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You will find that the knife blade with blunt pretty quickly, with a nice sharp blade you only have to score a couple of times then bend and snap. You may also notice when you bend and snap you are left with a little edge, you can easily run some sandpaper down this edge or turn the cover strip over so it's not seen.

Nice work, looking great

Very nice and if you want to get really screen accurate you have the outside button covers slightly off center, slightly more towards the ends (note centered is fine all the way to L3 ) And when you come to add your holster

Nice work, looks great, here is mine for comparison, I went a little larger with the top left box to more match in with references Just watch the the final height placement when worn, a little hard to see from the angle of your photo, height placement did come up in an EIB application some time ago

I don't think many would have tried to do this before, most of the builds I have seen normally use a head mic or a wireless mic, most of the wireless setups appear to be around the same size. When you think we are only trying to add a mic to use in a helmet, obviously fitting into a mask is a little harder. Like anything though it's a bit hard to know how big the internals would be without opening one up. An option with a wired mic would be drill a small hole in the mask, insert the mic and then seal the hole with waterproof silicon, I would think this should work. Doing a quick google search I did find a few items but these are for paper masks https://www.amazon.com/Maspeaker-Voice-Amplifier-Face-Masks/dp/B09DP773TG Other masks with mics http://www.sea.com.au/docs_menu/docs/bro_sea_smalltalk.pdf https://www.flighthelmet.com/blog/mask-microphone-great-for-high-wind.html https://www.weaponoutfitters.com/ops-core-sotr-no-mic.html

I found I had to apply a little heat to the calves to give them a small twist, now this is not without danger and you would need to practice on other ABS plastic, many use a hot water bath but I use a heat gun but with caution you can go from slightly moving to molten mess. Some shin issue threads Cricket used a magnetic closure, I've seen a few do this Cricket also did some hot water bath adjustments to the armor, you may pick up some tips References for mobility cuts

Hello and welcome aboard, I would suggest contacting your local garrison, many do armor build days and have members experienced in building, you can search for garrisons here https://www.501st.com/maps/

Shame the lower shin decals don't fill the whole area, the decals probably right sized just the recessed area too long Reference

Very nice, I'm a little spread out through various rooms, I have to cull the collection at some stage Yes I've noticed the no holster a few times, but some still do, my older 6" Black Series had holsters but more recent ones don't well except TKC which does have a holster, I'm still awaiting a few other recent Black Series TK's to compare this with. It is also the same 3.75" figures, older had holsters, newer not so much

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You will find you will receive a lot of feedback if you post a build thread to our forum, lots of knowledgable builders ready to offer advice. As advised already check out some of the previous R1 build threads, a couple that stand out:

The trooper survival guide would.better explain the differences https://databank.501st.com/databank/TrooperSurvivalGuide

As I say it's entirely up to your garrison command, ultimately your GCO has the final say as to what they allow at local non canon events (who I may add can overule a GML), some garrisons aren't as strict as others. For canon events yes every accessory would need approval by the GML or GCO and be from that particular costumes CRL. Locally we have very few canon events but if we ever do only CRL approved accessories are allowed.

Officially correct to a point, that's only for legion approval and official canon LFL events, any non official events it's entirely up to your garrison command and what there rules are, many allow non canon equipment, hence why some are seen wearing pauldrons from time to time

Very nice, I have a printed version on my bench (never ending to do list) just waiting for some electronics, was going to add small screens behind the lenses with a video loop that can play a scene or zooming in or out, still haven't worked that part out.

Really depends how wide you would need the cover strips, if it's only a few mm you should be fine. Note screen forearms do have some gap between the ridges and cover strips

Hello and welcome aboard, you will find a lot of info in the Rebels Stormtrooper area https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/165-star-wars-rebels/ You could contact WTF (Walt's Trooper Factory) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/waltstrooperfactory The 501st legion has a base standard for costume acceptance, these are the CRL's (costume reference library) you can find Rebels TK here https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:TK_rebels There are currently only 5 approved Rebels TK's so as you can imagine there aren't a lot of build threads to follow here are a few https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/198-rebels-tk-build-threads/ This is also a great thread full of other info for Stormtroopers

Motoring along. You may want to add either another snap or some velcro at your knees, just one snap will possibly allow the knee armor to twist, I went with velcro just so I could adjust for best positioning.

Don't feel defeated as yet, lots of helpful people on the forum ready to lend a hand. You can also reach out to your local Garrison and see if there are members near you, it's amazing just speaking to someone for a short time can give you a whole knew outlook. Although I'm handy and hands on for a lot of stuff I felt daunted researching and then the sheer panic when the kit actually arrived, but after trimming my first peace the worry went away. Yes there is a lot of info here on the forums but just by following just one or two threads you can make it to the finish line. My go to thread for anyone new is @ukswrath, although Anovos its still very, very detailed and full of photos Some AP threads I shared today for matching pieces Also this one Another good build with some references

This thread may help you Also this one Another good build with some references

Unfortunately most have gone for for the plastic Anovos helmets as they found the KB helmet needed a lot of work, there are a couple of threads but only a few pictures for the KB helmet, none really working on the issues. And a TLJ KB helmet There is also KB Props build group on Facebook which may have some photos of builds https://www.facebook.com/groups/212554895893880

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A lot of makers added the raised ridges to their molds but as you can see in that image there are none, but other armor parts there are raised ridges. Also added a few references to match your cut/angle line on the biceps we discussed previously. Ideally for biceps (if you have a loose fit) would be trim 8mm from both ridges, then add a 15mm cover strip. If you need more room you can add slightly larger cover strips. Here's a thread from last year in regards to larger cover strips A couple of other bicep references, note none of this have raised edges on the biceps. Here's the "Promo" trooper, notice the cut angle on his cover strips on the tops of the biceps And the trooper on the right, cover strips to the end