Mr_Fahrenheit

Thanks so much! This is great. I’ll take care of those fixes ASAP and look forward to trooping with you all. Also thanks for being so quick with the critique

Absolutely. I basically just put a shim behind it, then sealed it with ABS slurry, sanded, then painted. Cheers!

Thanks. I've submitted for Centurion!

Added! Thanks for that!

Mandatory Information Name = MisterTK ID = 42185Garrison/Squad = The Outer Rim GarrisonForum Name = Mr Fahrenheit Armor = Authentic Props Helmet = Authentic Props Blaster= 3D printed EIB submission link Optional Height = 5' 11" Weight = 205 lbs Boots = Imperial Boots Canvas belt = AP Hand Plates = Silicone AP Neck Seal = Geeky Pink Holster = AP Armour Photos Full Body Front - hand guards aren't a yellow-ish tint anymore. Right bicep was lowered so the forearms line up better. Full Body Back - filled in the gaps at the bottom of my thighs. Full Right - Dropboxes are lined up with edge of the belt Full Left Abdomen Detail - updated button paint. Removed a bunch so it's not touching the ab plate itself. Cod and Butt Plate Attachment Interior Strapping Helmet Detail Photos Front Sides Back Hovi tip detail Lens Colour - Though it's not as vibrant as the ones from Trooperbay, I used this one from amazon. It's darker, but green. Rubber S-trim Ammo belt Holster Attachment (front and back) Neckseal Blaster left side Blaster right side Blaster back (ring) Thermal detonator (all sides) Boots Ammo Rivet Sniper Knee (all sides) Gloves Shoulder Straps Chest Attachment Shoulder Straps Floating in Back and Elastic Attachment Forearms - shaved down the return edge Thanks all! Fingers crossed!

Thanks for all the feedback. How is this for that return edge? Also, I cleaned up the buttons on the ab plate too, any thoughts: Thanks all!

Thank you for such great feedback, and I'm super thankful for the EI acceptance! As for the handguards, believe it or not, they used to be about 5x more yellow. I spent the whole day bleaching them and leaving them out in the sun. They came white, but I don't know what happened, over time they just turned extremely yellow. I'm wondering if anyone else has had this issue before? I got them in the AP kit and haven't seen anyone else with such yellow handguards. Anyways! On to fulfill level three! I'll make sure to adjust all of the things you listed.

Thanks for the feedback! I made the changes and replaced some of the images where needed. Please have another look and let me know if it's missing anything else. You can CTRL+F "edited" and it should take you to where I've made some updates. Thanks again!

Mandatory Information Armor = AP Helmet= AP Blaster= 3D Printed Optional Height = 5' 11" Weight = 210 lbs Boots = Imperial Boots Canvas belt = AP Hand Plates = Silicone AP Neck Seal = Geeky Pink Holster = AP Armour Photos Full Body Front Full Body Back Full Right Full Left Right Side Detail Left SIde Detail Action Shot Abdomen Detail Cod and Butt Plate Attachment (edited, removed white paint on crotch rivet exterior) Interior Strapping Helmet Detail Photos Front (edited, removed paint overlapping upper gums on several teeth) Sides Back Hovi tip detail (edited, added white paint to rim of Hovi tips) Lens Colour (edited, took different photos with different lighting) Though it's not as vibrant as the ones from Trooperbay, I used this one from amazon. It's darker, but green. Ammo belt Holster Attachment (front and back) Neckseal Blaster left side Blaster right side Blaster back (ring) Thermal detonator (all sides) Boots Ammo Rivet Sniper Knee (all sides) Gloves Shoulder Straps Chest Attachment Shoulder Straps Floating in Back and Elastic Attachment (edited, added different angle to see white strapping under shoulder) Forearms (edited, added a few shots of the wrists. Wasn't sure exactly what was needed here so I took a few shots from different angles)

TK-42185 requesting my status change. https://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=29758 Thank you

Haha okay, I’ve submitted my photos! Thanks for the push

Hmmmmm I’ll consider that, thanks!

Thanks for the feedback, I’ll try that out next time I put it on. Also... get a sexy pose. It should be mandatory. Yeah I noticed that a lot of troopers have their thighs angled a little outwards. I tried that a bit by readjusting the garter, and the thighs came up a bit. I can angle them out a bit more and they should come up easily. It also makes the sniper knee position look a little more natural. But if that doesn’t work, i’ll see about resizing them completely. Yeah, I got a lot of junk in the trunk, but I can always use the snap the furthest away from the cod as the anchor. That may help. If not, I’ll see about tightening the elastic. Thanks so much! I still have those few tweaks to take care of, the internals of the helmet, and then the blaster to build. But hopefully soon!

Me again! I've made a few tweaks and would love some feedback. Since my last post, I angled the shoulders inwards, and tried to level out the lopsided chest piece over the abdomen. I also made the thigh strapping. So here is my first post with a full suit! For the back, I just noticed that my left bicep strap ran up and over the top of the bicep. I'll see about making sure that stays in place somehow. I also see that my forearms aren't very symmetrical when on my arms. I'll see why next time I put it on. I have the white elastic for the shoulder straps, just haven't put that on yet. The sides. Though this isn't a submission, I thought I would just do the main submission photos to help anyone point out stuff. The cool pose. And the sexy pose. Thanks for any feedback!

That's great, thank you. I'll check it out!

Amazing, thank you!

Oh man. Yeah I'm crossing streams then. I have no idea who I've been following anymore. I remember one super tall guy who got shoulder bells that were longer. But thanks for the tip!

