SlyFox740

Steel is WAY too heavy for trooping! trust me, the thought is cool and all but holding it up for hours on end is pure torture! Plus if you want steel, just get a real deactivated sterling with a real scope and real counter, a set of fieldmarshall's steel power cylinders and you'll have a tank of a blaster! The real thing will always be the golden standard but the purpose of this project is to bring the community something it's never had readily available before: A lightweight metal Sterling replica made almost entirely of aluminum, and not just an aluminum Sterling replica, but also an aluminum Scope replica, as well as other parts being replicated in metal like the counter and power cylinders. An All Metal Blaster that is light enough to actually troop with, trust me I have an all steel blaster with real parts and its extremely heavy! I can push myself to stand for quite a while holding it because "I'm a trooper" but it DEFINITELY affects my comfort and in turn my overall stamina.

Exactly! I really hate to be nitpicking but this is whitearmor.net after all. We all want it to come out as accurate as possible. It's a good thing that you appreciate the input. Much better to get it right prior to molding! Though I have faith in you, your FOTK kits were like spot on!

Jim, did you see the post above that one about the back plate? http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/41169-jimmiroquai-rogue-one-tk-builds/?p=552832

Jim, as always your sculpts are amazing! I just wanted to show you some comparison shots next to images from the Rogue One Visual Guide. ------- As you can see from this side angle the horizontal ribs next to the ab buttons are actually quite deep and shaped like a heat sink. ---- http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/HToBKh.jpg

I agree with Reese the "O & II" are on a risen step, and the "II" share the same step similar to Original Trilogy TKs. Here is a photo of screen used armor from Rogue One taken at Star Wars Celebration. http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o539/Ian_Reach/SWCE%20-%20RO%20-%20Stormtrooper/20160715_141048_zps9pvq0gre.jpg

For all those interested, our friend Jim (Jimmiriquoi) is now officially working on producing his R1TK Armor. The same guy that did the amazing sculpts of the First Order Stormtrooper, and the new Rogue One Shoretrooper, Tanktrooper and Deathtrooper You can see Jim's original post here: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/41169-jimmiroquai-rogue-one-tk-builds/

WOW! Jim you will be the first one to produce the new R1TK armor. Are those "bucks" to be vaccuformed in ABS or will the R1TK armor be made of the same flexible fiberglass as your Deathtrooper armor?

Okay guys, Big news on the R1TK front, I literally just found out about this myself. Our friend Jim (Jimmiriquoi) the same guy who made amazing sculpts of the First Order Stormtrooper, Shoretrooper, Tanktrooper, and Deathtrooper is now officially working on producing his Rogue One Stormtrooper Armor, funny how the standard stormtrooper armor availability has come last. Probably because all the excitement over all the other new costumes Rogue One brought us, but as they say "Save The Best For Last". This is whitearmor after all, and if anyone is going to produce accurate R1TK armor, the FSID will be the first ones to do it. Check out Jim's original post here; http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/41169-jimmiroquai-rogue-one-tk-builds/

Karin has since retired from making her legendary hand guards, but she sold her molds and now these hand guards are available again from Imperial Supply Depot: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/41111-imperial-supply-depot/

Karin has since retired and no longer makes her legendary latex and silicone hand guards, but when she announced her retirement she also announced that she was selling her molds. The void that was left in the community has been filled as I can now confirm that Imperial Supply Depot is currently the new owner of her original molds. The legendary hand guards are still available here: https://www.facebook.com/Imperialsupplydepot/ ---- Glossy White Silicone hand guards from Imperial Supply Depot (X-Sonnenschein) ------ Latex hand guards from Imperial Supply Depot (X-Sonnenschein) ---------- Here is a picture of Karin's original molds.

These kits truly will be a game changer. As I said before Resin and Rubber will be a thing of the past and Aluminum will be the way of the future. Even plastic is better than resin or rubber in my opinion, hard black plastic that is. But these Aluminum kits from Chris will be top of the line for trooping or even a nice display piece if you ask me, way lighter than steel and much better for costuming purposes!

I didn't really keep track while making mine but I probably spent somewhere around $250 - $300 putting it all together. That's including shipping which does make it cost considerably more to build but unless you live near a place like Coleman's military surplus the shipping costs can't be avoided. And there are other obscure items like iDyePoly, CAM buckles, Antique brass slider buckles, 25mm Cotton OD Green webbing, ect. Some of these item's can also be next to impossible to find locally, not to mention the Hook Greeblie which is a VERY obscure found part.

The screen used one is long out of production now. It's really just a section of black fishing rod, anything similar will do. The best deal will probably be found locally, look for clearance products or perhaps even local used adds.

Yes the capacitor replicas look incredibly realistic, I worked closely with Chris to perfect the profile. They are directly derived from my real vintage metalmite capacitors.

Are you still planning on making Deathtrooper Armor?

