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Ok, hows this for the abdominal section overlap? I had to scrap the bracket system, it wasn't working. I'm using Velcro for now

Adding to what Glen suggested, beware of not cross the teeth lines, just finish the corners. It's better to trim the less than over trim Reference Images Cheers

Thanks Glen! My first painting looked more like those and then I second guessed myself regarding the amount of white in the gum line, so I extended the gray a little more. I should have left well enough alone.

Indeed and there is a build and CRL being worked on for that one, it's still listed on the NTLC page https://databank.501st.com/databank/New_to_the_Legion_Costumes_in_Progress But in my mind is not clear enough in detail as well as it is the only reference and does not follow CRL reference requirements The character must be represented visually by an officially authorized Star Wars publication. Ideally, clear full body front/back/side reference should be available, but can be examined on a case by case basis. Costumes based only on text descriptions cannot be approved. An action figure or statue may be used as supplemental reference, but cannot not be the sole reference. McQuarrie concept characters, and other characters whose only reference exists in concept are open for Legion consideration on a “case-by-case basis”. As I say ultimately at this stage it's up to the LMO's if they will approve a CRL for a figure and this can change depending on who is in the role, be nice to get this locked down once and for all, it has happened in the past. For those interested here is the guidelines for new costume approval https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:CRLGuide

Wook1138 and Tarok, many people have the same thing and I believe you all are correct. Daetrin, cool, thank you. Morgul702 and ukswrath, in reference to the thigh strapping, I am unaware of anything known for under the armor. What we can see is the two (presumably 1” black nylon) straps that come down on the side of each leg. Speculating, it looks like they have a black plastic side release buckle on them that is covered with black elastic. I infer this because this is a common practice to cover the buckles with elastic in the tactical webbing community on slings. Here is an example of a sling with the elastic covering a buckle and a hook. The side release buckle being mounted here would ensure easy donning of the armor as well as provide a method to adjust the height of the thigh armor. I built my ROTK strapping with this method in mind. As for a belt, who knows? I built my kit with a belt but ultimately mounted the top of the thigh straps inside the abdomen. Since this has already gone beyond the original topic and deep dived into how the ROTK is constructed and after some time working on my Shoretrooper and reviewing Mr. Pauls FB page (total grunt) I see a lot of information that is evidence with the Shoretrooper that we can assume but not prove for the ROTK. The Deathtrooper, Shoretrooper, Tanker, and ROTK have a lot of similarities and one would expect that most of the processes and manufacture of these costumes are the same. So, here is some food for thought. We know that the ROTK uses the same shoulder bell metal supports as the Shoretrooper. Here is your evidence, and yes, I still maintain that the elastic is black. Notice the “D” shape under the elastic. From Mr. Paul’s FB page here is what the metal supports look like. Here they are mounted to the chest plate of a Mr. Paul built Shoretrooper. Next here is another Mr. Paul built Shoretooper chest plate with the shoulder strap and metal supports. And here is a pic from Mr. Paul’s Shoretrooper where I have “roughly” outlined the metal support. Lastly, here is a Deathtrooper (from celebration I believe) and we can also see the snap support inside the shoulder bell. Next, there was a discussion back in 2018 in the CRL thread about (as stated) the two tabs on the bottom of the kidney pad. This was one response with arrows of what the responder though the op was talking about. However, knowing now what I do I think the op was referring to the two tabs on the bottom of the back plate that you can see just above the thermal detonator. Although these appear to be shorter in length, I believe what we are seeing is very similar to what Mr. Paul did with his back plate for the Shoretrooper. In this pic you can see how the Shoretrooper back plate attaches to the back hard belt. I believe the TK back plate does something similar; however, it does not actually attach to the belt as we can see in the pic from the CRL thread, it looks like the tabs end just before the attachment hole. On the topic of soft goods, here is a pic of a confirmed Shoretrooper undersuit. Notice the specific mesh in the arm pit, the full-length zipper down the front, Velcro (presumably to assist in supporting the abdominal plate) the distinctive ribbing on the sleeves and the thumbhole at the end of the sleeve. The Shoretrooper also has a separate neckseal/ bib that hides the zipper and has distinctive horizontal ribbing. I am not saying that the ROTK uses this same undersuit but we can assume that many of the features were most likely incorporated in the ROTK undersuit. Lastly, we have seen this pic of what looks like a screen used ROTK abdominal plate with a suspension system. From this image we can assume that the ROTK used this suspension system as well as the corset zip closure that is velcroed in the back. What is not as evident is if the ROTK abdominal plate uses the connection tabs along the bottom edge like the Shoretrooper. It is hard to tell from this pic since there is a white belt with Velcro around the bottom of the abdominal plate. Also note the black strap protruding from the bottom and along the side of the abdomen plate. This is most likely the attachment strap for the thigh armor. Also, there is some sort of secondary suspension system (similar to a back belt for Warehouse workers that sits under the primary suspension system. Perhaps this provide some padding but otherwise I see no need for it. So here some pics of Mr. Pauls suspension system from his Shoretrooper and we can assume that the ROTK uses a very similar system. Ok so that is all I have for yall at this time. Let me know what you think.

