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I'll just leave these here... Heavy Weapons Trooper!!! We even get to be a little yucky. We just can't get sandy.

Nairy, yes you guys did actually And thanks for the info tkspartan and gmrhodes.

Happily joining the ranks with ANH TK Stunt kit.

Great job on the armour. Welcome to the ranks.

Great looking HWT !!!

Wow that armor is looking mint! Welcome!

Congratulations Jim!! Welcome aboard

Congratulations and welcome to the ranks trooper, looking forward to seeing that background in your Expert Infantry application

Thermal Detonator Accuracy Update I received my new thermal detonator from my printer utilizing Jesse M's files, and am stoked on it. It is significantly lighter than the included solid resin TD, and more accurate for TLJ. The carriage has been printed in one piece on a large format resin machine by @fabricatorandfiends and the tube was done in PLA filament with a relatively low infill by @supershipley . How does it compare to the dimensions of the included TD? With a spraypaint cap added for mockup... close. Very very close. Prep work began on the printed TD carriage, as even with resin there were several visible print lines and dimples from supports that just wouldn't do. Most areas weren't too bad, but some needed significant work with primer, glazing putty, and lots of sanding to get nice and level. Back in primer... And in final Behr Gloss White: The tube was part of a small run by @supershipley: And after some primer filler and wet sanding to rid it of visible print lines: And finally, in Rustoleum matte black primer: And finally, the whole 3D-printed TLJ thermal detonator, fully assembled with a bit of VHB to hold the tube in.

Congrats Paul. Great job on the armour.

Great work trooper, glad to hear you've been out there trooping, you may find you may have to make a few adjustments for comfort or mobility, many of us do. You've left a very nice thread for others to follow

Thanks Mario and Joseph! Really do appreciate all the feedback you guys have given me. I'm certainly being encouraged at my Garrison to submit for EIB, I'm working on it watch this space... Thank you again fellow Troopers. Best regards Paul Ps. Joseph, thanks for the compliment on the E11 it really is a treasure, Marc did a fantastic job, Cheers!

It’s been a long time since I have updated on here. I have 3d printed out the rail, block, and hammers in metal; currently I am waiting on the scope bell and cap. the metal prints turned out very nice! I have a few adjustments I would like to make but so far so good.

It's update time again. I usually take the week of my birthday off and next week is no exception. I'll be spending my time (mostly) sleeping and working on the fitment details of the armor to hopefully get it into a good shape for paint by the end of the week. My biggest issue right now, as pointed out by [mention]gmrhodes13 [/mention], is the gap between my chest plate and my abdomen. It's really pretty cavernous... I could probably hide an Ewok back there if I tried. But I digress... One of the issues I have is the black extension pieces on the sides for this kit have a pretty sharp almost 45° turn inwards, which is pushing the chest armor out on the sides. You can see that in the following pictures: I've never quite known why they were molded like that when all the other kits and gallery images I've seen has them basically flat against their sides and it acts strictly as a black connection piece between the chest and back armor. With that in mind, I took my heat gun to them and flattened them out and I think it's helping already. It's not perfect, but it's no longer adding more of a protrusion. After that what I think is happening now is the top center of my abdomen armor is pushing the bottom of my chest armor out some. I trimmed a little gap out of there, but I think I may have to trim a lot more. For obvious reasons I'm somewhat hesitant to do that for fear of cutting too much off, but I'm not sure there's a better option but I'm open to suggestions. Hopefully I’ll have a productive week coming up!

The addition of suspenders also can help stop belts slipping down