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That's a proper imperial issue cargo box if ever I saw one. Like a Bothan I will take these plans and store them on a code cylinder for future "reference". Great work!

Great work troopers! This here is what it's all about. I salute you. Kudos.

Well written. Kudos and thanks!

In my experience the bolts and nuts stay on. Haven't had any issues and haven't felt a need to tighten. I've done 12 troops so far. I didn't want to permanent them with glue so that they would be detachable if I felt the need to do that. Maybe I should double check the screws tonight though.

Very meticulous and neat. Good work!

Thanks JT. Indeed DDay. Those pew-pews really do pack a punch.

Thanks! (And eventually it'll be a finished build too. Got sidetracked.)

This. Is. So. Great!

I'll be following this with great interest. Exciting work.

Slow progress is still progress and as far as I can tell you are doing a great job. Don't be to hard on yourself, I know how challenging and time consuming it can be to work without a proper work space. Stay in there. You'll be a trooper soon and you'll feel great about it.

Cheers for the comments Troopers! Regarding the helmet. I did use the reference posted by Locitus for painting the ears. Drop boxes. Yes. Easy thing to arrange. They shift around after some moving about but they do sit as they should when I straighten myself out. I guess I should just get my act together and get the required pictures taken for the EIB application. Cheers!

Nice work! Keep it up!

These photos comes from a serie for to be used for my trading cards but I figured they might serve as a better view into different angles and details of the armour when I'm wearing it. Had I thought things through I would have done a few EIB application pictures too, but... Well.. I haven't done any modifications yet... I feel I will have to modify my bicep and thighs for Centurion and was hoping to get everything done for that before going for EIB... but that might be getting me to put EIB of longer too. So. Please comment on things for EIB and for Centurion. If I should be good for EIB I'll start collecting info and photos for an application this week. So please help me along prior to putting up an EIB application thread. Since it will take some time before I can make mods I didn't want to do an application that will be hanging for too long. Some of the pictures might be redundant but I thought all of them would allow for some detailed look. For those of you who don't know / want to chime in on the EIB / Centurion questions... They might serve as a nice collection of pictures of the approved armour. Here goes. So. Any thoughts? Ready for EIB or should I start working on Centurion mods before?

Agreed. Me too. Seeing that there is no time like the present but taking into consideration that I still don't have a good space for making my mods I might as well start by asking the community about pointers before getting my EIB application in. So. I haven't done any real mods since my approval pictures were sent (appart from replacing my RS gloves with a lovely pair from Karin). The build have been done with Centurion in mind and the only thing I'm concerned about is the fit. Here's my approval pictures. Next I'll post some pictures from a recent trip to a photo studio.

This thread have been a bit neglected while I'm sorting out other things. Don't worry. I'll get around to EIB and Centurion application mods. In the meantime I'd like to share a modification I did for my first Blast-a-Trooper (BaT) duty. Since my helmet is built with original style lens and set up I was a bit concerned that a BaT dart might hit me in the eye. The lens material is rather flimsy and I didn't want to find out the hard way that it dosen't protect from projectiles. As an old tournament Paintball player I have a somewhat deeply rooted respect for the projectile-eye-scenario. I asked some more experienced troopers and they reinforced my concerns that the darts should be respected. So I started thinking. I didn't want to modify my helmet in any permanent fashion but I didn't want to miss out on all the BaT fun. After thinking an rummaging through bits and boxes I found a, so far, unused photo-frame. (IKEA. Big surprise there) The frame had a plastic "glass" that was rather easy to bend. So I simply took out my lens from the helmet. Outlined it on the “glass†and cut it down to fit. Since the glass was shorter than the lens (A4 size) I had to use the diagonal width of the glass. In my case this fit the corners nicely between my ear-screws. This was what I was going for. After the cut (not the nicest, but hey, it was a quick mod) I removed the protective film from the glass and test fitted the protective lens. Like a glove... I then reinstalled the lens and tried the protective lens again. It's not the nicest thing to look at and it would be easy to do this nicer but for what it's for it works nicely. The protection wedges in between the ear screws on both sides and the lens is kept securely in place. It's very easy to install and remove from the helmet. I've worn this for BaT and at least once it have saved me from taking a dart through the lens. It worked so nicely that I didn't notice it myself. Someone actually had to tell me that I took one directly to the eye. So. In my case this works nicely but since we're talking projectiles and eyes I do urge anyone to use their own judgement if trying this. My way might not work for any helmet and please don't take any risks with your eyes. Anyway. I'm sure others have come up with similar solutions but I just wanted to share mine with you.

Thank you for your kind words Daniel. Sadly this thread have been a bit neglected for a bit. Have had many other projects and things going on in my life and I have simply been needing to give myself some room. I'm not sure if your questions are still relevant to you but someone else might read and have the same thoughts. So. To get you started. I was building for about 4 months. Most of the time spent on building was spent researching and as you can see from other threads (linked in my thread) it's possible to do the actual building in a weekend or two. The hard part is actually more about knowing how to do it and not so much the doing. (within reason though). But expect a lot of time researching. I often found myself sure about one thing until I actually got to the doing. I had to return and read more because new questions arose. I would say that £200 is a very reasonable price for getting it built by the maker considering the time you would put into it otherwise. It is, however, a very rewarding feeling to be able to say “I built thisâ€. It's very difficult to say how much time went into the cutting, glueing and such... I researched almost every day and built mostly on weekends. I would guess 20 hours / week isn't far of the mark... but it depends on how focused you can be while building. I live in a small apartment and had to put everything back into liveable order between build-sessions and that took a lot of time. From the UK we have RS, TM, and CFO depending on which variant you are going for. From my own experiences and from what I've heard and seen you cannot go wrong with those makers, kit or build for you. Depending on your body type there might, however, be other makers that would give you a better fit. Keep looking at build threads and, especially, EIB/Centurion applications to get a feel for how different makers armours look on different troopers. And yes. I like the whiteness of the PVC. Sorry for the long wait for response. If you haven't already done it you should register on the forum on Nordicgarrison.net to connect with the local garrison. If you have any additional questions please feel free to PM me here or on Nordic Garrisons forum. I hope to see you on a troop in the future.

Very nice! Well done. I look forward to see your continued work.

Great work Karin! And here I was thinking that you're already had it down perfectly. Well. Like the saying goes. “In the end you're only competing with yourself.†You really did beat yourself good this time.

HWT might be used as a stepping stone if you just want to try it out as a CRL build before diving into the pit of Sarlacc and getting all dirty.

I agree with Evan. It's with the Stormies as it is with the face characters. Cartoonised. No human have that kind of eyes, complexion, or hair. Sure I could have hoped for more to the ANH, but I won't be having any problems with them. I actually look forward to see what armorers will make of it. And who knows... Maybe we will see the transformation to ANH during the show. Very much looking forward to the series.

Looking forward to follow this development. And like everyone said before. Pictures! Love pictures.

^ this.

Thanks for the heads up.

True... But we just redecorated and got a new sofa. I think we'll try to keep the smell of new sofa for another week before I mix it up with PVC shards and the smell of E6000. Ah! The woes of compact living.

Yeah. Well. As someone pointed out. My biceps needs to tighten a bit (i'm not that strong) and my thighs are a bit roomy and makes it look like I have no butt. Cannot have that. Want to look proper sharp. Getting there. I also want to do some comfort-mods. For my own sake. I'll be returning here with some questions over the next few days to get me started. I have a troop next friday and would like to do the mods after that. Don't want to cut and glue things before that.