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Well after an epic failure of my printer and a successful contribution to the birds for a nest, I was able to finish printing, UV resin smooth, and paint all the finger joints. I printed and UV resin smoothed the back hand plate pieces, I will paint these tonight after they dry from washing away any dust and debris. The palm plates are printing now, so hopefully by the end of this weekend I will have at least one hand assembled, then I can move on to sizing the wrist joint and forearm attachment. I think I am going to make all the wrist and elbow joints quick disconnects, I haven't quite figured that out yet, but I am leaning towards neodymium magnets with "pins" to help with lateral shearing.

Outstanding!

Straight from the CRL: Yes Sir, matte black is an option, just make sure all the armor pieces are the same paint sheen, best of luck with your builds! Great to see couples enjoying the darker side of the Dark Side! Special Notes: The armor is gloss, semi-gloss, satin or matte black. Armor is made from one of these (or similar) types of materials: Fiberglass ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene).

There is no specific color, most either paint them and their magazines either satin black or flat/matte black.

You're welcome

All gloss black

I think the hands are done. I have printed a few test pieces and assembled them. They are designed to be worn/attached to a pair of black nomex pilot's gloves. I'm working on the wrist joint and a piece that will connect the wrist with the hands. Not quite there with it yet. Take a look and criticize the heck out of the hands please. I am using screen shot CG'd hands as references and not the Mandalorian Exhibition stunt hands, so please don't reference any of those photos.

use the CRL photo as your example, it should be parallel to he ground, so yeah straight out.

I made this for another Trooper as reference. It is a simple "how to" for a similar strapping system to what I use with my DT. This only covers strapping for the thighs and abdomen and lower back plate. If anyone has any questions please let me know. https://www.dropbox.com/s/2wtwpwwrhho797m/Making a strapping system.pdf?dl=0

Outstanding! Nice work and kudos for documenting your build.

Send this guy a message, he might be able to hook you up with the sniper greeblie https://www.etsy.com/listing/500795627/rogue-1-death-trooper-armour

You posted a photo of the thigh rectangular box greeblies with your grenade and lower chest side buckles. The triangular sniper knee piece is available on a set of free DT files I have seen somewhere, I'll try and find it.

This is the only requirement for the CRL: Shall be rubber or a smooth semi-gloss black material with sewn ribs. Horizontal ribs approximately 3/16" to 1/4" (5-6mm) wide. Its all up to how your Garrison GML interprets the CRL. Show the fabric to him/her and see what is said. The fabric will not be Level 2 approvable however, these spandex type materials don't meet the Level 2 "and must continue to show sewn ribs when the gaskets are bent." requirement because when the fabric is stretched, the raised ribbing flatten outs.

Damn! I have got to get me a resin printer. All the sanding of my Mando Dark Trooper is tedious.

@Talltrooper Stuart, Jim makes a "Tall" kit for people over 6' the shins, thighs, and forearms are longer. He will ask you for your body measurements and then put you a size appropriate kit together.

Look what I found LOL E-11D Mag for 9VDC.stl

You know what .... now that you said something. I took a 9volt sized 3D file block and inserted it into the mag and mag well files and then subtracted the space in my 3D builder program. That's how I was able to get it to fit. my "sometimers" was kicking in.

All right I'll work you up a pattern you can use. Give me your waist size and chest length ( where your neck meets your shoulder, down your front to wear you normally wear a belt around your waist. I'll work on it this weekend.

Hey Ethan @Tiderion I also use Tony's @ukswrath strapping system primarily because its a great product, he is a great guy, and I always support him when I can. To be honest, Tony made a great universal kit with multi-snap locations etc. but when I started to strap my kit this last time I sort of modified his straps to fit how I reconstructed my kit. Let me ask you a couple questions and when I get a response back from you I will have a better idea of what you will need. 1. You are still using Jim's kit correct? 2. You are still using Darkside Closet's undersuit? 3. If you had the straps and buckles do you think you could cut nylon webbing and either sew with a machine or hand stitch well enough to make the needed loops in the webbing or if sewing isn't your thing are you safe enough to use superglue? I am not at home right now and won't be for a few weeks, but I am sure I can draw you up some easy to follow designs to get you on the right track. I'll get back with you after you reply.

Well it has been a while since I have posted anything. I can't tell you how many times I have modified the hands and fingers, seems like each time I get what I think is accurate .... BOOM! I find some small detail I missed before. I have a long weekend so I hope I can draft print off my latest modifications and fit test them. I have also been heavily modifying the statue files I got from Nico last year, which has involved making them more screen accurate and "wearable" so as I work on a section I will throw it in Armorsmith to see how it'll look on my avatar. This is what I did today. Its no where near done but hopefully with my long weekend coming up I can at least nail down some of the less detailed pieces.

Found a link to the photo. https://imgur.io/a/XGmSW Check your sizes

I'm sure my mag well and mag were big enough for a 9volt. Is your 3D files the correct size? Some 3D files and printed kits you get from some makers are 12% too small. I did a size comparison so people could make sure they had the right size. I'll see if I can find it. I'm not at the house right now so I can't take any photos for a few more weeks.

Gerald, I know you worked on using the handle. I put mine in the side magazine, and used small neodymian discs to hold in place. I thought about the using the handle but I was afraid that having the handle "separate-able" might create a weak spot in the construction, especially since a lot of times the handle will be your only holding point.

Jo, nice job! I and another member are in various stages of building kits, I think you are the first to actually build something that is wearable and recognizable. We have not actually started any CRL wording. I think the biggest hurdle is determining what we want the CRL to represent. We have some good photos from a Mandalorian Exhibit at which they had a stunt suit on display. which though very similar to the screen CGI effects suits, it still has some missing components and obvious variations in the hands, mid section, neck, shoulders, and limb joints. If we go the stunt route, it will make it easier to replicate a wearable suit, but it will be very obvious that it is not as what appeared on screen. If we go the screen route, we will have to have all the elements of the screen version but in a design that can be worn. Andreas, who has a build thread already started is going the stunt route for the most part and is doing an awesome job with pulling ABS and various other build materials. I am going the 3D route. I have finished modifying a helmet from Do3D which is a great design but it lacked some of the detail greeblies that were seen on the screen helmet. I have completed the forearms and biceps. My biggest challenge has been the hands. I started out using the design of the stunt suit, but was not happy with the way it looked verses the screen. I think the screen hands are way more ominous so I completely resigned them. I am in the process of printing and assembling the pieces and hope to have a finished hand design in the next couple of weeks. You might want to turn this into a build thread if you have photos from your build or maybe post up individual pieces with explanations on construction etc. Build threads we can reference will help us immensely in progressing to actually writing a CRL.

Andreas, that photo is too small (50x50) to see