gmrhodes13

Hello and welcome aboard, looking forward to seeing your build. Research is the key and following others build threads is a good way to learn, good luck.

I noticed with the flexible fiberglass that it can get cracks in some places, I had two on my sithtrooper prior to painting, appears they are usually on curves or any place that would bend, I ground out some of the cracks, then used bondo (auto filler) then added fiberglass resin and matting behind for extra support, seems to have done the trick. I also found when storing be carful how you pack, a bicep got squashed and had to use some tape to hold the shape back in the normal position and it came good. I'm not sure if the flexible fiberglass hardens over time but just be aware it can move. Whit is a funny it can show lots of imperfections as they appear dark in color, I doubt it will be noticed so really up to you if you want to fix the pin holes

Congratulations and welcome to the Centurion ranks trooper

Hello and welcome aboard, following others builds is a great way to build, also check out the gallery sections for reference images. You have been given some great links so I'm sure you will do fine, good luck

Velcro can come apart and you can't always get it in the right spot, elastic and snaps allow you to have in the same spot each time and has some give when bending. If using snaps I try to use the double snap method, great to have a spare in case a snap fails.

I see a few are actually getting their TLJ helmets which is something

Moved for you

Great news, you are welcome

Real life comes first brother, stay safe

Very nice, just don't get too close to the gums

Nothing better than BBB photos, looking forward to seeing your build progress, remember research is the key, measure twice and cut once For gloves and boots you can't go past Imperial Boots, they normally open up for orders at the beginning of the month

Look much better

I don't know about craziest but I've done a few surprise birthdays and weddings, the best was the bride of a fellow member (a stormtrooper) contacted us without him knowing and asked for us to make an appearance at their wedding, the member knew nothing until we came charging out when we heard "does anyone have any reason why these two should not be wed" to which we replied "stop, stop your wanted back on the death star" got a roar of laughs and the member was really chuffed, he couldn't stop thanking us after the event.

There were some really beauties

Personally I'd probably trim to match, not that much material would be lost

Good luck, hope you have some news soon

You could try mineral spirits, usually available from hardware stores

You won't match the R1 armor from the Mandalorian it is too much different but there is an Incinerator trooper CRL already from the Force Unleashed which you could aim for https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:TK_incinerator others have converted ANH armor to game versions, check out some of the build threads For the U channel you could contact @sskunky

With Android I upload to Imgur, then click on the image, then hold thumb on the image, it will open an options page then select copy link, on left, then post into your thread. Doing it this way will give you a link with the image tag, ie: jpg or png and so on.

Nice work, for tucking in the butt plate I came up with some V tabs With a heat gun you bend strips of ABS plastic into the shape of a V, only glue one side and the other remains free to allow movement when you bend. Just helps stop the butt plate from pushing back from the back plate. Also your biceps appear to be on a lean on the top, adding some foam to the inner outsides at the top may help bring them outwards and appear straighter. You will also notice the biceps sit a lot lower with ESB compared with ANH almost coming out from under the shoulders Good luck with approval

Good idea, the wait is a pain but well worth it just in case

We normally ask for those images to stay as some are referenced later, most of us use an online image host then copy the "direct links" to those images into our posts, you can add as many as you like then, here is a thread which may be of help

Hello and welcome aboard, nothing better than BBB photos, here is a thread which may help you in regards to Imgur and posting images

Hello and welcome aboard, looking forward to seeing your BBB's soon and your build progress, good luck

Looking forward to seeing this together. Was going to look at doing the helmet myself but Nicos files have gone up to $70 US (with shield) :