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Yes, I would definitely rather find a pair of original boots, but have been checking ebay for months and also every single shoe store I pass by and no luck yet. I do want to have the chipped/scuffed painted black under white look for my build, but I am afraid that black paint would wear off too and expose the base white layer. So... wondering what have others done before, and also, hear some expert advice from you guys! Thx a lot... Will keep an eye open for the real boots and will think about what to do with my TKboots a little more. Saludos

So... Any thoughts on painting the TKboots black and then painting them white again? Saludos.

Slowly working to get this don, now have all the arms parts done and the calves/shins. Now moving into the thighs and then the strapping. And detailing. Bucket will come after that. So... Here is another picture. Hope you like it. Saludos.

Cookies! I want a box too And an armor.... Saludos

I really dont know yet but guess I will be using a mix of white glue and white paint. I guess there must be another option, but have not got there. In the mean time, another update on my progress... Saludos.

Yes! E6000 for me please. In plan on brushing some white glue on top of the e6000 on certain parts fit the ANH look. But the core is e6000. Saludos.

Looking good! And yes, at least 24h for E6000 to cure. Saludos.

Worked on the right bicep tonight. Not much but at leats some progress. Really enjoying this build. Saludos.

Already started pitting together some parts. I decided to use a mix of the widths Paul suggested for the cover strips. It won't be two obvious but hopefully having a variation of 1 or 2 mm on the strips will help the armor have that ANH look. Here is a picture so far. Will work on a bit more tonite. Saludos.

Ok. Here is another question... I have a new pair of TKboots ready for this project. I had the idea of having them painted black by a professional shoemaker and then paint them white myself. Any thoughts on this? Sounds like a good or bad idea? Cant find any thread on this or anyone having gone this way. Saludos.

Yes, I understando perfectly. Specially now after progressing a bit on this build. It seems that somewhere past on the road, the fun and basic idea of building replica armor was lost and in its place we got the idea that being ultra anal about every single square milimmeter was more important than undersastanding the nature of ANH armor and therefore, the ability of replicating it. It is more fun for me now, but I can understand not everyone will be willing to go down this pad. It took me 7 years understanding that this is what I want, and same time to get the finds to have the proper kit and accessories. Thx for all your insight and input Paul! I will keep on asking stuff and sharing my experience. Hopefully you and everyone else will enjoy seeing this kit come to life as much as I am enjoying building it. Saludos. Juan

Thx guys! Paul, Thai is "the exact" measurements I was looking for! I am enjoying this soooo much. It brought back the fun of it to build it in such a carefree way. It was just too stressing building replicas by every single millimeter. And this way is just more fun and much more accurate, who would have guessed? Thx a lot. Saludos

And now working my way into the accurate strapping. Saludos.

Thx for your comment bro... About the edges, have no idea if they will be unclnfortable or not, but my guess is not. They are to small to actually go into the skin ror even through the body suit. Ill find out soon I guess. So... I am almost in the process of putting the arms and legs together, but I have a question about the cover strips. I built my sandtrooper based on cover strips width measurements by Art A a few years back. Remember he said that he took the measurements scaling objects in screen shots from ANH sabdtroopers. I do have the measurements but not sure if I should follow them for stormtroopers aswell or if something new has come up since he built his Davin Felth replica. Ay help will be appreciated. Saludos. Juan.

Looking good I would align the elbow end and trim the wrist end. As the wrist end dies not need a return edge at all. Saludos.

I am afraid that my English might run short when giving specific directions or pointing to specific parts and details. So, would be a little nervous to tell you what to do only with words, that's why I used a picture But, I guess you got the idea and some pointers on what I did. but I would rather wait to have someone giving you better more precise advice as a native English speaker. What I did was cut off most of thr (extra) side edge and only leave enough for the butt joint to be as wide as the cover strip. That for the front, then follow screen used armor pictures to match the looks of both the front and back. That will make it fit way better. Then, remember the wrist end does not have a return edge, so that will help you if you need to trim s bit or a lot on the inner parts wrist end to make it fit/match. Remember original armor did not have all its parts matching perfectly. Very important, use screen used armor references for a screen used look. Other people's builds are a great help and inspiration. But you want to look like ANH not necessarily like other people's armor. That includes my own reference. Hope it helps. I'll be following your build. Saludos.

Looks like what you need to trim os the strip edge along the piece, not only the ends. Then, the forearms should have no return at all on the wrist end, so thatwill allow you to trim what you need of the inner pieces. I am currently building my TM kit, not RS but basic idea is the same. Here is that specific part at this same moment... Not completely done, but hopefully will help with your build. Saludos.

Almost done with first round of timming. Saludos

Some progress... I have roughly trimmed most parts except for the main body ones. Still need to fit and trim many of them, but will be doing that later down the road. Wanted to share some detail pictures of what I memtioned earñier about not sandying, measuring or clean finishing the trimming. Hope it makes sense to you according to what I intend to do. What do you think? Saludos.

Thx Joe and Steve. Have to thk you two guys a lot, along with Mark and Mike for all your awesome help: input, parts, decals, info, and of course a great kit. Still need to finish this up to SE Sandtrooper fashion. But really love the looks of it atm. Thx a lot. Saludos.

THX Paul! Taking very seriously all your advice! Here are a pair of pictures of other parts. No big progress or awesome images... just wanted to share. Saludos.

Been trimming pieces here and there, and wanted to share ny experiences with you and maybe see what you think. Frst I need to say I felt a bit like a jedi in training... WTF?? Yes, I had to unlearn what I had learned. I have built a few sets of armor and maybe a dozen helmets before. Each of them, trying to mske it better more accurate than the previous one. Living by two rules: measure three times, cut one; and, only follow screen used armor references. This has proven to be the best advice I had so far.... But. After studying for hours and hours the real armor in pictures and video, and after reading build threads and wise advice by trooper master, I decided that measuring three times cutting once was not enough to make a ful l replica armor. So... Now I started to follow my prop builder instict and not measure even once, just yo straight ahead and cut. Following what I thought the art department would have done, and considering that I have a LOT of armor info and enough experience building. So far have only about 10 parts trimmed, but comparing them with references, even if it is not a replica of a specific armor, I can already see the resemblance and the very unique ANH look and feel of the armor. Lets see how it turns, but I am feeling very optimistic. Any opinions or ideas on this? Thx... Will keep you updated. Saludos.

THX guys! I am slowly progressing, but still going slow. I am working on trimming the rest of the parts, hopefully by monday I will have most of the armor trimmed. Not considering sanding since I want to keep the careless build feeling on it. Thx for your comments. Saludos.

They are still not trimmed to my size, but will do that later on. Saludos.

In Mexican garrison we have a lack of storm troopers. Basically, that is due because two main reasons, maybe 3: First, people want to feel special and stand apart from the mass. So a sea of tks was not the way to go. So most of those who started as white stormtroopers eventually moved on into other characters. Also, most of the left tks were convinced or inspired to become sand troopers. And finally, there is a weird phenomenon in our garrison where the clone troopers, specially ep 3, seem to be very popular. So, in any given troop we would have maybe 3 sandtroopers, 1 of any white tks, +3 clones and a variety of other characters from with lords to acolytes to jaws and imperial officers. Maybe a garrison thing too. Anyway, I would love to be in a troop with more than 10 tks, but that is vey j likely to happen here. Saudos.