouts, if you decide to do one let me know and I can get you lots of info on building one.
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I think if you are going to build it yourself no matter what you choose will cost more if you don't already have the Vac table and other tools in regards to shaping the material to the acceptable shape needed to join. If you can hook up with a member that already has good molds and will let you pay for materials you can save a grip of money that way and still nick and gouge your hands while trimming like the rest of us :lol:.
For Bikerscouts go here:
www.bikerscout.net
For Stormtrooper:
www.whitearmor.net
For Clones except the Kashyyk Trooper-K Trooper hangs with the Scouts.
www.clonetroopers.net
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The best part is.....be sure to sand right next to somebody painting a rebel
blaster.......
I still haven't forgotten about that, nerdo.
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I would love to get help in building my kit, or at least advice in purchasing one. my problem is funds.
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That is the one thing that plagues us all......
- Bill
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The help in building the kit is not a problem. We have Armor Parties all the time which is where a group gets together to build their armors. The money is the hard part, a Bill said.
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Well then, should I then try to attend the next armour party to learn and get started? Or should I try another route perhaps? Also, Mr. Chilcote mentioned attending events as a spotter. What exactly does that entail?
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Mr. Chilcote *snicker*
I'm about do to throw a armor/Rock Band party here pretty soon
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I would love to attend if that would be fine with everyone.
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The more, the merrier!
Spotters act as the eyes and ears for the costumers. Since vision (and hearing) is often limited, due to the helmets, or masks that we wear, it is vital (and necessary) to have spotters looking out for our best interests; whether that is pointing our potholes or poo droopings (at parades), or just letting us know that a little one is wanting shake our hands, spotters are absolutely essential.
Also, spotters are asked to ensure our safety by making sure that kids, or other event attendees aren't getting to rough with the costumers, a friendly "hey please take it easy with the trooper, thanks" works wonders.
Another side benefit to being a spotter is that you learn the ropes, so to speak. You learn how to gear up the armor and while you are at it, you learn a little bit of PR along the way. I am sure Mr Chilcote :mrgreen: can attest to all of this!
- Bill
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Well then, I would love to attend events as a spotter while I get the armour sorted out. I would probably end up building piecemeal with help from y'all.
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...or just letting us know that a little one is wanting shake our hands...
Or hit Vader in the cod piece with a lightsaber!
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*cough* Jedi *cough*... just kidding... or am I?
Welcome!
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Just go Mando.... Mando's kill Jedi. For that fact alone, Imperials like them! :mrgreen:
Oh, you mean a costume to get you in the club.... go technician, or officer. They're easier and cheaper to crank out - and they will get you in the door, as a bonafide member, at least!
- Bill
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Mando, very very tempting...
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Well, ner vod, come on over. Step into my office..... :mrgreen:
-Bill
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stormtrooper.