gmrhodes13

I would doubt it very much as to date I haven't seen a Shadow R1 trooper.

Coming along nicely, a Dremmel can certainly be your friend, it's just makes a mess, made the mistake of wearing a sweater that all the fine trimmings stuck too, that was fun picking them all off. Great to see you are using the reference library

Hello and welcome to the forums, you can find a great info thread here

Your counter should go a little further forward

Coming along nicely

You need to post a link to your 501st legion membership profile, check others posts in this thread

Thigh ammo strip pack was not always aligned with the coverstrip, but rivets and end of strip were aligned with the ends or the thigh ridges

Past midday here

Both can be 501st approved, depends which version you want to look like, there are a few differences, you can compare the CRLs ANH https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:TK_anh_stunt ESB https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:TK_esb

Compression suit is what I wear and it's great for those really hot troops

I have black satin acrylic spray in mine, doesn't stop approval at any level, it does help reduce any light reflection and makes the inside a lot darker so you can't be seen through the lenses.

Hello and welcome to the forum, what a great gift, very lucky indeed. The 501st has a base for costume approval, these are called the CRL's (costume reference library) there are several versions of Stormtrooper which you can find here most common is the ANH Stunt version A lot of the information for building comes from following others builds, here is a great build from Tony @ukswrath, definitely jam packed full of info Also when in doubt head to the gallery sections Some great info also in this thread Once you have finished building there is also a TK pre approval area you can post photos of your finished armor and get feedback of any tweaks needed before you apply for your local GML approval Good luck with the build

Hello and welcome aboard, obtaining Expert Infantry and Centurion are achievements in themselves and something to be very proud of, even if you aren't part of the first 500, but you may be part of the first 1,000

Hi Richard and welcome aboard, I am also from down under but opposite side. Getting started section is where you can find some great information, especially in regards to obtaining armor . RS props do commission builds, here's a recent thread on the subject A sizing thread Unboxing thread Hope those help get you on your way Here's a Google search for other RS commission info https://www.google.com/search?q=rs+commission+whitearmor+site:www.whitearmor.net&sxsrf=ALeKk03AnoMii-3MnJTiEVUz9QQfuAw9PA:1617090067454&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwij6Kj4wdfvAhWiIbcAHcH5C54QrQIoBHoECAMQBQ&biw=1354&bih=574

Multiple EIB Award Recipients For those unaware it is possible to achieve extra awards at Expert Infantry for each additional version costume you have approved, additional awards are not issued with another Expert Infantry number (you are only issued 1 Expert Infantry number) but you will see a star above the award on your profile and the thread title will show [APPROVED] 2nd, [APPROVED] 3rd, [APPROVED] 4th and so on. Example of thread titles note EIB issued number shown in green below. Additional Expert Infantry award examples Expert Infantry Badge (2nd Award) Expert Infantry Badge (3rd Award) Expert Infantry Badge (5th Award) Expert Infantry Badge (6th Award) (and so on) NOTE If you are approved with a "2nd Version" of a particular costume that you are already approved with you do not receive an additional award, there is only 1 award issued for each costume version ie: only 1 x Hero, 1 x Stunt, 1 x HWT, 1 x ESB, 1 x TFA and so on. If you have a second/additional version costume approved you will see "2nd Version" and [APPROVED] added to the thread title, no additional profile stars (more info on profile awards here) Below is a full list of additional EIB award recipients: There are a total of 76 recipients of multiple EIB awards, congratulations to you all 2nd EIB Award Recipients - 60 Dan "R2Dan" TK8527 Carsten "Sidius" TK11672 Derek "DZFireMedic" TK83125 Luis "Rietzer" TK31513 Daniel "Ensi" TK61514 Dennis "NINJAMOVE" TK16112 Christopher "Chewy" TK66402 Rowan "zebedee" TK12111 Jonathan "JLight" TK32627 Randy "magni" TK16127 Andreas "Coil" TK24269 Danny "Ripper_L" TK55550 Kai "TK Goatee" TK71715 Jim "Engineering trooper" TK12638 Robert "RLJ2515" TK10596 Sarah "Alay" TK20466 Mark "humperdingle" TK22700 Dave "PBTrooper" TK10737 Shawn "CrookKnight" TK10204 Ruben "Crusader_6" TK34281 Chris "PhoenixTrooper" TK80806 Andrew "fuumantroop" TK24218 Steve "starsaber25" TK19466 Mike "TK1636" TK1636 Michael "TK-Sharp" TK12169 Joey "vecspeed12" TK9512 Partick "Front-a-Little" TK7961 Carey "C HERM" TK941 Nick "ZeroCool" TK20882 Manny "Tehcaveman" TK10912 Anthony "Redforce" TK10666 Andy "HeloTrooper" TK5224 Hans "Sparrow J" TK5224 BJ "bjsavage7" TK5955 Charles "Clamps" TK25267 T.J. "Hunterhwt" TK7944 Mark "captsafe66" TK4584 Darren "SandFlea" Tk7435 Matt "out0fstep" TK9328 Laurent "Mini Trooper" TK3182 Lou "Darth Voorhees" TK6908 Daniel "DarthChridan" TK7987 Christian "v7sg" TK9539 Vern "TK bondservnt" TK2392 Paul "Daetrin" TK8020 Rich "Rich330" TK6042 Allan "Trooper Q2" TK3066 Brain "tkrestonva" TK2918 Stefan "Turrican" TK1355 Terry "Terry19D" TK2055 Chris "TK-5069" TK5069 Ken "TK88667" TK88667 Jacob "Pistolsheets" TK86267 Jonatan "Nairy" TK23592 Adam "revilimiter" TK89400 Aizenoso "Aizenoso" TK14292 Tim "TrickyT81" TK24881 Dan "Kaiserinthehood" TK80419 Angie "Stardust665" TK87665 3rd EIB Award Recipients - 8 Joseph "justjoseph63" TK10963 Tony "ukswrath" TK10116 Charles 'Templar726" TK72627 Juan "BananoPower22" TK4326 Daniel "Debater2nd" TK2618 Jason "TK-J" TK4625 Thayne "ThayNerd" TK5401 Brett "Cleantrooper" TK9593 4th EIB Award Recipients - 3 Arthur "giskard8" TK39093 Daniel "TheSwede" TK99665 Frank "rhapsodyredd99" RK11038 5th EIB Award Recipient - 0 - - - - - - 6th EIB Award Recipient - 0 - 7th EIB Award Recipient - 3 Todd "Toddo" TK6647 Ardeshir "equuspolo" TK42128 Justin "TheRascalKing" TK61490 8th EIB Award Recipient - 0 - - - - - 9th EIB Award Recipient - 0 - - - - - 10th EIB Award Recipient - 1 Glen "gmrhodes13" TK85421 Multiple EIB recipients in the Expert Infantry Honor Gallery After some searching I found in the past honoring multiple EIB recipients was done by combining all of their approved EIB costumes into a single animated GIF, as shown below. We will continue with this layout which is a work in progress, some of you may have noticed this has now been implemented. Any questions please read through this thread or reach out to your Detachment Officers Background Variants ANH Stunt ANH Hero ESB ROTJ Rogue One HWT Deathtrooper TKC / INC / Shock TFA TLJ Former Detachment Leaders Detachment Founder

