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Tackled the first Centurion modification: And because I was already at it, I not only broadened the rear traps, but also the stripes in the tears. Don't want to wait until my Centurion application to get those pointed out. Again, all wobbly hand-painted lines, only a little more paint. If any DO could comment on whether this is good enough for Centurion, or if I need even more paint on there or something, I'd appreciate it! Those of you following my new ESB conversion build will know that I'm currently waiting on some tools to get delivered. Until I get those I won't be able to do anything about the rivet placement on the ab and kidney. The new shape of my thigh is something that I've been procrastinating on, due to the fact that cutting that is quite frankly scaring me, but I don't see a way to fix it just by repositioning the thigh with either changes to the strapping or to padding. In other words, Centurion might take me a while and not just because I don't find the time for working on my armor

I've noticed the same but wanted to try out the actual result as-is first. I can always layer more canvas on the outside of the belt, but taking some away could be difficult. Thanks for pointing it out! I actually added such a piece of plastic already: Oh yes, that was the post I was referencing earlier. Glad to see it again and have a more direct comparison of what we did than just my memories of what I read a few months ago. My elastic is similarly close to the edge of the elastic, I just sewed closer to the inside of the belt and not at the fabric edge directly, as this was very similar to my ANH belt from RS Thanks for your feedback, Glen, always a joy to hear from you and your ideas! Thanks for the offer, Joseph, I really appreciate it! As my focus right now is on the armor (I do have a lack of space as well, but considering its only about some soft parts and the helmet I can make it work) it might take me a while to get around to the E-11 but I'll keep your words in mind once I get to that part. Thanks again for the feedback so far, I hope to get my tools delivered next week so it might take some time to get around to the next update.

Now that's a good idea, love it! As those are already held up with Chicago Screws, all I'd need would be some black leather -- sounds do-able. Thank you, Caleb, glad to have you following along on this, I'm sure it'll be fun The Canvas Belt, Part One Quick warning, this will be picture-heavy. If you know my troop log or my love for memes this might not be a surprise. For my canvas belt I used slightly off-white canvas fabric and some 40mm white elastic, as that was the most fitting size available. As this would have to be compatible with my current armor, I simply measured my current canvas belt (105x7.5 cm) and used those measurements for my new ESB belt. I cut out a strip of canvas fabric a few centimetres longer and broader than my measurements and pinned the elastic to the canvas. The elastic is supposed to provide extra support as the canvas fabric on its own is rather thin and wrinkly and I did not want to sew seven layers together just to get a belt strong enough to hold up the heavy holster without sagging. I then sewed the elastic on one side only to the fabric. One side only as I was a bit lazy and my sewing skills meant that the more exposure the belt had to the machine, the higher my chances of accidentally destroying the belt. It also made the entire thing a bit more flexible in terms of wrapping the belt around my body without wrinkles, so that's nice. Now I cut it to the proper size, making sure to keep the distance between the top of the elastic and the top of the belt at around just under one centimetre, so that I could sew the belt together, have the elastic right at the top and still have those looser parts of fabric that line the edge of the belt. Afterwards I basically hit the copy-and-paste button for my belt and cut out the outside of the canvas belt. I then sewed both parts together, with the elastic now neatly hidden inside the belt and the seam from sewing the elastic into position hidden on the inside. Weekend over, access to sewing machine lost, access to ABS scrap gained. I inserted a slightly bent piece of ABS scrap roughly the width of the holster into the right side of the canvas belt in the hopes of this providing additional stiffness where I'll put the holster. A safety net to prevent creasing or sagging, so to speak. I'd read about that sometime ago on this forum back when building my ANH Stunt and remembered about it just in time for this build. Afterwards I neatened the edges and went over everything with fabric glue to prevent excess fraying. Without the glue I would have probably had the entire belt fall apart in a few months... I then added velcro and hand-sewed the sides shut. Shout-out to my third grade sewing instructor, without her I would have been lost The belt fits so far, once I get the proper tools and a slightly longer break from trooping I'll have to add the snaps for the ABS belt. Before I risk that one, I would prefer to have my Centurion approval with the ANH stunt (better safe than sorry in case I end up damaging the ammo belt and risking said lvl 3), so that's all in regards to the belt for now. Thanks for reading and I'm looking forward to receiving your feedback!