Hi there! I'm Sven from Germany and 2 weeks ago my 850 AW kit arrived and I started. Wanted to post my current progress to get some feedback, cause I have the feeling it's not fitting quite right. Here are some pictures: At the moment I attached most of the torso and abdomen with velcro to be able to adjust the fit. Gonna replace it with snaps once it fits well. Is there a better method? Thanks in advance!

Greetings fellow troopers! I'm Andy from Westchester IL (just outside of Chicago) and now also a proud new TK member of the 501st - something I've wanted to become for many many years - as well as a member of the Midwest Garrison. I'm definitely looking forward to trooping and joining my fellow Legion and FISD members in the future. Cheers all!

I uploaded a couple youtube videos recently. One from 2018 that I didn't have an opportunity to edit and upload at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_COt9bd0Qg The more recent one I went over some stormtrooper progress, but I've got a poster of Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell in the background that isn't quite appropriate for the boards here, so if you want to hear the update it's on my channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63ewYsCifNc Basically I was agonizing again over the particulars for screen accuracy. This time, the stripes in the tears and back traps. So.... I finally went through ANH and wrote down all the scenes with stormtroopers, then went frame-by-frame through the various scenes to get picture grabs for reference and take notes. I used the “A New Hope” disc as part of the “Star Wars: The Complete Saga” blu-ray collection 2015 release (Bar Code# 024543742180 81). I won’t post all the images here (at present there are 1059 images), but I created a new Google Photos album for all of them that is available here: Star Wars: A New Hope - Screenshots - Stormtroopers. This album only covers "A New Hope" stormtroopers: stunt, hero, and sandtroopers (and a couple tie pilots), and shots that include blasters or stormtrooper belts. These can also be downloaded in a zip file in the Stormtrooper folder on my Google Drive: Stormtrooper Folder If I add any new images, they will be in sequential order to match the movie. Image names match the timecode they were pulled from. A note on copyright: These images are protected under Fair Use as they are intended to be used strictly for educational purposes. I highly encourage you to go through the scenes yourself and if you don’t already own a copy, go out and buy one :D. Umm.. just in case you haven’t watched the movie yet??? Spoilers ahead!! Just sayin’. These timecodes will only apply to this version of the movie as it has been edited over the years multiple times (for an idea of how many times and how much it has changed, check out “All Changes Made to Star Wars: A New Hope (Comparison Video) PART I”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNbzSH84mj0 … Han shot first! In case your time codes vary for whatever reason, as an “anchor” point we’ll set the moment the text “Star Wars” appears on screen since it’s a straight cut (it does not fade in). Move forward to the moment the text pops on screen. It should be just over 00:00:28 (+16 frames). Another note, this film is running at 23.98fps NTSC. The original-original may have run at true 24 fps, but the difference between the two fps rates is very slight over the length of the film regardless of version (less than 10 second difference). So whatever time you have, if it differs from 28 seconds into the movie, adjust the following time codes by that value. One way or another, these time codes should get you into the ballpark of a stormtrooper scene if you’re on watching it on a blu-ray copy as mentioned above. Here’s a text run-down of scenes involving stormtroopers as well as a little fun colour commentary. For now, I’ll exclude detail specific notes (counting stripes and the like). But as I go though the pictures, I’ll add the notes here later or somewhere else where it makes sense. (If there is interest / if this hasn’t been done before I can post this somewhere else as well so that it’s more accessible for others.) A New Hope - Stormtooper Scenes (+extras) 00:03:46 (+03) - First appearance. Stormtroopers board Tantive IV and shootout begins. 