Hello All,
I'm very excited to join the community. Creating a suit and becoming a trooper has been a dream of mine since back in college 20 years ago. A friend was getting into it so I decided to take the plunge finally.
I'm in Longview but would eventually love to meet up with some of the members and talk about trooping and armor building.
My friend was able to acquire some stock of TE armor kits and I bought one of them. I've been working on the armor using a lot of resources online and at the FISD. My helmet is nearly done. I've just got the visor to install and internal foam padding so I can wear it comfortably.
Once I have that done I've got to start fitting some of the armor. Most everything has been rough trimmed. The real trick is going to be losing the weight to fit into it properly. I've gained about 25lb in the last 18 months so I need to lose that to get back down to 185 so I can fit it. I'm nervous to fit it now since various parts of my body will shrink, most noteably my stomach but probably some girth in thighs and biceps. I've considered doing a blog on the "Body Armor Build" where i work on shrinking myself while I build the armor but unfortunately my enthusiasm for building it is outweighng my weight loss plan
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I'll take some shots of the helmet soon so I can get some feedback on it. I'm pretty happy with how it is turning out.
If anyone is getting together for an armor build party soon I'd love to try and make it to meet some of you. If anyone is heading to the longview area you're welcome to meet up anytime.
Best,
TrooperCipher
