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They are a bit long, but chock full of interesting information so I thought I'd share. Here is part 1, but they did 3 parts. Pretty amazing that it's been 15 years.

Getting a bit burned out on this but pushing to the end, rreally want some nitpicks if anyone has any. Have added the bumps as well as vents ect so no excuses here haha.

It’s been an interesting week, to say the least. Unfortunately, most of it was spent battling printer issues—many of which were entirely self-inflicted. While waiting on replacement parts and trying not to throw tools across the garage, I decided to make the most of the downtime and focus on modeling. The good news? I’m now down to the final handful of pieces needed to complete the armor. The posterior plate is really the last major component left on my list, which I’m hoping to wrap up modeling later this week. After that, it’ll mostly be refinements, test printing, and inevitably finding things I forgot. Here’s a quick peek at a couple of the latest parts: I’m still dialing in some of the finer details, particularly the internal attachment points and ensuring everything interfaces properly with the surrounding armor, but I finally feel like I’m entering the home stretch. A big thank you to Justin as well for helping answer some of the lingering questions I had regarding a few construction details. It’s amazing how one quick conversation can suddenly make something finally click! At this point, I’ve accepted that I’ll probably continue modeling the remaining pieces while taking mental breaks from sanding and painting. There are only so many hours you can spend staring at filler primer before your brain starts looking for literally anything else to do. Speaking of which… Expect the next update or two to be far less modeling-heavy and more focused on paint, and maybe assembly? The goal is to start turning this collection of individual parts into something that actually resembles a Stormtrooper. A fully white suit of armor suddenly doesn’t feel quite so far, far away. One of the smaller projects I tackled this week (during my unplanned downtime) was revisiting the back armor insert. I originally thought I had a pretty solid version finished, but after printing it I found a few issues that bothered me. So naturally, instead of accepting it and moving on like a reasonable person, I remodeled it for the 8th time. I’m glad I did. Using some additional references, I refined both the insert itself and several of the surrounding greeble details, and this may genuinely be one of my favorite pieces I’ve modeled so far (I tend to say this about every piece). The print quality itself is… let’s call it “a work in progress.” Thankfully, sanding and ABS slurry exists. Now that both printers are finally back online, the plan is to get these last few parts over the next week or two and continue marching toward the Halloween deadline—which seems to have become the unofficial target date for several of us New-Era/ROTK builders. Progress may have slowed temporarily, but we’re still moving forward. Alright, break time’s over. Back to sanding.

@thelightsabercomplainer If you can’t get to AP through his Etsy account, then emailing Mark at [email protected] is the best way to contact them.

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I don't like to talk too much about it, as we did all sign NDAs and some of us continue to do contract work for D/LFL so we try to be discreet. Most of this has already been stated publicly, but this was a situation where a post went up on like Friday night and we filmed that Monday-Wednesday. It was the first time 501st members have been invited for production in numbers, so we did not expect it at all and figured it was a commercial or something until we arrived at the studio. Production work involves LONG hours (12+) in armor, hence some of those troopers' unfortunate posture. This was not a troop or official event - we were cast as background actors. Taking photos at troops is one thing, but actually being a stormtrooper in Star Wars and running around all day in full armor is something else entirely. It was hard work but they were opportunities I'll cherish all my days.

Hi all, Long time listener and first time poster. I've been working away on my ANH stunt kit from Authentic Props and it's all starting to come together. This is my second star wars costume build and first that I'll be going for approval with so I'm looking forward to the prospect of trooping in it.