I've noticed the Anovos back plate also has a somewhat "chiseled" appearance, actually the entire kit is like this due to the sharp pulls Anovos sells. Though I feel the AM 2.0 or FX back plate has much more of a Rogue One appearance due to the idealized symmetry of the fan sculpt vs. the original asymmetrical sculpt of the Anovos. Here's the FX back plate again just for reference.

In addition to the FX back plate I think the AM 2.0 back plate could work really well as a base for modification to a R1 TK as well The pulls are nice and sharp which gives the corners and edges the required definition. Also the sculpt is idealized and symmetrical like that of the R1 armor. It will need to be modified to have the top vent slit and other details.

Oh I don't believe these were any kind of "decision making" discussions. If you follow the link it's just forum talk on the subject, some forum admins and other staff get involved. For the most part everyone agrees on the topic, except for a few greedy sandtroopers who want every type of pack that exists all for themselves. But it's clearly evident at this point that these packs are issued to standard stormtroopers assigned to "Crystal Patrol Duty" both in the film and as stated in the visual guide, the packs were displayed on shiny stormtroopers at Star Wars Celebration, and alike there is also stormtrooper action figures for them, not sandtroopers. I don't see how anyone can complain, both FISD and MEPD are each getting new packs, I feel it's fair and it's very exciting for both detachments!

Yes there are two different backpacks, and yes this has been discussed at length both here on FSID and on MEPD, It has been determined that the Crystal Patrol Duty is in fact used by "Standard Stormtroopers" while the other pack in the film has been positively identified as a "Sandtrooper Type 4 Field Pack" from the Rogue One Visual Guide. I have posted some links below, command staff gets involved in some of these discussions and they agree; Here's a post from earlier in this thread: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/38187-rogue-one-stormtrooper-crl/?p=535685 Here's a post about the two separate packs in our build thread: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/39073-celebration-europe-2016-rogue-one-stormtrooper-back-pack-build/?p=535076 Here's another thread about it from MEPD: http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?/topic/14846-rogue-one-jehda-patrols-are-sandtroopers/&do=findComment&comment=188212

Yes I believe that is the scene, there may even be more than one. Anyways here's a behind the scenes video where you can spot several troopers rehearsing without buckets and they are wearing balaclavas. scroll to 3:38 there's one in the back left, scroll to 8:28 there's a few with and a few without.

It also appears that some of the troopers wore balaclavas and some did not, there is an action sequence in the film where you can actually clearly see a trooper's chin and jaw up inside his bucket, but as you can see some troopers actually did wear them on set.

I found some decent references for the neck seal; From the "Star Wars ROGUE ONE Ultimate Visual Guide" on one of the last pages in a photo taken of the troopers from "Behind The Scenes" A good closeup from the side, I count 11 ribs total. The Closure at the back. The bib part of the neckseal looks to be made of the same ribbed fabric as the rest of the bodysuit. Here's a closer look, at the back you can see the fabric from the bib part of the neck seal sticking out.

I would love to help write the CRL for the Crystal Patrol Pack optional accessory, I could also supply good photos of my completed pack using all original parts for the CRL when it goes live. Here are some comparison shots of my pack next to the screen used one displayed at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016. The top photo of me was actually taken by a Disney photographer and posted on their facebook webpage, I was trooping the Canadian VIP Premiere of Rogue One in downtown Toronto at the Scotiabank Theater on December 14th, 2016.

I agree with Chris. Let's face it, If we would have seen OT TKs in Rogue One it just would not have held up to current standards in terms of High-Definition Detail or Action Sequences. Believe it or not Disney actually wants to get a new generation of kids into Star Wars, not that they don't care about the original fans but it's important to keep the fan base growing, and to keep future generations interested. I welcome the new design and i feel it's an awesome take on a classic design. Like the tube stripes are now actual vent slits cut through the surface; BRILLIANT! I'm fairly certain the costume designer originally intended the tube stripes to look like vents of some kind in the first place. In fact they're listed as such in many official Lucasfilm licensed books. Like Chris said, if they could of had these back in '76 they would have. I realize purists are thinking "but that's not what ended up on screen back in 1977" and I understand that, but this is science fiction after all. It's Star Wars-lore and it's now part of the galaxy, I like idealized troopers because that's how I remember seeing them as a kid. It wasn't until I was older and wiser and with the advent of the internet and Hi-Def and all that we started learning just how imperfect our favorite plastic space men really were. But even most troopers in the 501st are more idealists than purists and prefer to present their TK's as most people would imagine what a stormtrooper would look like in person; shiny, smooth, clean, white armor. Not bumpy textured, cracked, off-white armor with paint chipping off the hands and feet... and armor Lol

You made a great choice going with AP, I Love mine! you won't be disappointed. I have a build thread going for my AP kit, I haven't updated with the most recent progress I've made but I will soon. Check it out, hope it helps; http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/35049-slyfoxs-anh-stunt-build-ap/ -Henry