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Thanks, my paint job was bothering me too so I switched to decals Edit: Just realized you were referring to the small rectangular button plate... I’ll sand that down to a straighter edge. Thanks for the tip! I’d rather get it right now before attaching it.

One suggestion is to wear your undersuit when test fitting your kit. Your kit will fit you differently when you're all compressed into the black gear! You'll be able to make the most accurate sizing this way. Whenever sizing a kit down, remember that you need to keep things in proportion if you want the overall armor to look balanced. If you're bringing the cod up, you'll also need to reduce the size of the kidney (cut from the bottom only!), and the back plate (also cut from bottom only!). After making these trims, you will find that you'll need to trim the chest down to keep things in visual balance. Try to keep the ab buttons in the center of your chest- somewhere just below your sternum and just above your belly button. Once you've got that locked in, you can then see where the chest plate would naturally line up. You want the ridge detail on the chest to fall somewhere in the middle of your breast. For me, I needed to trim the neck line (because the chest ridge line needed to come up, and the neck was cutting into my throat), the bottom of the chest (because it was sitting on top of the ab button boxes), and the sides of the chest plate (because it was too wide and my shoulder bells kept hooking on to them). As always, trim conservatively, and test fit, test fit, test fit!

Hi buddy. It looks like your shoulder straps are too far back. Rule of thumb is usually 1 big and 4 small ridges glued to the chest. This screen shot shows what I mean. If you follow this, your straps should have less overhang over the back plate. :-) Dan Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

First Order Stormtrooper Build Hello, FISD! I'm Taylor, a member of the Northeast Remnant here on the East Coast. When I was working on my first costume in the Fall of 2015, I spent a great deal of time here on these forums because of the helpful advice and great community. However, being that my first ensemble was a Sandtrooper and subsequent costumes haven't been TK's, I've never been a part of this Detachment directly. Well, it's time to change that up! In order to prepare for the upcoming release of Episode 8, I've decided on doing my first TK. First Order costumes seem to still be a bit less popular, so why not bolster the ranks! This thread will serve as a guide and a source for my own organization. It will be a lot of learning and discovery for myself along the way as the FO troopers are certainly no easy task, but I expect it to be a whole lot of fun. So let's dive on in! Contents 1) References/Resources 2) Parts List 2) Anovos Standard Line Helmet Helmet interior upgrade Additional helmet detail 3) SE-44c Blaster Pistol Assembly (part 1, part 2) Painting Final shots 4) Soft Goods Undersuit, gloves, neckseal Gaskets and boots 5) KB Props TFA TK Kit 6) Trimming Part I - arm components Part II - leg components Part III - torso components 7) Assembly Part I: Arm Components Biceps (part 1) Shoulder Bells Forearms Test fit / biceps (part 2) Part II: Leg Components Spats Thighs and shins Part III: Torso Components Abdomen/kidney (part 1) Back/yoke Abdomen (part 2) Part IV: Thermal Detonator Part V: Additional Details Detail cut-outs Thigh holster Left shin boxes 8) Preliminary Test Fit Completed assembly so far First test fit 9) Additional Details Abdomen/kidney magnetic closure Seam filling Greeblies: clips, forearm rails, and chest tabs Abdomen and posterior strapping cut-outs Thermal detonator panel clips Yoke sizing Shoulder brackets First Order TK Belt Belt box measurements Handplates (and a quick note on fitment) 10) Painting Sanding and surface prep Priming Gloss painting 11) Final Details Vinyl decals Gaffer's tape backing Belt finishing touches 12) Strapping Handplates Shins and spats Thighs and suspension belt Abdomen and shoulder bells Cod and posterior Gaskets and knee plates Chest-back-yoke connection Abdomen to belt snaps 13) Submission Photos 14) Final Tweaks

I used the foam brush as well. It’s not perfect but honestly nobody will ever see it. Try another coat and that’ll help a bit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Man, matching that weathering is going to take some time. You're doing terrific so far!