00:04:31 (+17) - First appearance of Darth Vader. 00:04:52 (+11) - End scene. 00:05:31 (+22) - Stormtroopers escort Tantive IV prisoners. First trooper looks like they are missing their screen-left side drop box. 00:05:41 (+00) - Darth Vader chokes a dude out. Good view of back of helmet – This appears to be a hero helmet due to the reflection visible in the eye later in the scene. View of shoulder strap. 00:05:39 (+13) - Mr. No Stripes appears! (behind the first trooper). Mr. No Stripes does not have the larger button panel on the abdomen. 00:06:17 (+07) - This one bonks their head on the pipe. Clear view through frown cuts. Clear view of green eye tint. 00:06:28 (+13) - Mr. No Stripes shoots Leia! 00:06:29 (+19) - It looks like the shoulderbell may have a connecting strap to the chestplate? 00:06:34 (+20) - End scene with a booty shot. 00:07:27 (+20) - Stormtroopers escort Princess Leia to Darth Vader. Hero helmet scree-left next to Stunt helmet screen-right, front two troopers. 00:07:29 (+15) - The hero’s screen-right bicep looks like the shoulderbell-bicep-strap-anchor-point has ripped off. And for whatever reason, the chestplate looks like this guy is sweating a bit… 00:07:41 (+06) - The bicep was covered with white tape. Thick strap clearly visible between bicep and forearm on the screen-right trooper. It looks like a small portion of the strap was painted white. Shoulderbell strap clearly visible foreground screen-left trooper. Some kind of strapping malfunction at the shoulder? Background screen-left trooper. 00:08:04 (+11) Lots of good views here: back traps (left side), ear bumps (left side) (both stunt and hero), Shoulderbell strapping, over-the-shoulder straps, left-side Shoulderbell sweeps (both straight and sweeped), Thermal Detonator positioning, kidney plate mounting hardware visible top return edge (closer on screen-right trooper), forearm return at the elbow edges. Also good views of the E-11 Blasters. There’s a view near direct front-on where you can see the scope. 00:08:29 (+12) End Tantive IV troopers, and shortly after, end scenes on Tantive IV. Get ready for sandy bois! 00:15:08 (+17) - Troopers scouting the desert - Added scene. These appear to be either ESB or ROTJ troopers. Check out the hand guards (scoop style) and the blacked-out frown. Cod is beveled. Abdomen button panels are there but paint is gone. It looks like there are stripes in the tears as well and most of these appear to be “hero” helmets (or at least they have bubble lenses). Troopers with black pauldrons, screen-right has bubble lenses, vocoders are hero style... Recreated scenes? 00:15:27 (+04) - Digital Dewbacks. Stripes in the back traps. I don’t trust these added scenes for accurate representation of true ANH troopers. 00:15:32 (+05) - Original scene. Orange pauldron, stunt helmet. Upper torso shots. White pauldron. No lines in tears. No lines in the back traps. Rear-most ear bump painted black. 15 tube stripes left side (orange pauldron trooper) 14(?) tube stripes (white pauldron trooper). 00:15:35 (+20) - "Look sir, droids!" 00:15:39 (+08) - End scene & transition. 00:43:04 (+20) (4 seconds) - Stormtroopers in the Mos Eisley streets (digital addition). 00:43:19 (+20) - The "Move along" scene. Good shots of heavy backpacks. 00:43:56 (+04) End scene. Some troopers visible in far, mid-ground on Mos Eisley streets. 00:47:31 (+20) (6 seconds) - Scene transition from Cantina interior to troopers questioning people in the streets. Digital trooper & dewback have been added. Digital trooper has knee plates on both sides and is missing knee ammo belt : /. 00:51:43 (+05) (10 seconds) - Checking the side streets looking for the droids. Lots of views of backpacks. 00:54:59 (+21) - HWT & other troopers on their way to attempt to stop the Millennium Falcon. Helmet close-ups. 00:55:13 (+07) - Shootout scene begins! 