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You’ve gone to far if you start talking like a girl

Some great info and images in this thread https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/41271-rogue-one-e-11-blaster-reference/

2nd day of 40deg celsius (that's 104 for you using the old scale) boredom won. Variant

Congratulations and welcome to the ranks trooper, you can request higher forum access here

Correct, magnets can get to those place clamps can't reach. Painters tape can also help to pull pieces together

UPDATE added 3 more officer versions. 501st I have with appropriate level clearances. TK - ANH Stunt L3 TK - ANH Hero L3 TK - ESB L3 TK - Heavy Weapons Trooper TK - First Order ID - Officer ANH L3, Lt Tanbris L2, Lt Jir L2, Lt Childsen L2, 2nd Lieutenant L2, Lt Cmdre Praji L2, Lt Treidum L2 ID - Warrant ANH L2, ROTJ L3, Major Hewex L2, TC Joff L2, Col Dyer L2 ID - Line Officer ANH Chief Bast L2, Cmdre Cass L2, Capt Khurgee L2, Adm Motti L2, Gen Tagge L2 DZ - Jawa ANH DZ - Tusken ANH TB - Biker Scout Lancer L2 IC - Crewman ANH L3, ESB L3, ROTJ L3 IC - Mechanical Crew L3 TI - Reserve Pilot IG - Gunner TR - Guard ROTJ IN - Navy Trooper ANH L3, ESB L3, ROTJ L3 IN - Navy Dress Uniform ESB L2, ROTJ L2, Sgt Bean L2 ID - Line Officer - Olive CT - Clone Trooper (Ret) ID - Grand Moff Tarkin ID - Officer Social (Olive) ID - Officer Social (Black) ID - Science Officer

It's the same holster just fitted to the other side, the other difference it has black loops instead of straps and rivets. ESB ANH For ESB Holster is worn on right side of belt. Holster is affixed via two black loops over the belt (no fasteners).

Rare earth magnets, very strong, I like using 20mm x 5mm rounds, I purchase mine form eBay, a lot cheaper than I can find anywhere down under. Most of the cheap ones come from China and have a shipping time between 6 to 8 weeks but if you purchase well ahead of time it isn't an issue. Be careful they are very strong and if you click them together they can splinter sections off. A lot of people wrap them in tape or fabric which helps to not scratch the ABS but also makes them easier to take apart, personally I don't as I'm pretty careful with them and from time to time you can get some glue on them.

Looks pretty good to me, you could spend hours fine tuning, a little sanding here and there and only end up slightly better, I’d call it, then it’s onwards and upwards.

I have 3 Dremel's (well knock off brands) each with a different tip, all plugged in ready for when I'm building, I don't like stopping to change the tips, just swap the Dremel it's quicker

Not at all and please don't feel put off by this, we are a great group but are at times very passionate with this hobby and can go overboard. Clamps, rare earth magnets, painters tape, HOW MUCH, as much as you can get, seriously it depends how quickly you want to build, the more clamps etc the more you will get done, many use E6000 glue as it will come apart if you need to make changes, this glue takes at least 24hours to dry so the more clamps the better. Here's what I have but I do a few builds for others Also doubled that amount of magnets since that photo. Have a read through Joseph's thread, lots of great info there

Congratulations trooper and welcome to the ranks.

Looks like your shins are sitting very high on top of your ankles, can you bring them down more, this will give you more room at the knees. Compare with these.

Legion web team are now working on a system which will allow the Legion's database to simply pull membership data from FISD and automatically update membership requests and affiliation. Hopefully this system will be in place before elections 2019 More information can be found in this post

Yes it's frustrating for a lot of people, I haven't been around that long compared to a lot of others, I don't know if changes have been requested in the past, it annoys me when I'm building a costume then I go to a CRL and find I still have to research that costume further as some things in the CRL are either incomplete or missing correct info. As a GML I don't know every single costume CRL out there of by heart, but I do research them once a new one comes in for approval, I've never had a ROTJ TK so never looked into the CRL until recently when providing some feedback, hence some recent posts I have made asking for CRL updates, others also brought changes they would like to see earlier last year, which were discussed, referenced and pending updating. I did however look into the TKC last year as a recruit had brought up a few questions, I discussed this with our DL, he suggested I bring the discussion up on the forum, it went ahead, references were provided, it was discussed with staff and others approved with that version, text agreed upon and the CRL was updated. But even in that case there is a line of text which needs updating due to costume version restrictions and correct TD images still need uploading, this is pending. A similar situation happened with the ROTJ CRL, there was a discussion and updates need to be made, which are still pending. That's all it really takes, people have to notify staff if there is incorrect information in a CRL and provide references and ask for a discussion, I'm not saying this hasn't happened in the past, it may very well have and not been acted on for what ever reason. I have however found while researching some other TK variants that a lot of older threads here on the forums are missing a lot of images, what was once there as reference has been lost. I know recently requests went out for the sharing of some reference material from a member so it could be included in the gallery section but unfortunately this has not been acted on. I'm not saying this is the case in this instance but it's just an example, if references aren't there then much can be missed. BTW apologies Carson @Carson Zeller for Mark and I derailing your thread, but it has highlighted the fact that the CRL's are not always 100% accurate and research is invaluable with any costume Now moving along and good luck with your build Carson

That’s also the email listed on his 501st member page https://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=16605

He should still receive the email though even if it is used for PayPal payments

His profile has an email listed: [email protected]

Hey it’s not up to me I look after the newsletter, but those are also listed on the CRL update thread that I and others have been requesting changes, this has been ongoing since July and hopefully be remedied soon. I believe generic images have been used across CRL’s for sometime and a lot need updating, holster, TD and others.

Link was passed on to me many years ago when I first started building, it's been my go to ever since , starwarshelmets.com

Some info from Star Wars Helmets "For Return of the Jedi, Made 1981/82, the Lucasfilm needed a significant number of Stormtroopers for the Death Star and Endor scenes - far more than were left over from ESB (themselves hand-me-down's from ANH). They therefore produced 50 or so new Stormtrooper helmets and Armor sets, basing the design on effectively a "recast" of an earlier ANH/ESB helmet and armor. Because of this recasting process - the RotJ versions made in 1981/82 look significantly different from their ANH/ESB counterparts. The design was amended quite significantly by the prop makers in London from the ANH/ESB look (although partly so by accident) and it features a taller, almost squashed or streamlined look with thinner ears. The majority of the helmets had green bubble lenses." "It appears there were two slightly different versions of the helmets, with the majority of them featuring rounded black frowns, Aluminium Mic tips, new RotJ Decals and Hard hat liners (left). However there are also a smaller amount that were finished differently, and these feature squared off frown-ends, resin recast Hovi-Mix mic tips, ESB-Style decals and foam lining (right)."

Just adding this last one for ROTJ updates as it has been brought up a few times: There is no mention of the boot soles being white/tan and the image used of the boots in the CRL have black soles, I would think this correction would be a basic level requirement.

Correct I pinged that yesterday on the ROTJ CRL update thread

Nice work, coming along great. Just with the ab buttons if you are aiming for the higher levels don't go too wide with the paint, screen used didn't fill the whole button

Yes I have had an issue with wrinkling before, I find the bigger the build up of paint can cause wrinkling, I normally leave overnight then apply another coat, thinner coats are what works best.