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The Cinema staff made a video when we were there

I spent some time Thursday morning making up a plate to cover the Husky logo on my armor bin (wanted to get it finished before trooping the premier): It's a piece of 3.25" x 12" white ABS (leftover snap plate material) that I painted black. I then drew up and cut out the design with my vinyl cutter. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

Jepp, one of many perks of beeing a teacher is that you can use the facilities after-hours During the week-days it`s a woodwork-classrom and during weekends and evenings it`s an Imperial Factory!

Target reached. I am proud to be a Centurion. :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I ended up slightly larger than the suggested as I needed more room for my hand to fit through. So make sure you check that too.

Spacing, put on your under suit, finger width or 1/2 is a good rule yes. Looking good btw

Whoo hoo!! Thank you so much Andrew. I’ll be very proud of this when I make my trooping debut! Thanks to you and Tony for your hard work and comments. :-) Cheers, Q. Congrats on your new FO armour as well. Looks great! Cheers Jesse. I’m such a muppet and have only just realised I’ve been cleared! I missed the notifications over night (now 8am here) and had no idea. Now, when’s your next blaster update? ;-) Thanks, Mark. I’ll thank you properly now that I know what going on! Lol Thanks again for your input and guidance along the way. You’re doing a sterling job for the UKG. :-) Cheers Brien. I saw your message and thought you’d lost the plot! As above, I didn’t realise I’d been cleared until I saw your message and noticed my thread title had 366 in it! Silly Dan... so, thank you! I’m very chuffed to have joined the ranks! :-)

Hi everyone, well I finally finished the helmet, I have tried to match one of the screen helmets but any feedback would be appreciated. Im pretty chuffed at the results, it’s far from perfect but I like the fact that it looks a bit rough. i did freehand the paint job however I used the trooperbay stencils on the tube stripes. http:// by -matthewwormleaton- http:// by -matthewwormleaton- http:// by -matthewwormleaton- http:// by -matthewwormleaton-

Hey Dan welcome to the moment you've been waiting for.... Centurion review CRL and Centurion Application Requirements: All required submission photos are present and your armour meets all benchmarks as set out in the level 3 CRL. Thank you for making the suggested mods from your EI review, so without further delay, congratulations on a beautiful armour build and reaching Centurion rank Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: Nothing to add except head on out and make us all proud

I find compression top and pants work well, you don't get bunching around elbows and knees, also keeps you cool as well as the two piece allows easy access for toilet breaks in armor

ewe ...I'll stick to Under Armour, thanks.

Congratulations! I hope to be there soon too. Great photos BTW.

It looked so nice with the box, I just assumed it was meant to be. Foiled by the dark side yet again Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Screen-accurate gaps

Felt just like a Stormtrooper when watching the action-sequence

Thanks so much for the feedback and those before and after pictures. That helps a lot! I was hoping it was the case that when the pieces were strapped and actually on me that the butt would kick out more and line up. I really didnt want to modify the way the gaps were in the armor since if it was in the RS suit then I wanted it in mine. Congratulations on your Centurion! Ill take a look over your thread. I will put some pictures up next week when I get it strapped out. I put all the brackets on in the last 48 hours but I have to wait until my mother visits for Christmas next week to sew my loops Figure Im not about to learn to use a sewing machine at this point in my life.

Congrats welcome to the ranks Trooper

Painting underway! Most of the smaller pieces are already done, counter, scope, rail, etc. and now just starting on the main piece Got a pic below of the paints and other sprays I'm using. The far right is Brushed nickel, far left is bronze Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk

Thank you, Stephen. We can now Centurion our way to Comic Con. ;-) Cheers, Chris. It’s been such fun over the last few months. Worth every minute! :-)

It’s E6000 for me, as I can pull everything apart if I mess something up.... which happens quite often .... doh Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Just had to tape the lens in first so see how it would look

So, I went to see the new Star Wars movie last night And now of course I want to finish my TK (hopefully before another Star Wars film comes out), however after looking at all the bits and pieces, I want to swap out the canvas belt I have, mine is more cream than white and I think more suited to a sandy. So, any recommendations for a new white belt, looking for uk mainly as I am hoping to finish my build over the Christmas break.......hopefully Cheers Art

Congratulations Dan, that’s well deserved my friend, a nice early Christmas present:) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks so much, guys! First outing was a lot of fun. Got a nice shot with the boss: And managed a really neat picture that I like a lot - the three generations of troopers!

