Darth Leider

Hello everyone, I have had a shadow trooper kit for a long time and finally have an opportunity to work on it. Now that the weather is warming up I am researching how to put the kit together. I have never made a costume for the 501st and am excited to start. My brother made a realistic clone trooper over a 3 or so year course and learned a lot about the process, but these are two very different kits with their own challenges. I bought this armor kit from WTF and have been doing research for a good long while, however I have been getting lost and admittedly don't know where to start. Any advice, even on how to jump start this project is greatly appreciated and I will keep this thread updated as work begins. I look forward to learning more and finally getting this project started.

Hey everyone! Sorry for the long hiatus, I have recently gotten sick and meant to update this around a week ago, my bad! I have set up the pieces to be worked on, however since the weather has ben extremely cold (Yay winter!) the equipment began to not work as it is supposed to. This means that I will begin work once the weather heats up, sory for the long wait on this! I am itching to start working on this but like they say, good things come to those who wait (: Thanks for the paitence by the way! I'll obviously keep this as up to date as possible!

Hey! So I haven't made much progress, though I'm ready to start building the helmet and putting it together. All of the pieces are sittin in the work area and ready to go, it's just that I have two weeks left in this semester of college then winter break, so that's probably when I'll get the most progres to be honest. Expect some update photos within the either just before or after Christmas! (Side note, I'll be starting with the helmet and probably either work my down or from outside in) As far as purchasing, I contacted him through Facebook. Just look up Walts Trooper Factory Facebook and you'll find it. Message him directly and you'll be able to make a purchase request directly and quickly there. That's how I did it atleast. He will direct and guide you through the process

Alright, so I have received WTF's armor set and laid it out here. Below are two pictures with different lighting, as discussed this will be based off the Battlefront Shadowtrooper and I will update this once again when construction has started. Any tips before I begin (likely won't be for a couple weeks) would be greatly appreciated, though I know for a majority of this build it will be a normal Shadowtrooper, just some differences here and there. Thanks again everyone!

Alright, just ordered from WTF! I'm very excited to start working on this, though it may take a couple of months to arrive. Nevertheless, before the end of the year (most likely within a few months) I'll begin working towards a Battlefront Shadowtrooper! Thanks for the help so far everyone, I can't wait to get started!

This is what my brother and I were thinking as well. I brought this up to my local garrison, and they mentioned the overlaps/coverstrips. As I am new at trying to figure out which kit I need to purchase, I do not know what these terms mean at the moment, and will these affect how I proceed and if I should still consider WTF?

Hi everyone! So a quick update on where I'm at: I've begun my search (Had a couple of things in the real world to deal with first) and have contacted an armor maker, WTF (Walt's Trooper Factory). He informed that they don't do ROTJ, are there any other specific recommendations for makers that I can get into contact with?

Thank you very much for starting work on the CRL! I'm really glad it'll be getting it's own, Ive always thought the two costumes were different enough. I'd like to start working on this physically so that there can be reference pics of somebody in the costume rather than the game, and I also just really want to start work on a Battlefront shadow trooper haha. So as someone who hasn't worked on any costume before, where should I start? I'd assume start by ordering the armor, but since this is a mix of Shadow Trooper and ROTJ, should I purchase a stormtrooper kit from ROTJ (And, if I can, special order it black or do the painting on it after I receive)? Would that be step 1?

Here are the differences I have noticed between the CRL Shadowtrooper and the Shadowtrooper from Battlefront; The helmet - The "ears" are only black, including the body of each ear. - The lenses are only bubble and, on top of obscuring the eyes, are mirrored - The tube stripes are only blue - The stripe above the eyes is black but noticably different from the material of the helmet. - The aerators and screening are both completly and only black - The Vocoder is only silver - The frown must only be silver The abdomen armor - There is a vader-like "box" of 9 lines with a single button underneath these lines. to the right of these lines and button is a series of 4 verticle lines. This box is the same as the one on the CRL, except it is flipped and turned upside down. - Unlike the CRL, there is no material that protrudes past the base material of the abdomen armor that follows the box or any sort of pattern, but rather there is a line that follows the length of the abdomen armor to the left and right of the "box". - To the right of the box and across the line is a verticle, thin "box" that has three buttons with amable space between. - To the left of the box is a knob-like buldge that seems to protrude from the armor itself. Hand plates - The handplates and their shape are, unlike the pentagonal shape on the CRL, a squared, rounded-edges shape. The gloves appear to be the same material as the under-armor. The kidney/back armor - The kidney armor is niether flush with nor under the back armor. - As a side note, it appears to me that the kidney and the posterior armors are a singular and connected piece, yet are not connected to the abdomen. The belt -There IS 6 rectangular boxes on the belt, but there are no buttons like the belt on the CRL. - The material holding the boxes appears to be a sort of material similar to the rest of the armor, but the back half of the belt seems to be the same material as the under-armor and gloves. The thighs/lower legs - The left thigh follows the shape of the left knee closly and is more dramatic than the CRL trooper, causing the knee to nearly fill the gap when bent upwards. - The legs and their knees keep the gap between the upper and lower legs to a minimal, and the gap on the right leg is the same all the way around. And I know, this MAY be a bit tough to see, but there is also a white imperial cog/symbol on the left of the chest-plate in case you couldn't see it I would like the CRL team, and anybody interested in this project as well to, if possible, review my observations in case I missed any observations or interpreted any incorrectly, and to make recommendations on my next step. As a non-standerd Shadowtrooper, I understand the difficulties of finding an exact, or even close, kit and would like guidance on how to make this into a reality. As I am entering the 501st for the first time, any guidance or help is greatly appreciated!

Hello! I have not yet worked on a costume but have always wanted to make some sort of imperial trooper. After some thought I decided to work on a Blackhole trooper, but had realized there were differences (minimal or major) between the current Shadowtrooper and the Battlefront Shadowtrooper. Therefore I decided to take some initiative and acquired in-game photos of the trooper. (Thanks to my brother for the help!)