I will get around to doing those Centurion modification, I promise, but as I got this brand new helmet kit last weekend... This build (or rather conversion as it's based on my ANH Stunt armor) will be a slower build than what some of you already saw with said armor. No daily updates this time. Nor can I promise a meme for every step of the build, but I thought it was fitting to start with one. What do I need to do? Given that I've already got the main armor built, there's only a few parts of the armor that will need to be exchanged, due to the similarity of the ANH Stunt and the ESB TK. The Helmet This one might be the most obvious when comparing the ANH Stunt to the ESB. The helmet has a black frown and uses decals as opposed to the grey frown and hand-painted details of the ANH. As I do love my ANH Stunt and am not looking to replace it, I had to get myself a second helmet kit. This one is an RS kit to match my armor, but I ordered the decals from Trooperbay, because I heard good things about those. Haven't heard anything about whether they fit an RS helmet so far, but I think that won't be a problem. The Canvas Belt and Holster The ANH holster is attached to the canvas belt on the left side via Chicago Screws. The ESB holster is held up by two loops on the right side -- on a canvas belt without holes from potential chicago crews. This means that I need to replace the canvas belt and the holster. As I had a bit of time and access to a sewing machine last weekend, I already took care of the canvas belt (mostly, at least, pictures to follow), but I still haven't done anything about the holster. As this build isn't urgent, I've considered asking a friend if he could do me the favor of sewing one for me. An additional problem is, that as of now, my ANH canvas belt is attached to the ABS ammo belt with rivets. I'll have to remove those and replace them with press studs, so that I can remove the canvas belt at any time. One thing that I've seen happen to other troopers is the ammo belt popping loose, so that might be an additional problem in the future. The Handguards and Gloves Lastly, I'll have to exchange my ANH rubber gloves with latex handguards for the ABS clamshells over rubber gloves. As said clamshells don't fit over the latex plates, I'll have to buy new rubber gloves. The ESB handguards were included by RS in my initial armor kit, so I've already got those ready to go. The E-11 As I'm currently only aiming for a Centurion level armor and not the Centurion badge itself, I'll just continue running around with my ANH E-11 for now. Not accurate, but on troops nobody will notice. Basic approval is possible without a weapon (as I've already seen during my initial approval with the ANH Stunt), so an E-11 is a problem for the future. Still, I've been considering building a 3D-printed E-11 in the future, so I'd probably build that one as an ESB E-11 when I get to it. So much as for what I've planned so far, if you notice anything missing, something that could be improved or anything along those lines, please let me know. I love getting feedback!

Thanks, Caleb, I appreciate the shout-out. Glad you like the meme! (And as if there was any way I was gonna skip over this thread when making memes about the FISD.)

10 Troops for me, thanks!

[10] 10/04/2022 -- Sound of Hans Zimmer and John Williams Dortmund Going for my fourth concert troop, I once more got to enjoy an amazing first half with my fellow troopers, changed into armor and then waited for half an eternity for our cue to enter the stage once more. This time there were few to no silly pictures and instead we got a pretty cool group picture -- although getting all of us up the stairs was a bit of a challenge, so Vader, the Emporer and their guards took the elevator. After I got warned that I should not pull any crazy stunts like... I don't know, running up the stairs or dancing too much, the Emporer and I took the opportunity to dance a little to the echoing music in the waiting area before once more entering the stage to the awed faced of the audience. My favourite moment of the troop came afterwards whilst taking pictures with the visitors, as an old lady came up to me and a fellow TK, asked us if she could take a picture with us, before condifing that this was a dream of hers come true. Before leaving us once more, she told us, that she wanted that picture put into her grave. Honestly, that moment touched me, and I don't think I'll forget that lady and her sweet smile for a very long time. TK-66744 signing off

