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Hello everyone! Split rivets are in place along with the Han snap. I also have been working on the strapping for the torso pieces (no pics yet). Along with the strapping, I'm going to add the split rivet to the cod piece. I'm going to hold off on the two male snaps on the posterior piece as I think I'm going to need to trim in that area to be comfortable (I'll wait till the strapping is done to get the correct fit).

Oh gosh I had totally forgot about this thread. I've mostly finished it (was packed away during covid) should hope to post some updated photos soon!

Glen @gmrhodes13- I was actually just thinking of something like this to place each piece in! I'll start looking for things like this or material to make them with the labels. Do you know if anybody actually makes them as a kit to purchase? Great idea for those of us that are anal and don't want our nice paint jobs damaged Thanks again.

Started glueing the back piece for the helmet, I tried to get it as close as I could but it still seems a bit narrow, or is it?

Thanks, Glenn. I assumed you’d already have one as one of your many costumes. It’s such a great helmet to build - I’d recommend it. [emoji16]

Look!!! It's Darth Vader!!!

Exceptional, one costume I must add to my collection at some point

I'm not sure if I've mentioned it before but I made soft material pockets to go over all the separate armor pieces, a great way to reduce scratches and chips in the paint when transporting. Just don't use black fabric as I did for my first set, I didn't realize the dye may bleed and ended up with some black marks on the edges, was buffed out with polish, a long afternoon that was Having labels on each pouch helps too

Wow, congrats on finishing up your build! Can’t wait to see you you fully kitted up for your submission pics! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I put the second coat of blue on this morning and just pulled off the stencils. It looked almost perfect! There were a few spots where some of the blue came up with the stencil, but after minor touch ups I think it looks awesome! This means my bucket is now complete, which means my suit is now complete! I will let the touch ups dry a bit then do a full suit up for my 501st submission pics. Very exciting! This has been quite a journey. I know it is not done yet as I have some tweaks to make here and there and will tackle those, but it feels good to have a presentable suit in time for Celebration! (and hopefully by then those tweaks will have been made as well). Thank you to everyone who has helped along the way, especially @gmrhodes13 @TKSpartan and @justjoseph63 . I will post up pics once I do my suit up, but for the tweaks and fixes should I post those here or make a new thread? Thanks, M