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Well I’m back. Life has been crazy since my last post. On with the torso assembly. I cut some strips to help in gluing the snap plates. I am starting the strapping on the chest, back plate and shoulders.

Thanks Glen. Will cut and post pics before final gluing. M

Reinforcements on inside of forearm

Second forearm almost finished Right thigh fits perfect after first trim left one needs a little more trimming to fit better

Ok here we go! On behalf of the staff, I would like to thank all the entrants for their truly inspiring design submissions, these take time to put together and think creatively to come up with art work that is different from what we have had in the past, and we are grateful to have your talents in this fine detachment. All entries were placed into a Poll on which staff individually cast a vote. From this we determined the winner. Without further ado, the winner is Etrooper70 (Eric) Congratulations for a fantastic design!!

Hi Everyone. Welcome to my The Force Awakens Stormtrooper KB Props Kit Building Thread. Hope the following process can be useful in some manner to those that are in the same position I was when started this build. INDEX TRIMMING TRIMMING ARMS AND SHOULDER BELLS TRIMMING LEGS SECTION THERMAL DETONATOR BASEPALTE AND BELT BOXES GENEARL DETAILS TRIMMING SHOULDER BELLS ASSEMBLY BICEPS ASSEMBLY BACK/CHEST SECTION ASSEMBLY CLIP GREEBLIES POSITION FOREARMS ASSEMBLY AB SECTION ASSEMBLY SHOULDER BELLS SUPPORT BRACKETS ASSEMBLY AB BOXES TRIMMING AND ASSEMBLY AB BELT , BOXES AND POUCHES ASSEMBLY SHOULDER BELLS BICEPS FOREARMS ASSEMBLY COD AND POSTERIOR ARMOR ASSEMBLY THIGHS ASSEMBLY PISTOL HOLSTER ASSEMBLY SHINS AND KNEE PLATES ASSEMBLY THERMAL DETONATOR ASSEMBLY SPATS ASSEMBLY LEFT SHIN VERTICAL BOXES FINAL RESULT AND APPROVAL BBB DAY BBB Day for a new project. Received the kit since February but I have been collecting soft parts and others. Honestly, I feel exactly like the first day I opened my ANH TK kit on February 2019. "What to do with such tons of plastic? Where do I start ? Updated photo of the KB Kit after trimming most pieces and pre assembled biceps and chest/back section. Here is the List of what I have: 1- Armor Kit KB PROPS (photo above) 2-Helmet Anovos Standar Line Helmet 3- Undersuit: Stormtrooper Undersuit 4- Neck Seal, Gaskets and Harness from Geeky Pink's 5- Gloves from Endor Finders 6- Belt- Pouches from TrooperBay 7- Shoulder Bells Support Bracket from UkswrathsSpeciality 8- Leather Boots. Made to size from a Local Shoemaker. JR Boots. 9- Blaster 3D printed and Resin molded I guess (purchased to a fellow garrison member) What a crazy puzzle I have here !! Since I only have weekends to work on this build I think It's going to be some kind of a stop motion build. Thanks in advance for all the incoming help and tips Troopers !!!

We had some sensational entries in this years Anniversary coin design competition, so thank you so very much for all those who submitted entries. Staff voted on their favorite designs through a Poll which included all designs. The winner with a total of 7 votes is Etrooper70 (Eric) Congratulations for a fantastic design Trooper, well done and thank you for your submissions Here is your winning design. We now have some more work to do to get this design approved and turned into reality so keep an eye out for future updates on how this is progressing. Thanks again to all those who took part in creating some of the best coin designs we have seen to date.

Yes you can, here is one of Joseph's images from his return edge thread

Brilliant. Thanks [emoji106] Sent from my SM-A715F using Tapatalk

For tall Troopers is not a problem.

In your case, you're in the right path.

What we are looking is the thighs and shins cover strip alignment.

Thank you. Even after looking at ref pic after ref pic it's so hard deciding where to make that cuts, so really appreciate what you've said Sent from my SM-A715F using Tapatalk

Hi Richard, What I usually do to fit the thighs is to adjust both sides to the center and keeping aligned with the front cover strips too. In your case, If the bottom section feels good, just adjust the upper part as shown . Try first as you did in the last photos you posted. I should do this

Thanks for your help! I really appreciate the visual - I'll be taking the same approach tonight. I'll let you know how it goes. And that's great feedback on the helmet. Just bought some helmet padding to fine-tune some how it sits on my head, but now that I have it in hand I'm not sure its right for what I have to do. I may also have to rethink how i'm balancing the electronics in there. Any tips on getting this to sit right?

Thanks man! Means a lot coming from you. Still got a bit of fine tuning to take care of, but I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.

Thanks so much, - this is super helpful. Def going to take this approach.

Congrats Eric, really nice design!

I have no issue with the taller piece sticking up, as the shoulder bell will cover it when wearing your armor, but I would suggest rounding it out as seen below. That point on the return edge could cause some discomfort.

Looks like you have done some research there Looking forward to seeing the progress, good luck

Congratulations once again trooper, the journey is now complete, now pass on to others what you have learned "this is the way"

Well done Trooper !

Backplate would be dropping down as your ab is coming up. I would suggest tighter strapping between the ab and chest, if there is no room because of the brackets I would add additional chest strapping and keep the brackets for show I use adjustable straps with my ab/chest connectors and snap plates I don't have a photo handing of the inside so here is a similar one

Love it!!!. Cutout design, glitter, the colours... Thank you all for making this possible. !!!!!!!!