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Welcome to FISD, brother!! Your armor is looking fantastic!

Here's one I missed before - screen references for the Night Troopers show both grey and white end caps as an option. It's not just CG troopers with white ones either. Some stunt actors have white end caps. Could this be an option? That's all I see. And as far as I see, everything is spelled correctly.

Sorry for April 1 everyone. Just following orders. ... yeah.. totally just following orders.

Definitely heat up the straps. You can use boiling water on the stove as the safest option or a hair drier as the next level. Resist using a heat gun unless you've got a lot of skill with one and won't melt the plastic. The straps are very thin and can melt a lot quicker than your other armor pieces.

There was a part about the eyes still being obscured with the green lights lit if I remember right. Is that gone? There was provision for real and fake gold leaf both being allowed before. Can that still be spelled out? I didn't notice it in the general section. In the L2 Blaster section: They used quite a few blasters as shown in Glen's thread here Some were standard E-11 with the open rail and no flashlight, others were rubber stunt blasters (Hyperfirm style) and a few had the E-11b flashlight attached. A few even seem to have the M-19 scope. The R1 CRL was updated to just have "The belt overlaps" or something like that and no longer spec'd the back going over the front. The actual text is.... "The belt overlaps on the sides." Shoulder straps shouldn't actually have any cracking. I dug through every image I could find and saw zero evidence of shoulder bridge kintsugi. There was one trooper with a grey shoulder bridge to match his full grey chest, but that was it. For the most part, they're white bridges. A few troopers have some wraps on them.

I read about the pain in keeping R1 armor paint all nice and shiny / perfect. Imagine being free of those worries? Seems like an easy win for a trooper with somewhat-used-and-abused armor to take it a little further and remnant it up.

If someone built a suit and took pix...

and of course...

This thread is incredible. So much inspiration!

Thanks for the thread bump Tino!! Seeing my bin back in the fresh and unabused state gave me a lot of smiles. It's since trooped around 140 times, 127 of which counted as official events. The bin has flown across the country and back as checked luggage, it sat in my truck for a trip to California and back, and it's put up with a lot of abuse over the years. I thought I'd show how it looks now. That's some miles. Look at the tires. There isn't much left on the tread. I ordered a bucket bag from Wally's Creations on Facebook. I wanted it to match the bin as something my TK might have bought at whatever galactic truck stop or surplus depot would sell the armor bin. Aurebesh only, white on black, with room for patches. I weathered it after receiving it because the clean white perfection didn't look correct to my eyes. I added a few attachment points to my bin. The eye hook lets me clip the bucket bag on easily. There's 4 corner eyelets that let me strap my HWT pack to the top of the bin for transport. And that... sorta works. I usually just have it on my back (in street clothes) while I roll the bin behind me to and from an event. I lost huge patches of white when flying with the bin and a few stickers. I gave it patch repairs to re-white the black plastic. It was then allowed to re-chip and re-weather on its own. The white overspray on some of the stickers really gives it a battle worn look. Everything I do to this thing just makes it look better and more authentic. And it's protected my armor very well.

To my knowledge, the oval slot on the left shoulder does not pass basic approval. The round hole on the right is fine, but that oval needs to be filled in. Please note the R1 back plate. https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:TK_rogue_one

Mine are metal underneath. I filled the divots with tiny ABS scraps and then E6000'd a thin aluminum strip underneath. After curing, the straps got some fuzzy side velcro stuck to them to keep from destroying the armor they touch. I've not had a problem in over 100 troops... but your chest needs to be quite strong for this to work in the long term. If the armor is quite thin, a metal bridge strap will destroy the chest after a few months. I learned this after helping a friend with his broken strap and replacing it with a metal one... lol If only someone made a rubber flexible bridge strap.

The Jimmi thighs are TALL. Like really really tall. I suspect a 6'4" trooper would still consider cutting a little off the top. The torso is also quite generous. It allows for big and tall very easily. Jimmi delivers very quickly also. I'm 5'11" and 165 and needed to trim a lot of thigh height from my Jimmi kit. I've yet to trim the torso but it's coming up. It covers half my chest in standard configuration and needs to be under those black bridge pieces. The few issues with the Jimmi kit are the center back trauma panel and the rather small shoulder bells. Small bells are the R1 style, so they're correct... but they just look a bit small on every trooper I've seen wearing them. The trauma panel is easily replaced with a printed one. Many also replace the shins with more accurate printed ones. I've not yet finished my kit and am on the fence about those shins. They seem fine to me, but I may end up printing some anyway. I don't wanna speak ill of anyone, but the 850 armor could... well... be better. Details are rather soft and some garrison mates have had delivery problems. 850 also DOES still need some paint but you get the added task of trying to paint match the ABS, which can be a bear. When the super-sturdy and sharp Jimmiroquai option exists, I wouldn't even think twice about 850. I didn't. I also have no input about how the 850 fits.

Congratulations Centurion!

Just right click an image and copy the img URL. Then come over to the forum and hit paste. Your armor looks quite good, but the DO staff would, of course, make the final call. You would want to get each cover strip straight and centered (thighs and shins) and have the cod centered between them. Note how the above has a large black space on one side of the cod - that would need to be adjusted for CRL photos. From the side angle, it appears the cod is coming quite far out from your center line. An elastic strap with velcro on either end (ala OTTK armor) can fix that. Additionally, the white armor that is visible above your black chest-to-back cross piece would ideally be trimmed away. It'll be more comfortable and give the correct look that we see on screen. The black should cover that edge from the side. This CAN be due to your arms raised posture making the armor ride up... ... however, the white abdomen armor is still visible above the black bridge piece in this shot with your arms lowered. Trimming that would certainly help with the overall look and armor fitment. Finally, your bucket seems to be riding a bit high. Do you have a lot of padding inside at the top? If so, you'd get a better fit and better visibility by removing that padding completely. Just have the bucket sit on the top of your head directly and pad it on the forehead and sides. It'll still be very comfortable that way. and I'll paste these in as well since I got this far. Please don't take my criticism harshly in any way. YOU LOOK FANTASTIC! Your armor looks great, the weathering looks spot on, the cracks and gold look great, and the ribbons seem to be the correct material as well. I'm just mentioning dressing issues, which are cake to fix. Bravo!!! ... but please wait for DO staff to chime in. @Deployment Officer Team

Glad to see you here Will! And great to chat with you on discord. Please feel free to use it (or the forums) any time you want to chat more. We're very much here to help you be the best TK you can be!

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I mean... I'm pretty slim... and modeled once years ago.

At 6'2" I wouldn't suggest a Walt's kit (WTF - Walt's trooper factory). The chest and ab segment can't easily be lengthened and you'll have issues keeping them together and not having a band of black between. A few taller troopers in my garrison struggle with this. Not to say bad things about Walt's. It's fine armor, just not for the taller troopers. I'm very happy with my AP armor (Authentic Props in Canada). It works well for a taller TK. You might look at Moncal's / Far Away Creations. They have an etsy store and are a vetted armor maker. I think it's currently called MonCal'sPropShop. Quality armor and it fits taller troopers as well. They're in Colorado if I remember right.

Definitely wiping out your armor with a Clorox wipe or 5 after a hot troop will help keep it in the best shape possible (and not smell). If you have pads in it, remove those and wash a few times in the summer. At least here in NM, they don't get very sweaty in the other seasons. I have a few vents installed in my armor bin to let air circulate and heat escape. That only bit me one time when the armor was in the back of a truck during an epic downpour. Those vents let in a lot of water... but it gave me a nice chance to wash the bin inside once I got home.

Just gorgeous work.

Congratulations Mike!!! Well deserved!