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You're right L3- Ab button paint shall not extend beyond the bottom of the actual raised button. If you have any doubts, you can look at the CRL and the reference images (CRL - Reference Image Depository). Something that strikes me (may be the angle of the pic)....It looks like the clips are sitting above the control panel. You can round the corners of the clips a little(pic 1), otherwise they will scratch the armor when you put the TD on the belt. Also, you can put some velcro, (the soft side), on the outside of the clips, and this will protect that part of the armor as well (pic 2). 1. Reference image 2. Great job Alex!

With regards to how much return edge to leave... Aesthetically it's pretty much a personal choice how much return edge you leave on, but there are some practical considerations. There are some areas of your armour which are more prone to cracks through use. Common areas are the chest near the arm pits, and the angles cut into the butt plate (although cracks can form anywhere). You find small cracks very easily by shining a torch from behind the armour. Smaller return edges allow the armour to flex more before cracking, and this is one of the main reasons that I have very minimal return edge everywhere possible on all my torso sections. The only areas I have left a fair amount of return edge on the torso is: Bottom of back (where it meets the kidney), top and bottom of kidney, top of butt, top of ab (even though its hidden), and bottom of chest (where it overlaps the ab). On the limbs it's best to get the return edges to a place you're happy with before gluing, as the amount of return edge affects the fit. Best of luck, and keep up the questions and pictures

Great !! That's exactly. What I would do is to trim the lower section return edge a little more as below. Littel return edge References Check the distance and mark with pencil before to check again,

I have the Troopa Coola fans and they’re great. Good value for money. I don’t think it’s a must either to have a mic to hear what’s going on but it’s a choice thing. So far I can hear quite clearly so no need for me. I have an Anker 5700 power bank and works great. I also have the Tramp voice amplifier with sound affects and loops. Sounds brilliant. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for all the responses. I've been busy on a few projects. Aside from waiting for my BBB and finishing up a couple lightsabers... lots of helmet research. Seems that's the part I want to make sure is comfortable for what's to come. Here's what I've been looking at: Padding - I've been looking at the system TS (Trooper Stuff) has been putting together. Looks awesome: https://www.facebook.com/TrooperStuff/ Fans - Probably the Troopercoola system iComm system - Looks like this system from Ukswraith is the way to go: https://www.etsy.com/listing/525718278/stormtrooper-audio-system-wvoice?ref=user_profile&frs=1 EAS system: I'm told a hearing assist system is a must: https://www.etsy.com/listing/684966364/hearing-assist-speakers?ref=shop_home_recs_10&crt=1 need an ipod for trooper talk - Just picked up a shuffle for this Power Bank - I keep reading to get an Anker power bank. Anyone have any suggestions? I'm looking forward to next steps. Looks like 2022 before I'm able to submit and meet up with some of the Mountain Garrison!

Thanks Mario! M

Yes they should lay flat

the red line is ok, you can trim later when you try on the armor and walk around. Keep it up

Thanks for pointing that out. I haven't been totally thrilled with the buttons. Work was definitely required. A little research revealed the buttons should be 11mm. Mine were between 13 and 13.5. I drew pencil circles at the base and just painted to there originally and.... not good. So I drew some circles in CAD at 11mm and had the plotter cut them out of vinyl. Maybe non-white would have been a better choice for visibility, but it was in the plotter at the time. I cut a row of them, so I ended up with about 40 of these little reverse dots. The old buttons. 13mm and janky. Protective tape applied and paint removed. And let me tell ya - wow. That acrylic blue paint did NOT want to go away. The grey enamel came off relatively easy but that acrylic was on there. Still, I got it free and didn't make a blue mess everywhere. Then I stuck on the 11mm templates and heat-gunned them flat in hopes of making the best seal possible. It meant a little glue residue removal was required, but that's much easier than fixing 9/9 buttons. Paint applied. I painted from the edges to the center in hopes of not forcing paint under the vinyl edge. Vinyl and tape removed and cleaned up. And BAM!!! It looks SO much better. They're much more round, far less janky, and actually the right size now. One more from a slightly farther distance. I'm really happy with this. I'll give them a cure overnight and then armor up tomorrow for basic approval pix.

