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I'm considering making a new Anthology helmet out of EVA foam, instead of using the Black series one. Though the Black series helmet is very good, it still has a lot of inaccurate details and proportions. Here you can see the problems. Obviously the brow is too high. And the cap should extend past the face plate a little. The Black Series cap is almost in perfect line with the face plate. Resulting in it looking disproportionate from the side. Here are the changes that I will make with my new helmet: The face plate will be more inset The brow will be lower The vocoder will be made out of vacuum line hose The neck trim will all be one piece. The traps and tears will be separate from the helmet. The tube stripes will be cut into the helmet. There will be no seam between the cap and the back. The lenses will be darker. The teeth will be completely separate from the rest of the helmet. The ''chin" will have a visible seam separating it from the rest of the face plate. The Black Series Helmet is a great display piece and It will help me size the new helmet I'm going to make. But it would be very hard to make all those changes to it. Feel free to point out any other differences that I missed. Thanks!

Thanks! It looks like mine is a tad big. I'll trim it down to size.

I started working on a pauldron today. I looked up the measurements and cut it to that length. I realize that I will look bigger with the the armor and helmet, but it still looks rather big on me. What do you all think? Here's it by my hand for scale. It's around 16 inches long at the moment. When I set it on my outstretched arm, it goes from my neck all the way to my elbow. I'm going to paint it orange by the way.

It looks great! I'm excited to see how this turns out

Never mind. I found one on MEPD.

Does anyone know of a build thread for a plastic Rogue One Sandtrooper field pack? All the threads I've seen are for the crystal patrol pack.

I've added the scope, counter, and T-tracks to the E-11. And I messed up on all of them! I'm going to remove the scope rail, and replace it with a more detailed and accurate one. I put a t-track where the scout light should go, so I'll have to remove that too. The scope feet are also too simplistic. Here you can see the inaccurate scope feet, and lack of a Hengstler counter mounting bracket. After I fix those mistakes, I'll start adding the smaller details and pieces. Like the counter power cylinders, screws for the folding stock, ect. I hope I can have it finished (aside from painting) in the next couple of days, so I can start work on my T-21

Okay, thanks!

Here's more progress on the E-11. I added to the main body, and started making the scope and Hengstler counter. Here it is! Unfortunately, I was unable to find something sturdy enough to use as the scope rail without support. So I just used EVA foam. I used a stick from a sucker for the D-ring. I'm still trying to figure out how to drill the holes. A drill tears up the foam, and all the dremel bits I have, don't go through the PVC pipe. It's a lot bigger than I thought it was going to be. I looked up the length of a Sterling submachine gun and cut a pipe to that length. I then made the rest of the pieces to scale with the pipe. Thank you!

Thank you! Were the Hengstler Counters in Rogue One bolted or glued on?

Thank you!

I just realized the the title "Black series helmet conversion" does make it sound like I am converting to ANH. How can I change it to ''Black Series Helmet Mod"?

I refitted the forearms and made the biceps. I made the shoulder bells, but they were too small. I'll have to remake them. I also started making a R1 E-11. Here's what I have so far. Still have quite a bit to do. It's a PVC pipe with EVA foam wrapped around it. I carved the details of the grip in with a X-acto knife. I used a dremel to get all the rounded details.

How were the Hengstler counters attached in Rogue One? Were they glued on like ANH?

How can you put it on backwards!!? Even if I had never seen a Stormtrooper before, I would still assume that the piece with the pectoral shape would go on the front!

I'll have to think about it. The boots are cheaper than the one's from IB. But they might be more expensive if you factor in the price for the paint or dye. IB might be the best option.

I found the link to these boots in another thread! I think they might be perfect!

I didn't know that you could take the canvas belt off. I guess It makes sense, so you can take it off and clean it. I thought it was attached with rivets.

It's a two-in-one costume! Are you allowed to make the drop boxes on your TK belt removable for the HWT?

Okay, thanks! So you can have a Stormtrooper and a Heavy weapons trooper just by getting a pauldron and backpack?

Thank you! It's a little hard for me to figure out how big things are from looking at pictures. Any help from you guys will be greatly appreciated.

I've made some progress. I started on the arms, but I'm having a little trouble sizing the forearms. I know there is supposed to be some space between my arm and the armor, but I think I might have made the piece too big. Does it look too big to you all? Bty The cover strip was starting to pop up on one side. That's why it didn't look straight. Thanks in advance for any replies.

That's perfect!! Thank you!

I've been looking for some weathering threads, but I can't find any that fit the level of weathering I want. Every thread I find has more of a Sandrooper look to it. I want it to be VERY light. Like I have been stationed in a garrison on a jungle world. I keep my armor as clean as possible, but a little grime and some scratches are still inevitable. Does anyone know where I can find a thread for that?