gmrhodes13

Shinny white and crispy clean, I remember unpacking by brown box of goodness. Just remember the old saying measure twice and cut once. Have fun and enjoy the journey, good luck with the build

Perfect advice, you can take more off but you cant put it back on, just go slow and you will do fine, measure twice cut once

If you apply thin coats you can use steel wool or sandpaper and just run it across the painted surface a few times.

Blaster builds are a good way to start off, it was four blaster builds before I recieved my armor and it kept me busy and helped hone my skills. If you are going to use a dremel then I would say practice with some of the different tips, the cutting and sanding tips I used the most, by time my armor arived I could cut pretty straight lines with it.

We can never say it enough, don't buy off ebay

Very nice indeed, well done

Look good, well on your way, keep up the good work

If you don't remove the old glue maybe just give the surface a slight sand, will give the glue something to grip to

Congrats and well done, welcome to the ranks trooper, oh and bring a toothbrush

For those of you who want to mix and match armor or even ABS sheets from different makers be aware that the colour can be quite different. Here is my hero belt and grappling box, the camera flash really brought out the difference in the colour of the two, it is not this bad to the naked eye but it is noticeable. This is the difference between ATA and TM, the belt and drop boxes are ATA and the grappling box is TM. Perhaps some of you who have pieces from different armor makers can post some photos so they can also be compared.

Here is the grappling box fitted to the belt, also added a comlink Good example of the difference in colour of the ABS, they flash really brought it out, in real life it doesn't look this different but you can still pick it, the ABS was from ATA and TM

Troopers helping Troopers

That is the way to go, so much easier aiming high from the start, just keep an eye on the small details and you will be right. Even though the new CRL's are not in effect I did build to them and it was not that much extra work. If any new changes are made to the CRL's in the future I would still modify my armor to match, I think once you reach that level you should try to do what you can to stay at it. Good luck with the build and if you need help just give one of us a shout

True they are not in effect as yet but they may be by time Ron goes to apply, I would still build to those requirements just in case, and really there is not that much extra to do.

LOL, a little trimming and you should be fine

No that is not the same lid, in the picture below it is the tk on the left that has the grappling hook. you can see the comlink on the side. The black trim on the lid is too far down to be the one above, also it could not have been a lid swap with the trooper on the right as neither has the smaller hero teeth. "Is it Luke", who knows could have been a stand in for that shot.

LOL some imperial laxatives may be needed. It really depends on your height as too how high the thighs sit but you really need a little room on the back, you can rotate the front a little too to if you wish.

Looking good but just watch the couple of pieces with the over hang as you may find that they will catch or pinch your skin. Going well keep it up.

Fine if you don't want to walk, can you see the over and under lap, you need to be able to move

I was encouraged to aim for centurion at the start by a fellow member at my local garrison, only a few mods and some extra bits to buy, so really I did kind off skip over EIB, even though I had to apply for it. Some like the challenge of reaching each level and do it one level at a time which is great but I am still glad I learnt all I could and built for centurion. Do I think I could of built for even more screen accuracy, the answer is yes so should there be another level over centurion, something to consider.

Troopermaster TM Contact: Please see info contained in for sale threads when posted. Availability: Limited. Kit: ABS, untrimmed, fan sculpt. Reputedly the most accurate fan sculpt. Seams on legs and arms are butt-joins with capping strips. Availability: As slots become available, for sale threads will be posted. Kits are very limited and offered infrequently. Comments: This is really beautiful armour and extremely movie-accurate. It comes at the price of being pretty tricky to assemble though, with potentially a long wait for supply. TM now supplies all his armour in acrylic-capped ABS. His ABS suits are incredibly glossy and, if assembled with care, look fabulous. Not for very tall troopers. Armour is more generous than SDS or AP, but not as large as RT-mod.

Everyone hates to take the first step and make a cut lol, don't panic there are those out there to guide you on your way. Start a build thread and people will chime in and offer advice, I am sure you will glide through like those who have been in the same boat before you

Congrats and well done, some nice detail work there

There are a few guys that use the same picture, didn't know it was yours, your website wasn't working so who knew. Lots of random non copyrighted photos of TK's out there on the www lol

Looking forward to the new project, I know a lot of guys that had tried your old website and it was a shame they couldn't get to it as you had a nice build there.