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My argument has been if Stormtrooper shaped, why isn't it FISD. But it seems that MEPD has grabbed anything that is dirty, and SpecOps has grabbed anything that isn't white.

May the Fourth be with you! It’s not often I get to say that in my day-to-day life, so it feels fitting to drop it here today. Anyway… this is a bit of a little-big-ish update. I’ve officially hit a wall with this build. Shocking, I know. After chasing what feels like every “most accurate TK file” out there, I’ve reached a point where I’m just… tired of spending money on files that claim accuracy, but miss the mark on the exact pieces I need. So instead of continuing down that path, I made a decision: I’m just going to design my own. I’m building these using the gallery references (Celebration photos/R1 photos), a ton of 4K screen grabs (thanks @fernferro for the help here!), and a Sideshow Artillery Trooper as a physical reference. In their current state… I think they’re getting close. But I’ll be the first to admit—I’m very much learning as I go. My only real “formal” experience was a three-week crash course in Fusion360 when I reworked my thermal detonator. Blender? This is very much trial by fire. Is this overly ambitious? Yes. Am I probably risking my Halloween deadline? Also yes. Have I gotten much sleep leading up to this update? Absolutely not. Let’s move away from the wall of text (I’m starting to sound like Jason) and into what actually matters. The chest plate: And the back plate: These aren’t finished yet—but I think they’re getting close. Still left to tackle: back greebles (cog + “II”) shoulder slots (currently the bane of my existence) general refinement and cleanup Like others have done, the back piece will be designed as an insert to make printing more manageable. That’s really the core goal with all of this: Make it accurate—but also make it easily printable. (First attempt (of 8), you can see some inconsistencies in the diamond recess that I’ve since corrected.) I’m choosing to look at this as a minor setback for a much bigger payoff. This is probably the second biggest undertaking in this entire build (first being to start). I have zero formal experience in this space—but honestly, it’s been a blast figuring it out along the way. That said, updates may slow down a bit while I go deeper into this rabbit hole. I’m definitely chasing perfection more than I was before… and I’m not entirely sure how far that’s going to take me. As always, feedback is more than welcome (and greatly appreciated).

I'm of the opinion they are ALL Stormtroopers, but that argument sailed many years before I was here. The rough issue, for me anyway, is it's silly to have a duplicate CRL. The troopers in Solo, to me, appear to be identical to the ones in Rogue One. That CRL was created as the Jedha Sandtrooper - Rogue One CRL If you look at the above TOPPS reference, and the CRL they aren't sandy. Just lightly dirty but Jeddah has brown dirt. So it boils down to how to square that: The Jeddah is the one we go with as it already exists, maybe rename it as it appears to be the same troopers in Solo. We add optional parts to the Non-Saga CRL, for the pack and saying if you have the pack you need a pauldron. Doesn't cover the dirt though, most NS have mild dirt though to be fair. Whole new CRL but that feels way too far. Personally, not overly sure why this is even a thing: there is a CRL build it and go have fun. But if you can sell me (and Kris as LMO need to buy in too) on why FISD needs this then I am happy to listen.

Thanks Greg, I'll wait it out until you get the everything sorted. I appreciate the hard work!

I was actually lucky enough to get 2 of them. My wife and I were visiting her folks in Illinois, and we stopped at the local Walmart to grab some supplies and there were two in the display, so I grabbed one for myself and one for my son.

Just ordered mine off of Walmart.com, if that helps ...

1. DM me and I'll get you a new download link. But, I just realized that I didn't make the proper changes to the Mimban shield, so if you're wanting that as well, it'll probably be another week before I can get to it 2. I apologize, I completely forgot about that. But considering I'm calling a permanent moratorium on further mods, I should have some time to give it a go.

One side note. I realized that after an additional tweak to the dome I forgot to make changes to the Mimban shield, so I will be working on that after the craziness of the week is over... Star Wars week stuff, and my birthday celebration this week. So I apologize for the delay but I'll get it all together here soon

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