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Photo dump of work progress (sorry for the long delay, I've been keeping more up to date over on the UK Garrison website) arms and torso poppered up and assembled, glove plates glued on: torso button plates painted and glued on: belt done and ready for holster: (ignore the arcane reading material!!! ? ) thermal detonator assembled: thighs and shins front strips on, sized ready for rear strips and velcro strips; right knee ammo pack trimmed and ready to glue, left sniper knee trimmed and ready to glue:

slow progress due to work and family commitments, but both arms glued up and the wrist plates glued onto the gloves. I've got the practical popper kit from Ross at RWA so I'm now knee deep in making popper tabs to glue on.

My armourer at the UK Garrison (TK29772) has just signed off on my lid! Vent lines painted on (stencils supplied with my kit by Ross @ RWA) and black keylines round tears / traps / ears freehanded. Very happy with how they turned out. Now I can press on with the rest of my build. Going to do the shoulder bells / arm sections next ?

did some more work on my lid this weekend. mic tips assembled and installed, visor lens installed, frown grille installed, grey panels painted, black vocoder section painted, ear screws painted.

Thanks for the really helpful links / pics. I've now got the lid assembled with the ears and neck rubber on. I've being doing a bit of back-and-forwarding with my armourer on the UK Garrison forum to get my E11 right (replaced 3d printed scope rail with metal one) so progress has been slow.

I've made a start on my lid build. Following along with RWA Ross's very helpful youtube videos. Got the eyes and frown grilles trimmed out, brow band in place, and positioning the front and back pieces with magnets in preparation to drill and rivet the sides.

I've finished building my E11 blaster rifle - painted and weathered (to the best of my ability at least!) pics for inspection: does this all look ok for trooping?

Rail in place, scope screwed to rail and checking positioning for hengstler bracket: Am I all good here? Or should I remove the screws I've used at the back end of the rail and the scope and just glue them instead?

T bars glued on and folding stock assembled and positioned ready for glueing. I've glued the T-bars on, pics below: I've also assembled the folding stock and positioned it ready for glueing. By my reckoning, the front of the folding stock should just overhang the front the of the muzzle by a few millimetres, as I've positioned it here. Does this all look good for glueing?

Here's some pics of my E11 blaster prints. Any comments welcome please! If there's anything not right, I'd rather know now than after I've started gluing them all together!

Thank you! I've commissioned Ross at RWA to vacu-form me a set of 2mm TK armour (ANH stunt) including helmet, canvas belt, neck seal, aluminium thermal detonator clips, popper strapping kit and leather holster. I've also ordered a pair of white boots from Ryan at Imperial Warfighters. Should I make my WIP thread in the https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/80-anh-build-threads/ forum?

thank you for the build thread links - very helpful! I've got a build thread started already on the UK Garrison forum, but I'll start one here too and keep them both updated., I think I'll be needing as much help as I can get! ?

Hello troopers First time ANH Stunt Stormtrooper builder here. I found my way here from the 501st UK Garrison forum (thanks for the invite themaninthesuitcase) Bit about me: I'm old enough that I saw Episode IV in the cinema when it was just called STAR WARS. I've decided to treat my 8 year-old inner self and build my very first stormtrooper costume ? I'm currently awaiting (impatiently!) for my vacu-form kit of ABS parts to arrive. In the meantime, I've been keeping my 3d printer busy printing parts for an E11 blaster that I'm making. Don't think I've been this excited about a build project since... ever! Onwards and upwards...