DeathMOS30

Basically what Mark has stated. As long as it meets the requirement of being gloss red how the armor arrives in that state is less of importance. Just make sure when you do paint your armor make sure its the correct shade, it covers everything and that you do a finishing clear coat so you wont have to keep touching it up as often. If anything if you can afford a professional auto paint job i would recommend that and if not that is ok as well. Ultimately its your local GML that will approve the costume. If you need some references on the shade there are plenty of build threads with the red pulled abs that you can look at for color matching. Hope this information is helpful.

Was this approved?

I actually ended up using car turtle wax on my armor. I am unsure about the specific white TK wax, but I had no issues using the car wax i have at home.

Good luck on your approval looks good

Looking good excellent progress. Nice to see more females taking up the MT keep up the good work.

So this is on hold until further notice. Good news is the helmet is out of my closet and in a display case. hope your build is going well on the TFU

The lenses have to be black for the specialist requirement. http://forum.501stsp...-magma-trooper/ Please refer to this recent specialist he has a picture of his helmet and inside of his helmet as a reference. http://forum.501stsp...ation-approved/ Its a bit hard to say if those lens you are looking at will work due to the picture they have and no actual lens in bucket photo. I would rather not say yes or no and have you waste your money and time.

YASSSSS!!! Congrats you did such an amazing job with this build. Super stoked for you When you get a chance check out our programs we have available. http://forum.specops501st.com/index.php?/forum/52-spec-ops-programs/

Slowly ive been super busy with school and going full time. i am hoping to get back on track in may/june time frame but its still going to happen thanks for checking in. I have been watching your build you are doing awesome.

Thank you when you get a chance can you post some jetpack ref pics in the reference pic thread?

No worries I overlook stuff from time to time as well no one is perfect. Let us know if you have more questions looking forward to seeing your build.

A post from the 2018 LMO team so you know who they are. http://forum.specops501st.com/index.php?/topic/5597-greetings-from-the-lmo-team-2018/

According to the CRL the armor is gloss black. Special Notes: The armor parts shall be gloss black and made from one of these types of materials or like materials: Fiberglass, ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene), or HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene). All striping "flash" is clean and unweathered. The Novatrooper Medic red has been identified as Kirsch Red from Sherwin Williams: SW6313. RGB Value: R-154 | G-70 | B-80. Pantone code: 696c. Hope that clears up your question

That may be a possibility again everyone that has been posting here make sure you post in the 501st legion forum or at least send an email to the command staff at the legion level and make sure your voices are heard. Also if you posted in the 501st forum please provide a link to the thread so others can converse there as well.