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Welcome to FISD Eban. Your best starting place is our First Order battle Group section for al your FO Stormtrooper needs. In this section we have a vendors list, build threads, and a stack of information to get you on your way. Ultimately, research is key, and definitely ask questions for anything you need clarification on. once in this section go to the resources tab and there you will find the Vendors list we keep reasonably up to date. https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/218-first-order-battle-group/

Excited to see another Fem trooper come together, great work so far

Making good progress Dale, the helmet has come together very nicely.

Wow great progress so far Brian

In some cases they copy paste and photoshop a new colour scheme, new CRL done!

Hi Shiri, Some hardware stores sell the industrial strength Velcro so check out the big chains first. Lowes, home Depot and the like.

We are here to help in every way possible. Our staff and members will always offer the best advice possible, and our forums are the best place to share photos of your adjustments so we can further enhance the feedback we give based on what we see, no guess work. Getting you approved first time or with the least amount of stress and hassle is our focus. Welcome to FISD!

Awesome!!

Hi AA-ron, and welcome to FISD Please check out our Vendor list including those to avoid For the magma trooper you will need to join Spec Ops Detachment https://specops501st.com/ You can also check out this resource although you will find there are several differences between the standard Stormtroopers and the Sandies. These are the best resources to start on, as you learn and research for your new exciting projects. There is every possibility you will need to modify some parts of any armour kit you purchase to get it to fit you just right, but traditionally one of the larger kits is the AM kit from Daves Darkside Depot. Check him out on FaceBook as he has a online store. There are several makers who also do longer leg pieces but generally most kits suit a trooper from 5'9" to 6' https://www.facebook.com/100057527676820/about/ We are pretty active here compared to some detachment forums so feel free to ask plenty of questions. Welcome once again.

This was back in 2018 for what it's worth, also he posted a link to JRS, well not all staff here are members of JRS and don't have access. If Jason is serious perhaps he should repost his photos here not link to another detachment, then all staff can view then and the background to his work so we can make an informed decision. I wasn't the DL in 2018 otherwise I would have requested he do exactly that. There is always time to clear things up, and my door is always open.

Welcome to FISD Kian!

46 year old ABS with zero yellowing, for a start you would have to call bullshit!. To note the sign does say Replica, so either this dude cant read or it is indeed BS lol. Think about it, if it was an original piece it would be left as is with little repair done to it. As a comparison consider the state of the RotJ armour kits when they bring one out to show on the rare occasion, not in great shape, and the Hero buckets that LFL have shown are very yellow as they were not painted like the Stunt helmets puled in khaki HDPE. Check out our gallery for LFL archive photos of several suits and you can see they all suffer the same discoloration and degradation. Standouts for Luke's armour, the forearm shape and build is way off, this is a replica build and an average one at best. Also take note of the Ab section, the ANH armour have a center line that does not line up top to bottom, on the cod it is offset to one side (the nature of a true hand sculpt. By RotJ they had cleaned these up as the molds were in poor condition so the center line was straight top to bottom. This is pulled from a RotJ maker so newer modified buck, not an ANH original so they didn't get that right either. Most ANH armour was trimmed leaving almost no return edges to the bulk of the suits specifically on the forearms, some of the thighs and shoulder bells, even biceps. Straight vs real off set center line/ridge. Easier to see and becomes very apparent from a slight side angle, this one from the LFL archives ANH and not central. If we could see the underside of the helmet, the S trim shape also changed, ANH had a very flat lets call it square edge trim which I believe changed to the S shaped edge trim on later helmets. Also the items already pointed out all show this as a replica as the sign does say, but sadly for the obsessed like us, we can point out all the floors in this build

Wow man that is both good and terrible kinda news at once. I hope this one individual didn't put you off. Sadly this kind of person exists in all walks of life and until they are caught they lurk in the shadows.

Looks great Brendan.

Certainly getting there now Eric. Make sure you don't do any adjustments to your calves without wearing your boots so you get the right fit at the ankles. Easier to remove material than to try and add it back on if you trim them too much. Once you have the shoulder bridges attached you can start making strapping adjustments so everything sits as it should. Post plenty of photos of this part of the process so we can guide you in positioning and fit. Final tuning may consist of reducing the return edge on some parts for comfort and movement and tightening/shortening your strapping. Great work so far.

Jay my best advice for you is to contact your nearest 501st Garrison where members on the ground and hopefully near by can assist you. If you let us know what country and state you live in we can supply the right web link for you which is a far better option than a global forum as you can find out when the local unit is trooping and meet members face to face.

ESB were indeed from ANH but the paint scheme was changed. The frown was grey in ANH repainted black for ESB. Also the ANH helmets were all hand painted, ESB used decals for the traps, tube stripes and tears, so hand painted is not allowed at the higher levels of ESB where you can use decals or hand paint for ANH. Also to note, the look of the decals for ESB is different, they don't replicate a hand painted style at all but look clean and linear. You definitely have the black frown so it is ESB, and as Glen mentioned, only need a few extra pieces and you have ESB and ANH. Or.... just repaint the helmet to the correct ANH and away we go

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Looks really good, glad to read the maker is refining the strap. We love nothing more than when vendors are happy to work with us and out members to get things looking just right

You can try adding some pieces of foam if you have space. This can help stop rotating parts like shins and thighs, also easy to add and remove no mods to the amour required. I noticed a few posts back that another member asked about the hand guards. Yous helmet has a black frown which indicates ESB so you are wearing the correct (clam shell style) hand plates for that helmet The trapezoidal shape plates match the Hero and Stunt ANH versions not the ESB, hope that makes sense.

Thanks Glen.

Edit after reading again. ATM it is just the addition of the pack like for like with the exception of the configuration of accessories that are slightly different. None of this formed part of the original discussion so for this time the update is as it is. We can look at this at a later date as this already jumped over other CRL work which started much before this discussion. Please add your points to the original discussion if not already added

Greetings all, Recently we had a discussion and ran a members Poll on making a change to the OT ANH Stunt and Hero CRL's. After analysis of some old behind the scenes images, it was realised that the Space pack as seen in the film was actually worn with the hero version of this costume. The Poll asked should the Pack be removed from the ANH Stunt CRL and added to the Hero, or should it be allowed on both. The results were for the later so now we have officially added the Space pack to the ANH Hero so you can wear it with either of these costumes. There are a few minor stipulation as there already were in the Stunt CRL so it cant be worn worn with certain other accessories. The Space Pack falls under the accessories section and reads as below.

Greetings all The Rogue One TK CRL has undergone a minor update which included one change and some grammatical error correction. So what is the change? The ANH style rubber gloves which we all know are incorrect for this costume has now been removed as an option from basic level approval. ANH style rubber gloves are no longer permitted. You can still however use Nomex, or leather , or leather look gloves as these are closer to the correct style. What was Level 3, the correct style, all black First Order type glove is now level 2 Expert Infantry requirement. This is how the CRL now reads.

Wow this is really nice work, the mods really paid off.