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You have to reduce their size, you can also do that in Imgur, info in the link I posted

Looking good, the shorter the person the less head room they have, I can still move but not a lot when wearing a pauldron

No we only allow a small amount of attachments, being the biggest detachment in the legion you could just imagine how much hosting would be needed if we allowed everyone to post as many images as they wanted. We advise to use a 3rd party free image host, Imgur is used by a lot of people, here is a how to

Unfortunately real life issues, material supply and work loads can come in to play and supply time from makers can be longer than first thought, it happens, but you have purchased from a reputable maker so I think you are pretty safe, it's just the waiting game.

You may need to do a search for local information as to if they are still viable. We do however recommend purchasing from a vetted seller as we know there are no issues with their supply or product quality. I would also suggest having a look through the Expert Infantry and Centurion applications to see how many AFP's have been approved, can't say I've seen that abbreviation very often

That is the issue with the tabs and no return edge, they can move up and down, personally I would think you could do with adding tight elastic on the ends of the kidney/posterior and that should help, that's what I have used on multiple sets of armor

I would think references of the boot color would be taken from the black series figure since there are no other sources, standard red FOTK boot, Sith Troopers use those With any new CRL a member should have reference images as well as all the images needed for the CRL creation. Previously posted by our DL "I have spoken with the LMO's (legion membership liaison's) and they are ok with this to go ahead. There are a few things they would like to see in your thread with regards to research. 1. TFA helmet is what the LMO's are leaning towards as this is a TFA era character that was gone before TLJ (yeah I know Hasbro used the TLJ helmet, but it's a conversation you and I can have) 2. They would like to see research from cross-referencing as cardinal has a description in the book and now the action figure that should take care of any parts that are different from the standard Storm troopers."

Hello Thomas and welcome to the forums, if you already have a legion approved costume you can request higher access here Good luck with the build

Hi that's your legion forum profile, not your member profile, try this one https://www.501st.com/members/displaymember.php?userID=31895&costumeID=124

No recent activity, I think we are still waiting for someone to complete a build and help with the CRL text. From the DL: LMO's are well aware of this character and the available resources, but nothing happens until we have a costume complete.

Perhaps the purchaser asked for some weathering or weathered it themselves AP Sales thread images, looks pretty clean

E6000 should hold tightly, make sure you scuff both surfaces with coarse sandpaper for extra grip

You will find the V clips do still allow some movement when bending over, having a slotted tab may constrict the movement, but worth having a try.

I have to ask why should the CRL be made easier, what's the argument to change, what is so difficult now that hadn't been for the past 8 years, we have over 400 FOTKs currently approved in the legion (not counting Phasma) who have met these standards. Is it because DN now makes their costumes this way, well actually NO it shouldn't be, we've always had a seam on the side of the ab and a seam on the yoke that had to be filled since the Alpha/Beta/Charlie's, albeit DN's is in a different place on the yoke compared to Anovos. So again why do we want to make the CRL easier now? The fact is, it is actually easier NOW to build a FOTK if you compare the new DN armor to the old Anovos there's far less work to do and you don't even have to paint "praise the maker", we had to fill extra seams, add extra pieces and fully paint the armor with Anovos kits, but now with DN you only have to add some ABS paste in a few seams, sand/polish and done "hallelujah" sign me up (oh wait no funds), we've also seen this quite successfully achieved on our forum. Not trying to be a douche but I just can't see a valid argument. What's next, it's too hot to troop, ok no more pants

At the end of the day it's all up to the GML if they will allow or not, some do and some don't. Personally as a GML if you can get away with a rectangle, up to say @40mm and not triangle I don't think it's too much of an issue, but having a triangle appearance doesn't look very nice. Quite a few troopers have the larger cover strips due to their size and the size of the armor. Many do add larger cover strips on the rear, it's a better look than having them too big on the front. A thread on sizing From our DL on the subject For cosmetics, and of coarse accuracy, try to keep your front cover strips on the thighs to the 20mm. As to the backs, you can certainly go larger, but try and keep the back of the shins to a similar size to your rear thigh cover strips. For example, 40 mm thigh back cover strip and 40 mm rear shin cover strips. In most cases the wearer will have larger calves as well . Recently I help a new cadet make a very large internal shim for the back of his thighs 100mm we then cut a filler piece, and made ABS paste to fill the small gaps. We then simply made a 40 mm cover strip and glued it on centrally. His calves were also huge, so had to make the 40mm cover strips for the back just to get them to close. In the end it all looked great, and he is currently waiting basic approval. He then intends to apply for EIB. Example of adding a shim, this is then filled with ABS pasted, sanded and polished, then you can apply a standard 20mm cover strip. A few more shim threads here A mega shim And how they turned out after ABS paste and sanding/polishing

Some other builds using hot water bath

I had to heat and twist the shins so they aligned fully. I mainly heated the front and sides, once heated twist a little more than needed as the plastic will relax when cooled. I use a heat gun but you do need some practice, many use a hot water bath which is not as intense with heat.

Had a friend do the exact same thing on his scout build, although weathering is permitted on those and it looked like a great blaster shot Here's a how to on ABS paste

I didn't add any cling wrap, being a cool afternoon it didn't dry fully so was quite easy to wash off. It does mention plastic wrap in this tutorial https://retroplay.me/retrobright-tutorials/

Ouch . You could clean up the burnt area then apply thin layers of ABS paste until you build it up enough, sand then compound polish.

Hello and welcome aboard, looking forward to seeing the progress

Nice work, good to see you didn't round off the corners which meet the control panel

Many/most don't have phone numbers listed in their contact info, once you are in touch with someone via email perhaps then you will be able to speak on phone You can also request an appearance via the 501st website https://www.501st.com/request.php , this will be forwarded to the garrison

If you wanted to get dressed yourself there are cheap options for Stormtrooper costumes . In regards to borrowing someones own armor I doubt many would allow you to do this, these costumes can cost upwards of $2000. Seeking troopers through your local garrison would be a better option