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Once you have the height of the belt you can measure down to the snap position of the belt. For the width points of the snaps I normally don't add the snaps until I work out the spacing, I lay the belt over the ab (with the tape showing the height) then mark the ab through the belt holes.

I think you will find that was Joseph that sells the handplates With the belt corners you need these to match the width of the belt, at least for L3 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. Also notice the rivet/snap placement is off center and closer to the end of the belt

Definitely have the kidney on as well, fitting the belt is one of the last things I do on an armor build, you can also check the length of the belt when you have all the armor on

What you want to really do is align with the height of the belt and large ab plate, the belt should sit just under the bottom button. I normally check while wearing as the belt can sit slightly higher at the back and can change the position of the snaps a little. While wearing the belt have some painters/masking tape handy, add some to the ab just on top of the belt you can then work out how far down you need to place the snap

Different makers, different molds, they all are generally the same in process but tweaking can be a lot different from one helmet to another

An interesting read on brow trim heights

And the breakdown of those

Using painters on armor to give a visual reference before trimming is a good idea, full length mirror can also be a great help

It really does depend on the costume some clones use ribs some don't, the CRL (costume reference library) you can find them here https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:CTN_CRL I believe there are quite a few versions of Fives, they appear to use this style of neck seal Clonetrooper info can be found at https://501stclonetroopers.com/

You could always do like I did, use a little bondo on some Philips head screws Closest we have at local hardware are slotted Phillips Apply some filler/bondo Sand and file the slot

It's an interesting video, with ABS plastic you have to take care with heat, most people use a hot water bath method to help ABS plastic conform or bend, I use a heat gun but that's after a lot of practice, heating ABS is a funny thing, it can go from slightly bending to molten miss within a blink of an eye. Most of the shimming normally needed is with flatter pieces of plastic so I'm not sure if the process in the video would be of help.

Great work, glad it worked. It can take a little tweaking to get them sitting just right.

No actual post, although I should perhaps add it to the how to section once it's cleaned up. I found using one either side is enough, thickness is what every you have for cover strip material, width 1 to 2 inch is sufficient, here are the images I use i)

Congratulations and welcome to the centurion ranks trooper

Nice work, I normally only use two elastic straps behind the ab/chest and these have adjusters on so I can get the heights just right. Normally 2 makes it a little easier to adjust. Here is an example of what most use.

They should not loop over if for ANH, holster fits to the belt with rivets or snaps behind

A couple of threads with some info and images which may be useful

Only the length. You could try contacting him via FB as his message limit may be full here. https://www.facebook.com/castfromoriginal/

And not to forget the intent of the award as Paul posted previously, it is only for those you have helped to reach EI, if it was just to help anyone to basic BOY I'd have a few

^^^^^^^ Yep

Hero helmets where made separately from the original ANH helmets (a few weeks later). Apart from the amount of teeth cut out, there is also the ear bumps with only 3 of those, only 2 screws on the ears, bubble lenses, lower brow trim and of course the mic tips. The company's original receipts show that in total Andrew Ainsworth at Shepperton Design Studios (SDS) fabricated fifty-six Stormtrooper helmets, twelve Imperial Forces' helmets, twelve Imperial Fighter Pilots' helmets and twenty X-Wing Fighter Pilots' helmets. For the Stormtrooper Helmets, an initial run of 50 "Stunt" helmets were made from a Khaki-coloured HDPE material, which was subsequently painted white. Following this 6 "Hero" helmets were made for close up work out of white ABS (i.e. no need to paint) and these were the helmets worn by the Luke and Han characters when in Stormtrooper Armor Details on helmets such as the Stormtrooper�s, were made from whatever they could lay their hands on. The mic tips have the words "HOVI MIX pa2" written on the side of them. Even now its not clear whether these were actually rheostat knobs (possibly military?), air inlet valves or microphone condenser tips. Note its possible some of the helmets had the real mic tips, however the majority of the Stunt helmets had resin casts of them. An interesting read on hovi tips, unfortunately a very old thread and a lot of links and photos are missing but an interesting read

Hello and welcome aboard, can't say I've seen a smaller framed person with a R1 build thread here but I may be wrong, it would be a case of trimming to your size so it's a bit hard to say how much to trim. I would advise having a look at others R1 build threads as well as the R1 Gallery Section and work from there.

It's ok for basic approval but would need some work for L2 and L3 approval

I couldn't find anything locally or online so purchased from @sskunky

Hello and welcome aboard