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Greetings fellow Troopers Today we updated the CRL model images for the ANH OT Hero CRL, with a great looking and slightly more accurate model. Congratulations to our new CRL model Jonatan, TK- 23592 (Nairy). Great build and photograph.

I got the magazine holder glued to the shroud. Note that I had put blue tape over that area before the painting and sanded it down so that the glue would have a solid area to adhere to. I sanded down the rear of the magazine holder slightly to help with adhesion. Be sure to clean those areas before gluing! Now for something that may be a little controversial- Does anyone notice something a bit odd in this screen used E-11? (Besides the fact that the scope screws are not painted black). If you noticed that the shroud (and the front part of the folding stock) has a "hammered" metal finish you would be correct. Why, I do not know, but I like that look. So, I have taped off the parts that should not have it and will be using Krylon Hammered metal paint on the rest. I spent about an hour with a roll of painter's tape and a razor blade, but I think I am ready for this. Please, Lord Vader let this turn out good. Otherwise I have to sand this down again and start from scratch.

After the clear coat dried all we need to do was re-assemble the helmet fully, the easiest part of this build besides disassembly! And it's finally done! Not perfect, I missed some spots, but I'm happy with it and will call this project finished! I hope this thread has been and continues to be a helpful guide to new and incoming troopers! Best of luck to all of you! likely that I won't get around to making the armor for this guy, but it fits great into my helmet collection.

3d printed TLJ trooper from the UKG reporting in. Adding a TK to my ESB Vader and First Order Snowie. Going to be a learning curve as it’s my first full set of armour

Congratulations Jonatan!!!

Congrats Jonatan! That's fantastic. Looking good too!

Nice!

Congrats! Looks legit.

Congratulations Paul! Armor is looking great! Will we see you in the EIB application threads in the future perhaps?

Congratulations and welcome aboard trooper, love the green screen, will work great for your action photo for EIB hint hint

Congratulations Paul, welcome to the legion as an official Stormtrooper.

Congratulations trooper! Welcome to the Legion.

Congrats trooper. Welcome to the 501st.

Troop 4 - Oct 22, 2022 The Great Pumpkin Trail - Royal Botanical Gardens - Burlington Ontario My first Outdoor troop on a beautiful fall evening. Lots of some smiles and high fives from kids and parents. Found this poor guy floating in the water and tried to give him a hand Leave it those darned Jolly Roger Squadron folks to be pulling pranks.

#5 Port Richmond, Phila - Neighborhood Trunk or Treat Event 2022/10/22

Got my magnets today, and I started installing inner cover strips on the biceps and forearms: I have also just ordered extended forearms from Walt, as I believe I’ll need them. I’m gonna be using 18mm strips on the forearms and the front of the biceps, and 20mm strips on the back of the biceps. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

—UPDATE— I just received this notification yesterday: Yup! Denuo Novo is living up to its word thus far. I’ll post pics on BBB day

Thank you so much for this absolute honor! I'd also like to thank my photographer Henrik @TK-7959, and thanks to my "stylist " Daniel @TheSwede for making sure I looked great!

I want to have a pack mounted E-11, but don't want to use any of the ones in my armory (of which there are three)... so I took an unloved Rubies blaster and painted it up. I didn't manage to take any in progress photos. Sorry about that. They start out looking like this. The thing weighs about 5 oz, so it fits the weight requirement for me. I don't have a Rebels E-11 in my collection yet, so it's not a duplicate for me. And if it gets destroyed on the side of my pack... I can just get another. Perfection! This is mine after paint and weathering. I sanded the seams and filled the holes (visible on the other side). I also put a screw in the side of the grip. No other mods. The grip got a coating of gloss clear while the rest is painted in matte. The ejection port is done with brushed metal foil, which the phone totally blew out. It looks a bit nicer than the bright blob in this pic. I weathered it a bit heavier than my usual taste so that the details would be noticeable from 10 feet away. I gave the front of the scope a small epoxy covered black dot to let it catch some light and look better than a piece of hollow plastic. And the back got a counter sticker and a printed holofoil scope decal - also better than hollow plastic. Not that these will really be visible on my pack... Just needs some velcro strap tape (on the way from amazon) and it'll be mounted up. I also added a couple latches to the side of my radio box to allow easier access than removing the 4 corner screws. The factory radio corner screws got removed and I glued (JB Welded) matching screw heads in their place. Now all of the boxes have the same mounting hardware, which satisfies my OCD. Gotta say, the latch details on the sides also make me happy. They look quite period correct for a 70s vintage piece of Star Wars tech.

Just gonna add some advice/observations out from someone who has done this The tolerance for the black sections is tiny. When I was trying to refit my teeth/tears it was a nightmare. I had to sand back everything to the base plastic. That was after this happened though This meant buying a whole new lid just to get that piece. The top tabs can be removed/sanded off as it stays in place without needing them. I managed to get the black sections back on but probably could have sanded the paint back more to get a much closer fit. There are some very small gaps on mine, but I’d have to point them out for you to notice. I ditched the black inserts on the cheeks and used some 1.5mm styrene cut to shape and then added vinyl on top. The black section running around the bottom is not uniform in height. If you have a template then you’ll be in a good place I used a straight strip on black vinyl and then had to pull it quite tight near the front to stop it overlapping. Overall I feel it’s a budget friendly way of getting a TLJ specific lid, it’s just a bit scary along the way. Denuo Novo lid is three times as much and doesn’t seem to have the right clip.