themaninthesuitcase

Good luck trooper!

Looking good trooper, nice to see an ESB.

Not a chance I'm afraid. Sole is wrong, elastic is wrong, toe shape is wrong. A standard black leather chelsea boot is what you want which will then need to be dyed/painted white. If you don't want to do this work your self then you can check out Imperial Supply Depot who do prepared boots ready to go.

I'm not sure what the exact status is of FX with the UKG. It may well no longer clear, I can check if you want. That said I still think you can do better for that money and with some care and patience you'll look great.

Looks a little high but I'm not sure how mucj of an issue this is or not. Maybe have a look at some reference images and see how close or not you are.

About time you got this done Looks good to me.

Looks like a pretty good colour match too, worth remembering if I need parts. Looks like a fantastic build nothign really stands out at all and you seem to have made the changes to the Anovos helemet. Do you have a D ring on the E-11?

Kit's can be had for that money, but will need building. I'd always recommend building you're own armour. Everyone is different and it's one size fits none so some fitting will always need to be done. It's not really that hard, just take your time, ask questions and work when you can. I built mine in the evenings once the kids where asleep, you don't have to do it all at once and the recommended glue takes a long time to dry anyway so some days you'll only be able to work less than an hour to do a glue up.

Imperial Supply Depot (ISD) just launched a range of bubble lenses that are supposed to have minimal vision effect. I've not got any but I do plan on some for a future build.

If you have a look at this screen used thigh you can see the return at the top as actually very minimal. I have mine trimmed down like this and find them comfortable enough.

There's some of the finest makers of stormtrooper armour in the UK. If you have £650 to spend on the kit, based on that eBay, with a bit of time and effort we should be able ot see you kitted up in something great though there a few accessories and bit's you'd need on top. If you have any questions speak to either Mark or myself, we're both UK troopers and know what's about. Not wanting 501st now shouldn't limit you later should you change your mind. Lets get you into something good regardless of intent. I say "the 5 oh 1st" and "500 and 1st Legion" I think. Though I probably use both in both contexts.

Looks good, but I see your sniper plates trying to get caught under the thigh. A bit of foam either in the front of the shin, back of the thigh or both will push the parts away from each other and help stop them catching. And whilst your in the TD, might as well paint the screw heads black for Centurion. Good luck trooper.

None of the standard TK CRLs allow for weathering despite it being show on screen in a number of places. As such the UKG aren't going to clear anything deliberately weathered. The armour picks up dings and marks pretty quickly though if that's the look you want.

I've just updated the first post again with all of the images. If you click through to flickr, then the album there's a download button that will let you download them all at once.

I have: Stormtrooper ANH Stunt The kids have: Sabine Wren (Season 2) made from EVA foam Jawa with 3D printed Ion blaster (Brian Wheeler loved it) I'm working on: ANH/ROTJ (tbd) TIE Pilot - Pretty early but I've got a few parts and have spoken with a maker/held the first pull of the armour. Still waiting to see the hemispeheres before I am ready to order. Also need to check he's going to do the chest box. Getting the right boots for my clown feet is a pain so trying to stretch out some smaller ones that JUST fit. Shore Trooper - Stalled but I have the leather goods, some greeblies and some hand plates (1 of which is a 1st generation recast of screen used). I also plan on 3D printing the bucket regardless because it's cool. Lucius Malfoy (Masked Death Eater) - wifes a potter fan, we live near the WB Studio Tour it was kind of inevitable. We're currently researching still though I've drawn up some patterns for some bits. Struggling to find good reference for the boots/gaters and the tour used the wrong ones on the display. I need to go back again to get better reference for what the various fabrics are on the vest and robe. Lots of sewing on this one, so I'm slowly learning my way around a sewing machine.

Yeah go for it.

Added a new one, though the warning about exact measurements goes double. Treat it as a good place to put the poppers and measure YOUR armour.

A lot of this depends on your unit. Some units may allow this others will not. Speak to your GML before you spend any money.

I found it easier to cut accurately by putting a layer of masking tape on each side and marking the cut line on that. I then used decent scissors to cut it. The tape not only gives you something to draw on but hold the mesh in line.

Yeah they are, missed that one!

Nothing instantly obvious, maybe bring the shoulder bells in a bit and see if you can pull up the thighs a little. Good job trooper.

Pretty sure that will not clear with out a serious amount of work and replacement parts. My advice is cheap armour is a false economy. Spending £250 on FX recasts now means you're just £250 further from a better kit that will clear. If you're struggling money wise there are other UK sources that aren't TM or RS money that will clear with out issue. Still not super cheap, but cheaper. Also worth saying even the cheapest of good kits will needs a reasonable further investment to get from a brown box of parts to a clearable kit. If you're goal is the 501st and the UKG then we will be able to offer you lots of good advice if you ask. Sign up on the UKG forum (http://www.ukgarrison.co.uk/join-us/) introduce your self and speak to some of us. Also worth popping to an event if you can. We do most/all MCM events and lots of local cons too, there's a calendar on the website. There's nothing like seeing it in the flesh to see what you're getting your self into. Feel free to PM me if you want some help from a UK member.

The more I seem them, the more I want my next armour to be ROTJ.

Would the grey ones have been screen printed with grey paint/ink onto a black vinyl?

The stripes where printed decals where they not? Same as the traps and so on.