HRivera7322

Multi-Post Thread #3: To cap off my officer WIPs, we're going for a non-saga ISO. Miscommunication betwen Jim Tripon and myself resulted in me getting all three colors for his anthology style tunics. Since I have one in black and will be sharing most of the officer parts with my Andor ISB Officers, only seems right to go for this kit as well. Tunic - Pants - Hat: Jim Tripon - RECEIVED: (April 6, 2024) Boots: - RESEARCHING Belt Kit: EzraBaileyBuilds.com - PURCHASED: (May 5, 2024) Belt Boxes: EzraBaileyBuilds.com - WAITING TO ORDER Rank Badge: EzraBaileyBuilds.com - PURCHASED: (May 5, 2024) Code Cylinders: EzraBaileyBuilds.com - PURCHASED: (May 5, 2024) Code Disk Greeblie: EzraBaileyBuilds.com - PURCHASED: (May 5, 2024)

Multi-Post Thread #2: So because of a communication error between myself and Jim Tripon, I actually ended up getting all three colors that he offers for his tunic for a pretty solid discount. And you know what comes with more discounts? More opportunities to surpass Ray in the number of approved uniforms....or at least I hope so. For some reason, I don't see anything in the Imperial Officer Corps' CRL for an Andor style Lieutenant, like Lieutenant Blevin. The only one (that I know of) that exists is for Dedra Meero. However! Ignoring her very specific hairstyle, the uniforms are identical. Tunic - Pants - Hat: Jim Tripon - RECEIVED: (April 6, 2024) Boots: - RESEARCHING Belt Kit: EzraBaileyBuilds.com - PURCHASED: (May 5, 2024) Belt Boxes: EzraBaileyBuilds.com - PURCHASED: (May 5, 2024) Rank Badge: EzraBaileyBuilds.com - PURCHASED: (May 5, 2024) Code Cylinders: EzraBaileyBuilds.com - PURCHASED: (May 5, 2024) Code Disk Greeblie: EzraBaileyBuilds.com - PURCHASED: (May 5, 2024) Using footage from the TV show as reference and using the 501st CRL for Dedra Meero, the following choices for the kit were made: Jim Tripon offers three different colors for his "Andor" style officer tunic (Black, Light Grey, Dark Grey). The CRL for Dedra Meero states that the tunic "fabric should be a...white suiting material. OPTIONAL: White material may contain a very light gray tint". I'm pretty sure this is due to the fact that the lighting in the show makes it very difficult to tell whether the uniforms worn by Dedra Meero, Lieutenant Blevin, and Major Partagaz are white or grey. Personally, they look a light grey to me so this is what I went for. The Code Cylinders in Andor sport a silver colored clip, instead of brass/gold. Code Disk Greeblie for the ISB in Andor does not have a notch.

Multi-Post Thread #1: I think I can speak for all reasonable, sane individuals when I say that Andor is the best piece of Star Wars media to date. The ISB scenes....ahh...the ISB scenes... Anyways! I absolutely loved getting to see these uniforms on screen. I often found myself gazing lovingly at Ezra, Joe, and Ray in their officer uniforms and I says to myself, "I wish that I, too, could be like the cool kids". So here we go: Tunic - Pants - Hat: Jim Tripon - RECEIVED: (April 6, 2024) Boots: - RESEARCHING Belt Kit: EzraBaileyBuilds.com - PURCHASED: (May 5, 2024) Belt Boxes: EzraBaileyBuilds.com - PURCHASED: (May 5, 2024) Rank Badge: EzraBaileyBuilds.com - PURCHASED: (May 5, 2024) Code Cylinders: EzraBaileyBuilds.com - PURCHASED: (May 5, 2024) Code Disk Greeblie: EzraBaileyBuilds.com - PURCHASED: (May 5, 2024) Using footage from the TV show as reference and using the 501st CRL for the ISB Attendant, the following choices for the kit were made: Jim Tripon offers three different colors for his "Andor" style officer tunic (Black, Light Grey, Dark Grey). The ISB Attendant uses Dark Grey. The Code Cylinders in Andor sport a silver colored clip, instead of brass/gold. Code Disk Greeblie for the ISB in Andor does not have a notch.

Got it. Yea, I gotta head to one soon. I need to make progress on those DT legs/calves

Oh wow! You've gotten much further on this than I originally thought! This is gonna look amazing!

Have these been happening this entire time??? hahaha

So I ended up going with the plan I had set out for my thigh pieces. Because the original 3D printed ribbed portions of my ASP thighs were too tight to fit but too brittle to resize, I decided to take a cutter to them and completely remove this portion: https://imgur.com/gallery/WM1acnh. This, unfortunately, exposes the blue filament of the 3D print, but should be an easy fix to hide that. Found an alternative rubber matting at Home Depot that closely resembles the ribbed pattern shown on the CRL: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rubber-Cal-Corrugated-Fine-Rib-3-ft-x-8-ft-Black-Rubber-Flooring-24-sq-ft-03-167-W-FR-08/302640302. Just waiting for this to arrive and I can work on cutting out enough material to give me the leg room I need and to properly hook it up. In addition to this, I was finally able to find my dremel to finish milling out the rest of the shoulder cutouts on the new backplate I ordered from Jim Tripon. This week, I'll work on attaching snap points, velcro, and felt to the backplate before getting it painted. Focused on updating my calf pieces on Tuesday: The calf armor pieces that I purchased off of the Facebook Death Trooper build group are a set of finished Jim Tripon fiberglass calves. Sturdy and beautifully painted, however, the exposed fiberglass makes wearing them very very itchy haha. I lined the inside of these armor pieces with black felt from thefeltstore.com secured with 3M 77 Spray Adhesive: https://imgur.com/gallery/MOuQAIh. I'll use the same method to line the backplate once I finish setting up snap points/rigging on the backplate. Was gonna do that earlier this week but apparently I left my soldering iron at Walt's shop😅

Unfortunately, gonna have to back out of this one. We're celebrating my mom's birthday tomorrow and it's right in the middle of this event.

Will head to this one as well. Need to get my Dt finished ASAP

Bowling would be awesome! Weekends work best for me since I'm out of state

https://imgur.com/gallery/oeGU71I

Awesome, appreciate it Joe!?? Nothing too serious, just a simple paint job following the DT coloring scheme outlined here:??https://databank.501st.com/databank/File:Tx_imperial_death_trooper_back_color_scheme.png I have Jim Tripon's fiberglass resin kit, so I don't think much prep work needs to be done on it for it to be ready for paint. It feels pretty smooth as is. The only worry I have is that the area where the rubber shoulder straps are supposed to go is filled in, as opposed to being hollowed out. I can send you a photo of what I mean when I get home from work today.

Sure, go for it. Thanks Joe