Adianu

Hooray, thank you! And I’m super relieved to see that I had almost all of the recommended Centurion updates in my plans already. Nothing too scary. I have my first TK troop next weekend, I will see which of these I can get done in time for that vs right after! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

side rivets: Han snap:

Appreciate the super fast response! I don't know how I missed that the TD screws should be painted black Here we go: And man, my belt loves its heat bath curve! Held it down to get a better shot here: Thanks in advance for any additional comments!

Name: Sherry Thaxton TKID: 22725 Forum name: Adianu Garrison: Star Mandatory Information Armor = Walt's Trooper Factory Helmet= Walt's Trooper Factory (90% scale) Blaster= Hellhound Props 501st Membership Link Optional Height = 5'2" Weight = opting out on this one Boots = Self-painted Chelsea boots from Amazon Canvas belt = Self-made Hand Plates = JustJoseph Neck Seal = GeekyPink Holster = Self-made Full Body Front Back Left side (arms raised) and Left side detail Right side (arms raised) and 6. Right side detail Action shot Armor Details Abdomen button plates (close-up) Cod and posterior plate connections showing rivet/snaps (exterior) Interior strapping Wrist openings (close-up) Bonus details- Centurion prep Posterior plate/kidney connection Sniper knee plate (left and right sides) Knee ammo pack Helmet Details Front Left side Right side Rear Back-lit showing lens color Close-up of Hovi tips Bonus details- Centurion prep S-trim (side view) ear screw close-ups Vocoder Accessories Neck seal TD front and rear showing screw type Holster attachment ABS/canvas belt (rear) Boots (showing tops and sides) Rubber gloves Bonus details- Centurion prep Hand guards showing flexibility Blaster Details Left side Right side Rear showing D-ring I was spotty in updating it, but here is my build thread: https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/46112-adianus-wtf-shorty-build/ I had help from a lot of TK's along the way, but especially want to thank Josh (https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/profile/32069-alotmorestuff/) from our South Texas Squad for answering countless questions, checking progress pictures, and helping me at armor parties! I appreciate feedback from everyone! I did build this intending to go for Centurion, so beyond EIB feedback appreciated as well.

Finally approved! If I have the energy and find any useful in-progress pictures to go back and add I'll do so. For now, using this to remind myself how to post pics in the forums so I can put in my EIB app

Requesting update to Stormtrooper status https://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=27548

Well, it's been awhile... I got unmotivated as quarantine/lack of trooping/lack of armor parties dragged on. I've made some progress in torso strapping and thigh fitting. I also finished the helmet (4th time was the charm on my ears, and I got to learn how to nicely fill in an extraneous drill hole on the face). It's time to get this thing finished! I did sew my belt, and funnily enough worked on that a bit more today. (I ended up using the elastic as advised- it's not yet assembled enough to test out with my blaster [which arrived, woot!] but so far so good!) When I got the torso pieced together and put the belt on, it turns out I had made the belt too long. Today I trimmed it down and repositioned Velcro. Before I started to assemble the belt I decided to pull out the plastic and check against notes, and... it appears that Past Me got a bit overzealous on my trimming. I took it down pretty close to the boxes on the top and bottom edges (looks like 1-3 mm along most of it, and a couple of uneven places that will need to be smoothed out and thus probably going to the closer side of things). I see that the CRL doesn't give a specific distance to the edge, but the Billogram says 3-5 mm. I am going for Centurion. Do I need to scrap this belt piece and get a new one before I go to all the trouble of putting it together and then having to disassemble it? Overall view of the belt Not a lot of space to the edge here..... Wonkiness that I'll need to even out.... Thoughts?

Another person chiming in who is out $370 and no communication. I paid in June. I’m a patient person and don’t mind (too much) about the wait, but I’m afraid I’ll never see my money or the E11. And I’m now past the deadline for PayPal intervention and possibly credit card chargeback. Ugh. All he has to do is respond and say “So sorry, I’ll get to it in (x) months”. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@firebladejedi I do have a couple of questions. From looking at my friend’s belt, it seems to be pretty simple: - Finished width 3”, folded lengthwise with raw edges folded under - 2 rows of top stitch along length, top and bottom - 2 1.5” wide strips of Velcro, 7” long, sewn on each end - some sort of plastic reinforcement throughout length except for under velcro So my questions: - Am I missing anything or is it really just a rectangular tube with plastic sewn inside? - Do the details like top stitching or folding over ends for seams matter? Am I ok to serge, flip inside out and press/topstitch? - Biggest question is reinforcement. I have lots of spare ABS, but it’s really sturdy. It heat bends nicely but I can’t see having it go the whole length of the belt without causing issues. Is it workable to reinforce key sections, like anywhere I’ll be placing rivets and snaps, and of course where the holster attaches? My thought is those pieces of ABS would be held in place by the hardware.... but I’m a little concerned about sag at the borders of those reinforcing pieces.

Awesome, thanks! I have borrowed a finished belt from a friend and am going to attempt to reverse engineer from it.... I will post pics and questions here as I study it.

I’ve ordered new ears because I ended up over trimming.... oops. I have been working on limb assembly but decided I should get my torso mostly done so that I can see how it interacts with thigh sizing, which will also impact shins. Snap plates are mostly in place and I’ve done my research on split river and Han snap placement. But I went to review the belt tutorial I had bookmarked, and I don’t see it there anymore! Does anyone know if this moved, or if there’s another tutorial for making the canvas belt? It should link to a tutorial by firebladejedi. Thanks in advance!

Set aside my ears for a bit to work on assembling limbs. I've got biceps done, and inner strips on the front for all other limb pieces while I fiddle with sizing. Shins. These are definitely too long for me, but I've struggled to find guidance on exactly where they should hit. In these pics I tied an elastic band at the top of my knee cap... You can see that the top of the shin mostly covers my knee cap, making walking pretty difficult. My plan was to trim off the bottom end, keeping it's curvature, until these sit with the top just below my knee cap. Does that sound right? (struggling with photos right now, will try to add in another reply)

Thank you for the input! I will definitely keep in mind the belt placement as well as return edges on the kidney. And I’m realizing my pants logo is quite visible.... so I’ll see if I can attack it with a hot iron or get new pants. Ears. Please give inputs on fixing these vs starting over. I have an uncut left ear and a differently cut right ear and I’m not afraid to order new ones from Walt! And please note that I have a 90% helmet and I am NOT convinced the ears are similarly scaled. Up first, right ear. This is the one that I thought gave me more grief. And I kept working when I was really tired and flubbed a drill attempt and left a divot. So now I think it may sit ok but I don’t know if the divot is worth fixing. ABS paste and sand, or start afresh? Front view: Back view: And then the left ear, which I went in thinking was OK and I’m now doubting. I have not yet placed the bottom screw bc I lost the nut and had to make a trip to Ace, so it’s just held in place for these pics. Back view. Do I need to take a little material off where it is hitting at the bend? Front view. Perhaps this would also be helped by trimming a bit in the back? Inputs are greatly appreciated! And raise a glass to my long suffering husband, we are out celebrating our anniversary and I’m literally on my iPad at the bar posting pics of my ears (Hey, I put up with his JRS merch he can tolerate a little OCD TK).

These are great, thank you! *goes to check forearm and bicep return edges before measuring circumference*