[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

Thank you Christian,   I will do so !!  

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

Hi,

Do you think the upper arms are too bulky ?

 

Thanks!

Johan

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

Thanks for the tip Chopper857.  Things improved a lot now. I still need to cut the neck area so I can easily breath.  

 

Do I need to provide a return edge for Centurion level on the neck ?

 

Thx

Johan

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

Thanks ! Do you mean this return edge ?

 

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

hi all

should one have a return edge on the neck line ?  I like to cut some away, to be able to breath.

Thx

Johan

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

I now using some sort of underleggings to fit the armour and follwed yr advise :

 

1. cod area return edge 5 mm

2. neckline return edge 5mm

3. gap between the shoulders is 8cm, slightly more than 3"

 

Here some new photos. As you can see, the backplate now reached the kidney plate, but there might be two problems. The neckline really pushes in my neck and it is difficult to breath normally. Also, there is now a gap between my back and the backplate. The backplate shoulder pieces are also below my shoulders.   What do you think ?

 

Thanks !

 

 

 

 

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

Thanks for the tips. I added some moire photos. Unfortunatly I do not have the undersuit yet (might take a long time, its in backorder, but I will wear something similar instead).  As you can see, I already have a 2" gap between the upper plates.   I was thinking cutting out a lot of the neck area (not sure really)  , so the front plate can go higher and the lower plate will go down as a result ?  But I need to cut out a lot I think...  do I also need a return edge in the neck for centurion level ?

 

Thanks again !

Johan

 

 

 

 

 

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

hi Guys

 

I really need some feedback on the above. I hope I'm on the right track?

 

Also, I need advice on the backplate. Here three photos of today. The lower parts (rear & front), kidney plate and front plate seem to fit nicely, but the back plate is too short and does not reach the kidney...  What can I do to fix this ? Can I cut out the neck area so the front plate comes higher ? I'm stuck it seems. 

 

Thanks Johan

 

 

 

 

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

So what do you think ?

 

Also, does anyone know if this it's  a critical item for approval if the left and right forearm scopp at the elbow are not identical in size ?

 

Thanks for all feedback!

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

I hope I'm doing the right thing ?   Upper arms are next.

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

I did the same with the right lower arm. I temporarily fitted everything with tape. Also, i like to cut of the lower part at the wrist end, just around the lower part of the brown tape.

 

 

I ensured that the two lower arm section are roughly the same length

 

 

They are not 100 equal in length and I hope that is still ok for centurion. The reason is the I wanted to have the same width of abs left on both pieces below the lowest tab. (11 or 12).

 

 

So, what do you think ? OK to start cutting ?  

 

Thanks for yr help

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

Hi all,

A small bit of progress. I started with the left lower arm and before I cut away more abs , I like to ask your opinion.

 

I would like to cut out the round piece of plastic marked with a pencil at the elbow end. Also, because the underside near the wrist is not straight and a bit long I think, would like to cut along the bottom edge of the brown tape.  So the bottom will be flat.

 

What do you think ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

The left ear is made a little bit smaller . Probably not enough yet. One needs to have a lot of courage

 

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

I worked a bit on the vocorder. Much better now

 

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

Thanks for the feedback , will start working on these

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

This will be next, but I need to buy some magnets, glue and read .. read .. read ...    I still have no clue how to start this.

 

 

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

Some overview shots of the helmet . Only the mesh fronts of the Hovi-mix are still missing. (forgot all about them).

 

Because I aim for Centurion level, I painted one little black rank stripe on each ear.

 

I hope all looks ok ? What do you think ?

 

 

 

 

 

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

Finishing the Hovi-Mix mic tip greeblies. The mesh front inserts will be installed after painting these black at the outside, white at the inside

 

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

Interior painted black.

 

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

Four teeth were cut out at each side, the smaller fifth one painted black. I purposly made some rough cuts like the originals.

 

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

Preparing the blue side stripes using the paper decal/template

 

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

Some more paint-in-progress pics. 

 

The start and end position of each stripe is marked.  The rest is done freehand.

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

Thank you Christian

[ANH Stunt Stormtrooper - A build in Belgium]

I need to buy some magnets. But how many would i need?<br><br>

Thanks<br>

Johan

[Matt's RS ANH build May 2017]

Good luck with your build. I just started my rs build too.