Prefect is the enemy of done. So I've been messing about again. With new trigger 1 in place I decided I preferred the placement of it to trigger 2 (the rear blocky one). So I wanted to make this the switch that activates the torch. I now am able to use both triggers with a switch should I want to, with would be brilliant for a full sound and light effects if you're into such things. I am not I just want the torch and the red LEDs to work. I've changed the new trigger to allow the use of a micro switch which works really nice. The biggest issue was securing it, I could have used glue or something like that but I wanted to be able to remove/replace it if needed with out having to reprint the part. After a lot of messing about I opted for two M4 grub screws which centre on the mount holes on the switch. Sadly these will be visible from the outside but will be on the body side, and black in a black part so you will need to look for them to see them I think. The micro switch fits along the length of the blaster so the trigger will act on the switch nicely. The positioning is just perfect so that the switch will also act as the return spring, and gives about 3-5mm of trigger travel. It's not a huge pull but it's enough to know you're doing it. The extra big hole in the above part is to allow wires to come through from trigger 2 if needed. The microswitch being offset gives the room for the wires. Once sanded the holes blended in a bit nicer, I've tapped them M4 with a tap so the grub screws go in nice and easy and should mean the paint won't get trashed at assembly. The rear barrel will sit above the black part so I've updated it to add the extra holes for the wires from both the triggers to be able to come through. This is printing as I type. I also did an inventory and have noticed I either never printed or lost a few parts so I'll need to get those printed.

Armor really should be fitted TO you, maybe unless you are the perfect 'standard size', and even then. They are NOT one-size-fits-all, or even most, so very few reputable vendors offer premade/ready-to-wear armor, and the trend is towards building yourself or working closely with a vendor on a commission. Since fitting is an important step, the best course of action is to find someone local to you to help mentor, or you may still end up with an ill-fitting suit, even with a commission, and it's a somewhat expensive costume to risk it on. If you really want to be a stormtrooper, and look good, it's worth investing in the tools and skills to build your own, imo.

You didn't mention what kind of rivet it was, but I have a thread here that will help:

Nice job so far, gentlemen! One thing that jumped out at me was the sides of the butt plate(s). As seen in the second image, they need to be angled. BUT, when doing this I wouldn't suggest making the corners sharp, but rather rounded out a tiny bit to keep them from snagging on your under suit. Without seeing a close up, it looks like you did a nice job on the curve where the plate meets the tab (first pic). When trimming that area, it's important not to leave a sharp angle as seen in the second image. This can (and usually does) lead to stress cracks, so again, round it out just a bit if it's not already. Also, you definitely want to leave the return edges at the bottom of the back and the top of the butt plate which keeps them from over-riding each other. What you have now looks perfect!

To answer your first question, because a cover strip goes over the top of the seam, it wont matter so much how close they butt up as long as they are reasonably good. 2nd question, many kits have this as uneven. Align the bottoms of those and not the tops. Cut an angle at that end of the cover strip to account for the difference in height of each half if that makes sense.

Hi all, A few questions... I was lucky enough to attend a Build Party with TKMama a few weeks ago. She (and another members whose name I totally forgot) assisted greatly with me figuring things out and showing me precisely where to cut. As mentioned, I have an RS Propmasters kit. I am following along on their "Building a Storm Trooper" series on YouTube which is also super helpful. I am currently working on the Right Bicep and have a few questions. The seams aren't a perfect fit of course from the trimming. I have put 120 grit sand paper on a block of wood and have used it to get it fairly close. My question is.... How smooth should they "butt up" to each other? Second question. I know that the top section doesn't really show as it is hidden under the shoulder bell. Question though... The inside section sticks out about 1/4" above the exterior side when the bottoms are even. Is that correct with my kit? Working on reducing the photo size to post a photo to get it under 512 kb.

You may want to remove a little paint from your ab buttons if you are aiming for higher levels as they are a touch on the large side If you compare to the reference image below you will notice they should stop just before the lower ridge

I got the shoulder bridges glued in place and seemingly lined up well. These have thin aluminum glued inside with a wrap of fuzzy-side velcro over top (underneath?) to prevent scratches. I did the fuzzy stuff after finding scratches from this test fitting... Not bad IMO! They're decently straight, angled well, and close up flush. I, of course, managed to not snap a front pic, but these side ones give a feel for how flush they are on the front as well. A tiny bit of heat gunning to get the front outer edges bent down very slightly to hide the edges of the aluminum really gave them a clean fit. And here's the buttons glued on about as high as they'll go. This low angle might over-emphasize the button overlap a bit. Hopefully this belt alignment works tho.

