MaskedVengeance

Looking great! Follow the suggestions of the Andrew and Joseph and you’ll be all set! If helmet stability on your head without padding is a concern, you could try removing it and instead add padding around the sides NEAR the top of your head. That way you can get a snug fit on your head without adding the extra height. If your existing padding is of the foam star shape basically you’d want to pad around where the tips of the star points are. Sent via Imperial Tapatalk Comms

Let’s get Walter armored up! Looking forward to seeing your BB days! Sent via Imperial Tapatalk Comms

And the logo is now back up next to the wordmark! I Personally like having it up there. Question: how would one go about getting a high-resolution uncompressed image or PDF of that logo? I have a large format printer at work and some empty wall space that needs covering. 36-inch width would be about right, lol. I think it'd look pretty cool next to my nearly 5-ft Second Death Star. =) Someday I may also be brave enough to use my Tantive IV corridor printed backdrop during an official work meeting, rather than only during personal chats. Haha.

Yeah it may be time to break down and get Joseph’s hand guard and glove combo, which is what I have. Although I’m sure somebody will have a good solution for using your current materials. Sent via Imperial Tapatalk Comms

I’ve done the exact same thing with my build thread photos—taking tons of photos of even the components untrimmed—so future builders can see exactly what they’ll be getting. And just like you, I use an iPhone, though I’m running a bit older with an 8+. Good stuff! Keep it up with your build! Sent via Imperial Tapatalk Comms

@TheRascalKing (Justin) is from the SoCal Garrison. Tons of Troopers from around there on here. Sent via Imperial Tapatalk Comms

Check out my All-in-one reference thread linked in my signature. I have included a paint color guide on it as well as many other resources. Sent via Imperial Tapatalk Comms

Great work, and I love your imagery and descriptions. I’ve seen Troopers use XTC 3D on printed helmets before; cool to try it on a blaster. And that knurling on the front sight looks excellent! Really neat to read about the burnishing as well since I actually accidentally did that on a painted photo frame with sandpaper that was too fine. Never knew it was something one might want to do on purpose. Sent via Imperial Tapatalk Comms

Glad you like the thread. I've been drafting my next update for over a month now, hoping to have it up by this weekend.

When Joseph says to leave a return edge, it means there’s a really good reason. Definitely check out the great thread he posted. Sent via Imperial Tapatalk Comms

Nice chest trim work! The bottom return matches Luke’s perfectly, and as you say, perhaps it will sir more flush with the ab. As for the shoulder bridges, I believe the general idea is to leave around 3mm on the sides. You are correct in noticing that the front-facing ends are actually trimmed right up against the large tab. This is one of the very finer details that generally isn’t even an issue when going for higher levels of approval. As for the rear-facing end tabs, you can definitely leave them on for basic approval, but you’ll want to trim them off if going higher. And you’re spot on with leaving them until you know exactly how your chest and back fit together. Sent via Imperial Tapatalk Comms

That is some excellent alignment of the raised ridges and a nice vertical edge there on the plate. I think you’ll find that some of the screen-used shins has similar gaps; I don’t have access to my screen caps right now to show. Some others may have some thoughts to add, and tips. Sent via Imperial Tapatalk Comms

YES, to Andrew, you listen. Sent via Imperial Tapatalk Comms

I must know now myself as well, as I had planned on doing only the helmet with the bed liner. Any chance the darkened interior might affect the appearance of the white exterior from the outside, particularly in thinner areas? As Justin said, pics (or it didn’t happen). Lol. Jk. Sent via Imperial Tapatalk Comms

Always love stickin’ it to the man. I’m still trying to find a way to batch download an entire album page at a time. Last time I checked PB had scaled versions of each image for the thumbnails, so every batch extension and script I tried would download either the low res thumbnails or the watermarked versions. So for now I’m stuck saving them manually. Sent via Imperial Tapatalk Comms

If you’re in the contiguous US and PM me your mailing address I’ll send you some. Sent via Imperial Tapatalk Comms

Now we just gotta get the title above Mario's avatar updated! Congrats!

Big Brown Box day! The day your armor is delivered to you by the Post. It will be a day long remembered!! =) Sent via Imperial Tapatalk Comms

Nice progress! I hear ya on the early mornings; I’ve been doing 5:00/5:30am rising since I had to stop with the 3:00am bedtimes. Fit the build time in where we can, especially around kids schedules; can’t compromise family time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Congrats on your newest addition to your L3 inventory! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The drop boxes should be aligned with the very end of the plastic belt, as the CRL states (for L3): “Drop boxes are vertically aligned with the end of the ammo belt with minimal gap between belt and box.” Vertically, you might be within the tolerances, though your photo angle doesn’t give a head-on perspective to confirm. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Seriously, Joseph’s visual reference thread that he mentions is a MUST READ. I have a PDF of it saved on my iPad and also printed in a physical reference folder. =) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I personally use Adobe Photoshop (paid) to resize my images. IrfanView is a free image viewing and basic editing software that can also rescale. There are also many websites that offer in-browser image editing and resizing; you just upload your photo, make the adjustments, and download the finished product.

Always great to see photos, so I also went back to your previous post to check out the additions. Great use of magnets, and I’m glad you were able to use Mr. Paul’s brackets in reverse. I’ve often wondered if something like those would be helpful for OT TKs. Very nice helmet and blaster collection there too. Someday I may need to sneak a helmet onto the built-in bookshelves we have around our TV. I’m sure my wife would comment in about half a second. Haha. Excellent news, too, on your recovery. We’ll continue to have you in our thoughts and prayers on that front. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice progress and excellent mod to your neck seal! I also love your imagery formatting. You have your work cut out for the next two weeks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk