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Approved! TK-47501 Checking in! gmrhodes13 was correct in that my TD clips needed to be shortened, but that was the only correction that was requested. A quick snip snip and sand and I was done. I want to thank everyone here for your time, your experience, your knowledge, and your invaluable input. I couldn't have got this far without you. "If I have seen further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." - Sir Isaac Newton

This is great Glen.

I took some photos in a warehouse with a photographer a few months ago, and had this idea for a photo edit. Pics are by Jeff Cox, and the troopers are all me in my AM 4.5 armor (except the laying down one in the back, that is a Black Series figure, haha): I do edits like these from time to time, I am on Instagram as "Oddviking". I have done a lot with my Clone Trooper, but I love how glossy the classic TK is!

Square detail is on the left side above the trigger and between the magazine and counter as shown below

Hi there I introduced myself here at the beginning of the year and am finally ready to start building. After a lot of research, I am still facing with some questions that came up during the build. I don't know how regularly I get to work on it, but try to keep you updated. A good 90% of the parts are already trimmed and progressing slowly but relatively well (i hope so). Fortunately, I can use my brother's workshop (a 10-minute walk away) first test and have to cut a bit more and don't really sure how to connect the back and the front. Unfortunately the front ends in the ab box... Today I temporary connected the biceps and they are as big as my thigh. I have to bend it somehow, it is way too big. Next step is fitting the Thighs, Shins and much more... I'll take more (detailed) pictures in the future, I've just started. Happy Holidays everyone and greetings from Germany

Congratulations trooper and welcome to the ranks, look forward to seeing you at EIB

Yea I plan on doing more trimming to bring in the return edge. And I'm just going for basic approval.

Looking good David. My OCD is kicking in so at the moment I have couple suggestions. First the vertical Ab plate shouldn't have any return edge on it (rounded edges), they should be squared. Secondly, if you're you're using snaps and nylon or elastic for the section connections you can reduce the return edge on most section to about 1/8". This will allow for more movement and less chance of chafing.

Cool Glen! I still can’t get over the TDs being shot like mortars. Haha. I mean, maybe with my TD obsession I should build one of these packs just for kicks... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

New name and a few more images of the Hot Toys Artillery Trooper

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Cool, thank you! I can go a bit longer on both sides then.

Really Cool !!

Many of the helmets were ANH repainted for ESB, here are some references, notice the long last painted tooth

Hello! This build IS NOT dead, I work in healthcare and with the craziness that was 2020 it really put this project on the back burner. I was feeling inspired and broke the kit back out and I finished all the rough trimming. Taped up the forearms and biceps for a rough fit. I was told return edge is for those pieces will need to be trimmed off for screen accuracy and higher level certification. Excited to keep this going! Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk

Looking good! Remember the examples in ESB were hardly perfect. They slapped the paint on there and started filming! Jim TK-50899

overwhelmed at the sheer abundance of molded ABS in front of me, I figured I’d ease my way into TK land... simple measuring, trimming, sanding... not E-6000’d quite yet, but a decent start nonetheless... then I hit the ammo belts and belt boxes with little trim... ...then, like never forgetting how to ride a bicycle, I jumped back into it. Tackled the faceplate trimming; eyes, teeth, brow trim, and riveted the back and faceplate... got a little more trimming and fitting of the ears, fitting of the mic tips, trimming the opening, and sizing the s-trim, but all in all off to a confident start

Behind the scenes shot. Corridor is a 3D image purchased from Shutterstock. The key is finding a background with similar lighting, at the exact same angle for the perspective to work (and having the trooper move in the physical space, so the feet are all at the right angles on the floor):

Hey everyone, found some time to work my armor. Got the chest and back trimmed out, now on to the pesky shoulder straps. I am definitely looking at all the posts to see how to do this if you have any faves or recommendations please feel free to let me know!

You can't go wrong by following one of Tony's builds, Dax. As for the E-11, they are not required at Basic approval but if you are aiming for higher levels of accuracy (Expert Infantry and Centurion) it will need a few mods. 1. It will need 2 cylinders on top of the magazine housing as seen below. 2. It will need a replica (real ones are crazy expensive) Hengstler counter. 1. A charging handle will be needed. This is an old reference image, so it would need to have the original look, unlike this example. 2. The ejection port guard is missing. 3. The flash guard is missing. Most of the parts can be either purchased online or made. If I can be of any help, just let me know!

Hi. Congrats for starting your build! A really good resource for building is this: This is a really detailed account of building the Anovos kit. For adhesive, it depends what you are trying to glue, but many of us use E-6000. You don't technically need a blaster for basic approval - but what trooper doesn't have a blaster, right? Post some pics and we'll let you know (you will need a imgur or tapatalk (or something similar) account to post pics on the forums). There are a few vendors that offer good belts. Check out the for-sale section: https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/16-ongoing-sales-project-runs/ Good luck with your build.