Congratulations!

Awesome work, ‘trooper

Awesome work, mate

You did it! Congratulations Dan on reaching Centurion! I better get my rear-end in gear now - you've left me in the dust!

The bin is approximately 34" long x 20" wide x 11" high on the inside. I say approximately because it has slightly angled sides and recesses for the wheels. Also, the padding takes up a little space too. It is the same bin you've seen painted. Well, the smaller one of the two popular Husky brand bins. Most people can't fit their entire suit in the smaller bin. Helmet, blaster and boots travel separately I've been told. However I did see Sha Sha fit her helmet in the smaller bin as well. Her armour is smaller however, trimmed down to her size and her chest and back separate and stack inside each other for travel I believe. My front and back can't do that. I went with the smaller bin because it can fit in most cars. If not in the trunk then in the back seat. It is similar in size to the AP shipping box. At least the box I got my armour in.

Agreed, cover strips are a little long, the less things that poke you while you are trooping the better

Congratulations trooper

Looking good but you might want to trim down the cover strips on those thighs, that bit that sticks up will dig in good and proper. If you have a look at the reference images you'll see that other than the odd one that the cover strips are approximately flush.

All I'll say is you don't need to spend as much as that on a good quality, vetted seller kit. You can, and there's some excellent reasons to do so, but you don't have to.

Well, time to get ready and go see The Last Jedi.

Excellent! Congratulations Taylor

Very happy to say that the TFA TK ensemble has been approved! Making a few final adjustments this afternoon (which I'll post up soon) and then heading out for a weekend of The Last Jedi events. Enjoy the film, everyone!

Thanks for this, Curro. I just bought a Rubie's for a fun side project and while I'm not getting anywhere near this detailed, your work has already answered several questions for me.

Thanks, guys! It's definitely fun enough that I'd do it again! Maybe a bit of a break after this one, though.

Nylon is the most widely used method of strapping, but some areas will require elastic. I have a thread here that will help with the various kinds needed: https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/31404-supply-list-for-your-tk-build/ Here is a diagram that may help as well:

You could always try that it`s a different type...this is a Sandtrooper and not at all the same Agreed!

