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I wear the Amsterdam and I've got EEE width feet. I ordered a half size larger then usual and they fit really nicely. Mind you I did order them as EEE width.

Hi, I'd suggest looking up the Alpine Garrison (http://www.alpinegarrison.com/) and join their forum. Then once in there feel free to ask around as someone might have a costume they are willing to part with. This way you can meet up with a bunch of troopers in your area, get to know one another and hopefully get you on the right path. There are a large number of Special Ops members in and around Salt Lake that can give you a hand finding and building the kit. And as there are a number of different costumes the Alpine folks can help out. If you didn't get any results there then we do have a few folks on staff here that will PM you with a bunch of information. Hope that helps!

Morning Doug ... Yea stairs can give most troopers in hard armour pause. There are a few things you can do: Similar to this trooper and cut the half moon shape ... Sounds to me he just eye balled it. great discussion here: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/22140-a-first-rehersal-and-first-armour-bites/?fromsearch=1 The other thing you can do is trim the top of your thigh so the whole part sits higher, and removed teh offending piece from behind the knee. Hope that helps.

HAve fun and as you see there are a lot of folks willing to help if you have questions or get stuck ... "ask twice ... cut once"

To each their own but if you've never worked with ABS maybe a bit of practice cutting, glueing, etc before putting the helmet together might be a way to go. You can trim a few pieces (the ears above for example) and use the scraps to see how to get the best and cleanest cuts, how to use magnets to pinch the two surfaces together, practice clamping ... etc. And to paraphrase Toddo - "read, read, read ... then give 'er"

Congrats Troopers!

I'm going to second Novis, but I know Izzi uses / used Future Shine. But from me experience Novus works really well. Also I'm going to try "Mother's Plastic Polish" as it did a freaking great job on a friends plastic headlight covers. I've got a few scraps of trim I'll try it out on first ... but if it does half as a good a job I'll be ecstatic.

Shiney! Have fun.

My buddy is in Canada so shipping will probably be steep. Give me a bit and I'll see what I can come up with.

Mearl - any other reference pictures? The helmet looks pretty straight forward ... Glowing eyes might take some work but EL tape will do that. And the knees would be pretty simple. Easiest muscle suit I've seen is a tarzan one on eBay ... Then the trooper undersuit over top. Guantlets and gloves will be a bit of a rough go. Articulated fingers are one of the banes of my existence. What material are you looking for? I'd suggest EVA foam (low cost, easy to work with) and then coat with white glue (3 coats) and then 3 coats of Smooth-on 65D - this will make it look like ABS and will also be nice and hard and gives a fantastic final coat. Shoot me a PM and I should be able to connect you with a Crazy talented friend who can either take on the job, or walk you through it ... Also any thought to budget?

Congrats Jim - Looks great. Nice bit of hard work!

Great Kit, and with a bit of polish after everything is built what might look slightly pink in the picture turns into a mirror finish blood red. A Magma is a thing of beauty. Just take your time and you'll end up with a fantastic Costume! Splatt - Correct me if I'm wrong but Magams are the best, right .

Actually I did some digging and it looks like the maker of the Spec Ops costume got involved in other things and this was left unfinished. Here is his facebook armoury so you can maybe reach out and ask: https://www.facebook.com/mandalorian.arsenal

Hi - There is a lot of information on this costume (coruscant senate guard) on the sovereign protector's forums (The Imperial Royal Guards) ... http://www.forcepike...1c2e4deaa5252dd But if you are referring to this costume: The only one that I know of is hopefully still in progress, you can see the post here or over at the Dented Helmet: http://www.thedented...ntensive-25759/

Exactly. Wasn't claiming the idea, just saying what I've used, and that it worked well.

Chef - don't know if you can locate them on your side of the ocean but if you can or have connections see if you can round up the plastic box for Medtronic's Adaptec pacemakers. They measure 7" (high) X 5 5/8" X 1 3/4", and fill a scout pouch perfectly. They work fantastic when you need to look absolutely perfect.

That is my only concern with a "new" Fett ... Some troopers really like them looking "showroom" clean but I think the over all look is so much nicer when it's worn in and a bit dirty. A guy in our garrison just let the vest accumulate wear and weathering naturally but not being overly careful when he got dressed, wearing out to garden in, etc. and being very careful when cleaning (rarely) to make sure he didn't take the natural dirt off. Having said that I weathered a tabard for a Knights Templar by using tea - there is a post on the RPF about it (by no means comprehensive but somewhere to get you started): http://www.therpf.co...clothing-79637/ and based on experience I personally don't see the tea as having eaten away at any of the material ... It looks filthy, nasty and Fantastic all at the same time!

something about the silver makes you look faster . Nicely done brother!

LOL - Yep. Ah, good times.

Nice project indeed! The Fett takes a lot of love, commitment and swearing . Good Luck Brother!

Congratulations!

Nice Project! Looking great!

check out the Bounty Hunter Det as they would be the ones to ask if it's been or being done ... Nice find though! From a deleted scene, eh? Nice. http://thebhg.net/forum/

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Welcome Brian ... And welcome to the learning curve! As you have questions please feel free to ask, but also please read as much as you can on the boards as there is a tonne of info and a lot (no all) but a lot of the questions you'll have will have been asked before so the answers should be out there. And congrats of getting the rubies returned, and making contact with your local Garrison. They will be a huge help during your build!