Always two there are, no more, no less. That being said, here's busy weekend number two. [9] 08/04/2022 -- Sound of Hans Zimmer and John Williams Düsseldorf Once more we got to give this concert an imperial touch by appearing at the Sound of Hans Zimmer and John Williams Concert, this time in Düsseldorf. Travelling together with TK-71384, we joined the German White Shadows for a showing of the first concert half, before using the break and second half to change into our costumes and take silly pictures together. Upon entering the stage, our TKs had a short problem with direction, startling a few laughs out of concert goers, when some had to go back and walk a different route. After the concert we got to take pictures with the visitors, which, after the slight TK mishap earlier, turned into a lot more silly positions and bunny ears than expected from a concert. Ending the troop with a group picture and a race up the stairs to the changing room between me and TX-75555 (I won and I'm not too sure if I ever want to sprint up three flights of stairs in armor ever again), TK-71384 and I finally arrived back at my place at about two am. No photo from our race up the stairs, sadly. I'm starting to think that the best things are never captured on camera, so I'll have to add it to the list of "only eye-witnesses will ever believe it happened" right underneath laying down in armor TK-66744 signing off

Welcome to the FISD, Vanessa! I wish you a speedy approval and lots of fun with your new white plastic

Viel Erfolg und gute Besserung! Good luck and get well soon!

Thanks for all the EIB feedback, the congratulations and the advice regarding Centurion! There's a few things on my to-do list now and I hope to get around to them soon enough. As I've got a few busy weekends ahead of me, I'm not too sure when I'll be able to start working on the requested modifications, but I'm sure there'll be an update on here soon enough EDIT: I just noticed I forgot to add "Memes" to the list above... shame on me, those are my most important achievement

Luca Hahn 66744 EIB A4 Joseph Thanks guys! Our pleasure.. see you at Centurion soon! https://www.whitearmor.net/eib/certificates/66744-eib.png

[7]Power of the Force Cologne Saturday Starting the day off strong with an imperial welcome, the halls filled up very quickly. With an overwhelming Mandalorian presence due to Emily Swallow as a guest star, our Imperial Forces did their best to promote peace, justice, freedom and security for the convention. We escorted guest stars, arrested rebels and patrolled the grounds. Having constructed the Throne Room the previous afternoon, we took turns guarding it and letting people take pictures on it, whilst simultaneously keeping watch over the con. It was also an opportunity to meet, re-meet and make many friends and provided us with an opportunity to take a very special picture of the (to my knowledge) currently youngest members of the German Garrison (me), Dutch Garrison (TI-75208) and Swiss Garrison (ID-19551). picture to follow as soon as we can find it [8]Power of the Force Cologne Sunday On Sunday, there were fewer visitors, but not less of an imperial presence. We managed to (almost) arrest a clone defector, took over the Throne Room, got caught by His Imperial Majesty and after miraculously being let go, we returned to patrolling the grounds. Our Captain ID-56347 helped us document our activities by not only leading our patrol to our escorts, but by taking holopictures of our activities. Included is one of my personal highlights with TK-71384, TK-14469, TK-10868 and TK-91917. TK-66744 signing off

Thanks everybody, I'm honored to join the ranks! Regarding Centurion Modifications Ahhh, I see what you're talking about. I'll try my luck with a brush first, as my hands have gotten more steady with a paint-brush since that first attempt and it would be closer to what I want the bucket to look like: hand painted with a brush Would you believe me, if I said this was already one of the twenty items still on my to-do list? It's now been moved up in the prioritizing. 15-20 Minutes sounds a bit ambitious, as I would prefer to not only cut them, but afterwards reform the return edges as well. If someone could provide me with a reference photo for a side-view, I would be grateful, as that would be an enormous help with shaping and cutting the thighs. I'll keep in touch throughout my steps, so I'm looking forward to any feedback offered Removing those rivets without damaging them will be impossible, I fear, due to my inexperience with rivets having already damaged them. I assume just gluing the head of the rivet into the correct position wouldn't be acceptable, even if the outside appearance matches the original armor looks? Filling and sanding won't be a problem, I do love my ABS paste. I'm looking forward to the next steps, thanks for the feedback, Joseph (and team)!

