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Really? Where did you hear that? That sounds amazing

So I discovered that the military also has V rings on their tactical belts. I found out this by looking on eBay and I found some close enoughs, but they weren't SA enough. My Dad pulled out a belt he had and the belt buckle is nearly perfect. I'm not sure how wide it should be, but the shape/proportions look just right. The only difference is that it is rounded and black. All that needs to be done is removing the center adjusting bar, and then painting it aluminum with Rustoleum (?). I posted to the R1 Trooper Armoury group on Facebook, and they led me to a company called Condor, saying that their belts are much cheaper (this belt is expensive apparantly), so I may shoot for those. If you look them up on eBay, you can find it ("Condor Tactical Belt"). I'm still needing to track down the buckles. Marktoots, do you by any chance have a link to the buckles? I searched them on eBay, but with no results. Also, does anyone have pics of how these 2 buckles are connected? I can't figure out how it's going to work, and also do these go on TOP of the straps of the DT, or do they actually serve as buckles for them?

Do you know where these can be bought? the Bay has zero results :'(

Whoops! My apologies. For some odd reason when I saw this I assumed it was for the Death Trooper. My bad!

Hey Jim! Do you have a link to that parachute harness? It looks like one of the buckle parts to the Death Trooper.

I owe you 1 quarter portion.......... Rogue One...... there we go....!

Thank you very much! Ill copy/paste this post over there

Just signed up over there! I will still be posting my build process over here during that time as well

So far, the helmet has a unique shape that should be noted in the CRL. This is what I am thinking. Helmet: Overall shape: The dome will slightly taper up in the back. This is part of what gives it it's overall shape. The sides will be straight and even with the dome, and the dome ever so slightly over laps it.0 Paint: Shall be painted with a gloss black. Neck hole: It has a rubber seal along the trim of the neck hole, just like the OT-TK. (I may have seen this upon looking at reference other people posted. I could have been looking at something else) Lights: The 2 green lights in front will be rectangular shaped lights that that are very round on the ends. They are gloss black like the helmet, with dark green lenses. Eye lenses will also be green. Same shade of green as the lights in the front.

Are you sure? In the Rouge One section here, they said that future builds will be posted here, and there already have been people starting Rouge One stormtrooper builds.

Thanks! Here are the reference pics: https://www.facebook.com/ThePropDen/photos/a.1119213728143638.1073742148.411305008934517/1161986407199703/?type=3&theater

Hey Guys! So I am starting a build thread for my Death Trooper that will hopefully be 501st worthy of approval. Per 501st request, for people who are wishing to get new costumes approved by the 501st without a CRL, they are to document and share photos of their costume and how it was made. So that is what I will be doing (even though I am not a 501st member, nor will be able to for a year). I will be making this out of...... wait for it....... ....for sale signs.... I know..... outrageous huh? I have developed taking a liking to using For Sale signs if I can't afford the real stuff of anything armor related. I made a set of Ringwraith Gauntlets out of Record Dividers (for vinyl record collections), along with a Nazgul helmet, so hopefully I can use this technique of mine and incorperate it into Stormtrooper building. I will also be making some temporary molds out of foam and some clay like substance so that I can vac form certain pieces (chest, shoulder bells, and possibly the box on the back armor). I am hoping that with this costume in the end, I can submit to the 501st to see if they would approve it, along with ref pics that I used so that they can put together a CRL. But I am no expert, this is all just what I read in an article published on the main site Anyhow, let's get this started! So having had some experience with recycling plastic sheets from record collections, I will mention the methods for shaping them. I would draw up a temporary template on a sheet of plastic, cut it out with Cutco scissors (very good, sturdy, and heavy duty kitchen scissors), and then sand it. Then it's up to the shaping. I would use a convection oven set around 275 degrees (depending on the thickness of plastic. If its in between thick and thin, it's best to bring it down to 260 degrees), and heat it in there until it was soft and pliable enough to shape by hand. I would then take it out, and with gloves on, shape it to the proper shape needed. That is the process I came up with, being inspired by how people heat plastic for vac forming. But now is the time for the actual costume. I already slapped together most of the abdomen out of For Sale signs and left over record dividers, using a new technique I recently came up with. For making thicker sections, I sandwiched multiple pieces with Loctite superglue (I will eventually need to use the E6000), and along the edges, I put the glue in the seperations between the sandwiched pieces. The glue hardens pretty good, and it acts as a sort of filler in a way. Just be prepared to use a lot of it. Then the edges are sanded down flat, and hopefully it should look like 1 solid piece. However, there will be some cracks along the sandwiched pieces edges, so its best to add more glue in those areas. My apologies for the large pictures, I don't have photobucket yet But these pics show you what I mean. Here is the link to the reference I am using. I still haven't made certain details, but then again, this piece isn't finished. More to come I'll post the reference images below.

I'll be building a Death Trooper out of For Sale signs in an upcoming build thread Hopefully I can contribute to this with the reference pics I have found of it

Am I the only one that sees black lining on the chest piece of the stormtroopers? ​Look closely at the center front trooper.

Ok thank you very much for clearing this up! Man, why did I say "stomach"? I lost the porper term

Hey guys! Looking at the TFA Stormtrooper, I noticed that the stomach armor piece has 1 seam underneath each arm at the sides, while the Anovos has only 1 seam in the back underneath the thermal detonator. I saw this on 2 Stormtrooper toys (one sideshow, the other the 3"). Would it be inaccurate to make the stomach piece 2 pieces with the seams being at the sides, when making my own armor?

I'm assuming it's for the neck.

I made a thread about this with comparison photos in terms of shape on this forum I totally agree with you Cody, the shape is still a little bit off.

Something else I just thought of. When you look at the center piece, notice how the screen used helmet comes to a point at the top, whereas the Anovos is more of a smooth top?

Darn I drew out the lines, but the pictures were too big for the forums. Sorry

Yes, the standard one has become more accurate, though it's middle section still has a shallow slope from the looks of it. Some of the pics above were the standard ones, the premier is the Celebration Anaheim pic. Btw, am I the only noticing that Finn's helmet brow is flat with the helmet, instead of sticking out?

I'll get some up later today.

Hey guys! I think I found something that makes the Anovos helmet a little different in comparison to the screen used helmet. The center white piece has an iconic slop at the top of it in the film, which is a deep "L" shaped area. Whereas the Anovos piece is a shallower slope that looks more like a curved line than it does an "L" shaped slope. The screen used helmet is shaped at the top like this _/\_ but the Anovos is like this /\ . Here are some pictures to show what I mean. Also, I think the bottom of the helmet is narrower than the screen used piece. With the Anovos, it looks more straight sided than it does bulky, unlike the actual thing. P.S. Forgive me if I over explained, I just couldn't find the right words

Where did you order the greeblies from? I need to eventually one day get some, but I haven't found any casts.

I haven't used "For Sale" signs just yet. At the moment I am using some record dividers, but I did find some big plastic "For Sale" signs at Ace Hardware