00:55:40 (+06) - End scene. Millennium Falcon departs as troopers watch on from the streets. Goodbye Mos Eisley! And onto the Death Star 01:05:31 (+05) (5 seconds) - Stormtroopers - in - Spaaaaaaaace. Super far out, but they're there. The area they're in doesn't look like it's inside the ship, so I don't know if this is part of some special field, or if these troopers (or if it should be considered that all armour) have the ability to withstand space...? (I have significant doubts.) 01:05:45 (+17) - Troopers to your stations! Running through the halls. Hero next to stunt again. Troopers board and search the Millennium Falcon. 01:08:04 (+06) "Hey down there" Troopers leave their post to their inevitable doom. Note: Both of these are stunt helmets. Both have return edge at the bottom of the chest. 01:08:05 (+19) - Side (blurry) & Back view of The Grappling Hook trooper. Why this one is outfitted with a grappling hook? - To progress the plot of the storyline of course.. But why in actuality? - What as part of the normal duties of a Death Star Stormtrooper would require the use of a grappling hook? 01:08:15 (+06) - Shots are heard within the Falcon. 01:08:17 (+21) - We're going to have to assume that some time passes in between the previous shot and this one with the commander in the comm room asking TK421 why they're not at their post, because on walking over to the window to look out, like movie magic, Luke walks out from the Falcon. Without having ever done it yet myself I can well tell you that it takes a heck of a lot longer than 5 seconds to don that armour without the inconvenience of having to strip it off someone else's unconscious (probably dead) body first... Note again: Kinda still looks like it’s a stunt helmet. We know this is Luke because in a moment, Han and Chewie bust in and commandeer the comm room. Also, if these troopers were shot as the sound effects suggest, where are the phaser marks? Or perhaps, the guns went off in the process of the struggle. How does one render an armoured stormtrooper unconscious without leaving marks? The world may never know.. 01:08:33 (+07) - *knock-knock-knock-knock* (read as: my comm unit appears to be malfunctioning). 01:08:40 (+17) - Han & Chewie take over the landing bay comm room, with Luke shortly to follow.. Mostly body shots in this scene, not so much with the helmets. Neckseal/under helmet shot. Also Luke hair flip <3. Both Han and Luke are wearing suits that have the shoulderbell "sweep" detail shown on both sides. More shots with Shoulderbell strap. Also, stationary hero helmet in the background, right side visible. 01:10:44 (+12) - Cod Shot!! - haha.. At first it looked like the edge of the right thigh was beveled, but it can be seen here to clearly have a return edge around the top edge. 01:12:28 (+00) - End scene - cuts to hallway scene with Chewie in tow as "prisoner". 01:12:31 (+19) - Hero helmet closeup. High brow. 01:13:02 (+06) - Pretty sure Chewie is checking out that droid's butt.. Hah. 01:13:15 (+10) - Clear view of the S-trim being joined together at the back of the helmet. 01:13:28 (+12) - Stunt troopers in the halls & then Obi Wan sneaking around in the back. 01:13:34 (+08) - End troopers in the scene. 01:13:49 (+21) - Elevator Scene: Good closeup on back trap stripes. 01:15:02 (+04) - Close up on the back of the helmet, but it's fast and a little blurry. In the same second, the back of the trim is visible again to be seamed together at the middle-back of the helmet. 01:15:13 (+10) - It’s looking like there is some kind of material on the inside of the chest and backplates. 01:15:27 (+00) - "We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?" 01:16:03 (+00) - "Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?" 01:16:19 (+18) - End scene. 01:17:10 (+22) - Han, no more helmet. Shootout with stunt troopers. 01:19:04 (+13) - End scene and into the garbage chute. Now these are the real dirty boys.... Rolling around in garbage. 01:22:10 (+14) - Cut to C3PO's handheld communicator and you can actually see “HOVI MIX Pa 2.” written on the communicator. 01:22:15 (+18) - Enter stunt troopers into the comm room. One of the guys in back hits their head on the door… I laughed out loud seeing this again, haha. The S-Trims in this scene appear to vary on whether they join at the back or not (or at least some of them have been seamed together better than others). 