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The subtle differences in the paint Scheme are interesting.

Did I mention how happy I am with how it turned out cuz I'm really happy!

I would like to. Now that the helmet and shins are done I'd like to start taking this costume out more.

I paid $75 including shipping. You thinking about getting some?

Attaching the cover strips and knee plate. After so bondo and sanding. And finally after paint and some weathering here is a few comparison shots. Left is the old, right is new. Its not perfect but that side view makes all the difference for me. And lastly testing them out. Sorry I dont have any full body pictures yet, it will be a few weeks before I can take some. In the end I am so very happy with them! I kind of rushed it on a few parts but I think they turned out great.

Unknown. I keep checking back to there Facebook page to get an idea of what it looks like and to see the progress.

So I mentioned I ordered shoretrooper shins from 850 Armor works, it look a little bit but this is what came in. As you can see they are a bit longer than Jim's. I found Jim's to be the perfect height for me, so it took me a minute to think about how I wanted to cut them down. Because I wanted that swoop as high up as possible I couldn't just cut it off the bottom. That's right, I went with the hard way, because this thread isn't long enough as it is. All of them got the tops cut off and re attached. The insides needed to be higher to match outsides so I had to take more off and attach an extra piece to the bottom (doesn't help with flexibility but looks right.) The bottoms are a bit too pointy (right) for me so I rounded them (left) to be more accurate. After much sanding and bondo and sanding and resin and sanding, then I thought - hey, no one is really going to get down eye level and thoroughly examine them, well not in person anyway.

Thank you!

Found them!

I did this a little while back just for fun, cant find any pictures of it though The heavy weapons incinerator trooper looks fantastic!

I dont know if this would stay in FISDs or not, I heard somewhere that all new troop CRLs with a backpack and pauldron are going MEPD

Its had to tell but judging from the cod piece it looks like R1 armor. I know they got 501st members to be background extras but I doubt this guy is one of ours. Agreed Pyro! Looks to me like less red on the legs. It almost looks like just a small strip on the shins and thighs. I dont want to jump to conclusions but it almost looks like a red diamond on the knee plate. Im really liking the backpack straps connecting in the front. This is so cool!

Its not bad. Because it's more fitted and made to look tighter it's a little more comfortable and less bulky than my Anovos. Not much but it has the slight edge on my Anovos armor. As far as walking through sand and water I didn't really notice a difference, but for the most part I can do stairs in both kits with no problem.

Eat your heart out.

Understood. Sorry about that

I wrote Jim about the issue just before I bought the kit. He said he would consider changing his molds when the ones he has are worn out. I haven't contacted him since so I dont know if he ever changed it. I do believe you that 850s details are softer and therefore less accurate but for what I'm doing it should be fine and from what I've see from photos the general shape seems to be more accurate. Also, the fact that 850 is made of ABS is a big bonus for the opening and closing of the shins. I'm considering buying a shoretrooper kit from 850, you just can't beat that price.

I suppose not but I think we need to be more accurate. I asked 850 armor works to send me some shoretrooper shins that I can hopefully mod to do the trick.

Yes, you see how it swoops inward dramatically at the ankle and then flares out at the boot. And it shouldn't have such a prominent calf. The curves just look wrong to me It should look more like the left photo and it bothers me.

This little detail in Jimmy's kit just annoys me so much. It's the wrong shape on the shins. I don't know what to do about it. I considered trying to make my own but I'm just not crazy about going through that kind of trouble right now. I know 850 armorworks is working on vacuum formed Rogue One armor and I'm hoping they have a better sculpt.

Keeping our beaches safe

I've got a few helmet kits ready to go. I'm hoping to get the sale thread up this weekend.

I did a troop last weekend with one of my squad members and he brought his jimmys R1 helmet and we did some side by side comparisons. You can see how much smaller my helmet is. Again, please keep in mind this is a prototype. I have recently made some small improvements and am working on a new mold now. I should be ready to start offering these for sale soon.

I did look at that but many of the references photo I have show a large gab between the ab and chest plate. I do have my chest plate a hair too high though. I may try to fix that eventually. I'm also not a 100 percent on the under edge of my chest plate.

And now, the big reveal Hot Toys 1/6 scale figure or 501st approved costume? I am so happy with how this turned out. So much work has gone into this, and I still have a few things to change before I can go out trooping in it.