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Looks great, Andrew! I totally missed the newsletter since my Tapatalk notifications have been completely blank for 2-3 days until today. Time to catch up! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That’s some work by Glen! Doesn’t this mean we now get another sneak peek at the commemorative patch/merch design?! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I hope school goes well for you, Emma! My wife are both in the education field, so it’s all very much on our minds now. We here will look forward to seeing your TK progress when you get back to it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yup, mine arrived yesterday as well, and I squeezed in the first couple chapters after putting the baby to sleep last night. Anybody in the States who ordered in the first run should be getting their copies shortly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

New Zealand! My favorite place on earth, which I've had the pleasure of visiting twice! Do you know what type of TK you'll be building, Kevin? If you end up going with an OT TK, and specifically an ANH Stunt, I've compiled many helpful links from across the forum onto this thread. Regardless of what you decide to build, there will be a ton of Troopers here to support you on the journey! Create your own build thread and ask lots of questions! Again, welcome!

Welcome to FISD, Alvin! You've definitely come to the right place for all thing TK related, and I'm sure you'll find helpful resources in the First Order Battle Group section, linked below. Post of photos and ask lots of questions on your own build thread, and there'll be lots of Troopers ready to help you out! https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/218-first-order-battle-group/

OP (MV) Post #30 Greetings Troopers! It's been nearly a month since my last build post, so I've had some time to distance myself a bit and come to a better acceptance of the situation at hand. Thanks so much for all your kind words, thoughts, and prayers—they've truly meant a lot. I thought I'd provide you all with a little more insight since, up until now, I've only spoken in broad terms, and I also have some questions for you fine folks. If you don't want to read about COVID, skip the next paragraph and jump straight to the third. My wife and I both work in education—she at the primary level—and I at a private College/University, and work-week childcare for our one-year-old girl is provided by our elderly parents. Several weeks ago the local School Board for my wife's district finally (late) announced their COVID reopening plan, and we were SHOCKED at the proposed procedures, or lack thereof. Now I know there are varied opinions regarding everything related to this pandemic, so I won't get into the specifics, but one thing I know we can all agree on is the safety and well-being of our loved ones. In our opinion we were going to be exposing our daughter and her grandparents (via our own exposure) to excessive risk, so we felt forced to address and act on our concerns. After multiple emails and phone calls to the local County School Superintendent and Board members, US Congressman, and State Governor by family members and ourselves, with practically no meaningful responses or updated procedures, we felt that we were left with no choice but to have my wife resign her position. My heart goes out to anybody who was unwillingly let go or furloughed during this pandemic, and I don't presume to be thought of as being in that same category. We were blessed to have the opportunity to make that choice on our own, but make no mistake, it has been the hardest decision we've ever had to make since literally half our income is now gone. We have a monthly budget deficit greater than the cost of my TK armor, and that's after we slim it down to bare-bones survival mode. If my wife wasn't going to search for some online virtual work, internet would be gone. Thank goodness our student loans are currently on forbearance; hopefully we won't have to sell our house. Now for a few questions, and the reason why I haven't listed my armor for sale yet. In my previous post I asked whether the work I've thus far completed on my armor would cause the kit to appreciate, or depreciate, and though I never really heard a consensus on that, one thing I recently concluded is that assembling the helmet might be a value-added point. (Please correct me if you think doing so might have the opposite effect). Then I realized that I could expand that idea a bit further, and perhaps complete the thermal detonator, attach and paint the ab buttons, and maybe even finish trimming the ABS belt and at least the front-facing (screen-used sized) cover strips. Basically work on any armor feature which has no body size fitting/trimming component. And in the end, even if the final sale price is unaffected, at least I'd have the experience of working on those components. What say you? Is my thought process all wrong, and would such work be a turn-off for armor-seekers? Am I being too ambitious for a first-time builder? The good news is, I'm not selling the components to my HWT backpack, since they have very little individual value, so I still have that to keep me occupied and feeling like a Trooper-in-the-making. If you made it this far, thanks for sticking with me. I still very much enjoy being a part of this community, and I open the Tapatalk app on my phone far too often. Stay safe everybody!

Hello there, Dylan! Looks like you've already received excellent advice, so I only thought I'd add this one additional resource, since you're building an ATA kit. Linked below is a All-In-One TK resources thread I created for my own ATA build. Not only does it include links to many topics you'll want to familiarize yourself with, but the second half of the thread is virtually a compilation of many helpful ATA builds and pre-approval, EI, and Centurion request threads. I'll also add that I began my own HWT build, and in case you're interested the the various sources of some of the materials, you should check out my thread, linked in my signature. It's very link-heavy. ;-) Looking forward to following your progress on here! Make the Emperor proud!

