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Thanks! Your threads have been amazing. I'm definitely going to use some of your ideas and I've been studying your build and submission threads intensely. I would love to see the rest of your build if you're ever able to finish documenting it! Your level of detail is super helpful.

First question for all of you. I built my ATA helmet years ago. I'd appreciate any feedback on whether it would hold up for Centurion certification. Here are the things I know I need to do: 1. Add single black stripe to ears. 2. Re-paint ear screw heads to white. 3. Install my green eyes. (I have them, but have grey installed right now) Helmet: ATA ANH Decals: Trooperbay "Dave M Helmet Hand Painted Look Decals ANH"Repainting thethe a From the pictures below is there anything else I'll need to change? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you to anyone who has good advice!

Thanks! gmrhodes13 I've already got this one of MaskedVengeance marked with a dozen other threads. I even took Caleb's inspiration and started my own compliation doc with tons of advice and pics from across the forums. You bring up a good question. I'm already an active member with an approved ANH TK costume. After I build this one, do I need a GML approval again?

Hello Troopers! My name is Jim, and I'm from the Dallas area. I've been a member of the 501st since 2002. Since I joined so long ago, my armor is a very old, modified FX set with a bunch of upgrades including an ATA helmet. For years, I've wanted to update to a more modern suit. I purchased an ATA kit a long, long time ago. After working on it a little bit, life got busy and I never finished it. I'm inspired by all the amazing builds on here, and it's got me thinking about my kit again. I'm motivated to get started again and shoot for centurion. Whether I'll get there or not, I dIon't know, but I want to try for the highest quality new armor I can. My plan is to post here for help and advice as I go along. I've got a lot of work ahead of me. don't

Requesting TK/501st access, please. TKid: 159 UserID: 1808 https://www.501st.com/member/159/

I saw that these chelsea boots are on sale at Kohls right now. They seem like a good possibility for converting to white, and don't have any seams on the front. There is even an extra $10 off with code. Of course, they are imitation, not real leather, though. What do you guys think? https://www.kohls.com/product/prd-2911525/apt-9-edgewood-mens-chelsea-boots.jsp?color=Black&prdPV=4

Thanks for sharing the picture of the original helmet, Paul. You mentioned you have a scrap of accurate trim, also. Would you mind sharing a picture of the end of that trim, too? Then we can better see how it compares to the other ones in this thread.

Paul, would you share a picture of your small piece of old trim that was perfectly matched to the original? While it isn't needed for this thread, that would be awesome for us all to see!

Gazmosis's holsters are a bit more expensive, but they are another amazing option. Reach out to him if you're interested.

I've seen this blaster in person and it looks amazing. The details are really awesome. The T-tracks he mentions fit perfectly and are very snug into the blaster.

Don't be nervous. You're in the right place to learn. The best thing is for you to carefully watch the many build threads and learn from those who have gone before you. If you'd like to see both what to do and not to do, look at the centurion application forum. You will see many example of very well built suits--but even on those, occasionally small details need to be corrected before approved. In fact, a lot of the same small issues tend to repeat, so you can learn a lot by studying them and not making the same small mistakes. I'm sure with your research and help from others here, you will do great.

I bought one of these for my son, so I know what you're looking for, but I can't seem to find any on eBay anymore.

Someone who knows the helmets better will have to tell you more definitively, but at first glance it seems not right. It doesn't seem to have the "duck face" quite right and little serials seem "off" to my untrained eye. As far as the armor, it looks terribly made. Look at the pictures at the end of the guy going on a date (?) with a stormtrooper chick and singing. There are deep seams on the side, mis-sized parts everywhere, pieces with different colors, pieces with the wrong shape, and other problems. It seems the way Rubies is for the OT stormtrooper--nice at first glance, but terrible when you look closely.

Skicom, see all the other posts in this very thread warning to stay away from jedirobe.com.

The Dave M decals on Trooperbay will work perfectly on ATA helmets.

No problem. Feel free to copy the links into your first post, if you'd like. Thanks for finding these screens. They are awesome!

Oh classic! In the one with the HWT firing, the guy next to him has his dropbox caught inside his thigh piece!

These should be viewable: These really are high res (except for the last one.) Zoom into them and you can see some amazing detail in them. I never noticed that the heavy weapon trooper has a camera monopod on the back of his rifle. There is a lot to see about the seams and other little details of the armor in these, too. For example, you can see the legs have faint rectangle shapes on the inside, and many of the biceps appear to have shims on the inner seam. In one, you can clearly see the overlap of the forward bicep seam, and in the same photo, you can see the crotch armor is cracked at the top. (HWT trooper with the normal rifle.)

By the way, I thought about this more, and it doesn't even have to be extra cloth of the shirt. You could attach additional cloth to extend the sleeve with the velcro. Or you could even just sew on a velcro strip onto the overlap area. I'm not sure which way would work better, but either way you wouldn't need a bigger shirt then.

Here is a really rough drawing of what I mean. In this the black is the cloth and the red is the rubber weatherstrip.

If you can use a shirt with a slight larger arm than you need then you attach the rubber strip to the cloth leaving a small part of extra fabric at the end. Attach the velcro to this area of extra cloth and then you only have to overlap the cloth--not the rubber stip.

Could you guys share any pictures of how you mounted your Akers in your chest armor?

Will the 12w fit in the back armor space?

Yeah, weird about the tube stripes. I thought I recognized the large bump area on the side of the helmet. Anovos is the only ear covers I've seen with those so long and uniform. You can also see their style in the sharpness of where the frown meets the teeth.

This argument has been repeated over and over and over, but it doesn't really apply in this or other situations. The average joe would not tell the difference between an old FX armor and a fully approved centurion, unless they were put side by side and pointed out the exact differences. Yet, we still promote working toward excellent centurion armor and celebrate those who achieve that level! The FISD and this forum are completely about understanding the details in the armor and trying to make the best possible--pushing the levels of quality. What the average person can tell or cannot tell doesn't matter when discussing armor here. If the average person were the standard we go by, then there wouldn't really be any usefulness for the FISD at all.