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Love the new Trailer Snow trooper in the back ground, Stormies with back packs, and holy sh!t, the new Tie pilot looks AWESOME, i am so excited, I had a tear in my eye watching that trailer, specially when Han says to Chewie, were home.

I used a leather punch , started on the smallest setting first to make a hole and then moved to the largest setting. Left a fairly clean hole, and Chicargo's popped through nicely. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Sorry to chime in so late on this. Have you got your forearms sorted out yet? As a suggestion, rather than shortening them any further, you could trim the scalloped section where you bend your arms. Just follow the curve and take out a few mm from there to allow you to bend freely. Also I would trim the back plate from the tabs at the top to shorten them and allow a closer fit to the tabs from the chest plate, then make other adjustment as necessary at the neck if even needed. It means you will have to shorten those shoulder elastic straps or make new ones. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Congratulations and welcome to EIB. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Great build so far, keep up the good work. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Excellent work Jaren, you overcame obstacles with ease and your armour looks great. Well done. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Looks great. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

No Link, rumors, all rumors.

You will sh!t this in John, Centurion before you know it. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Not only is there another trailer showing, but you are going to see, in the flesh more of the new TK's than you could possibly imagine, damn wish I could be there to see that. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Pity they can't open it up to Australia as well, cause I recon there would be a few keen to jump on board. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Same as above, can only turn my fans on and off with bucket on. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Looks great, good luck with your application. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

This has been a remarkable build John, very clean, most impressed. Can't wait to troop with you. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Congrats mate welcome to EIB Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Looking good so far, glad you spent the time re working elements of the helmet as it has turned out fantastic. Always use caution when trimming your arm and leg parts to fit. It is always better to trim to little, do a test fit, post photos etc, then trimming to much off on the first go. I can see you are chasing perfection, that's awesome, keep it up and with your attention to detail, go all the way to Centurion. Enjoying your build thread. [emoji3] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hi Jose, nice build. As a rule of thumb, your belt needs to sit right at the base of the main abb button plate, or slightly over the bottom of it. You may only need to tighten your belt to get it to sit where it should, so I would definitely adjust and post the new photo. I think the mic tips are fine as can have wear or weathering on the ends. Good luck with your application. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Congratulations and welcome to the EIB ranks. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

AP is excellent armor, I love mine, but not only that, Mark is also a pleasure to deal with, and more than happy to answer questions you may have while assembling his kits. I may be bias, but you have made a great choice in armor. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Will always support you and direct peeps from my local Garrison to you, as I have done in the past and do here on FISD. For ROTJ, it's CFO all the way. [emoji3] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

When I logged onto my local Redbacks 501st forums, everything was upside down, to hard to read it so waited until after lunch, logged back in and low and behold, it was the right way up again...........Gotts ta luv April Fools day. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Looks great Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

CA glue is the quick trick here, but don't glue the full length in one hit. Glue 1" at the wrist end and clamp, hit it with zip kicker and weight 5 seconds . Wipe off the zip kicker. Know run the ca glue up the cover strip with bias towards the inside edge but join so any runs would be minimal and align the parts and hold tight for 30seconds to 1 minute..... Boom, forearm is complete. It's what I had to do and job was done in minutes not days. Use the green bottle Zappa gap as it gives you a little more time to move parts before it locks. Sometimes E6000 just to hard to work with when you have lots of outward force. Also ad some internal cover strips, they don't need to be full length but will give some added reinforcement. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hi Edwin, nice armor. Could you please adjust your drop boxes so they align with the ends of the ammo belt, yours are sitting a little to far in. You will need to take another shot once they are moved and include it in your application. Great job by the way. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hi Travis, welcome to the FISD. This forum can be overwhelming with information, but I am glad you found your way here. Click on this link for a start, lots of good info here, http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/38-getting-started-read-this-first/ Research is the key to our hobby, and you will find that you are going to be doing a lot of it. As far as fabrication of armor, If you mean actually making the parts yourself, there is no need. We have plenty of vetted armor makers right here in FISD, so you can actually buy a kit of the parts, in turn you will need to trim those parts, and size them to fit. I guess its like a right of passage, building your own armor, and its heaps of fun once you start. Please ask plenty of questions, we are here to help, and you will find you have plenty of mentors. Step 1 Research , Determine which Stormtrooper you want to build ANH,(Stunt or Hero version), ESB or RotJ These can be found under the FILM CANNON CRLs Banner on the left side of the forum page. Step 2 Look at some of the armor builds from that particular Stormtrooper variant. Can be found here http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/31-costuming-and-builds-501st/ Step 3 Choose an Armour vendor. Please bare in mind different make of armor lend themselves to different body types, So Height and girth around your middle become factors to help make a decision. Step 4 The possibly long wait for your chosen armor to arrive on your door step. Use this time to continue research and acquire needed tools and various soft parts to complete your costume. Hope this helps you get underway, and remember, never guess, always ask the question, and measure twice, cut once. enjoy the journey.