My recommendation: just pick it up, don't drop further into a push-up position (looking at you, TK-71384)

Thank you, brother! Oh no, you just had to ask whilst my tailor was on vacation, didn't you? Maybe we can see past them on the basis that those wrinkles are clearly because of the awkward position of my arms? Ah, no worries, after so many memes about all of you (and a few answering memes in return) I'm quite confident in saying that you lot do have a sense of humor -- and a quite good one as well I'll be waiting for your review, thanks, Joseph!

So, today worked out spectacularly, so here's the updates: A little more than 10 seconds, but here's the freshly painted vocoder Yes, not the best background for these types of pictures, but if I wanted this done today, this background was my only choice. Drop boxes sit nicely, the rest hopefully does too. Hope this is all, I'm looking forward to your feedback

Do you have access to an extra rivet? When I built my armor, RS had supplied an extra for cases like this (which I did need). Maybe you could contact RS and ask them for a replacement, they usually have a pretty accommodating customer service. Good luck!

Very interesting, thanks for the background info -- I had no clue where those pictures came from, only that they looked legit, that a DO said that the counter is angled and that in a later comment on the thread it was said that both versions should pass for EIB/Centurion. Gotta keep an eye out if I can spot this on screen as well. As my counter is currently easily turned a few millimeters to either direction I've got no problems submitting an additional picture with the counter parallel to the main body, in order to cut down on those wait times Thanks for your feedback, sir, it's always a joy learning more about these fascinating costumes

Now this is a comment, I've been expecting, given the fact that this alignment is very unusual and based on something Joseph pointed out here recently. It is, apparently, more canon than not having it twisted. EDIT: "Placement of the counter is ideally mounted slightly above the folding stock rail with the rear lined up above the stock bolt as seen below. As seen in the last 3 images below, the counter is angled and follows the contour of the folding stock." Still, here's a picture with the counter in the more common alignment, just for you, Glen. I will be turning it back into the twisted position as soon as possible tho The one time that that dropbox is not aligned... Oh well, thanks for pointing it out! I'll take that right side photo as soon as I find the time for a suit up. Do I need to retake the entire full body shot, or is a more detail focused picture enough? Because for a full-body I'd have to wait until the weekend, given that I've got no-one around who could help me suit up before my troop this weekend, detail I could get done on my own this evening. Regarding the vocoder it appears to me, as if putting more paint on top of the two right ones would make it less symmetrical, but I'll give it another look when I'm broadening that one stroke. Again, thanks for the feedback, I very much appreciate it! Thank you so much, sir! That sniper plate was, after all, the reason I joined the FISD and started a build thread, so I'm glad to see it turned out as well and better than I was expecting. Thanks, bro! Haha, and now it's even been revealed why my memes have been focusing on the DOs and higher level stuff so often lately If there's anything else missing/needing another suit up, please point it out to me, otherwise I'll try to get those pictures to you as soon as possible.

My EIB Application is out there, so here's the last things that I did before applying. Or, more accurately, that T-Jay did before my application. Thanks for another amazing day, the pictures, the help and, of course, my E-11. It's a thing of beauty and I love it very much Handguards If you're at all familiar with my last few pictures of me in armor, you'll have noticed one distinguishing detail especially: yellowed hand guards. As we were looking over the armor parts and I was showing off my handcuffs, we spontaneously decided to use some of Tino's white paint and give the handguards a more fitting look for a TK. E-11 An awesome Troopacoola kit, built by T-Jay with his vast knowledge on everything E-11? You know it's gonna be amazing Thank you so much, Tino, for all your work and effort, for the personalization and the feedback. The entire time I'm wiring this, I'm just sneaking glances at the blaster in front of me

Mandatory Information Armor = RS Kit Helmet= RS Kit Blaster= Troopacoola Kit, assembled by T-Jay Optional Height = 177cm Weight = 55kg Boots = Imperial Boots Canvas belt = RS Hand Plates = RS Neck Seal = RS Holster = Darman Full Body Armor Details Helmet Details Accessories Blaster Details If any pictures are missing, please let me know. Thanks for your consideration!

I'm looking forward to my own application