01:23:01 (+21) - Cut back to garbage masher. Cut to landing bay (Falcon & troopers in the background). Cut back to garbage masher. Cut back to R2D2. Cut back to garbage masher. Cut to C3PO. Cut back to garbage masher. Cut back to C3PO. I don't know why I bothered to detail that, but these cuts are getting ever shorter... 01:24:08 (+00) - "Will you shut up and listen to me! Shut down all garbage mashers on the detention level, will ya?! Do you copy? Shut down all garbage mashers on the detention level!" -squiiiisssshhhh- 01:24:45 (+05) - "We're alright!" 01:24:51 (+15) - End scene. 01:25:19 (+09) - Troopers pass by in the background while Obi shuts down the gravity field controls. 01:25:39 (+08) - Han and Luke ditch the suits but keep the belts. Another view of Luke's suit here shows the bottom edge is cut straight. Han's in the background even from a distance it's easy to see the return edge. 01:26:07 (+20) - Bye-bye now dirty "hero" suits! disappearing around the corner. 01:26:19 (+08) - Obi is still at it deactivating the tractor beam. Troopers are on the lookout. 01:26:34 (+00) - "Do you know what's going on?" "Maybe it's another drill." They really need to work on communication skills in the management at the Death Star... 01:26:48 (+00) - More jedi mind tricks. - alarmed: "What was that?" Reminds me of Elder Scrolls games (I must be hearing things...) 01:26:53 (+09) - End scene. 01:27:01 (+05) (9 seconds) - Troopers hanging out around the Falcon, probably standing guard while the murder(?) of the two troopers that got mugged onboard is investigated? 01:27:18 (+13) - Another shootout in the hallway. 01:28:07 (+13) - The grapling hook scene! 01:28:32 (+09) - Mr. No stripes reappears! And he’s got the big button panel this time. 01:28:33 (+06) - Willhelm scream! 01:28:55 (+06) - Boots! Scuffed up, black on the bottom, slight heel. You can see the side fabric U bit of the boots here (painted white). May be good lower calf reference. 01:29:10 (+15) - Belly troopers! 01:29:13 (+11) - End scene. Cut to troopers running through the halls again. 01:29:21 (+16) - End with Obi Wan sneaking around the halls again. 01:29:31 (+00) (3 seconds) - Troopers hanging around the Falcon again. 01:29:39 (+05) - Running the halls again, chasing after Han & Chewie. 01:29:50 (+18) - End scene. 01:31:26 (+05) - Troopers around the Falcon again. Luke & Leia join back up with Han & Chewie. 01:31:48 (+09) - Lightsaber battle is taking place in a room off the bay with the Falcon. Troopers in the background. 01:31:51 (+07) - Trooper Closeup! Hero Helmet. Blurry stunt helmet in the background. 01:31:52 (+18) - Troopers abandon their post to watch the lightsaber battle. 01:32:35 (+01) - Trooper's shoulderbell is all blown out - waaay out of place. Almost looks like they disjointed their shoulder. 01:33:09 (+20) - Falcon exists the Death Star Bay. End Scene. Bye Death Star! 01:34:28 (+00) - Incoming tie pilot scenes. 01:35:58 (+14) - All the tie fighters are destroyed. 01:46:15 (+20) (2 seconds) - Momentary scene of troopers running about behind the gunports as the X-Wing fighters launch their mission on the Death Star. 01:46:48 (+11) (2 seconds) - Troopers running about through the halls. 01:47:13 (+20) - Troopers fall victim to blast attacks that make it to the inside halls! - How can the walls be so thin? Or the blasts from such small fighter ships be so strong? 01:47:17 (+20) - End scene. 01:47:41 (+23) (1 second) - Troopers in background while the gunners get blasted out. 01:47:55 (+17) - Get ready for more Tie fighters! 01:48:27 (+22) (1 second) - Darth walking the halls, stunt trooper walks off screen. 01:48:33 (+22) (2 seconds) - Tie fighter pilots directed to follow Vader. 01:52:44 (+23) (2 seconds) - Troopers in the hallways get shook up by the first attempt to drop the missiles into the Death Star Weak point. This is the last scene with stormtroopers. 01:56:44 (+09) - Han, Chewie, and the Millennium Falcon swoop in to the rescue. End tie fighter pilot scenes. Vader goes spinning off into the void. 01:57:10 (+20) - Death Star go boom. Goodbye ANH Stormtroopers - and everyone else on that station!

