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That looks pretty good! Don't be afraid of having the top of your head on bare plastic. Rarely if ever will you experience impact. It's not uncomfortable to have the bucket touching your scalp. I sliced up a cheap 3M hardhat for my wife's TIE bucket and got it in there. It works great! But that bucket has soooooo much more room than the TK. You could fit everything in there and still have room for a party.

Absolutely! Thank you for your time and advice

Here is the hardhat suspension just set in. The top pad would sit just at the top of the helmet so my head wouldn't be on bare plastic, it would get a bit of padding. It looks like the gear would give me the front spacing that the padding would do for those that had the padding above the eyes. The trick will be if I can get my head into the suspension then turn it while still having it tight enough to be effective. Only installing it in the helmet will answer that question. The padding on each side probably needs to be replaced or removed too. With my glasses it's just in the way screwing the lid down onto my head with the quarter turn. Again, nothing really difficult here to achieve to drop it down and maximize the comfort. Bart

I wouldn't say I'm worried about the bare plastic. I'll have a small amount of padding. It is disappointing that I won't have room for a party though... This weekend I'm going to remove the padding on the sides and see about adding the headgear. I expect it will take a few tweaks to really get it feeling right on my head. I'm used to a hardhat not an enclosed helmet. I have lots of good ideas here to find what works for me. I wear a hardhat for work for a good portion of the day so I think I already have the grooves in my head for that fit! I am trying really hard to not overthink this part, but even not trying to overthink it is like over thinking it so sort of damned either way! Bart

Hi Gregory! What I would suggest is that even though your armor is already built, you can/should start your own "build" thread (link here). That way, you can ask all the questions you like in one place. Be sure to add all the photos you can.. the more the better! I have a link here which will help. Looking forward to seeing your progress!

Hello There! My name is Greg and I live in the San Fernando Valley ( Los Angeles Area). I am a currently a member of the RL with a couple different Jedi costumes but I have always wanted to be a Stormtrooper. I recently acquired a secondhand set of armor ( TK ANH Stunt) and I am excited to get it adjusted and fitted and hopefully 501st approved someday. I've been diving into this forum a lot lately, learning as much as I can and trying not to feel too overwhelmed by everything haha. I still kinda have a lot of questions though would love an appreciate all the help I can get. Actually if anyone knows of any armor parties in the Los Angeles area in the near future that I could attend that would be awesome too. I look forward to starting a build thread learning all that I can from you all.

Welcome Gregory! Feel free to shoot any and all questions and we'll answer and direct you best we can! Really excited to see the kit!

Hi Greg. Welcome to the FISD. Looking forward to seeing you get your armour ready for approval.

I took the top foam out of the helmet tonight. It was about .75 to 1 inch thick so that is going to drop the helmet quite a bit. Obviously that will be the limit to how much I can drop it. I found after removing the foam I was looking out of the top of the lenses so that is still good for vision. If I moved the helmet forward to approximate where some foam would hold it it was much more comfortable on my neck and nose. So right now these ideas are promising for sure. I am going to see how the hardhat suspension might fit in there. I am just going to use velcro so I have vertical tweaking available and can easily tear it out if need be to try again. Bart

Hi Greg, and welcome to the Darkside.

This is all fantastic. Thank you so much!

Well, in the end, that's up to Bart, but it's definitely best for you to start your own thread. You can start your own build thread over here, share some pictures of your armor and current fitting and get some personal feedback. That would make it easier to keep track of both Bart's and your progress and give both of you individual feedback. That being said, welcome to the FISD -- if you want, you can introduce yourself in the New Member Introductions. Additionally, I can only recommend this thread by MaskedVengeance: There you can find an overview of everything relevant to your TK build/adjustments. Keep asking questions and you'll have a nice set of approved white armor in no time at all, Gregory!

Hello There! First of all , I want to thank you Bart for starting this thread and I want to thank everyone for their feedback and advice on Bart's journey. I recently acquired a secondhand set of ANH Stunt armor made by WTF and this thread in particular has been very informative in helping me understand what I need to do to get the armor to fit me properly. I do still have a lot of questions though and I am wondering if this thread would be a good place to ask them since most of them are related to fitting and adjusting, or of I should start my own new thread as to not hijack Bart's thread? Thanks again to all

By thicker I just mean not the plastic film type. It's not that thick, but no chance of wrinkles and less distortion. I also am trying to have the same overall look as the local TKs that I'll spend the most time with. Keep the group appearance the same. But as with everything, nothing is written in stone just yet. I'm going to remove the padding in the top in the next day or two and start working with the fit first. Bart