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Yay!! You finally made it here how many weeks after I suggested it? Lol Great to have you here, Mark. I’ll be following your build both here and on KFG [emoji6] Btw, I see you’re going for the Mr No Stripes brackets. Have you already bought them? If not I’ve got an unused set I’m happy to sell on.

Nice. I’ve got Nick’s helmet waiting in the wings. I reckon I’ll wait until you’ve finished yours before buying their files [emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Cool, no dramas. I did think it odd as you had the lip in the renders above [emoji4] Btw, are the designers making all the changes you’re making/recommending to their CGTrader files?

Looks like they trimmed the belt for the promo footage, leaving the bottom lip only in the centre. Looking at your rendering though, it looks like your boxes are flush with the bottom of the belt.

Great tutorial. For us following from home, what brand of armour do you have, and did you have any challenges matching the plastic card to it?

The middle one might be the rod that runs inside the folding stock. Does it fit in there?

Hey Tom Great to see you back at it. Sounds like you’re really close to finishing your armour. Don’t forget you can submit for basic without the blaster.

Congrats trooper!

First off: loving this build! I've been looking for decent ROTK files for a while. Once you're through this build and making all the enhancements, I'll defo be reaching out to your guy. With the Rustoleam paint, I've only had issues with the clear coats when applying them to a fulled cured base coat (of the same brand). As in, it's been left for weeks to cure. However, when I've applied the clear coat within an hour (or whatever the re-coat time is) to a semi-cured base, it's been fine. Might be something worth trying on some scrap.

Lol, well you certainly caught me out there, mate :-D

Lol one can never be too sure these days... [emoji23] .... and clearly my coffee levels are low....

All good, thought you mentioned Rubies a couple of posts up...

You've bought a Rubies suit of Stormtrooper armour? I thought you were looking at TM or RS? I'd council against Rubies. They take a lot of work to get up to even a basic approval standard, and TBH they don't look great when standing with other troopers. It certainly won't pass L3 (Centurion) which I thought I read you are aiming for. IMO go for the RS. Plenty of folks in the garrison have them. They offer a commission or kit options. Soft parts you can get cheaply from Kmart or Aldi. For boots, try Imperial Boots, and I've already shared my thoughts on the blaster in that thread. For in helmet electronics, fans like life more tolerable. Voice and audio is a nice to have.

Hey mate This is where local knowledge comes in. The guys offer great advice, and yes there are some fantastical accurate weapon replicas available. However, in Victoria about 90% of our troops are now weaponless. Further, one doesn’t need a weapon for basic approval. Weapons are pretty much nice props, wall decorations, for many of our garrison. If budget is a concern, and as a parent in these uncertain times myself I can understand it might be, I’d either skip the blaster, or look for a more cost effective alternative. 3D printed weapons afford that opportunity, however they do require a bit of grunt work to make ready. We’ve got a trooper/garrison member locally (VIC) who produces fantastic 3D printed weapons and armour. TDK Props. Reach out to him via FB.

Welcome (again) Andrew! I guess this answers the question I asked over on KFG: which costume are you looking at for your first? Lol (and yes, it’s always “first” [emoji23]). Reach out if you need local VIC help/advice, else you’re in good company here.

Hi Briannah Welcome! Lots of Aussies here. Which state are you located in? Cheers Edit: Ah, I see now you're in SA

Mate!! I was just thinking I hadn’t heard from you since the armour party back in Feb! Nothing useful to add other than I’m glad to see you back at it.

Thanks Glenn - never knew about that list of NTL costumes [emoji4] It seems like what is an acceptable reference, and not, for a CRL has been a contentious issue for a while, despite the clearly (IMO) documented guidelines.

Aren’t the LMO currently considering a CRL for the FO Mountain Trooper, a 6” figure which was exclusively available from Galaxy’s Edge?

What makes you think the ROTK uses a similar undersuit to the ST and not the Death Trooper? I would hypothesis it the latter given the need for more black gaskets.

Manny the Mannequin has had half a Red Bull: he's got a wing! The pauldron arrived today. My initial concerns about the colour were misplaced: I think the orange is passable. What say you fine peoples?

So... here we are again Because I like to start a few dozen projects, and never finish any take a really long time to finish them, I thought what the heck, what's one more LOL To set some expectations up front: I'm not interested in taking the build to Centurion level, my HWT will mostly be clean, as this is going to be a dual TK/HWT costume. I'm also in Australia, where we don't have access to the wide range of oil pan options our US brethren have (unless one fancies paying $$ in shipping). I haven't decided which BFG I like yet. In the absence of the Z-6 rotary blaster cannon, I'm leaning toward the T-21. Realistically though I'll probably just end up submitting my approval paperwork without a blaster. The oil change pan container I've gone with is the Daytona 8L. At 325mm wide and approx. 510mm high (once the pour plug has been removed), it's about 10% smaller than the Wedco 12.5 quart pan. As such, I'll be scaling the suggested height and width measurements featured in the TIP: NOTE ON HWT PACK SPECS thread down by 10%. My pan measures 100mm thick/deep, so I see no need to scale this particular dimension, but, hey, anything can happen. One of the concerns I have is with the curvature of the bottom of the pan, but a garrison mate asked about this on these fine forums a couple of months ago, and the general opinion was that it should be fine. Hopefully that position hasn't changed. Some initial WIP photos: Razorsaw and Xacto saw blade made quick work of the long funnels/pour plugs. One of the great features of this pan is the square funnel/drip area, which slides neatly over the TK backplate box. It should make wearability a bit easier. I did a quick mock up with appropriately sized (scaled) junk lying around the garage to see how it might look. Are the visible arms of the "X" going to be an issue? I think it adds character. At this point I'm uncertain whether I'll use Eric's 3D files, or just hunt down tupperware boxes. I had a quick look online last night and I couldn't find anything within the dimensional tolerances I would find suitable. A question for those in the know: does the width of the webbing straps matter? Finally, I've ordered a pauldron from this fellow: Stormtrooper Pauldron Shoulder Pad Sandtrooper Armor (Orange) Initial thoughts? If it's too light, I can darken it. If it's too thin, I'll pad it out.

Sorry to hear you got a bump back. Not sure I understand the pauldron comment - is it simply a dressing issue that a snap is visible? The backpack issue is a bugger, but it should be relatively easy to slice the pour plug off and fit a cover.

Thanks boss!

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