Not a Jedi Yet

Understood, thanks Daniel. A good point too about the shoulder bells, I hadn't considered that.

Ah okay, thanks Rob - I realise looking back at my photos the light wasn't the greatest so I think perhaps it wasn't 100% clear. And thanks for sending the second set, I think I will be grateful for them!

Thanks Joseph - I'm grateful you pointed that out to me, as in my excitement I hadn't even noticed! And yes, I will be aiming for Centurion as I understand it's easier to do so from the start rather than later on.

Thanks guys - the reference photos are great, I had seen a couple of them before on FISD but hadn't realised that there were so many of them, a truly valuable resource. I will fire up the Dremel and start trimming!

The first cuts were to the bicep pieces. I followed the RS Propmasters video and looked at the Return Edges 101 thread on this forum. I used curved lexan scissors to make the cuts - I think I have a mild phobia of power tools, but after the trimming was complete I began thinking that I should probably face my fear. It was quite tricky to cut accurately at the narrower curves, and I know a Dremel would make this much easier - so I ordered one and it should hopefully arrive today. I only trimmed the return edges on all pieces, and not the long straight joining edges. I tried to leave around 5mm return edge everywhere (just as a starter), but understand that I will need to remove the lower return edges to avoid armour bite. In terms of sizing the bicep feels a little loose when on (not that I would know) - i.e. if my arm is straight down then it slides down. I took measurements of the right bicep and compared them to the screen accurate measurements in the RS video. The inner pieces are screen accurate at 170mm around for each piece, but the outer pieces must be where the extra material is. The screen accurate size is 190mm around the outer pieces (top and bottom), but mine measures 220mm at the top and 200mm at the bottom. I am happy to be a stormtrooper with huge guns, but not if it looks out of proportion. With the bicep pieces on I can get a finger between my arm and the armour with my arm bent. Does this seem okay? I guess I am worried that if I take off more return edge the pieces will be even looser, so presumably I am better off reducing the size of the outer pieces slightly by trimming a little of each of the long joining edges?

Hello everyone This is my first ever build, and whilst I'm excited about it, I'm definitely not a handy person, and would go as far as saying I am beyond useless when it comes to DIY - my wife even laughed with surprise when I told her I was buying a stormtrooper armour kit! However, having discovered this forum and seen how helpful and supportive everyone is, it gives me confidence that I can do this - I have already seen some great tutorials and build threads on the site, and will be following the RS Propmasters YouTube series too. I opened my BBB properly yesterday, so having read the Imgur thread, what hopefully follows below is a series of pictures from the unboxing... There is an extra pair of ears (probably useful based on what I have read about how difficult ears can be!), and both sets are marked with cut lines and drill holes. I have a RS neckseal on the way and I forgot to put the ESB decals in the photo - there are two sets of those. So that's it - assuming the pictures are visible my next post will be of the first tentative cuts into the armour!

Understood, thanks everyone

Thanks Chris. Just so I understand correctly please, I should effectively have two build threads, one here and one over at the UK Garrison site? Just want to make sure I get off on the right foot! Many thanks.

Hello everyone, I'm Adam from the UK. I've been reading as much as possible on this excellent forum and took the plunge recently, purchasing an ESB TK kit from RS Propmasters. Well it has now arrived and if I said I was excited and terrified in equal measure, that wouldn't be quite true - this will be my first build and I'm definitely more terrified! I will start a build thread soon and then promise to bombard you all with lots of questions!