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Wohoo! Keep them pics coming!

A how to thread would be awesome!

Hey @GunnerD, I'm really sorry if you took offense to what I wrote - not my intention at all so please forgive me! Everyone reads text differently, plus the fact that we're setting our beloved kits up to be "judged" isn't exactly easy so I totally understand! I don't know if it helps, but I just want you to know my intentions are purely to help out Just wanted share with you the things I recently had to do on my Centurion journey, even though I got a new kit from RS (it was up to CRL standrads, but Centurion is a little different ofc)! As said before, the Deployment Officers tell you what you have to fix so you can take everything I said to the dumpster if you want , that is kind of what I want you to do in a way! The 3 things I mentioned since you asked if there was anything else you might have to do - was just to try and prepare you for what comments you might receive, not what you'd have to fix! (I just remember how helpful I found @gmrhodes13's comments on my pre-approval, he's not a D.O. but still made good points) Again, based off of my own journey so I'm just trying to be helpful!

Three TKs with vader sounds amazing to have in a collection! It is super ambitious and I love it!!!

Hello Tristan! When you order the armor, you will send in all the measurements, and as Mario said - just write to them about it before ordering, since their customer service is really great! I had 112cm around the belly when ordering from them and yes there is a little piece of ABS in the gap, but I made it to Centurion and also got to be the new model for the Hero - so it looks great when you wear it! You should have a smaller piece than me and mine is not so big!

@equuspolo has uploaded a nice video on YouTube that might be helpful to you, other than the build thread posted by Q

Hello Smitty! Do you have an update for us on your progress?

When you say "adding to my TK collection" do you mean that you want to become a Stormtrooper or like, armor for display purposes?

Oh and you maaaay also have to dab a little white paint around the rim of the Hovi-MIX tips! Correct Aerators/Hovi-MIX tips are present. Screens used shall be of a wide type mesh, with the rim of the mic and the inside white or painted white. Just also make sure that you have the correct S trim and not U trim around the neck rim Neck trim shall be of an s-type profile rather than a u-type profile.

I'm curious about your helmet! These black lines around the helmet: Seems like the helmet came in 3 pieces? Top of the bucket, the back and then the front? Just praparing your for Centurion (remember I am no Deployment Officer) but for the helmet I assume that you could get some comments on the tube stripes position, and that the top of the tube stripes closest towards the frown should be a little more angled forwards, some grey on the teeth that could be removed since it cannot extend the teeth area, and maybe shortening the brow trim a little bit, either cutting it at an angle with the trap or just straight but further in Usually these lines are suggested in Centurion applications for the brow trim

Looking awesome! You've replicated the helmet very well! When (hehe) you decide to get yourself the rest of the TK armor, we're here for you!

And when you have your build thread you will get help from us the whole way through the build, as long as you post your questions Do you have an update on your BBB day?

Attending a marriage ceremony to make sure there is no acrimony! Please welcome TK 12775 to the Stormtrooper Hall of Fame, March 2023! @Sithping Troop log can be found here. Well done trooper and congratulations on your 10th troop milestone! With Unquestioned Loyalty Jonatan Östling TK-23592 "Nairy" Curator Hall Of Fame

Cannot wait for the new CRLs to drop! What a great edition of the newsletter packed with tons of exciting news, and some very sad!

Looking back on this now, things have moved quite fast! My 1 year Trooperversary is coming up in about 2 months!

Also, when "dry fitting" armor, try to fit it to yourself without normal clothes on! If you have an undersuit or something tight, use that instead (or just your underwear even) since you will ultimately use an understuit when wearing the armor, and if you have measured and built a kit based off of how it looks when you are wearing jeans or something else, the fitment will not be accurate to your body!

Two straight plates are easier to sand smooth than one curved and one straight

Side shims as @gmrhodes13 said is the way to go! If you have Centurion in mind, it is not much work to hide the seam that the shim creates! Since you are building the kit yourself, save the scraps and create ABS paste - put the paste in the seam, let it dry and sand it smooth! My method was to buy Apoxie Sculpt, and sand it smooth - but then I had the issue of color matching with the armor to make it seamless! I really wished I had some ABS paste because color matching was a pain! Also, this shim seam was attached in a bad way, just slotted under the kidney plate, instead of lined up next to the kidney plate and held together with a cover strip on the inside. I had to sand at an angle and follow a curve because of the way this was attached behind the kidney plate and I would have been able to use much less Apoxie Sculpt to hide the gap, had it been attached in the right way!

Would be cool to see a tshirt run in the future with the new stepping out logo

Congratulations and welcome EI #1065!

I agree with @gmrhodes13 on a higher pack position!

You look fabulous! I can also help out with cropping the images for the crl, I can bang them out in two red and one green (an expression here in Sweden, two red is referring to two red Danish hot dogs and one green is a Danish beer, so basically the time it takes to eat two hot dogs and drink a beer on the 15-20 minute ferry over to Denmark )

20. 2023-06-06, BAPRUN, Gothenburg (Hero)

Hello and welcome Eleanor! Really great story, thank you for sharing! Congratulations on taking the first step on your journey of becoming a TK! Super exciting!

19. 2023-06-03, Nördarnas Sommarmarknad, Stockholm (The Nerds' Summer Market) (Hero) The obligatory selfie! Lookin' scary while herding the nerds! Photo: Patrik Ander Photo: Patrik Ander We bumped into some Mandalorians! Photo: Patrik Ander We looked the other way and we now have some credits to spend