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More trimming and stuff Back plate I think I hit the nail pretty good with these so far. Next is just cleaning up the edges Chest plate I didn't do anything with this bottom lip of the chest plate. How much more should I remove if any? I was having trouble finding a definitive answer on what to do in this area when reading through here in the chest plate section. Ab/groin Butt plate Kidney plate Shoulder straps

Some more return edge stuff during a zoom class Forearms Outer Inner Biceps Outer Top Outer lower I wasn't sure if to remove these on top of the other edges I've removed, but I was following the return edge guide. It's a lot to digest, but we're getting somewhere. Biceps Inner upper Inner lower The arms is what I've been told to tackle first.

Doing some return edge trimming and -gasp- tackling an armor piece? Context? I recently assembled two pairs of Clone forearms from ChrisThePropGuy- I don't think I'll post those since they're not TK related. BUT, it's the fact that I assembled two sets of forearms without a second thought. Now onto my TK, I think? Currently diving back in by getting rid of return edges on one of my forearms. I'm positive a little bit more needs to go, but would love to get some more eyes on it before I start trying to resize this forearm because the default sizing feels a little long for my 5ft 5inch frame. This could be the year I actually bust this thing out.

Removing print lines from my props and costume pieces is a cake walk. The aluminum rail part is a whole new thing to me- I currentlyhave zero experience with working with aluminum

Just ordered from there a few minutes ago. ANH Stunt is what I'm going for and had to re-read that CRL again. Sweet, no bubble lenses for me!

Been in the process of printing the E-11 I'm still have to print a few the pieces that need to be printed, and will probably be reprinting the barrel because the front sight bit broke off. Files are Sergey Kolesnik's and are also on Galactic Armory's web store since they're doing a pretty neat collaboration.

The next questions i have is related to the hand guards being flexible and bubble lenses for that Lvl 3 certification. I'm currently lookin around with google and these seemed promising. They're on Trooperbay's Etsy. He is who I purchased the gloves from too. Flexible hand guards https://www.etsy.com/listing/493336824/stormtrooper-shadowtrooper-flexible-hand?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=stormtrooper+hand+guards&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&organic_search_click=1 Bubble lenses, which also have a dark green color option https://www.etsy.com/listing/1354624918/dark-smoke-grey-or-green-bubble-lenses?click_key=ae89c843436573c62b9d9f0e39cab25095910999%3A1354624918&click_sum=edd7a03c&ga_search_query=bubble&ref=shop_items_search_1&variation0=3098160573

Super helpful, I will look into these

A question that's about a whole year later. I've done minimal stuff on my TK because trimming parts is weirdly nerve-racking. It's all just staring at my menacingly! I do have a question. I'm re-reading the ANH Stunt TK CRL like crazy, I have the correct(?) rubber/latex gloves for that level 3 level approval- the issue is the first time I tried them on, I had a reaction to them, a stinging sensation a bit after I took the gloves off. If I can't commit to those gloves, does that essentially bar me from the Lvl 3 approval?

I have no idea what I'm doing! So I'll start off by the first post here as a photo dump of my kit from Walt's Trooper Factory. I've done some trimming on a good chunk of the armor + all of the soft parts on hand. The ANH E-11 holster more or less commits me to an ANH build. Feel free to guide or correct me in my forum-ing. I've been conditioned to MMCC threading. I'm now learning how to use these forums like a normal person now. Praying that the imgur link format for forums is consistent here. I've had these parts on hand since like the summer of 2017? I've been too scared of messing something up and being basically stuck and probably being locked on the off chance of making a critical error in trimming and sizing.

Thank you! I'm really excited to be here! I haven't really made my way into "tutorials" or the "getting started" forums just yet actually. Forums are something I'm just barely starting to use! So it's a little overwhelming to navigate everything right now (i did not grow up using forums at all). But I'm really stoked to start my build thread!

Hello There. The name's Kody ( or Kodii, a spelling that was a pseudo spelling from high school that stuck), and some people call me Ash. I don't really know what to include or exclude in introductions! I'm from and living in Southwest Colorado, I'm a college student and our mascot is a "Skyhawk." Due to COVID ending my studies back in March, I've been living on the Navajo reservation in AZ a few hours from my actual house in Colorado. I'm a film maker, digital illustrator, and an actor/dancer from time to time on film and on a stage. Back in January I ordered an Armor kit from Walt's Trooper Factor and it arrived back on July 9th. I'm really new to the whole armor side in the realm of costuming, so I'm really nervous about tackling it due to a really nit picky perfectionist nature I pickup when I start working on a project that I'm passionate about. I'm here because I do in fact want to be a Stormtrooper, get the help and guidance to make my kit look as awesome as it can get (and folks from Mountain Garrison said to sign up on here and get a build thread going here.) I've got the armor pieces only (for now at least) My experience in costuming and prop making is probably primitive to all of the pros on here. When it comes to working with anything like a dremel, lexan scissors, sizing, sewing- pretty much all of the skills and knowledge necessary to complete a TK- I've got none of that. I started out tinkering with nerf blasters and eventually found my way to a Doopydoos E-11 conversion kit, and finally a bunch of 3D printed blaster kits (quarantine gave me a lot of time to do a lot of things). I collected a lot of military gear over the years put together a handful of budget Rebel Troopers for short films until I started working on my Rebel Fleet Trooper. This was probably on the long side, but I like to get it all out there and add on/answer on later on.