doc1863

I use a large 4 wheel suitcase. When transporting to a troop this allows space for drinks and food as well. 
 
It's surprising the amount of stuff that is required, to get the Admiral looking correct. 

There are lots of ways to stiffen the flares on your officer pants. This is how I do it.
Purchase an iron-on fabric stiffener product that you like. I've use this one (HeatnBond) and one from Sulky:

Cut the stiffener to the size you want. This depends on how stiff you want the flare of the pant to be. I typically go with a width of the flare to the inside where it meets my leg.

Turn the pants inside out and place the cut out pieces under the flare to the edge and trim off to a rounded edge.


Iron the rounded cut out to the inside of the pant leg. Depending on how stiff you want the flares to be you may just want to stabilize the front of the flare or both front and back. I personally do both.


When the heat cools off peel the paper off.

Enjoy the stiffened flares. (that's an order)

No problem! I'm ALMOST done! 
I was so heartbroken when my boots were too tall, I took them to a few cobblers and was turned away, I called every other cobbler in town and none of them would alter the boots, so I decided I had to do it myself. I know it seems intimating, because it was to me, so I wanted to make sure everyone else knows it's do-able! 

Yeah, I have an EVA foam one I made!
 
I don't have a 3D printer, but I have a friend who does!

I know there were some bugs but I really enjoyed playing the first battlefront. I loved playing the Hoth battle I'd be a snowtrooper sniper and would run to the top of the hill overlooking the shield generator. From there you could pick off people all over the entire battlefield! 

Usually, my advice for new cadets is pick a costume that you really like. Ultimately, you have to be happy with what you're wearing.
 
There are some staple uniforms which are fairly easy to build/make. A Staff Officer, for example, is a really great costume. A bonus is that the uniform for a Staff officer can be used for other costumes too, like a Warrant Officer and a Navy Trooper Dress Uniform, if you were interested in doing multiple costumes with the same pieces. The Imperial flight suit for a Bridge Crew is another good example of that. You can get 5 costumes out of that, including TIE pilot, Gunner, and Navy Trooper. 
 
So, pick a costume that you like. That's my advice. 

My favorite Officer has to be General Veers, with Tarkin a close second.

You can buy Neodymium "rare earth" magnets at home improvement stores. They're rather inexpensive, and come in packs of 3, 6, 12 etc.
 
http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Hardware-Hardware-Hook-Loop-Magnets-Protective-Discs/N-5yc1vZc29k
 
 
 
For my hat disc I epoxied one on the back of the disc and another slides inside the front flap. Holds firm and can be repositioned easily if needed.

Some people have greeblies backed with screws , i don't know where they get them from but it seems to be the most reliable way of attaching them .
Some people also glue them straight on the hat ...
Regarding magnets , i'd love to know where people find magnets strong enough to keep anything together in the first place , especially while assembling armours !
 
All my greeblies come from Elvis as well , what i do is use Epoxy ( or E6000 if you can find it in your country ) to back the greeblie with a lapel pin needle thing , then i just stick it through the cap and secure the other end with a small pin rubber cap , rather than the small metallic piece you usually get with lapel pins . I don't know if it makes any sense explained like that though

So.. for my 100th post within the forum, I thought that I would share a tip that I received from a Cobbler to stretch my boots and fix a part of the leather that was curling inwards.
 
He told me to soak the leather with Rubbing Alcohol and then use something like newspaper or in my case my feet to stretch the boots out. I ended up soaking the inside of the boot with the rubbing alcohol in the areas that need to be stretched and then walked around the house for a few hours. I was amazed how fast it worked and comfortable the boots are now.
 
I did have to shine/buff the boots again, but I consider that fun.

well now that's odd. I can see all these pictures, thought I lost them with the bucket!

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