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TheSwede

501st Stormtrooper[TK]
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  1. These guys got you covered:duim: I just want to ad that when sizing the shins it's best to have the shoes on and in my opinion, trying to keep the shin tight around the boot...some experience trouble with the shin sliding up over the boot when doing so but I haven't...and there's ways to fix that if needs be:) this is how thight mine are. 

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  2. Good to hear:salute: and either way is fine as long as you make sure that the bottom of the thighs aren`t significally bigger than the top of the shins, or vice versa if that make sence? I prefer the "cone-shaped" legs vs the more boxy ones.

    There´s some twisted sniperknees here but this is how the legs should look like:) (more or less anyways)

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  3. I used a white version on my build and didn`t have an issue but you could tape it on the inside just to be safe :salute:

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    And you don`t have to taper it if it restricts your movements, it looks fine as is, from the pic it looked like there was some room for it which would help in giving that sleek "movie-look", however doing so wouldn`t make the top to flare out, just make sure it`s securely taped in the back, at the very top of the thigh keeping it together as you reduce the eventual gap at the knee. AND...You might want to wait in doing any final cutting until you got your shins taped up to see how it looks together---it`s all about the look:D Which brings me to mobility well...it sucks..plain and simple:P someone wrote somwhere on this forum that "all the rebels had to do to prevent the stormtroopers to charge their secret base was to ad a step or two"  :laugh1: If you want/need to you can cut some out of the back of the tighs/shins like these troopers did (a bit hard to see) Star Wars A New Hope Bluray Capture 01 170

     

    Personally I want to minimize the black showing so I didn`t cut any and this is how I walk (sorry if I clutter your build with all of my stuff)

     

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  4. I built 2 suits and used zap-a-gap on both :smiley-sw013: I have zero jedi-patience :lol: but anyways..use which ever glue you`re comfortable with:duim: and I agree with you on amazing info, reading all this stuff is just as fun as the actual building and ....it´s addictive to, currently waiting on my third set and can`t wait to start a new build ^_^

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