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Articulated Hydration Conduit I still have a few more ideas and addendums to post here over the coming months. I'll try to drop one in once a month if I can. Here's one that I can't believe I forgot about. I used this fun name of Articulated Hydration Conduit for nothing other than your old fashioned reuseable and flexible drinking straw. I've used one of these in my Scout costume pouch for years. It occurred to me to have one for my TK. Many of my ideas and hacks here have been things for fun troops or longer non canon troops. The straw is a good one for when you are off to the side on a troop where you are keeping the costume pretty pure on the inside too or if you are all in on a B.O.A. Troop as I like to call them (Buckets On Always). I found at some sporting events; there was nowhere to take my helmet off out of the line of site when I could get a drink from a bottle of water. I didn't want to get dehydrated, but I also didn't want to ever take the helmet off. Thus, I carried along a drinking straw. This is a reusable plastic straw. It is flexible. I bought a couple of them so I could take the caps off and put the cap on each end of the straw. That way those were never exposed when not drinking from a water bottle. I wrapped a little bit of black tape and slapped a cog on there to make it imperial, but also identify the end which I drink from. The straw is wrapped in a double sided black velcro cable tie. I used about 11 inches of length. That's enough to wrap around most water bottle widths. This is wrapped around the straw. Then you simply mount a small strip of velcro of the bottom of your chest armor. A quick easy and well hidden spot to store it until needed. It's nice to help mark your water bottle if there's a bunch of them all together. You'll know which one is yours as the straw is attached to the bottle. Wrapping the velcro around the bottle can also hold the caps while you drink from the straw. Note: It's probably best to put the cap on the water bottle if you aren't going to use it. That would be in case it got knocked over, it wouldn't spill. You'd still use the velcro wrap to hold the straw with caps on the outside of the water bottle. You get the idea. Unfortunately, the TK has less room to slip the straw right up on the helmet. At least it is for me. I could do it no problem on the TB. For the TK, I just slide the straw up under the helmet, then tilt the helmet to side and have my mouth find the end of the straw. The helmet doesn't come off and you get your drink. I currently use a 13" straw length. I may trim off the end of it some by an inch or two. I went long at first because I could trim it if I needed to. I'll see on troops if I need it that long or not. And there you have it. The Articulated Hydration Conduit for trooping.

Hello from Germany, I started this project in November 2025 using a pre-loved MFX armor kit that was in rather poor condition. Several parts had to be repaired and reworked before final assembly. The original helmet was replaced with an RS Propmasters Stormtrooper Stunt Helmet (kit), which was built to match the armor as closely as possible. As I am a slim trooper, extensive resizing and fitting was required to achieve proper proportions and a clean overall look while staying within the CRL requirements. The armor build is now complete and fully wearable. With this thread, I am asking for a pre-approval to confirm that everything is on the right track before submitting for official approval. My goal is basic approval. Any feedback or suggestions for improvement are very welcome. Thank you for your time and support. Thanks to the kind support of the troopers in this forum and the support of my local troopers, I was able to get this far. Many thanks! Known issues: My buttplate overlapps the thigh, esp. on the left side. Thighs on both sides may be to high. ---------- FULL ARMOR VIEW ---------- ---------- RS-PROPMASTERS HELMET ---------- ---------- ARMOR DETAILS ---------- ---------- BOOTS (DIY dyed leather) ---------- ---------- ACCESORIES ---------- Thank you

Thanks, Rachel! I’ve been using your thread as a guideline for my centurion application actually! [emoji16] Hopefully, all goes well! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Congratulations Trooper, welcome to the ranks!

Thanks, Chemi! Hopefully hear from you soon my friend. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Congratulations to EIB!

I have some more updates to post here over the coming days. After making a couple of terrible fraction measuring mistakes of my own accord, I finally got in the right sized 3/16 white elastic to replace the more discolored ones I had on. Here is the white elastic on the right and left shoulder bridges.

Wow, why not Vader?, he would be an amazing one. Well, I'm almost 6.1 and i bought from troopermaster it fits me very well, i think it can also fit well to someome slightly taller than me, but I'm not sure 6.5 tall. Ask him on facebook if he has a larger version. Sent from my GM1900 using Tapatalk

Thanks, Daniel. Added to the process line!

I use something very similar to what glen posted. They aren't too hard to make, and you can sew, use a tri-glide, or rivet as Glen has. I used 1" webbing as I had some to hand, looks like glen used around 1.25-1.5" which would be better.

With only one nominee for FISD Detachment Leader congratulations to Chris Pearson "themaninthesuitcase" TK-10911 continuing in the role for the 2026-2027 term

Congratulations Trooper!!1

Today I would like to show my 2nd wave of pictures with further improvements. As allways, feedback is very wellcome. For full res pictures, pleaase click 2 more times and you will be directed to postimages. ---------- FULL ARMOR VIEW 2nd WAVE ----------

I’m actually in the market for a set of armor, I just need to find a cost effective way to acquire it. I don’t own any special DIY stuff other than a 3d printer. No vacuum forming equipment. So I’m hoping to find a vendor that will sell something pretty close to authorized armor so I don’t have to do much alterations to make it official. But yeah, I’m ready to join the empire.

Glad to help ! I'd hoped the mini multi tool I posted would be able to fit in a belt box tho there are Many more choices. I carry a full sized Leatherman while at my work. They're Very handy ! I Hope many other troopers take advantage of these ideas ! Things like these have been stewing in my imagination for years !