StarTrooper

That’s awesome! I watched your fan film, the best Star Wars fan film I’ve ever seen! Looking forward to the series!

Yeah, in hindsight it probably would have been a good idea to print on thicker card stock. But unfortunately this project has been abandoned, and replaced with a 3D printed version. I’ll post up some pics once the project is finished.

Yes, it it that pattern. It’s quite a good model, especially if you would like to mod it!

Hey Alex, great photos! Yes, unfortunately KB kits suffer from a bit of orange peel, mine has some as well. Nice job so far!

I would love to be in the first 1000, unfortunately I’m only 16, and the 501st age restriction is 18 Oh well, I consider myself the luckiest guy in the world to even have stormtrooper armor

Cool, thank you Tony, I’ll definitely check it out

Hey Tony, thanks for checking in, I haven't done much, got a little side tracked with some other stuff, here's what I have done. Ab Plate For the ab plate, I started to work on my ab suspension system. I drilled holes at the top of the armor, and using suspenders with these clips, clamped them in the holes. I will be working on back closure soon as well. I also have since trimmed off the bottom of the ab plate. Butt Plate Mod For the butt plate, I decided I wanted to make mine look like the Anovos one, with the three tabs So I started to guess at distances, and then measured everything so that it was symmetrical. And done! I also marked where I will drill the holes for the snaps. Test Fit I did do another test fit, (without the updated ab) pretty happy with how it looks.

Man that is a nice set of armor! Nice work and congratulations Justin!

Thanks Thank you! Reshaping was surprisingly not too hard.

Hey everyone, back after a bit, here's what I've done. Thighs I came back to the thighs, and reshaped them at the top. Mostly just because the shape was inaccurate. Test Fit I did a quick test fit(before I shaped the thighs). The ab sits too low as well as the knee pads are droopy. These will be fixed soon. I also purchased some black Dockers suspenders, which I will attach soon. Here's another lower body test fit with the reshaped thighs. Strapping I also was able to finish strapping the shoulder bell to yoke connection. I also strapped the bicep to shoulder bell with Velcro, although it is not holding up so well, I may change it out for snaps. Other Stuff I also had to take a glamour shot with the armor on Here's a fun photo I took with the "boys"...er armor And that is pretty much it. Until next time

Yeah. She would have been proud at where her designs went.

Thanks! I’m probably on here way too much lol

Brian Muir.

Thank you guys, this build has been super enjoyable so far!

Hey Tony, things are going well, been building a ton so I kinda forgot to post updates! Here we go! Spats Here they are, just need to put the clip greeblie on. I glued the one side, and stuck some Velcro on the other, so that they can be taken on and off. Ab Plate The ab plate was pretty easy, I started by cutting the back in half with a blade. Next, I cut a 2 inch cover strip. I still have to trim the top off, but overall looking pretty nice. I also plan to take about that much off to fit me. Legs I made the strapping for the legs, simply used 1 inch webbing and folded it over, to make a loop, and set a snap on the end. This isn't screen accurate, but is still very practical. And those are held up by a leather belt. Here's a picture of the legs on me. They look quite good, still figuring out how to attach the gaskets, whether I should just attach them to the thigh or to sew them to the leggings. They are just taped to my legs in the photo. Chest I decided it was time to tackle the chest plate situation. I copied what Anovos does and installed risers into the chest plate. I cut out 8 triangles out of scrap ABS, and glued 4 and another 4 together. Stuck some Velcro on, and boom! Chest plate almost done. I say almost as there is a small gap between the chest and the yoke. And that is pretty much it for now. Until next time

I totally agree, this could be the catch phrase for any TK build Nice work so far!

Awesome thank you very much!

Sure, if you could show some photos of where the forearms should be trimmed that would be great.

Okay thank you for the info

Thank you, I guess I still need to finish trimming, thanks for pointing it out

Okay, so here are some more gasket photos. I have just done the knee gaskets, with some Velcro sewn onto it. Basically, I put some tape where the bottom of the thigh is and the top of the shin is and put it in the middle. For the arms, I stitched some Velcro onto the top and bottom so that they can stick right on to the armor. I have also begun on strapping the armor. Using snaps, I have attached the shoulder bell to the yoke, and it sits quite nice. I used Glen's method of shortening the front strap so that the bell is always forward as well. Thats pretty much it for now.

Here are some more designs that I came up with, as well as cleaned up the overall design a bit. Hope you like them!

No problem! Glad you were able to find some!

Thanks guys, I’ll post some more gasket photos soon

Thanks! The build has been quite enjoyable thus far. Yeah, the thighs are super tricky, definitely the most dreaded part of the build for me, glad to have it out of the way. Thanks, both have been pretty fun to make!