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The notch out on RS armor is 20 mm across the top and around 27 mm on the vertical.

I have always done all cutting and fitting prior to painting. It is much easier to paint the armor with the halves apart. Glue your cover strips to one half of your biceps, forearms, shins, and thighs. Mask off all other gluing surfaces. Paint the armor then assemble. Make sure if you ante priming the parts to have patience and let the primer completely cure. I am talking like 7 days. This will assure that the primer is bonded to the plastic and won't lift when your top coat is applied. Make sure you have enough paint and do all your top coating at the same time. 15 min between coats

These little details are what makes a good set of armor great. There are a lot of things that are already required that we don't see; drop box backs, bottom left side rivet, white strap under shoulder bridges.....but they are still required. This will be no different and will be a FAR easier mod than fixing a bad hole with ABS paste. But people still get it done. I don't have the time to copy everyone's quotes, but aside from TM and RS ( even RS can be improved) all armors sold here can be improved to be more accurate. God forbid someone should make a change in their armor molds to be more accurate or make assembly easier. Too much emotion here for something this trivial. MOVE ALONG!

The "white powder" is actually muzzle flash. There are differences between standard blanks and "movie rounds". Regular gun powder contained in standard bullets produces very little muzzle flash. Movie rounds contain extra material to enhance the flash for a more dramatic effect.

http://www.501st.com/databank/Costuming:TK_anh_stunt OK Kids!!! On September 1st, the new EIB requirement of the squared notch at the bottom of the kidney will go into effect. Please take note of the measurements for this notch and its location.(roughly 22 MM in from the seam and 22 MM tall) See the CRL if there is any question regarding this or contact FISD staff.

Me too!!! Pink doesn't look good on me anyway. Except for my thon...........never mind

MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!! ANYWAY!!! YES! We can still have fun. Welcome Diana! Your journey has been a learning experience and an inspiration to many. I will admit that I had my doubts. Knowing the RS suit as well as I do and knowing how much you were going to trim off had me growing gray hairs. But you did it and now here you are! Thank you for your Centurion application. Let's look at your armor!!! CRL and Centurion Application Requirements: All required submission photos have been posted. With all the adjustments and changes you have made, your armor now meets all the standards required for Centurion. Congratulations and Welcome!!! Especially with Centurion, the little details make the difference: new side rivet locations, adjusted kidney plate, proper cod rivet, proper length on cover strip on lower right thigh, and corrected frown paint (no paint between teeth) brought this to the next level. Nice work! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: This is the section where myself and your fellow troopers provide further suggestion to improve your armor even more. These are suggestions that do not affect your application. I applaud anyone who ventures out of their comfort zone into the zone of hand painting their details. I know you enjoyed this, Diana. Sometime in the future when you get the chance, take your gray paint and thin out the black outlines especially on your right side of the helmet. on the originals, these outlines were pinstripes at best: The paint on your right side could have these outlines reduced just a bit. While we are on the subject of your helmet, I would give those ear screws on your left side a few extra turns. This will probably cinch that ear a little more snug. Steve had brought this up regarding the clips on your thermal detonator. I agree that they should be pretty much touching the control panel.These can easily be moved as the clips will hide the old holes. The only other thing I would adjust is the enthusiastic gold color on your blaster's scope. A little acrylic paint and it's done! Way to go, young lady! You join a small yet elite group of lady Centurions! Congratulations again!!!!

Who is thus "guy"?

MTK has made improvements in certain parts of the armor to make his kits more accurate. Greatquality, great customer service.....the whole package.

Working on mine as well!!!

I wanted to let everyone know about the delayed response time to Diana's application. There was an issue with her armor that we discussed and Diana made the decision that she wanted to correct it before the final review. The issue was with her left side rivets. In a perfect world, EVERYONE'S kidney and ab tops would align perfectly. Although the alignment is a bit off, It was determined that the rivet placements did not coincide with the kidney and ab if the parts DID line up. Diana is currently installing new rivet locations on her kidney so that the hardware is properly aligned on both the ab and kidney. A++++ for effort , young lady!!!!

Make sure you extend the frown a bit from that last tooth dent. It should taper down to a point. Nice work so far!

This looks great! In my opinion, some areas look a little enthusiastic regarding the weathering. If I were to tone anything down a bit, it would be the gold on the counter. By the way, the magazine is designed to go into the mag well just a little bit further. It should go in all the way to the pointed edges on the front and the points on the rear clip. Also, the nuts on the power cylinders are HUGE. Great build, though. It's nice to see such careful work go into another doopydoos build.

I would balance off the weathering by scuffing the blue, too. Looks awesome!! Great detail!

+1

The only hope you might have is to do an Ebay search. No one here deals with FX armor past or present.

This is awesome so far. Well done on the helmet! I would go back and check the paint on the back traps. The vent lines are a little generous.

Is it really that bad??

Which helmet? If you're asking about the one on the right, it's an outdated FX helmet. Not even worth wondering about.

BOW TO THE COD!!!

If they are ESB

I wanna see the video when someone didn't understand what you said and goes down to hear you more clearly. I just said that didn't I?

http://trooperbay.com/te-derived-esb-stormtrooper-helmet-decals/Seek out trooperbay. He will have the correct decals for an ESB helmet

These people count on their customers not to be able to recognize the difference. As Mathias said, ANYBODY posting different pictures of the same product they are trying to sell is a scammer and a liar.

Knowledge is power. You, Diana, actually have more knowledge now than the average trooper having to custom fit the armor to YOUR frame is something that just isn;t done too often. Thank goodness you have gone a few pages without mentioning your.......cr......never mind. I will go blush in private now.