DoggyDoc

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/

Great progress so far Carter. Anything flat can be used to fill the vents, such as a piece of ABS, or you could print plates to fill them. If you use something like the subtract feature on blender, you could create a flat plate and use the helmet piece to clip the contacting surface, so it will fit exactly.

Welcome back Carter. I enjoyed following your build thread for your TK on FISD and will look forward to following your Death trooper as well.

Most use imgur. It is free and will store all of your images for you. If you select direct link from the photo on imgur, you can paste that into the post and the photo will show up. Make sure to use direct link and not image link

I had the same issue with my armour. It was about 1 month after I finished it. The bags I had my pieces I. Were fleece on one side and a knit pattern on the other. I had the knit in against the armour for some reason and it imprinted on the pieces. I was able to buff the marks out with a car polisher. I always put the fleece against the armour since and it has been okay. it is as if it just doesn’t cure properly. It was hot when I did it outside big I immediately brought the pieces inside to dry. That may be the cause