TheSwede

Congrats on BBB-day I´m hoping to have one of my one today As for the ears, the outline you made seem to be fine and there is no "set thickness" so it`s pretty much up to you however the general consensus is that you keep them thinner rather than thicker, here`s a screen-shot for reference - good luck with your build

Sorry to "butt in" but it`s so others can see and get inspiration for their strapping (unless the FOTK EIB is different) - great build and good luck

Regarding the brackets, the nuts have a tendency to come loose and I didn`t want to risk that happening during a troop so I glued mine, should have said that.

It`s not for 501st approval but EIB and Centurion it is. I use brackets and that works great and it`s screen-accurate (love that) however you can`t take the torso apart, for that snaps work great I used a knife and tin-snips but I hear the lexan works like a charm so might be worth the trip Best of luck on your build - here`s to becoming a Stormtrooper

Sounds like a plan - best of luck on your weekend goals

Who haven't seen the YouTube videos awesome work Sir congratulations

Cool solution on the lenses, never seen it before

Looking good Rob There are some broken images from my end too, might want to check that, however hight and weight is optional to include - best of luck

Beautiful suits

You are correct started out as a Shadowtrooper Well...perhaps there still is a few of us clones out there

This came in the mail today! The Nordic Garrisons first own racing shirt! That`s worth a dance I think so here goesStill gonna get the FISD one of course but this is my first one and for you eagle-eyed troppers out there it`s not a typo (if you don`t see it well...nevermind) I´m also a bit puffy-eyed so time to go to sleep The little beenie also arrived in the package, it has the Garrison logo and although hardly visible in the pic "bad guys doing good" in the back. I´m really happy with both so I should look the part but oh well

Congratulations

Looks great Good luck on approval

If it was then I would be in trouble And...the kidney/ab piece are supposed to "butt up" against each other (see photo) there can be a gap (basic "anything goes" EIB no more than 1/2" and Centurion no gap) but overlap is not allowed so either try to realign and see if that helps or some cutting is needed. It looks like your buttpiece sits where it`s supposed to so I woulden`t lower it...so...in my opinion cutting is the best move and there are some alternatives, now I´m no expert in the matter since I didn`t have to cut my back pieces but it`s about proportion so it might be neccessary to cut a little from each piece...from the your pic it looks like there`s a decent amount that needs to go and I don`t think it will look good just cutting the kidney....check out this thread, if you haven`t already...Cricket is the Queen of resizeing armor and I´m sure she will gladly help if you have questions Keep powering on Alica, you got this!

Congrats! See you soon

What Randy said

You got this Stefan! Looks like you used E6000 right? Then it`s an easy fix to remove the inner strip in the back, resize, cut and glue Disclaimer: I never use E6000, only zap-a-gap and plastic weld so my advise is based on what others have stated regarding E6000

Perhaps taper it some more (tape it up and check again). Yeah, I dont see it, cover strips are supposed to end at the raised edge (thighs /front and back, shins/back) if that was your concern - all looks good. Only comfort and in my opinion you should try to avoid it, doesn`t look good (just my opinion) even though they did it in the Movie on some suits and it`s still Centurion approvable. So it`s up to you. In the Words of Vader: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....did you remove all the return edge from top of thighs? If so I would only cut from the top seeing as you don`t need to recreate the return (unless you want to) BUT not before I really really have to!! These things don`t provide great mobility or comfort (if you want it to look the best in my opinion). I write "in my opinion" alot but that`s just to point out that it`s just a suggestion and not something you`ll have to do for approval. This look is what my suggestions are based on: except the "malfunction" of twisted sniper knees this is how I think it should look and how I tried to do it, with minimal black showing. At 202 Lbs I´m bigger then the "ideal" size so one have to work with what one got and to ones liking ( I reached Centurion without issues so I think I did good "patting my own back")

I don`see the difference? But no worries, I don`t think you are a very impolite person

Have you got strapping for your thighs? First get them as high as you want them...the higher the better in my opinion (just my opinion) and see how that works and then tackle the shins and see how they work together, from the looks of it you should do just fine I noticed that there`s less "knee-gap" on the right leg but since the left looks spot on it shouldn`t be to difficult to fix

Looks fine to cut like that I would however advise you not to cut intill you finished and then do "trial runs" to see if it`s really necessary, as you said you won`t be playing football in it And don`t get me wrong there`s nothing wrong in cutting like you suggest, they did in the Movie så all good there to...It`s just personal preference on my part, I like to keep the black showing to a minimal and not that bothered about mobility as long as I can walk and not looking lika a penguin Here`s a short video of me Walking, I know really exciting but perhaps it can give you an idea of what to expect I`m 5.10 by the way and didn`t trim any lenght-wise.

I´m no shim-expert but my advise is to keep the seem slightly off-center towards the ab-section, pics are from my Centurion-app for reference. I didn`t need to shim so I guess that`s were the seem is supposed to be As for return edge - there`s no requriment for it but if you can pull it of then in my opinion I think you should go for it.

Great work

This is what I use https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lunatic-Premium-Helmet-Bag-Soft-Pile-Lining-Black/292009149888?hash=item43fd1a05c0:g:15UAAOSw-0xYh6DE