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Congratulations Jed.

Hey Matthew @TooTall You can see the 2 small boxes in the photo below. If you need the files, I do have STL files for them, just let me know. One thing I would have done differently with my belt is the buckle location, instead of hiding it under the back right soft pouch, I would likely have hid it under one of the front ones. Where it is currently (back pouch), I can not do it up myself and need a handler to assist me. If it were in the front, I would be able to do it without help.

@TooTall Nice. If you use the direct link option on imgur, it will put the photo into the post instead of just the link.

Congratulations Collin. Welcome to the ranks.

Hello and welcome to spec ops. Awesome that you are building towards approval and can’t wait to see your progress. Know that for the regular stormtrooper armour, the Shepperton designs can be approved but they take a lot of work and modifications to do so. This being said, many find it easier to go with a more accurate kit from one of the other vendors. If someone with more experience on shadow troopers could comment, that would be great.

The hot water bath is what I used to reshape my calves. Careful you don’t go too hot, as it may damage the fibreglass. I mused used hot tap water but our hot water is pretty hot.

Congratulations Dan. Well done.

Looking good. Just some figment issues as. Halos pointed out and you are there. I enjoyed watching your journey. Congratulations on approaching the finish line.

Here is my template. The numbers are measurements in cm

The dark green welding shields would be the correct colour. If you are looking for level 2 approval, you need to have a bubble lens. Not a lot of options for it except OPLEprops I think. This is the shield I used for my stormtrooper green lens. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00209I0UG?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Welcome to Spec Ops Erick

To me, it looks pretty good for basic approval. For higher levels, it also has the correct numbers of nose bridge vents / ribs

@productionsbykyle My apologies actually, for some reason, I thought that you posted on someone else’s build thread. You are fine posting it here, but if you have several questions about different parts, then it is definitely easier to have everything on one post, rather than spread over several.

Hi Kyle. Probably best to start a build thread for your kit so we can answer questions there. Many have used JB Weld plastic bonder for bonding the armour pieces and attaching greeblies. The front of the shin is bonded and then the gaps will need to be filled with Bondo or some similar type of filler. Careful when putting the shins on, as they don’t open as easily as ABS pieces and can easily crack along the front part when opening the back.

I used Alclad2 Hot metal paints https://alclad2.com/finishes/hot-metal/