The5thHorseman

Great to hear that! It is in my opinion the best stormtrooper armor available, great choice.

Well, to be clear, i don't see any reason to grandfather a level 2 or 3 to an armor that doesn't meet the requirements only because the person built it ahead of everyone else. Being wrong before anyone else doesn't make you right either.

Absolutely gorgeous! You are an artist. Do you plan to glue the hengstler or to go hengstler"less"?

You're talking about Level 2 and 3 of approval while we don't even know if there will be a second Tiers, not even talking about a third, for this armor... Once again, if you want your armor to meet all the possible Tiers to be plausibly created, do research about the originals, mimic it and you should be fine.

You can find him on this board by the name of "troopermaster". Just use the search engine to find him. Or you can contact him via Facebook by the same name if his PM box is full.

Yes, i believe that's why this semantic was implemented in the first place. And Stephane, to answer your question, the white Rubber ones are perfectly approvable as long as they're flexible. The painted Latex way is just more accurate.

Looks like you got everything right indeed! The male snap on the right side of your abdominal plate is a bit far from the edge though, because of the extra ABS material you left. Also you may want to shorten the shoulder straps (the onesgoing from the bells to the bridges) so there's not so much gap between the shoulder bells and the chest plate when your arms are at side. I hope it won't leave marks on your undersuit after several troops. With the sweat and the heat, the paint might come off after some time.

There's a guy from the UK Garrison who makes rubber cast blaster. It will be an ANH but by cutting off the hengstler and the power cylinders you should be able to achieve a decent ESB look, and save your arms some troubles : http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/28812-made-a-full-rubber-e11-with-ali-scope-rail/#entry365955

I was about to create this exact same thread! Seems like this is the guy who made the armor "Professionally painted by an auto body shop". This is crazy...!

Everything looks good. Just a little heads-up, your shoulder bells are reversed on your picture:

This is looking great! Keep up the good job.

Here's some more:

Welcome back Lou!

I've done some more digging, but i've only found these two. They're from the Flametrooper but i suspect the boots are the same than for the standard Stormtrooper.

See for yourself:

If you read his Centurion thread completely you will notice that he has dropped down his biceps from his EIB application so they sit more at the right place. He surely has kept the previous snap plate positioning and lengthened the strap, and thus making the snap plate appear to be positioned very far from the biceps top (which surely wasn't the case before).

Nice set of armor. Your helmet handpainting is truly amazing! Well done. Just a thought, something you could do would be to dab some black paint on the fabric strapping you have on your right/hand side to hide it. Also, something i wanted to comment even though i don't think it will matter at all for your application, you have glued the folding stock's hinge joint too far back on your aluminium pipe. It should positioned right behing the handle

It looks great so far!! You seem to be nailing it!

I understand you were pissed off. I too felt like he was really spoiling the whole pictures. The smiley helmet, plus the hair, plus the stickers on both shoulder bells, plus the sling... I thought he was almost trying to provoc people. And once you have noticed him, it's really hard to get it out of your mind. But like you say, Just Plastic Spacemen. I wasn't there and the absents are always wrong, so great job everyone! The FISD pictures are really amazing, and the chosen location for them is really an awesome spot. It was nice to live it vicariously through you all.

Congratulations Marc!

This whole ammo pack thing isn't really relevant guys. On the originals they weren't glued and they tended to shift just like that. Same thing for the belt being perfectly centered or not. I wouldn't worry too much about that. I prefer to see a belt set at the right height but a little offset, rather than too low but centered. And, Pascal, yours is nicely set. Honestly, to me your armor is largely exceeding the EIB requirement so i don't expect too much trouble for that. Congratulations!! (but i would post a clearer shot of the D-ring on your E-11, if my memory serves, this is a EIB requirement). However for Centurion, one of the things i'm questionning about is the front covers stripes on your thighs and shins. They seem to be quite wider than the recommanded 20mm. And on a side note, you are tall, so for your personal confort i think you could try to lower a bit your chest plate so it covers more the abdominal plate. Right now, you're very close to the limit before exposing some black between them. By lowering the chest plate it will avoid that issue and also give you some more room for your neck.

You're right, ideally the end of the butt plate should line up with the notch. However, it won't hinder a Centurion approval if you don't do it.

Picture isn't from Bender. I found it on the net after searching high and low for a clear shot of the sole on the original armors.

I hate to say it but Michael is right... Damn you ANOVOS who mislead us! I hope you'll be able to change the sole François.

Very nice pictures Todd. It's the first ones where we can actually clearly see the sole's pattern. Edit: Not so nice in the end as ANOVOS missed the mark on the boots just like for the gloves.