Hi SW enthusiasts! Excited to share yet another installment. Over the past two weeks, I've tackled and continue to do so, the magazine housing. Original Doopydoos Magazine Housing For this piece, I wanted to get it looking and functioning much like an original SMG piece. With some green stuff, customizing a solid aluminum rod and some aluminum sheets, I've tried to push this mod without busting this resin piece =) I begin first by looking to replace the ejector with a custom aluminum build, then I proceed to creating the component pieces that relate to the magazine release button. Grub screw used for the ejector comes from Tino's completion set. Inspiration for creating a working release button comes from Tino as well; he's been a huge influence on getting me to my level of build so far. Although I haven't completed the release button components, I'll share my progress so far. Here I measure the ejector diameter for correct purchase of my solid aluminum rod. I then proceed to using a diamond cutting blade on my dremel, then sanding drum, and finally manually sanding via square file. To get it close as possible to the real SMG part, I filled in the underside, under the ejector with green stuff. With some light sanding, I am able to achieve some of the contours of the underside. In now having set the stage, I proceeded to hollow out the resin ejector. The solid aluminum rod is approximately 8mm in diameter. In using the correct drill bit, the rod fits nicely into the magazine housing. I discovered, use of WD-40 is helpful to catch the metal shards and also good for lubricating the hacksaw blade for cutting. Adds smell to the task and drippy but with cardboard placed underneath, no biggie. Here is the test fit for the custom ejector rod, I like it! This hear comes the tricky part, trying to capture the ejector bottom that I think, Is used to individualize the rounds for firing. Hacksaw used to get primary shape. Attached my round file to my drill to shape out the curvature outlined with pencil. Crafting bottom portion of housing ejector - applied blue tape as guides after rough mark up using pencil. Cobalt hacksaw blade used Test fit of partially completed lower portion of ejector - quite happy with the contours. Here comes the final shaping of the end of the ejector - Boeing 747 jet tail, here I come! I begin with getting the tail angle then glue the fin using J-B Weld. I'm hoping with it being made with steel fragments, the glue will adhere well to the aluminum, we'll see. Ejector bottom end completed to follow up with light sanding over glue seam area Ejector with fashioned bottom I now proceed to drilling the other way, so that I can have a functioning magazine release button. I use a 5mm diameter solid aluminum rod for this. I begin by hollowing out a place for it using a drill bit. The holes more so align with the position markings on the housing - a little off but the resin around these holes all have to be taken out anyways. I then have to tackle the ejector - making the same diameter hole right through it...this was nerve racking but I managed to pull it off. Here comes the really finicky part of the ejector. If the bottom part of the ejector wasn't finicky enough, the top is even more work. I proceed here to fashion the bevel and also install the grub screw for it. Grub screw had as part of Tino's completion set. I begin by measuring out the grub screw. I needed to use a progression of drill bits. One size smaller is used than what's measured for the final hole drill out as I will be needing to manually screw the grub screw in so to etch thread onto the ejector. Here's the task ahead of me: I begin initially though to mark the bevel location to gauge the correct location of the grub screw. I then proceed to drilling out the grub screw hole. Here's that manual process I was talking about - I used an allen wrench to drive the grub screw into the aluminum to etch threading. For anyone attempting this, wear cloth covered with rubber gloves, I blistered my fingers pretty bad... I finally drive that grub screw right through! In the process, the fashioned bottom of my ejector piece lost a detail part. I will need to add that back on a later time. Now for work on the bevel, I inserted my ejector into my drill and held it against my square file. Remember to wear ear plugs; drill motors get really loud, especially when you hold your head up close to see the shavings up close. Here's the progression of my work - I like how it had come along! Here are some angle shots... I would actually now have to drill a recess for the grub screw to sit deeper - the actual SMG piece has a hole through the entire triangle part of the housing and the grub screw has a straight-long piece attached that would go through this...fyi. Now, I'm pretty happy with my ejector. The task of getting a custom catch was looming...here we go! Here is a photo taken previously, it shows the component pieces involved in creating the custom catch. The catch being that 'foot' looking thing =) Here I put together the catch, via aluminum provided in T-jay's completion set - perfect length. I then add green stuff and contour it, following SMG references. I then proceed to creating the catch rod by precision measuring the rod. Here, I begin to add thread bolt to one end to hold the foot, I mean catch. Pretty happy with the end result. I would follow through by adding some E-6000 to close some gaps between the aluminum and green stuff. I'm a fan of Terry Fox - A tribute to you dear champion!!! Here's some test fitting... Now the task is to carve out the channel for the catch to rest inside. Measuring depth of custom catch piece and taping off dremel bit 194 to gauge correct carving depth so to get ready for carving out resin catch In checking SMG references, I discovered the catch is to poke into the magazine housing channel as a way of locking the magazine in place. So in my work, revealing some hollow-through parts is a good thing!! Here are some test-fit pictures of the catch - it's sitting flush! I now have to work on the button end of things, that will have to be saved for the next update. Thanks for reading folks and for keeping up with me on this snail of a build - cheers! Have a great day.