Can I ask where you got your abd buttons ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No worries. Btw, your painted buttons looked great! Very ANH. No issues as they were, although the decals are fine too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And...my team won yet another important game (1-0) derby against the team in the lead of the league an hour ago (my team is second - early in the season but still) so that’s also a plus here’s were I am right now - torso is complete and going to start working on the arms I think the belt is a pretty good match for ”my” Trooper

Happenen to glance att the milage when I set of to work on the suit and here’s were it landed when I arrived - I have a good feeling about this (it’s my TK-ID)

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Like Daniel mentioned, one inch is screen accurate. I originally used 3/4" as well but had to switch out to 1" to allow for some trimming of the elastic to fit around snaps and such. the 3/4" was just to thin to accommodate that. I don't know why so many builds refer to the 3/4" thickness as a standard. Looking good!

Your build is really coming along. :-) Just noticed your ab buttons and thought I’d throw up a suggestion. The smaller of the two has very straight edges, rather than curved. It’s a really easy update if you wanted to do it. Best wishes Dan :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nope - Carry on (1 inch was used on the movie-suits)

Great work on your paint job trooper!

Thanks Dan - I appreciate the help and feedback! I’m about 6’0”, 215 pounds (though was a bit heavier at the time of the pictures... been on my way down from 260 since February ). I had a tough time finding a good place for the back... I tried pulling it higher but without opening the gap up between the back and kidney, it meant that the ab didnt line up well with the kidney. The ab wasup about as high as i could pull it without changing my singing voice from a tenor to a soprano I’ll give it another shot though. I’ll get the snap on the ab added and the paint off the cod/butt fasteners. Thanks again! Jon

In short: Yepp

I am amazed my photos are still up, like many others I have had trouble with photo bucket removing all of my links... still not not finished this build properly... it’s been well trooped in though...

Rough trimming continues... I've also finished trimmed and edge sanded the other parts I posted. Dremel and a sanding sponge made that simple but messy work. So far everything seems to be going well. I've found a combination of scoring/snapping and lexan scissors to be a good method. I'm concerned about fitting, especially the arms and legs. I want to get a subtle taper on those parts. Is the recommended process to trim the front of the parts to accommodate the standard cover strip width and then trim the back to create the fit? If so, then I'm assuming to trim the back I should tape it all up for a nice fit, mark a center line, and then trim the two sides to that line. Am I thinking about that correctly? For what it's worth, I'm more-or-less "standard Stormtrooper size" - 5'9" 155#.

Cool. In that case, I’d definitely check out some of the previously completed RS builds to see how they get around it. :-) And remember, if in doubt, always cut less than you think. You can’t stick it back on. ;-) lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Btw, the CRL was updated a little while back to confirm that the rear tab may be removed without affecting clearance at any level. Looking great, btw. :-) Best wishes Dan Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Moving fast. As for the mounting. I haven’t done it but I’ve seen most people use the sugru. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi Freddy, Whilst the link below is not for an RS kit, this may give you a feel for how a lid is put together. This is my armour maker, Ross or RWA, and I found his videos invaluable to my build. Out of interest, do you have a good selection of reference photos that you’re working with? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looking good my advise would be to mount the lenses with small gaps to help with airflow

If you are thinking about painting the inside of the bucket, now is the time before you assemble (easier by far). Also, if you are thinking about making individual lenses, now is the time to make the holders

I'm late to the game here, but I concur with what has been said. Pull up that butt to earn yourself another half inch or so, but that back gap isn't going to close too much more with how tall you are. Not a problem at all. You'll be joining the ranks soon, I'm sure!

Just want to chime in regarding this that you should have return edge at the chest where it meets the ab. Ideally, you should keep return at the kidney and butt plates as well as it will help them sit better, but is not as important. If you can keep some return edge, in most cases, I'd suggest you do (e.g. top of shins), other than the wrist at the forearms as mentioned here. So don't simply go about removing return edge from everything right away...check if you need to remove it, and in most cases, you can. Take a look at centurion applications and the gallery for good references! Other than that, happy BBB day! Good luck with your build!

Second fitting after trimming chest: Then the final fitting: Now on to chroming: And DONE!