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The beauty of the FO armour is the gaskets between the limb joints. I'm sure you will be fine at your height. We have troopers that manage to fit into OT armour which is a little less forgiving, although you can get longer limb pieces for them, but still, you should be fine.

This will be very popular as the details are going to be sharp.

Have you included the indent on the front edge as per our chat, or is that something you will leave until ready to resin cast hand plates?

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I would agree with this statement, but it is up to your GML whether they will approve it at basic. We have no jurisdiction over their call, and can only offer advice. They certainly have a means to ask the detachment through the Legion forums and will get answers from the DL, XO and DCA's if they feel they need it. CRL's are not written to the level of prop replication, nor do we have a level like MEPD that asks for that level of detail. {Pick one on screen and make it look exactly the same}. Generally CRL's are written to have the best common representation of what is seen on screen, not a one-off, or missing part, gaffer tape and the like. For many detachments and Legion, it's about being as uniform as possible and trying not to overcomplicate a CRL, specially for entry to the 501st. I hope this gives a little better or broader understanding of the CRL creation aspect

We have had images for quite some time of the thigh and hip ribbing, but until the CRL platform transfer is complete, we can't add this in. Correct, this isn't a new CRL, just an addition to the current, along with a couple of other amendments to cover the New Gen costumes. Hopefully we can get back into updating sections of several of our CRL in the near future, yep we got a list, as well as getting Enoch and Night Trooper CRL's green lit. Please be patient and this will happen. To note, the term "Non Saga" is going to replace some language on a few CRL's. This was a decision made by the LMO team to reduce the length of newer CRL titles, and bundle or group some together. Not everyone is a fan of the term, but it is happening to a few of ours. I have a plan which I need to discuss with Chris to attack CRL upgrades that we can hopefully cover as many as possible over the next 6 months. Once we settle on this, I'll have more info for everyone.

Rest assured John, there is no pressure whatsoever to share anything BTS or, for that matter, anything you are not comfortable sharing. We totally understand and respect the NDA situations, and would never wish to jeopardise future employment or the good relationships we have with those who are able to work in the industry.

Welcome John, great to see you are still around. I remember the days of Hyperfirm rubber blasters being very popular, and hope you can bring them back to their hey days.

Welcome aboard David!

Nice work Justin, great to see this in for approval.

Looking awesome as always Chris, thanks for getting this post up so quickly, there are a growing number of us very interested in a decent and accurate R1 kit.

Congratulations Rachel!!

The options you have are RS Prop master as they will commission build. You need to supply them a very specific set of measurements. Some of the other makers also offer a commission build service, same as above. You will need to reach out to them to see who and when they can. Go check who to avoid list, and the various armor and where to find, as we have vetted makers in the list, who have proven track records in supply and assembly. A local member of your garrison may also offer assistance or commission build. All these obviously add cost to your costume and their time frames may vary considerably, so the best expectation to have is a 3-month plus wait, and if it's less, that is a bonus. So you have some research ahead of you to make sure you know what you are up for if working to a budget. To add, none of us had experience or total knowledge on how to build/assemble armour when we started this journey. Actually assembling and learning along the way is a lot of fun, and you will take pride in the accomplishment. It's never a race when making costumes, it is a time filler, a hobby and a lot of fun.

Hi Noah and welcome to FISD! Research is indeed the key to this hobby, and was a lot harder years and years ago compared to now. We have a great team of staff and members who are well versed in the construction of hard armour, so ask as many questions as possible. We all want you to have a successful build and enjoy the journey to becoming an approved Stormtrooper. There are also 2 additional and totally optional levels of approval, to get your armour looking even closer to screen accurate. Do check these out as it is easier to build to them as you go rather than making adjustments at the end of your build. Here are the links to Expert Infantry and Centurion levels. https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/95-expert-infantry-program/ https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/66-fisd-centurion-program/

Welcome to FISD Andy!

This is wonderful news Alice. Conratulations!!!

Also, to note his post has lost all of Brian's image links from Imgur, so he may have cleared those out.

Those buckets look sweet! Nice job brother.

I think we can leave strike marks up to individuals to do or not do if they want that stuff on their armour bins etc. Safe to stay with numerals me things, at least for anything we produce or on the forums.

Looking fantastic, new CRL model here we come.

Hi Martin. I use a combination of tools to trim, like Lexan scissors, both curved edge and straight. A Dremel rotary tool with a sanding drum attachment whish works really well, and a good old pair of tin snips to remove larger areas. Like any trimming for size, mark a lenient cut line first, then check the size. If further trimming is required, mark new lines re check size, then make your next cut. Golden rule here is measure twice, cut once. Also when sizing parts like limbs, make sure you have your under suit on for a good fit. I also do clean up with finer sandpaper along all the cut edges, this works well for any micro adjustments before glueing. Hope his is somewhat helpfull.

Ummm, just pointing out the obvious, but kill counts and the chances of a Stormtrooper actually hitting to kill in the first place!! you guys are too much

Welcome aboard Aaron, glad to have come across to the Dark side, we have cookies lol. You will find plenty of help here to make your TK dreams come true.

Thanks for your post, Erik, I have started a conversation in staff area regarding our current awards scheme. It works well as is, but maybe a face lift is needed after 6 years of it running. Throwing merch at everything isn't the answer, we don't run a merch shop as JRS do or at least did, that was also open to dishonesty and people lost their 501st membership over it for profiteering. As Glen mentioned above, our system works well and has daily interaction. Let's not forget we don't troop for merch, that isn't the basis of the 501st, it's a nice to have and yes a perk of membership. On another note regarding size of Det based on approved members and costumes as per posts in the FB page, we don't have the luxury of a cheap entry level costume that can expand into 3 or 4 approvals. So arguments about another detachment being larger will always fall flat. If there were an Off duty Stormtrooper soft costume, maybe that landscape would look a little different, but we don't so it is what it is. Can you imagine this, lol <blockquote class="imgur-embed-pub" lang="en" data-id="HUlg17D"><a href="https://imgur.com/HUlg17D">View post on imgur.com</a></blockquote><script async src="//s.imgur.com/min/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> https://i.imgur.com/HUlg17D.jp

Wouldn't want it to puncture, or you might get the nickname Piss in boots!