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Oh wow, that's a lot of info, thank you so much! I'll keep the trick for the images in mind, thank you for sharing that! I'll try to take a bit more out from the teeth... ABS paste? I'm gonna have to look that up, but that does sound good. And, yeah, someday I'll convince myself to finally open the white paint that's waiting for me Okay, I'll get the sniper plate off, gather my glue, clamps, magnets and tape and then put the entire thing together again before putting it into the garage for some time. I hope that will work out! I hadn't heard of a hot water bath before, I'll make sure to keep that in mind, that sounds like a good idea. I'll get some pictures of me wearing it done once the temperature has cooled down enough that I can bear the thought of wearing the undersuit... Again, thank you so much for your advice, this was very helpful!

Hi and thanks for the warm welcome! Ohhh, even more posts! I sure like the sound of that and will make sure to keep that in mind! I'm aware of them and would like to at least reach Expert Infantry, if not Centurion. For now though my main goal is just to complete the build and get into the 501st. I've never actually met a single person who's in the 501st in real life, so the answer to that is (sadly) no. Since I will move in less than a month, there won't be any time to meet the local folks either before I'm gone. I do hope to get to know some once I'm in Nordrhein-Westfalen -- and in the 501st. And looking at your profile, the chances of us meeting are actually fairly high! Maybe you could help me get in contact with the people in NRW, because I'm not at all sure about how to do that...?

Hello and welcome to this build thread! Since I've already mostly assembled my RS kit, this thread probably won't get too long, but as it is my first build I will appreciate any advice that you can give me -- even if that advice consists of "take this entire thing and now rebuild it" (which I don't think will happen, but who knows). One thing to keep in mind when giving me tips, is that I'm building this on the floor of my childhood bedroom, which A) isn't ideal and B] probably tells you that I don't have access to a dremel or similar advanced tools. (scissors might be more work, but I've managed so far) My BBB day was around the end of May (actually, there were three boxes, the last of which arrived at the end of June) and I've been using YouTube tutorials from Richie Stormtrooper and RS Propmasters, as well as several posts on this site as guidelines for my build. Since I build most things already, my plan was to just share my current progress with you and hope for feedback. The armor As I mentioned, the armor build is mostly completed, but I still want to re-work several things (smaller return edges, screws + paint and get rid of some of the glue). For now I'm using the original strapping system, but I was planning on changing that once I get around to ordering some press studs (is that the right name? I'm German and the technical terms are easily mixed up) Here are some pictures: (I apologise for the bad quality) http://imgur.com/a/XfIPw2d http://imgur.com/a/xJAYtJQ http://imgur.com/a/RgjmssE http://imgur.com/a/AwAQwKK So much for the Torso (minus ammo belt). As I said, it's not completely done yet, but it's mostly done. Then there's the arms: http://imgur.com/iH6fUze http://imgur.com/a/Zjkpi8o I'm very happy with those. I've also got the thighs done: http://imgur.com/a/AgZDNeY http://imgur.com/a/vBF52tJ They still need that small ABS piece to cover the gap in the back. The shins are where I've still got a bit of a problem, because I can't get them to close in the back the way I want them to, nor can I get the knee plate to align right. Any help is appreciated! http://imgur.com/a/EXuR50R http://imgur.com/a/mMYE1fv I've heard that using velcro in the back works, but I fear that there would be too much pressure on the velcro to hold it closed. http://imgur.com/a/Hdhdasu I'm sure you can see my problem here. I can't get it to align right. Therefore I was thinking about taking away the millimetre of return edge that I have at the bottom, so that there would be more plastic that I can glue together... What do you think? I won't share a picture of the ammo belt for now, because I'm still waiting on the holster. The last piece of body armor left is therefore the thermal detonator: http://imgur.com/a/Tu81eeY I'm currently working on the helmet: http://imgur.com/a/q1AC5mk http://imgur.com/a/ZLg3178 Please just ignore the mess in the background- As you can see I've trimmed them down and was planning on putting them together later today. Please let me know what you think and what I need to work on, as well as any ideas for the shins. If you require any other pictures, please let me know! (I hope these pictures will show up, I'm new to imgur) Thank you for reading all of this!

Oh, okay thanks! That sounds good. I'll check that out then! I'm sure I'll love it from all that I've heard and seen so far

Thanks for the warm welcome! Am I right in assuming that I should ask questions regarding my armor build at https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/192-tk-pre-approval-questions-discussion/? Or should I look somewhere else? I'm having trouble with my knee plate and was wondering where the right place/person to ask is...

Hello! After months of lurking around without an account, just absorbing all the information that I could find about Stormtroopers and building the armor, I've finally decided to get an account to unlock those last hidden posts. A bit of info about myself? Well, I just turned 18, but have wanted to join the 501st as a Stormtrooper ever since I was twelve. I'm from Germany. Currently I'm working on the finishing touches for my Stormtrooper armor (it's still missing some paint and I definitely need to rework the strapping for more comfort), waiting on the last soft parts to finally arrive and just started working on the helmet. I look forward to finishing the armor and joining all of you properly in the 501st!