Thanks for the help. I'll try that out tonight. As for my bicep, it's quite tight in the middle, but looser near the top (near the shoulder pads). I don't think I can make it tighter unless I warped them to curve in, but that doesn't seem like a good idea. Thanks for the detailed response. I think the person you're thinking of is @Suspend. I remember he bought longer shoulder pads as he is super tall. I've been following his thread throughout this process, and have been nagging him with a lot of questions. I haven't chatted about his shoulders, but yeah, I guess that's also an option. I'll try to rotate them forward first. Yes, great catch. I'll try evening that out for sure. I just ran out of e-6000, so I'll have to go pick up my third tube. (FYI, if you need to squeeze more e-6000 out of a tube, use pliers and give it hell. You'll get a lot more out!) ANOTHER QUESTION Once I get more e-6000, I'll be able to set the thigh strapping on and take a full body photo. Does everyone use the Uswrath method of strapping the thigh to a hidden belt? Or is there some other way to keep the thighs from slipping? Also, do the shins require strapping? or do they just rest on the boot? I feel like they rest on the boot, but just want to ask in case I've missed something. Thanks all! I really appreciate it!

Hey all, another update. Other than the system to keep my thigh pieces up, I've basically done a first pass on everything. There's still a few minor tweaks that need to be made for sure. My current struggle is with the shoulders. I have a pretty wide body, and this kit was pre-trimmed, so I've been experimenting with how to get them closest to the chest/back pieces. Here was my first attempt, but this was with the shoulders almost sitting on top of the biceps, which gave me a rounded and most-derpy look, but it got them the closest in all the places: This second attempt was after giving the shoulders a hot water bath and opening them up around the biceps so they would fit around it better. This allowed me to keep it overlapping the bicep, but it pulled it away from the chest/back pieces. Then this last attempt was after giving the tops of the shoulders a hot water bath and opening them up a bit more. This allowed me to get it closer to the chest-to-back straps. I think that last attempt has them good near the chest-to-back straps, and overlaps the biceps well, but they are still far away from my chest and back plates. I've heard that some people rotate them a little to the front, and expose more of the back. So I guess I'll try that, but does anyone know any good threads that show how they did this? Thanks for any and all feedback!

Thanks!

Thanks again for all the help and feedback. I've figured out how to set snaps, and made a lot of them as I'm going for the double snap system. My snaps are cheaper, but are still really tough to pull apart, so I think it will be okay. I've also added a few extra snaps in there, so this thing is never going to come off. I'm still actually 4 snaps short, but I have some smaller ones that I think will do the trick. Here's some update on where I'm at: CHEST I gave the shoulder straps a hot water bath then formed them around a mixing bowl I had. I then reinforced the shoulder straps with bits of ABS I've saved, just up to the fifth indent, as that's what's going to be glued to the chest piece. I glued and clamped them, and taped it to the back piece in case that would influence how it would set. BELT I've actually finished the belt too. The drop boxes line up with the outside of the plastic part of the belt, and I used Chicago screws to fasten the plastic to the cloth, and the holster to the cloth. I need to replace one of the Chicago screws that's fastening the belt because it's too long, and the actual front facing part of it doesn't match the other screw, but that will be a quick fix. STRAPPING As I mentioned above, I'm going for the double snap setup. It seems each person does this a little differently, so I just tried to find some threads that were doing the same double snap setup and I kind of did a hybrid of them. I mainly used Scimitar's and Suspend's photos as reference. I've only done the bases right now, as I need to go out and get some 2" wide black elastic. For the Cod, I used a split rivet to meet the requirements, then added two snaps on the other end to attach to both snaps on the butt piece. Here you can see I still need two more base snaps for the back piece to attach to the kidney piece, but I ran out. I'll be sure to fix that next. And here you can see the Ab after it was attached to the Kidney piece with split rivets/washers/nylon. QUESTIONS I read in Uswrath's thread that the shoulder/bicep/forearm straps are actually white in the movie, not black. I have a lot of 2" wide white elastic as I only really bought it for the shoulders. Should I be using white elastic instead of black, wherever I can? (keeping in mind that I'm using 2" wide elastics everywhere with my double snap system) I think that's it. When I have more time, I'll actually post my step by step process for all of this stuff. Thanks for any feedback!

Hey, after you mentioned that, I checked the post size of the snaps I ordered and their post size is 3/16", which is about 4.8mm. That's about 3mm shorter than the Tandy snaps at 5/16" post size. I checked the Nylon webbing, and that's about 2mm thickness, and the elastics, when folded over are about 2mm as well. Does anyone know if 4.8mm post size will work on those? (I can still cancel them if they won't work)

Would this be approved for Centurion? I'm thinking I should print mine too, as I have a 3D printer and some time to kill, but I'm going for Centurion. Thanks, and looks great!

Ohhh okay thanks!

Hey all, quick question What diameter are the snaps you have all used? 5/16" (about 8mm) right? I ordered a bunch that turn out to be 5/8" (about 16mm). I was just wondering if that's going to cause any problems for the internal strapping? I have the snaps Mark sent with my AP kit, so I'll use those for all viewable snaps, but will these larger snaps on the inside cause any problems? The only thing I think that may be an issue is that snapping it to the 1" nylon webbing or elastic will get closer to the edges. Should still fit inside it though with about 4mm on each side. Thoughts? Here are the snaps I bought in case you're curious. I just realized they also have 12.5mm snaps I could get with free same day shipping... hmmm...