Greetings Steve, and welcome to FISD! We always need more OT TKs around here, so get on it! Be sure to check out the Getting Started - Read this first section, linked below. And always remember, ask tons of questions, and you'll receive tons of answers! https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/38-getting-started-read-this-first/

Just finished watching Gallery and now rewatching Mando for the third time. Are you able to pick yourself out of the TK crowd in that aerial perspective above the TIE fighter? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m loving this conversion, and may someday need to do my own as you have, since ESB is my fav of the films anyway. Great work, as always! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Paul has all his stuff available on the “Mr Paul’s Total Grunt fb group, as well as the “Shoretrooper Fam” fb group. Someday I want to build an AT-ACT, so that’s how I found him. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Some TKs wear cotton liner gloves inside their rubber ones, and others just wear nomex gloves instead of the rubber ones. Rubber gloves, at least for ANH, are required for higher levels of approval, but once you pass the approval, you can wear what you want at troops. Some wear cooler options. Others swear by rubber all the way, and pour our sweat at the end of troops. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Greeting Troopers! In my next offering of "Compile every helpful thread into PDF form" I present to you gazmosis' helmet ear tutorial. Here is the direct link to the PDF, for any Troopers that still have print reference folders or want to archive threads in iBooks on their iPads. As always, all compiled PDFs will also be included on my All-In-One TK Resource thread. Thanks, Steve, for the work you put into this tutorial!

OCD on FISD?! Never! Also, Chris, do or do not - there is no testing. Jk. You should go for the ROTJ TK, as there are far fewer of those around! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wow these are great! For some reason I thought I remembered reading somewhere that folks regret not getting in touch with some of the photographers on-site, and that there were basically very few photos which Troopers later got ahold of. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

bump Haha, jk Dan. I'm writing to include a link to a PDF version of this thread which I just completed. I thought some old-school print type folks might appreciate it. I hope you'll excuse my format of the date in the PDF file name; I would have flipped the date and month just for you UK folks, but then it would have been inconsistent with the other PDF files I've made. I also compiled your helmet alignment (PDF link) thread a while back, and all my PDF compilations can be found on my All-In-One thread. Thanks for all the helpful insights you've provided aspiring Troopers!

If I recall correctly that this thread started with 37 slots left (but maybe I missed some), then we’ve now crossed the halfway-point of the countdown! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Replacements for this season. Mask up! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The SS Momo has set sail!

Congratulations, Trooper! Make the Emperor proud! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Check out Amazon for some Lexan scissors. I think mine are the Excel brand, and I have them linked somewhere on my TK build thread. You’ll definitely want both straight and curved blade sets. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

IB is definitely the way to go, and worth the wait. I’m sure you’ll find other components to work on in the meantime. =) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Greetings Rob, and welcome to FISD! You've come to the right place for building a stormtrooper kit, and there will be many people here to help you along the way! I'm a little north east of you in northwest Georgia (outside Chattanooga, TN), so we're relative neighbors in a sense! As far as your questions about your ATA armor, you would be able to build either a ANH Hero (Luke or Han) or ANH Stunt (all other stormtroopers), and likely take either variant to both EI and Centurion level. However, for the Hero you would need to get bubble lenses for the helmet, rather than the flat piece that Terrell (ATA) supplies, and you would also need different ears with only three bumps, rather than the two sets of four-bump ears that typically ship with the armor. As for the mm measurements you're referring to, 7.5mm would be to each side of a butt-joint raised ridge which would later be covered by a 15mm cover strip on your arms pieces. Note that biceps, forearms, thighs, and shins will have different width measurements for you to use, and you'll also need to take your fitment into the armor into consideration. i.e. heavier troopers may need to increase the measurements to fit comfortably in their armor. More info on cover strips can be found in my post here (you'll need to scroll down as it's a long post). In general, and if possible, it's good to keep the front-facing cover strips to cannon / screen-used widths, and then widen the rear-facing (your back) strips if needed for fitment. I myself have also been working on my own ATA Stunt build (link to my thread here) and at least until recently, have been having a blast. Since you're building an ATA kit I also thought I'd share with you a resource thread which I created for all Troopers, but particularly with ATA builders in mind. The second half of the long thread has links to helpful builds, and many of them are ATAs. Post up lots of pictures and ask lots of questions, and answers will come! Welcome again!