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Traps and vent corners rounded off as per canon. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Hi all, More work on my lid, fitting the fans and power pack. Had my holster delivered from ISD: Also had a delivery from Tino (T-Jay). Got my completion kit for my E-11 build, if the Doopy's kit ever arrives. ;-) Hopefully, my armour should be delivered tomorrow. Fingers crossed. :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Centurion is the highest level of movie accurate.Which is above Expert Infantry which is the first level of achievement. It's all in section. We are all brothers and sisters but it is nice when a fan tells you how awesome you look. Then it is worth the effort. For the fans to feel you walked off the screen.

Morning all, Had the great pleasure of meeting some lovely UKG members yesterday in Fordingbridge (near the New Forrest). They were there along with the local toy fair. Special thanks to Phil Riches (GML) and Lee (the pictured TK) for having a quick chat with this newbie. ;-) After our little day trip, I carried on lining the inside of my lid. I'm using self-adhesive EVA sheets for the main blackout. I'm also using cycle helmet pads for adjustment padding to reduce the lid wobbling. Can't wait to start my armour next week. :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Update 07: - a mannequin to display the armor After a long research, I recently purchased this dummy. It consists of seven pieces and came with additional metal base and a chromed support for the lower leg, but so far I did not use these parts. Plug-and-play all the way. Now here comes the reason for buying exactly this mannequin: Bringing all armor pieces onto the legs, meant these had to get „modified“ heavily. A step by step process began… While permanently cutting and cutting I had asked myself if this would ever work. But when I finally had all armor parts on the mannequin, I was quite happy with the result. Tried to add a blaster, but even the 1.1 kg resin version requires some kind of support in the arms. I am also thinking about using a rubber blaster – just in case the E-11 drops accidentally. Time will tell… Thanks for reading and have a nice weekend

Morning all So, whilst I wait for my armour to arrive, I may have had a little spending spree. I've ordered a Doopeydoos E-11 kit, TRamp, Holster and need to measure up for gloves and Neckseal. After seeing a link on another build thread, I think I'll buy the boots as they are (Amazon most likely) and dye them. £35 seems pretty reasonable. Feels like Birthday and Christmas rolled into one. :-)

Hi Dana, That's very kind. I've thoroughly enjoyed the process so far and glad it helped sway your decision to hand paint. :-)

Found your thread when I was finishing up my bucket and you helped push me over the edge to hand paint the finishing touches. Thanks for a good painting thread.

Finished off the helmet tonight and got it ready for painting. Will post the detailed thread pics tomorrow so the collective wisdom can help spot errors. Our cattle dog immediately fell in love with the newly assembled helmet. Proves everyone loves a stormtrooper. As if there was any doubt.

Hello everyone- Thanks for all the advice. It is all very helpful. Maz, Mrs. Kain may come over to the Empire yet one of these days. Never thought I could get my surfer dude husband so interested in a Star Wars project. He keeps insisting it is only because "he likes putting things together" and this is "an engineering challenge." Yet, all he has been talking about lately is putting this armor together and how we're going to get it down right. And, now he says we have to invest in the right set of tools in case we want to build a second set of armor once we're done with the first. Seriously? I just want to get one set done. Steve, Good to know about those gloves. They look pretty horrid. I was thinking of cutting off the squishy handguard piece that is glued to them and putting them on something better fitting. I will look up the Nomex gloves you mentioned. Alright, so today was a research day. We went to the Star Wars exhibit at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose. Amazingly, the husband last two hours there. That's almost more than the sum total of time he spent at Celebration in Orlando. (I left him home when I went to Celebration Europe.) So, yes, two hours. There is hope yet for those of us married to folks who just don't seem to love a GFFA as much as we do. I was amused by the "mini me" clone trooper next to the stormtrooper. But, seriously, they couldn't put a full-sized clone trooper? And, the caption read: "Stormtrooper. Episodes IV-VI." Huh? Which is it? Episode IV. Episode V. or Episode VI? If they were going to show movie props, then it would have been much cooler to show the transitions the iconic armor went through over the course of trilogy. It is the most recognizable symbol of the movies next to Darth Vader himself. Who doesn't love a stormtrooper? It was very helpful to see the assembled armor up close because now this whole "return edge" business made perfect sense. We could see all of the places where there are return edges and how it adds strength to key areas of the suit. So, this was interesting. Look at the seams on the forearms. No cover strip. Are those required, or do they just make building easier (more forgiving with regards to cuts not being perfectly straight?) The gloves were some kind of canvas material, and definitely not rubber. On the way out, I drooled over this original movie prop Stormtrooper blaster. I don't own a blaster yet, but a girl can dream.