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Here is how I do my weathering effects . After priming and spraying silver, I do several layers Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

That makes sense! I will get in contact with you! Currently juggling responsibilities as a father of twins (5 weeks old) and life. Printing progress is a bit slow

I wish I had the confidence and your ability. Would you consider delivering some in person training?

Had a nice little package arrive from Ukswrath today. Helmet fans on bracket and the trooper hearing assist setup. It’s all mounted temporarily for now. I jammed some of the foam packing peanuts that it shipped with in the gap behind the fans to dampen the vibrations. They really stop the helmet from steaming up, but I was surprised how the noise fills teh helmet and stops me from hearing the outside world. Good thing I also ordered Tony’s hearing assist system (SHA). This thing is amazing. But the mics are so good that I had to find a place far from the helmet to avoid picking up the fan noise. After testing a few places, I finally settled on the sides of the chest plate. Here the mics don’t clatter against anything or brush against any soft parts of the under suit, etc. Again, mounting is temporary, held in place by sticky-back Velcro. Also managed to heat the ABS belt with a heating iron and attach it to the soft belt with three chicago screws. Next I will fix the square tabs over the chicago screw posts and locate where to put the snaps on the ab plate to hold the whole thing up.

Hi John You should start a build thread in the correct area based on the version of costume you are building (TFA or TLJ) Then place a link from it to here and rename this thread as your research and discussion thread. If you need assistance in changing the title I am more than happy to do this for you. Simply shoot me a PM so we can discuss. Great work on this by the way, looks like you have a few members and staff pretty excited with your work

Thanks for the great info. Certainly cleared everything up. Much appreciated. I'm ready to serve with honor!

*EDIT: I've since discovered the FA Thermal Detonator has a visable seam between the canister and backplate. I will redo this at some point, but for now this will still look passable. Awkward to join without lots of gaps due to it being a multiple part vac-form. But I got there in the end with endless filler, paint and repeat. VIDEO LINK HERE: https://youtu.be/14oshMvuUNw

Many thanks Dennis, I have a wall of suitcases full of costumes, someone will find me under an avalanche of them one day

I FINALLY managed to get a decent listing up on Etsy for the files, if anyone is still waiting for this... Meanwhile, I'm printing this suit for myself as well. I would love to have this thread turned into a build thread. https://www.etsy.com/Die3DSchmiede/listing/1089257123/first-order-stormtrooper-3d-print-file?utm_source=Copy&utm_medium=ListingManager&utm_campaign=Share&utm_term=so.lmsm&share_time=1632673906184

And because I had some time, I modeled the level 3 forearm shape as well... Feedback welcome! Left is the normal shape and right is the updated one.

If your commission is an ESB version you are lucky, with a different helmet and a few other pieces you could also seek approval as ANH version, here is a comparison check list for the differences between the Original Trilogy versions https://drive.google.com/file/d/10tEVteIreh6AHMogW010cuH_Bf8TBfU6/view