Thanks @gmrhodes13. Any R1TKs have input on Jim's cover strips? I only got a little done today. It's my 11-year anniversary and apparently letting her help me sand is not "romantic" :-) Sanded the putty to 220. Primed coat #2. Tomorrow I'll wet sand the hand plates to 400 and then spray satin on the interior. Then the next day I'll spray gloss white on the exterior. Last thing will be soft velcro!

Muchas gracias por todo

Muchas gracias por todo

Hi Fernando, and thank you for your CENTURION application! CRL and CENTURION Application Requirements: Todas la fotos solicitadas han sido aportadas, y en nombre de todo el D.O. Team, nos complace darte la bienvenida al rango de CENTURION . Felicitaciones!! All required photos have been submitted, and on behalf of the entire D.O. staff we are pleased to welcome you to the rank of Centurion . Congratulations! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly; En esta área revisamos los aspectos observados por otros Troopers y el D.O. team. Algunas observaciones serán sugerencias para mejorar la apariencia de tu armadura. In this area we review observations made by your fellow troopers and the DO team. Some observations may lead to suggestions to improve the overall look of your armour. Tu cinturón todavía tiene una tendencia a estar un "poquito" bajo aún. A veces también me pasa cuando me pongo mi armadura . Para una mayor mejor precisión, este debe tocar o incluso superponer ligeramente el botón inferior en el panel de botones . Está casi perfecto. puedes colocar dos tiras pequeñas de velcro para asegurarte de que permanezca en su lugar cuando estés de Trooping. Your belt still has a tendency to be a "bit" too low, It happens to me also when dressing . For the best accuracy, it should be touching or even slightly overlapping the bottom button in the ab panel. it looks almost right , You can put two small strips of velcro so that you can be sure it stays in place when in trooping. Reference Images Y eso es todo !! And thats all !! Mi más sincera Felicitación Fernando, ahora tu armadura quedó fantastica,!! My sincere congratulation Fernando , now your armor looks fantastic!!

I went out today and got some smaller sanding flies for the corners so here is an updated picture Stephanie | Cadet #2025

It's beautiful...for a rebel freighter that is. Amazing work!!

