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Pura Vida Caleb !!! Hope your time living in Costa Rica was a Great Time. excellent work on the kidney plate fixing, ( I have learned something new today) . The blue painter's tape test looks good. Once you have finished the return edges trimming you'll see that everything fits better. Finally ,just a question about your left thigh, could it be a light effect but it looks like the back joint is not centered like the right ? Cheers

I think it's ok for basic approval , but for higher levels I'm not sure, I would suggest to ask to your garrison GML about this prior to make some cut. or may wait to some fellow trooper here like @justjoseph63 can give us a hand.

Hi Caleb, Welcome to FISD , great to see you're doing a great work with your armor and yes, you're in the right path measuring twice or more and cut once. Reading build threads and watching video tutorial is a great source of help too. About your question on the kidney plate fixing, Although I wouldn't consider it and issue due to the original armors had some imperfections (you can see the reference photos I had included) , most builders apply some heat to soften the plastic and therefore mold it, this can be achieved by immersing the piece in hot water, or using an iron or plastic welding kit. This has to be made it with care to avoid a worse damage. And if I can make a suggestion, take a look to the following TD reference Photo, It looks like your screws are a little far from the clip's edge. Also I would suggest to take a look to the following forum section that I'm sure it 'll be so useful . Keep on doing a great work and remember we are here to help. Cheers

Amazing. congratulations.

Hi Peter, It looks that the run is closed for now, you can check the info at https://www.501st.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=99182#p1247680 i think you can contact the person in charge to have more details. Cheers

Good luck Trooper !!!

Hi Eddie, welcome to FISD. Looking great Trooper. For the Shadow Stormtrooper you may like to look at ths Spec Operations Detachment at https://specops501st.com/ Good luck with your approval.

Hi Matthew welcome to FISD. Good luck with your approval and looking forward to see photos of your armor.

Great job Zach, if I can make a suggestion, I would recommend that you wear your compression clothes when testing your armor, sometimes normal clothing is usually thicker and can make you not fit well. Keep on doing a great build Trooper

Hi Clint , Welcome to FISD, glad to read you are on the way of becoming an Imperial Stormtrooper.!! Feel free to ask whatever you need, search, read and asking for suggestions is the clue to take the best decisions and make the best investment. If you haven't done yet, take a look to the following forum section. Good luck and looking forward for you advances .

Hi Brett Welcome to FISD. !!

And additional photo I almost forget is a close photo of the rear part of your Blaster showing the D ring. CRL: D-ring mounted on the rear.

Don't worry, take your time Trooper, using imgur you will be able to add more photos, is it not necessary to delete or edit, just copy the imgur direct link and paste it directly into the post. Your EIB badge is waiting for you sir. Cheers

Hi Cameron, glad to see your EIB submission . I think you may want to add some more photos in advance that I'm sure the D.O. Team will ask you to add. 1- Photo of your helmet lenses form outside with a light source inside to see the color : CRL : Lenses are flat material, green in color, sufficiently dark enough to obscure the costumer's eyes 2- Close photo of your inner Chest to Back connection to check the Fabric or Elastic . CRL : Chest and back shall be connected with a white fabric or preferably elastic strap at the shoulders. reference 3- Close Photo of the rivet in the lower Cod Area to see the rivets Crl: A split (bifurcated) or single cap rivet is present on the lower tab (cod area) of the abdomen armor. Rivet on must be brass or silver in color, approximately 5/16" (8mm) in diameter and is not painted. Two male snaps are present on the lower center tab of the Posterior Armor. something like this 4- Close photo internal and external of both sides of your tight ammo belt CRL: Thigh ammo belt is attached to thigh with a solid head rivet, painted white, in the upper corner and fastened to the lower thigh ridge. The rivets used shall be single cap, double cap or split rivets. No pop rivets allowed. Rivet should be approximately 5/16" (8mm) in diameter (exterior). 5- Close photo of both sides of your sniper knee. CRL : Sniper knee plate must be aligned with the ridges on the shin. Sniper knee plate must not have visible rivets or fasteners attaching it to the shin. 6-- Close Photos of your boots CRL : There is no seam present on the front of the boot. Boots have a black sole 7- Close photo of your Belt and Holster. Any additional photo or other requirements will be adressesd by the D.O. Cheers and Good luck with your application Trooper !!!

Hi Antony, looking good. for Anh helmet yes, for levels 2 and 3 you need to piant the outer ring : crl "Correct 'Hovi mic' aerator tips are present. Screens used shall be of a wide type mesh, with the rim of the mic and the inside white or painted white. Have you tried to smooth the tear using a hair dryer ? I think I would help.

Hi, excellent work you have made. following your building thread now. Cheers

Hi, welcome to FISD, looking forward to see your building process photos. Good luck.

Good luck Trooper,

Almost there hang on.

Welcome to the Club .

Hi, have you try to turn the air flow direction of your helmet fan , sometimes it allows the feedback. cheers

Amazing, !

Hi Jonathan looking good so far, that's exactly what I would do.

Welcome Mark, welcome to FISD. Glad you're on the way of becoming an Imperial Stormtrooper and with an excellent Armor and a great expert help from Dan. Good luck and look forward for photos of your advances. Cheers.

You're doing an excellent work, about your questions, my two cents: 1- In my case I usually use 100 and 120 grit, just to let the plastic as smooth that It doesn't have splinters or pikes . 2-I use a vacuum just at the end, but make tha sanding over a plastic container to collect the maximun mess as possible 3- Rubber Blaster is definitely the "worry free." but more expensive, Doopy is cheaper but you need to be careful and I would rather don't let others to handle it. Cheers