BELTS

In this section we'll talk about the belt and drop boxes. We'll highlight both the minimal requirements and also suggestions on how to make your gear more canon.

CRL

The CRL for the belts is as follows:
ALL STORMTROOPERS

MUST HAVE
* Belt made of canvas, canvas covered material, vinyl, or leather, 3 to 3.5” wide. The color must be white, or off-white.
* Belt front, consisting of a correct plastic front (TK ammo belt).
* Drop boxes, which dangle from the sides of the plastic front belt via white straps.

SHOULD HAVE
* Drop boxes should be closed in back

MAY HAVE
* Leather belts are acceptable in lieu of canvas

VARIATIONS
ROTJ : Belt should be 2.5" wide instead of 3" as in ANH/ESB
Heavy Weapons Trooper: Should not have drop boxes attached to the belt

ASSEMBLY NOTES / DETAILS

There are various ways to attached the front cover to the belt but the usual two patterns are to use glue or snaps (poppers).

Also note that there are three button covers that come with some belts as separate items and need to be glued one in the center and one on each side.

For added detail, the corners of the belt can be rounded or angle cut (see visual references), although angle cut is the screen accurate way to detail this item.

The drop boxes should be attached to the outer side of the belt using white straps approximately 1" in diameter. The visible portion strap is very short, about 1/4" to 1/2" in length. They may be velcro'd or riveted to the strap. Note via the visual references the positioning of the straps - they should be outboard of the last block of the ammo cover and just inboard of the last circular button cover.

TUTORIAL THREADS

HOWTO: A guide to making a canvas belt : http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?showtopic=665
HOWTO: Get a good heat bend on your belt : http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?showtopic=8757
HOWTO: Make Inner Drop Boxes : http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?showtopic=8028

SELLERS

Completed Belts

• FireBladeJedi : http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?showtopic=9497 (white or off-white)
• GundamZeppelin :
• TK-4205 :
  • http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?showtopic=8733 (white)
  • http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?showtopic=7954 (vintage)
• TKittell: http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?showtopic=10293

Belt Clips: http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?showtopic=10053

Inner Drop Boxes
KWDesigns : http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?showtopic=8638

REFERENCE IMAGES

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