You can trim the cover strips down if they are a little long, I normally trim them to match the piece they will be attached too before adding glue. Good idea to nip the corners off too so they don't stick into you when moving, original armor had cut corners, references: Some leave to dry for 24 hours but I like to leave it longer, especially any pieces that may be under slight pressure, 48 to 72 hours. Also make sure you rough both areas with course sandpaper before applying glue, gives the glue something to grip too. Some areas of armor are more difficult to get a perfect fit just with magnets, I use a combinations of magnets, clams and painters tape. If you apply downwards pressure and hold when adding tape around the whole piece you can basically squash the cover strips down so the lay flatter. Here's a few examples

Done

Things left undone after the 4 day armor fest: - ab buttons - shoulder bridges - rear shin cover strips and attachment method - thigh garters - misc smol details like screw paint, glue removal, and knee trimming. The shoulder bridges have metal reinforcement and inner ABS void filling. I got them as close to the correct angle as possible and stuck them on. Fingers crossed that they're in the right spot. Rear shin cover strips have been gluing about 24 hours at this point. I'm gonna let them sit a bit longer before adding the velcro strips. I'd really like to not have that E6000 pop free. Also, the garter snap plates have been glued in and the ab buttons are in place. Excess E6000 is slowly being worried free and screws/rivets are now painted white. Everything on my list has been addressed and will get crossed off SOON!

Got some work done this morning... more than I figured I would. After doing a simple fix to the thigh straps, I was trying on the legs to get an idea of how big the mobility cuts needed to be and I noticed my shins kept riding up. It's going to make getting dressed out a little more challenging but I have decided to add elastic stirrups to them. The snaps are glued into the shins and drying. With these 2 issues taken care of I'll decide how much to trim tomorrow. The other issue I noticed is that my shoulders didn't seem to sit right. I know the RS TK shoulders aren't identical which makes it a little challenging but I think this is more of an issue with my 50 year old posture not being what it was. I replaced the left shoulder strap with a new one that has the arm attachment button around 1/2" further forward and it made a huge difference. Finally, I've been adding electronics into the wonderfully spacious helmet. No challenge at all given the cavernous dimensions! I have the fan kit installed and now taking a break from this to get some yard work done. Before I do any more, I'm taking the dremel to cut the brass bolts off so they stop scratching my nose every time I twist the armor on. Then I'll go back to figuring out how to get the voice package installed in a manner my head will still fit. On pace to post a photo package for review tomorrow to make sure I'm ready for my submission.

Looking good, you can find some references of the thigh/shin notches here

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Welcome to FISD Bobby! Looks like you are well on your way. Looking forward to watching your build thread!

Glued the barrel and the base together with super glue, then sanded the seam to clean up the excess glue. I'll add a bit of spot putty to the seam later.

Hello and Welcome to FISD. RS Props, clever choice. good luck.

Hi Bobby, You've certainly been doing your research!! I can't talk about those two suppliers from personal experience, but there are a lot of guys on here that have used them before. Best advise I can give is to contact them both and discuss your measurements and requirements in detail, but I've not head of a costume yet that hasn't needed some small degree of tweaking. If that's the case then don't worry, the help you'll get here and through your local garrison is second to none. Ask lots of questions and post lots of pictures, and you'll be trooping in no time.

Update #27 - Cables without labels We now come to the last chapter of this build, which covers the electronics. As shown in update #08, I had planned to run the wires like this: Meanwhile I decided to place the speaker inside the end cap, because this is easier with the wiring and will hopefully sound better inside the receiver tube. Also swapped positions of the LEDs (as the lower LED is easier to see in the front muzzle). Placed the circuit board in the middle, because all cables had to meet there. Starting with the LEDs on the front, I wanted to run the wires along the inner barrel. To get it out of the receiver tube, I had to remove the magazine and bullets. After these were out (and broken) it was still not possible to remove the inner barrel, because the curved ends of the T-tracks prevented it from sliding anywhere. That means I had just damaged my magazine for nothing Had to find a way to install the cables while the barrel is inside the receiver… Prior to the permanent installation, it was time for a quick test to ensure everything is working correctly. Used these nice thin wires because black is best to hide in the blaster, but ended up with a lot of “cables without labels”. However, it worked and that really made me happy As a last step, I completed this blaster by (again) adding the rail with scope and counter. Then suddenly it was all done. Here is one last short video that shows how the electronics work. The rotary switch clicks nice and although the light from the red and blue LEDs is hard to see, it is very bright as a matter of fact. So, this is it. We’re done. I would like to end this update with a little addition that has recently been given to me by Stefan (Turrican). A very fine gift which perfectly fits to this Lucky#Eleven. Thank you very much. Enjoy your weekend, Stormtroopers and Cadets Feel free to leave any comments and questions.