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Rat is correct, interior strapping is not covered by the CRL. FYI, it is possible to set snaps using split rivets, here is my armor and the riveted side is detachable:

Thanks for your reply and information. I’m in the process of closing the gap, so hopefully post up some updates once happy and complete. Regards Darren Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey all, I just realized that I jumped ahead a bit. I was so excited to post a pic of the armor that I forgot to finish my posts on the helmet. The green lens material that comes with the AP kit is a little "thin" in my opinion. Apparently it's accurate to the movie but I preferred something a little darker so I picked up the darker lens from TrooperBay. I tried fitting the material in as a single strip, but I couldn't get the material to sit flush against the eye sockets, so I option to install the eyes individually. First this was to head to Home Depot and pick up some Tee-Nuts. Leaving the base as (roughly) a circle was going to make them too large so I cut two sides off the base using my dremel. This allowed me to position the T Nuts around the eye socket. I then cut away the plastidip around the eye and used Sugru to surround the bases and attach them to the helmet. Sugru is kinda hard to find in Canada. I finally found some at "Home Hardware" but they only had the mixed box of colors. So I ended up with black, grey and white. Oh well, I'll paint over them. :-) Give the sugru lots of time to dry. I think they said it dries at a depth of 2mm per day. While waiting I did a "rubbing" of the eye sockets and then hand drew a cleaner version with a buffer around each lens to attach each to the T nuts. And cut out the lens material... I resprayed the plastidip around the eyes then I marked the hole locations on the lens material, drilled the mounting holes and screwed down each lens. I picked up some tactical helmet pads from Amazon. It took some experimenting to decide the best locations for the padding. I wanted it to grab onto my head so the helmet wouldn't flop around. It works pretty well, although I think I'd still like a bit more on the sides of my head. Next I started work on the fans and microphone. I picked up an Aker MR1505. I found you can remove the metal head band and just keep the mic and boom. It velcro's nicely to the side of the helmet. Then I picked up an Anker "big lipstick" style USB battery and I got a fan kit from Ukswrath. I got the fan bracket as well but ended up only using pieces of it. The bracket that the fans attach to is really cool. It fits perfectly in the helmet and looks awesome, but the only place I could find to fit my big usb battery was a the back of the helmet. With the battery there, I couldn't make use of the fan bracket. So I took the bracket apart and used velcro to attach the fans inside the helmet. I took the power switches off the bracket and attached them to the lower ear screws. One on each side. So if I'm trooping, I can individually turn the fans on an off while in costume. It works really well but that USB battery might just be a hair too big. I can BARELY squeeze my head in. Once I'm in, it's fine. Mark

It’s quick and dirty, but here you go. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Love to see threads and like this. Very informative for research purposes! I'll have my BBB some day....

Star Wars Resistance Star Wars Resistance is the new animated television series inspired by Japanese anime and produced by Lucasfilm Animation. The series premiered on Disney Channel on October 7, 2018, and later debuted on Disney XD in the United States and worldwide. The series is set decades after the events of Return of the Jedi, in the era of the Star Wars sequel trilogy. It follows Kazuda Xiono, a pilot who is recruited into the Resistance to spy on the growing threat of the First Order. The series begins six months before The Force Awakens and will eventually cross over with it. Created by: Created by Carrie Beck, Dave Filoni, Kiri Hart. Plot: Kazuda Xiono, a young pilot for the Resistance, is tasked with a top secret mission to investigate the First Order, a growing threat in the galaxy. SPOILERS AHEAD V V V V V So far episodes 1 to 4 have been a very slow, there has been the appearance of a new First Order Interceptor and red Pilot (with a very strange helmet mashup design) and of course First Order Stormtroopers (why the long face troopers) http://digitalspyuk.cdnds.net/18/41/768x438/gallery-1538992089-star-wars-resistance-tie-interceptor.jpg We also see Phasma. A throw back to original Stormtrooper's with a helmet and armor worn by one of the pirates in episode 3. One character yet to make an appearance, the Gold Stormtrooper "Commander" http://cdn.epicstream.com/assets/uploads/newscover/760x400/153869534904_-_Star_Wars_Resistance,_Commander_Pyre.jpg Hopefully the pace will pick up in the coming episodes. Star Wars Resistance has received 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, average audience score 80% happy. Also received an average 5.0 out of 10 on IMDb

OK you convinced me. I designed one and it's printing now... fingers crossed!

Thankyou guys, I will replace with the correct screws and post up new pictures. Regards Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for your reply mate, do you have image of the correct TD screw that i need? Regards Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It looks quite thick too. Almost as wide as the box.

Crossing fingers with you and everyone else waiting

Well, as I am as anxious as everyone on this, I check the Anovos website quite often and it appears that something must be happening as the price just recently increased from $600-$850 for just the kit and $1,000 for the kit with the helmet. In the past they have updated this pretty close to the time that thing are going to start shipping so the next wave they can increase the price. It also shows shipping Winter 2018 on the armor page even though their calendar still shows Fall. Fingers crossed this is a sign and yes, my fingers hurt from being crossed for so long.

Awesome thx much...think I'm on my way...have a backpack, DLT-19 and MP-40 pouches enroute... Looking forward to the conversion!

GREAT to hear, Darren!! On a side note, (and this will not affect approval), you may want to bend the kegs of your split rivets out. There are two reasons.. it will help keep them securely in place, as well as keep them from potentially snagging your undersuit. My buddy Jeff (wingnut65) has a nice tutorial for this. You could probably just use a hammer to gently flatten them out once you get them opened up.

Thank you Sven! This helped me a lot!

Yes, nice touch using the rubber o ring. I have been testing using them too on my scope kits to hold the smaller end lens in place instead of using glue. Nice find on the micro screws. This is one major scope operation and is coming along great. More popcorn needed.lol.

Good idea with the rubber washer and a great find with those tiny screws. Cannot wait to see them installed...

Thanks so much! It's late now but I feel good about completing this build tomorrow Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

In one of my costumes I use a similar setup. It works perfect.

Added Velcro to my thigh rigging. Hopefully this does the trick. If not, I’ll add snaps... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I am pretty sure none of the ab rivets or snaps need to be functional only present. Sent from my VK815 using Tapatalk

I used snaps behind the rivets and made two strips of abs with the opposite snaps and elastic between those, so that whole section can be removed from the armor, mainly did this because of trying to fit in a hard plastic suitcase for air transport. Rivets can can be there functioning or not.

ANH was the first one I had seen on the big screen so always had a special place in my heart, plus with one costume with some additional parts you can do a few others

If you are 501st approved and a Stormtrooper you have to have an access upgrade :

I have another version of that pic showing mostly unpainted, I guess both can roll still not used to this whole "put together haphazardly" thing

Good luck, Giles!

You should use an external image hosting site for your images. Here's a quick tutorial on using imgur.

I ended up ordering black chemical gloves from Amazon for about the same price.

https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/42866-how-to-make-abs-paste/

Submission has been sent! Some minor dressing issues but overall I´m happy with how it turned out

I have one (with ANOVOS bucket). Jim is lightning fast, uses PayPal, and always responds if you ask him questions. His kit is not the most accurate in proportions/shape (forearms, thighs, chest, helmet to name a few) compared to ANOVOS which I think looks the absolute best. From what I've seen KB looks better on some parts, and worse on others, pick your poison. Jims kit also requires basically zero assembly compared to ABS kits, if you fit it out of the box you can almost go straight to strapping and paint. Details are sharp as it's fibreglass and not vac-formed ABS. My main gripes with the kit is that it can have a tendency to form cracks on weak/stressed points (easy to remedy), and it is a bit heavy. Still love the armor though