Congrats on posting the pics!! I am assuming that you are aiming for ANH Stunt, Aaron, in which case don't forget that for Basic approval the kidney and posterior (butt) plate are separate.

This is going to be tricky. Although the outside will bend easily, the return edge will not. At all. At some point in the curve you will get a wrinkle or two in it, (pic 3) which will cause a weak spot or crack. You can try reducing the width of the edge to around 1/4 inch, but you will need to keep a close eye on it during the bending process. Don't let this alarm you, though. Any wrinkle/crack can (should) be reinforced on the inside with scrap ABS to keep it from spreading up the edge of the outside.

Hello Anthony, Nice looking set of armor you've got there. One thing I noticed in addition what @gmrhodes13 and @TKSpartan recommended is that you've got your hand plates on the wrong hands. Make sure you swap those when you take your official approval photos!

You can always reach out to the LMO's to enquire, never know you may get an answer [email protected]

Inch at the back would be fine. You will find you don't get as much movement with armor on, I can't bend my knee back that far as it is. You do have an option to add cut outs as some screen troopers had them BUT I wouldn't do anything with that until trying on boots, shins, thighs and cod/ab and then check out the gaps and movement. Always easier to take off later but harder to put back on

Nice work, I use 3 dremels (well knock off cheaper ones) each has as different tip as I hate changing them while trimming. You definitely want to finish off those areas with hand files, much better control and can really get into the corners. Can normally find cheap sets on eBay, this sort of thing

It would be up to the LMO's. I believe there are discussions whether a figure is enough reference for a CRL, this has changed from year to year depending on who is in the role, we have seen CRL's made in the past from just a figure so we will have to see. CRL's are only made when someone has built a costume and seeks approval. There is then the discussion of which detachment will home Cardinal as he would be considered a specialist and not "white armor". Even if they allow a figure for reference I would say it would be with the helmet that was being worn on the figure EVEN when the helmet does not fit the time period of when it was being worn. Still not enough full reference material from a book

Looking good. Not sure why I didn't already have you on the roster but I added you today.

Finally, big update! The helmet kit has arrived from Dave's Darkside Depot! I'll be starting work on it over the weekend. I'll have to ever so gently reshape the left eye so that they match symmetrically.

Here are the shots for those. It is amazing what a blown up high resolution image will show. I can see that I need to do a bit of work on the teeth for sure.

All the details noted: 1- Could you please add a close photo of the Chest/Back connection 2- Close photo of the Sniper Knee both sides 3- Make the fix to the shins closing as Glen pointed before. Aditionally: E-11 Hasbro modified blaster. 1. Folding stock is placed in the closed position. 2. No ammo counter shall be present. 3. D-ring mounted on the rear. 4. Sterling based blasters have the correct M-38 or M-19 style scope. The M-19 scope is preferred. 5. No power cylinders on the magazine housing. 6. If using the Hasbro E11 toy blaster, it is modified to have the correct number of T-tracks (6 total), with a lower row of open vent holes on the magazine housing side. This is accomplished by covering the pre-existing rows of holes with T-tracks, then grinding off the lower integrated T-track on the magazine housing side, and drilling a new row of holes in its place. Finally, the holster for the E-11 (cat is not part of the kit). For ANH Stunt and Hero The holster is worn on left side of belt and is attached via two leather or leather-like material straps to the belt from behind instead of front. No loops cover the outside of the belt. For ANH Stunt, the holster is affixed with only two fasteners at the bottom (one per strap). Fasteners may be rivets, snaps, or Chicago screws. Hope all the requirements are now complete @TKSpartan @gmrhodes13!

