TexasScout99

A few updates: - Finished construction, submitted and was approved in mid-November - Replaced the black elastic in the shins with white. Thanks for the suggestions! - Trimmed excess neck gaiter after submission since it was sticking out from under the chest plate - Still making adjustments here and there. I replaced the padding in the bucket with a hard hat liner and it fits my narrow but long head much better since the TK helmet is so wide. - I feel like something is a little off with the shoulder bells. They were originally rigged with elastic on the lower shoulder straps, but I replaced the elastic with webbing and positioned them almost touching the ABS shoulder straps. I have fairly broad shoulders, but they don't seem to be falling how I'd like them to. Any observations? Thinking about taking the biceps in a touch to see if the shoulder bells will fall more naturally. Thanks!

A few more pictures of progress. Mostly finished with helmet assembly. Very happy with the ears in the back on both sides, but the right front was giving me a lot of trouble. Side note: Halfway tempted to convert this into a sand trooper just so I don't have to worry about those shoulder straps and painting those pesky trap and tear stripes... Inner shins: Shims, because I like ice cream: Rear right ear: Rear left ear: Front left: Front right. Is that gap too big?

have been busy with cutting, sanding and forming and rigging the past few days. I'm on leave this week and plan to finish up with as much as I can until the rest of my stuff comes in. The dome portion of the helmet was damaged during shipment and the belt face was missing, so I'm waiting on that. I ordered an E-11 from 850 Armorworks yesterday, and the next run of Imperial Boots isn't until August, so we'll be at a standstill for a bit. Some pics in the meantime:

BIG BROWN BOX DAY!

Leather came in - holster cut, sewn, dyed and fastened.

Getting started on an ANH stunt TK. This will be my sixth build since joining the 501st and my second OT trooper build (did a TD in 2017). Pics incoming. Armor: Walt's Trooper Factory Neckseal: Homemade (complete) Undersuit: Extreme Racing Gloves: Trooper Bay Belt: Homemade (complete) Holster: Homemade (complete) Balaclava: Homemade (complete) Boots: Imperial Boots (waiting on a run) Blaster: ?? (likely 850 Armorworks) Audio: IComm audio unit and Aker amp Fasteners and bracket set Going the hook route for the shin strapping since it worked well on the TD.

Here's an updated pattern with more detail.

On the large pouch, A and B are the front facing and front flap. A is part of the actual pocket on both and attaches to panel C in the midsection. B on the smaller pouch is the front flap. The top of panel B attaches to the bottom of panel E on both.

Based on the images I've seen and seam placement, here's a pattern I came up with. Hope it helps you or future builders. EDIT: Pay no attention to the inch measurements - this is all in centimeters.