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I agree with Woodoo, check with your GML but looking at some of the parts you will get knocked back.

Hi Oki My kit is the ArmoryShop raw kit. There is A LOT of work involved in getting to an approvable state. I have seen all the different kits on offer and at the time I was buying, that one was the most accurate. I hope that answers your questions. Feel free to hit me up if you would like to discuss more

Yes Lancer is 1000% correct

Yes

I'll get back to you about question one, but question two was confirmed by the costume designer to be a very very dark grey gloss. But you can go with a matte black.

I built a kit printed by Tom of TDK Props. https://www.facebook...37706609725029/ The quality is great and pretty darn accurate In terms of closeness I think this guy is closest to you https://www.facebook.com/3DPropsNL/ He seems to have a pretty good kit too.

Hey Geoff, before cutting into the armour, make sure you check the following: 1. In Pink - the should should sit very flush. I have circled the gap, but placed a curved line to illustrate that it should be more of a flowing curve so: This is hard to explain but the blue and red are related 2. In Blue - I have indicated that you need to extend the back and chest away from each other thus" 3. In red - extends the length of the side plate and the neck tusks should come down more. One thing I did with my chest armour was to heat it with a decent hair dryer to reshape it more. I think I showed you a pic previously of how it all went together. Basically I made sure the tusks sat almost flush with the chest plate first. Then worked the rest of the armour around that. I had to reshape the chest plate a little to line up correctly.

Yeah I think you're right. Those details were a bitch to get right after the resin. I had to redo it all with a Dremel and file set. Your kit is looking great! Watching with great interest

Yeah I extended mine by about 1.5 inches. Yeah some of the details are more chunky?

Is it just me or does that new ab look weird? The older one seems to be correct to me?

Hi there, there are three blasters available for the canon DT and are listed in the CRL: Modified DLT-19 E-11D SE-14r

Welcome to SpecOps! You also have the ArmoryShop which is based out of Moscow. Good luck with your build and feel free to ask questions!

Congrats Jeff, don't forget to make a request for detachment access! Here's how: http://forum.specops501st.com/index.php?/topic/5217-how-to-request-501st-or-detachment-access/ Here's Where: http://forum.specops501st.com/index.php?/forum/130-access-requests/

Nice work Nick. Shins are looking great. Love what you and Mark did with the blasters. Top notch!

Oh that's a shame, his files were the best. I am not sure if anyone else has created them from scratch to the same level of detail. Does anyone else have any suggestions?

Another trooper asked about which parts are painted with the Tamiya TS40 Metallic Black paint. I did up some quick schematics highlighting in green the panels that have the paint applied. I will update this thread with the helmet and may also look at weathering as well at some point. If anyone has any corrections please let me know

As a general comment weathering is optional. With the shoulder bells, I wanted it to be subtle so used the metallic black, but I have not "weathered" them yet. Check out all the pictures of the DT's on display, there are some great shots of the armour there. You will get a wealth of information from there

I tried to do this as quickly as I could and chip in anyone who thinks this is wrong (and I am still going to the helmet I just need time) The green represents where the Tamiya Metallic Black gets applied (TS-40 from memory)

Looking good sir!

Hi there and welcome! The only person I knew that was selling the DT armour files was Tom Campbell. You can find him on Facebook. Also through TDK Props on Facebook.

Great to have you back Mr Toots. Let's get the CRL sorted out and L2 requirements up! I'm psyched up!

I did notice the difference in your shins but didn't think it would be a problem as a lot of GML's aren't really paying attention to details and passing just about everything. Good on your GML for being thorough but yeah that really sucks. I got my shins from Dennis before he made the modifications so it was still Tom's original one. It's a little hard to get on and off. The key is to smooth out the inside so that it's like glass. Makes it easier! Gutted for you brohammer but also, you will have a better costume

Careful obsessing over this picture as the biceps are on wrong

I thought that might be the case! Also where did you get the sticker for your SE-14r? Looks good!

Looking great mate! Now that it is going to start getting warmer you'll be done in no time. You need to practice the puppy dog eyes on the missus to keep the ball rolling