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Also found on their official facebook page. Is it weird that they have the shadowtrooper on display, but not the TK?

You did an amazing job with the lid, so can't wait to see how the armor turns out. Good luck!

feels like SDCC is aeons away.

Yeah, don't buy this crap gun from NCG with rotating head. Rivet were stuck 9 out of 10 times. Got myself a stanley rivet gun = works flawless!

oh god, the RS one. So prudi.

That is the armor from that guy who owns Trooperbay. It similar to ATA. He got a few complete kits ready to go now.

So shiny!

I see others uses rivets in combination with snaps. Either way, I'm going to rivet the heck out of things in my home.

My memory failed me badly there. Four rivets of course. Think I'll be bying the centurion rivet/washer kit form here. Sad that the rivet gun won't be used more than four times, but hey... there might be other helmets. Thanks for the help!

The only tool I'm missing now is the riveter / rivet gun. From memory, you rivet two on the helmet, the holster to your belt and maybe the ammo pack. But there's a lot of different opinions about the size on the rivets and so on... So I just want check with you guys if this is the right gun. The measurements are right down your alley too..

I went with WTF (walts trooper factory). Been in love with that kit for quite a while now. I used AP as a standard for measurement, since it's the smaller / normal sized of armors out there.

Thanks for all your input, and measurements! Helped me to make a choice, and armor is now ordered!

Weightwise it's a-ok. But when I asked one of the makers I want from, if my 32" inch waist would fit... he said that I probably won't need shimming. Gone through most AP cent. / eib requests to see if people with my height and approx weight would fit into them. And I learned that if you're 170+ lbs, you're probably going to shim the kidneys on your AP. It's hard when the makers I want have a bit limited runs.

My potential list is ATA (but way too long wait really), BFA and WTF.

Measured 36,6". Not a Jersey Shore ironbelly. But that would mean that I'm maxing out an ATA kit. Makes no sense to me.

While waiting for replies, I'm going out for a bikeride.

I'm soon to finish this hunt for a tk kit, but now I realised... I have no idea what my true size is. I'm 5,10 (179cm) and 163 lbs (74 kg). And what I thought was my waistline were 32" - because I use jeans sized 30" in the waistline. Measuring the pants I see they acutually are (16,9* 2) 33-34 inches in the waist. So to my body. Measuring across my waist (navel) I'm 36,6" (93cm) and hips are about 35,8(91cm). So when I told armor makers I'm 32" at waist, I'm incorrect here? Or do they use some sort of insane factory measurements like the jeans manufacturers? I'm freaking a bit out. Surely I'm not cleared for RT-Mod.... Leading me to my last question; which armor maker would fit my bloated body now? I guess AP is way out of the picture.

Congratulations! June 8h, 0200AM, blue stormtrooper. Go!