SANDTROOPER (TD) BACKPACK

One of the hardest questions that I've been asked - and asked of others - is where do you get all those sandtrooper backpack parts? I went on a rather un-informed shopping-spree through my local Wal-Mart and Lowe's DIY store, and made my first sandtrooper backpack, essentially making it up as I went along, resulting in a rather non-screen-accurate pack.

So now I've made a SECOND sandtrooper backpack, and I've actually done some research on it this time, before I went shopping. If you know of any way that I can improve this by using different parts, please feel free to contat me. I am, however, approaching this from a budgetary standpoint, trying to keep this project affordable but at the same time creating a very screen-accurate TD backpack when finished.

First however, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, a great big THANK YOU to the source of most of my information on my backpack build - TD2441, Rachel Smith, UK Garrison! :)

Below are listed the parts that I used, where I bought them from, and how much those parts cost:

PART	SOURCE	COST
1-Frame	U.S. Military Backpack Frame	$50.00
2-Main Boxes	Seed Trays	$11.20
3-Upper-Left Box	Plastic Ammo Box	$15.00
4-Upper Center Cylinder	Clorox Disinfecting Wipes Dispenser	$5.00
5-Upper Cylinder Cap	Tupperwear Dessert Bowl	$7.50
6-Upper Right Mini-Box	Electrical Box	$1.12
7-Upper Right Mini-Box Tube	FluidMaster Pro 45 Fill Valve (bottom half)	$25.00
8-Radio Box	Plastic Ammo Box	$15.00
9-Radio Box FacePlate	Recreated Sonix 75 Victory Radio	$54.00
10-"Bee Stinger" Bottom Case	Faucet Cover	$11.00
11-"Bee Stinger" Bottom Tube	.5" ABS Black Tube	$?
12-Toilet Cistern & "Stackers"	Toilet Cistern	$30.00
13-Toilet Cistern Descender Cone	Black Plastic Funnel - source not yet found	$?
14-Ventilator Cylinder Cap	Tupperwear Dessert Bowl	$7.50
15-Ventilator Cylinder	Clorox Disinfecting Wipes Dispenser	$5.00
16-Mortar Tube	3" PVC Pipe	$20.00
17-Mortar Tube Radar Dish	Vintage Tupperwear Pitcher Lid	$15.00
18-Mortar Tube Caps	Salvaged from TK Armor	$7.00
19-Mortar Tube Control Panel	Salvaged from TK Armor	$7.00
20-Ammo Cannisters (5x)	Shotgun Shells (Empty! Be SAFE!!!)	$15.00

In summary, if you are using my parts list, you can expect to pay about $250-$275 (USD) for your kit, but end up having an easy-to-build, relatively affordable, and still screen-accurate sandtrooper backpack.

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