It's unfortunate that nobody can help locally, as I've mentioned in the past a lot of garrisons hold armor workshops but with covid the way it is there is not a lot of troop movement let alone armor workshops. I'm in Australia so can't help as shipping would cost you an arm and a leg and also I'm out of action due to some medical stuff. The First Order Stormtrooper is a little more challenging compared to a lot of other armor, the Original Trilogy armor does not need filling and painting where the First Order does. I think you will have issues finding an armor maker who can supply a finished kit, I would suggest reaching out to some of the makers to enquire before thinking of selling your armor. All I can suggest is keep looking through the armor build areas, the build although a little challenging has been done by a lot of people exactly in your position and they have managed to come through. If you feel you just can't it's either a case of keep trying to find someone to help or try to find an armor maker who will supply completed. Good luck

I normally use one and 1/2 tubes of E6000, but that's after building a few sets of armor over the years

Glad to see you back at this build. You can recess the snaps into the plates with a little heat.

Nice work, just an FYI the swoop on the shoulder bells should go forward and not backwards <--- Front Teeth and eyes are looking great, well done

Someone posted about them here A trooper has received centurion approval The only thing is the counter appears a little low.

Nice work, just on the helmet there are a couple of things, your tube stripes ideally should be a pencil width away from the cheek, yours are angling and have a large gap on the front. Make sure there is no paint on the gums, little hard to see in the photo Frown is painted gray and does not leave the teeth area.. Mic tip rims could be white. Could also remove a little paint from the top of the vocoder, some appears to be outside the curves. Trimming a little more of the top portion of the ears (they are a little thick) should reduce the gaps on the lower section of the ears.

Great news on your BBB, exciting times ahead. I've seen both satin and gloss black used so you should be ok, satin is the preferred color. Spraying is ok as long as you were to make sure you take everything so there were no runs or seeping under the masking, personally I just find it easier to just brush. You can find satin clear coat at most hardware stores so perhaps this could be an option after you have used the gloss black. Normally hovi's come as white and the outer is painted black (leave the rim white), again I've seen gloss and satin black used but satin is preferred. Looking forward to seeing the progress

I would just advise to use a high fill in areas that could take a lot of strain, thinking of the length of some pieces and weight, you may very well want to do a combined print/pipe build and replace some of the 3D printed pieces, but see how you go. Be looking forward to seeing your progress, good luck

Well apart from the covid it sounds like you have run into all the normal issues of armor and assembly You can never have enough magnets, clamps and tape

Nice work trooper, a couple of things mentioned in your previous EI feedback: The size and shape of your large ab button plate is as close to screen accurate as you can get, but the 4 button plate could use some trimming. I would also think about cleaning up the paint on the buttons a little bit to give you a more polished look. A few other suggestions before the DO's get here: You could trim the larger rear tab off your shoulder straps. This is not specifically mentioned in the CRL, but removing them is highly recommended if possible. Appears you may have some excess paint on your gums; Frown is painted gray and does not leave the teeth area. Black lines around the ear bumps could be slightly thinner Although it appears you have adjusted the forearms since your EI application they still appear a little large at the elbow when you compare to your biceps, especially noticeable from on the rear. Could also rotate the TD so you can see the O detail Also appears you still have a slight gap between the kidney and butt plate Plastic belt corners should meet the fabric belt: The corners of the plastic ammo belt shall be trimmed at a 45 degree angle that that meets the outer edge of the cloth belt. The rivet on the inner side thigh ammo strip appears higher and should be centered on the lower ridghe: These are just suggestions, it is entirely up to the DO's what they would like addressed Good luck with approval trooper