Hi James, Thnk you for your EIB submission , while you post the additional photos, I 'll need you to make a couple of easy fixes prior to start you review.: 1-As per the Crl State for Level 2: Correct Aerators/Hovi-MIX tips are present. Screens used shall be of a wide type mesh, with the rim of the mic and the inside white or painted white. It will be needed to add some white paint to your Hovi mix tips , just a few minutes and you're ready. Reference Photos 2- Crl States for L2: Any gap between the abdomen and kidney armor is no more than 1/2" (12.5mm) wide Your Ab/Kidney connection lower section looks fine, but it looks like by tightening or shortening the superior section straps and this could solve the issue. Reference Images Thanks Trooper !

Hi Alex, and thank you for your EIB application! CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All required photos have been submitted, and on behalf of the entire D.O. staff we are pleased to welcome you to the rank of Expert Infantry. Congratulations! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly; In this area we review observations made by your fellow troopers and the DO team. Some observations may lead to suggestions to improve the overall look of your armour. Let's start from top. The brow trim of your helmet, as you can see in the reference photos, should be a bit shorter, this is a very easy and fast adjustment, just be careful to do it little by little so as not to cut too much. Reference Images For a better look and confort, we are suggesting a bit trimming down the marked lines at the top of your forearms . This will not only make you look better, but it will help keep it from snagging on your under-suit and poking into you. Reference Images We are suggesting that you reduce the size of your small ab-button plate a tad. AP makes the buttons a little wider than was seen onscreen, but this can be done and still maintain the look. Also, the edges should be square and not rounded off. Reference Images *************************************************** Centurion Requirements; In this section we prepare you for Centurion. Because Centurion photos show more detail than EIB, items pertaining to Centurion might be seen there and not here and additional photos may be required. We try to point out all that we can from what we see, but the final accuracy is the responsibility of the trooper. Let's start Alex CRL: There should be a minimal gap between the shoulder armor and the chest/back plates. As the CRL states for level 3 , there should be minimal space between the shoulder bells and the chest armor. (Although not specifically mentioned), the tops of the shoulder bells should touch (or be very close to) the shoulder bridges. In your case it seems that it is a matter of shortening the elastics of the connection between these. Also, you can trim all the return edges from the bottoms of the Shoulder Bells to have more room. Reference Images CRL: Ideally there no gap between the abdomen and kidney armor. Abdominal and Kidney Plate align horizontally at top. Your Left Ab/Kidney connections looks perfect, but It looks like your right side is overlapping, perhaps loosen the belt a little or add some foam behind the ab/kidney to hold them outwards Reference Images CRL: The top of the ABS ammo belt should sit at or just above the bottom of the central and vertical abdomen button panels. Your belt needs to go up a little to be perfect, a widely used trick is to place a couple of small strips of Velcro behind belt to ensure it doesn't sag in the front, easy fix ! Reference Images \ CRL: Drop boxes are vertically aligned with the end of the ammo belt with minimal gap between belt and box. This is one of the most common issues we see, but is quite simple to address. Some E-6000 on the inside strap will take care of this. Reference Images Your Thermal Detonator control pad sits very high and It needs to be a bit lower so that the controls/round washer can be seen . Reference Images Reference Images Finally , the gaps in the lower ridges as seen below will need to be filled. A small ABS shims behind them would do the trick, but remember that the top of the ridge is curved so keep that in mind. Reference Images Again , Congratulations and I'm sure you can deal with the fixes and go for the next level. CENTURION ***************************************************

I think I'm done! Well maybe a clear coat since I have already noticed some premature and not intentional wear from my constant fondling on my newly completed happy thing. Commence photo dump: The wires are snugly concealed under the scope rail. Blast "em!

Nice work, the cover strip on the back of the calves should stop below the top ridge. You may also want to glue some scraps of ABS behind the gaps in the back lower ridges of the thighs.

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Jeff, I think you would benefit from reading and learning about MrPaul's shoretrooper build because right now I'm reading several incorrect informations in your posts. A lot of components and most of the strapping is similar between the shoretrooper and stormtrooper so it won't be a waste of time for you.