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You've come to the right place. Back in April I knew nothing about a TK but I went from a box of plastic to centurion in a few months so it definitely can be done. That All In One guide posted above was my go to. Once all the armor was organized I just researched part by part and referenced some builds to figure out what to do. If you end up going with the pre built RS I can say that they are a good kit. I liked building my own both for the knowledge and also I could fit it to my body perfectly. Also i went with ANH Stunt purely because that's how I envision a TK when I think of one. The ESB is great too i'm just partial to the grey frown over black but that's just me

501st Troop: 43 FISD Troop: 13 Event: New York Comic Con 2024 (Day 2) Location: Javits Center, Manhattan NY Date: 10/18/24 Shiny but not chrome

501st Troop: 42 FISD Troop: 12 Event: New York Comic Con 2024 (Day 1) Location: Javits Center, Manhattan NY Date: 10/17/24

Congrats! I hope you enjoy the journey to EIB/Centurion. I certainly did. Can't wait to see your next steps forward

Looking forward to your build post. There is a wealth of knowledge here on how to help. The good news with all the SDS modifications is that you'll become very knowledgeable about the look of a TK after all the adjustments are made

For the gaps in the back I used white Sugru. It got me through my EIB approval

From what I've seen RS Props do a great job. One thing though is that they work hard for "movie accuracy" which is great but that means the strapping is a bit dated. Here's a good reference on where to put snaps and straps: Once approved or if you need pre approval (not required) I hope you can post here so we can take a look: https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/193-request-tk-pre-approval/ Hope you enjoy once RS delivers. In the meantime there's a wealth of knowledge here on everything stormtrooper

Welcome! Great Bo-Katan too. I think your armor building skills would be amazing for a Phasma. As others have said we'd love to see a build thread here https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/197-captain-phasma-build-threads/

Congrats for your Trooper of the Month on that troop!

I had the same problem. I ended up cutting the tips off and drilling two new holes. It didn't take as long as I expected and now the "donut" faces outward instead of upward Before: After:

Great job congrats!!!

I felt the same way with my return edge on the forearms. I like a return edge for the "fullness" look and it hurt removing it all on the wrists but now that I've done it I can't really tell a difference in pictures

I'm not near Kansas but welcome. Assuming you're building a stunt ANH stormtrooper you can create a build thread here: https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/80-anh-build-threads/ Also this All in One Guide is my favorite resource: https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/49412-all-in-one-tk-anh-stunt-index-of-resources-by-maskedvengeance/

Hospital troops are the best

501st Troop: 41 FISD Troop: 11 Event: Trinity Half Way to St. Baldrick's in Floral Park Location: Trinity Restaurant 190 Jericho Turnpike Floral Park, New York Date: 9/14/24 Got to dance along to some Irish jigs with the tapdancers

Some military out there is clearly stealing designs from your standard issue E-11. Must be the rebels. Cool troop love the planes

Woah Simon Pegg! He's in some of my favorite movies. I'm glad he's come around in recent years and realized the Prequels aren't so bad

Nice work. As far as the calves I spent a ton of time too shaping them only to realize that industrial strength velcro hold them together properly once they're on your legs and attached together. So I'd take a break and see how they work once put on before worrying too much more. You can always tweak them more later. As far as the posterior armor flaring I hope you see this in time because that's actually normal and you don't need to do any shaping. So let me save you some time and check out this post I recently made: Basically all you have to do is put metal (like me) or plastic V tabs in your armor and it will easily stop the flaring. This took me about 15 min to do vs potentially hours of shaping Lastly your back armor should hopefully be able to drop down quite a bit once you have it connected to your chest. By the time you give yourself some extra shoulder strap slack and let the elastic rest on your shoulders I think your back armor will drop way down

Congrats! Nice job getting the armor to fit. Hope to see some troop pics. Feel free to make a log of them here https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/13-field-training-exercises/

Huge congrats! That's such a great kit you made and it looks amazing

For my WTF kit, the center of the Ab Plate and the Ab Armor "stripe" is centered. This made the belt placement easy for centering. However I've noticed that other armor kits such as RS have the Ab Plate and Strip off centered. In those cases where is the best placement of the center of the belt? Here's mine (left) vs RS (right) Here are some movie and reference pics I feel like there are different placement examples depending on which reference shot you're looking at. Sometimes the belt is aligned in the center of the Ab Plate. Other times it's centered under the ribs of the plate. And furthermore sometimes it's aligned down the middle of the armor. Anyway just wondering if there is a consensus on the best practice of where to place the belt depending on the armor maker Should you try to align the center of the belt so that it goes down the center of the Ab Plate or under the ribbed area so that it's closer aligned down the middle of the Ab Plate raised edge? I never had to guess because my WTF kit appears to be a more straight shot

Looks like you're well on your way. I recently built my first Walt kit. I think we're similar sizes. I'm more than happy to share any fitting suggestions where needed

That's so exciting!!! We all know the feeling well. You should be very proud of what you built. I'm not too far in the NYC Empire City Garrison. Maybe there will be some troops together. If you happen to be at New York Comic Con in a week or two we'd love to meet you!

I agree. The details aren't very crisp. It overall just looks...off to me. I feel like the eyes are too far apart

People may disagree here but outside the forearm wrist areas I personally tried to keep around 1/8" or so of a return edge around most of the armor. I find it gives a nice "fullness" effect. While it's not wrong to remove more return edge each movie TK was different and there are definitely examples of TKs with more return edges. Here's how much I had as you can see on the forearm on the left side