Valafar

GA is not known for having highly accurate files. I haven't looked at the armor files that much, but the helmet has major issues with the overall shape and depth of the details

imo the galactic armory files are not very accurate. I feel like the files by NTX3D are the better option, and it isn't very expensive either.

It looks like your handplates are missing the recess at the front of the plates https://databank.501st.com/databank/File:Handplate.png

I've had some problems with the Montana Gold paint in the beginning as well. The paint was not holding to the parts very well and it was like a sand texture. I think the mail problem for me was that the can was too far away from the objects, you need to be quite close. Also I feel like your dark brown is a bit too brown. The original looks almost black

Ah I see, yeah I know that. That means your paint chips aren't actually chipped, just painted on.

How exactly does this work? Haven't heard of it tbh

Weathering on the helmet looks awesome, it's spot on

I got 29 instead of 33, but 6 and 13 is what I did as well

what measurements did you use? I eye balled from the references I got, just wondering how close I am

I feel like the front plate could be a little bit higher, maybe like 1-2cm. It would be easier to tell with the top rim. I suggest to look at original references and compare

On my first troop 2 weeks ago I noticed that the thumb holes in my sleeves pull really hard into my hand and it starts to hurt after a while. Especially when I'm wearing the gloves on top. Did anyone else experience these kinds of problems or does anyone have an idea to make it more comfortable?

For me, they meet in the front. Look at the original reference where the plates meet with the belt and adjust accordingly

Basically what @Aradun said. Scaling is lots of trial and error, even with armorsmith. always print test rings for the arms to see how big they are. But make sure to test with the undershirt on already because that makes the arm a bit bigger. I didn't change anything on the torso as it's quite spacey(?)

Got the costume approved today without any changes necessary 😁 I'm planning on making the E-22 in the future. I have sean fields files, but I'm wondering if there are more accurate files out there that people use?

I am finally finished with the costume. Today I took some pictures for approval, I hope it gets through on the first attempt I still need to adjust some padding for better comfort and maybe figure something out to prevent the back of the shoe from slipping out of the shin. A big thank you to everyone who gave me tips and helped me though this build!

Congrats! I'm very impressed how you built the whole costume in just a couple of months 😁

I finished the costume (except for the helmet) last sunday, so I did my fist full suitup: I would say that most parts are sitting pretty well, except for the shoulders and the helmet which isn't properly padded yet. I'm also adjusting the strapping for the ammo pouch to get pulled more under the faulds in the front The strapping in the back where the belts closes with the covering is probably my biggest issue, it's quite thick as you can see: Yesterday I finished the weathering for the helmet, now only the visor is missing: I also had trouble glueing the blast shield to the front. The plate below the shield was attached easy with contact cement. However for some reason the shield above didn't want to stick. I ended up using a very strong power adhesive that takes more than a day to dry. I'm going to make approval pictures on thursday, I hope I get approved on the first try. If you see anything else wrong please let me know

Yeah it looks quite weird, the overall shape is off, especially if you look at the face area: left GA, right Nico

Thanks, that worked pretty well. I'm almost finished with the costume, I screwed the boxes to the belt and the detonator(s) to the back plate thing as well as the oiler pouch to the foam on the back. Now i still need to paint the red symbol on the helmet, weather it completely and add the greeblies. I also need to do the strapping of the shoulder straps and add the foam to chest and back and do the strapping for the leather ammo pouch

Okay so sanding the straps makes the velcro stick a lot better. It's not perfect but I'll figure it out. I put many parts on a puppet to see how they work together: The belt/ hip plates area is a lot more complicated than I thought. I might need to remove a bit of the velco at the back of the belt to make it a bit longer and the velcro doesn't stick quite as well to the foam as I was hoping 😕 I finished the back boxes and installed them: Right now I'm in the process of adding more weathering to all the parts and doing the strapping of the arms: The lower arms are a bit sagging, I might add some padding to keep them in place. One more thing I'm unsure about is how I attach the shotgun shells to the foam. I have the three of them seperate: If I glue them to a plate and screw the plate to the foam, the contact surface for the glue isn't really big. Any ideas?

This looks really good. Is this the sand model?

Interesting approach. How did you score it I can't really imagine what it would look like

Well I encountered a small problem with the strapping of the shin straps: I wanted to attach the straps with velcro, as it's the most simple way to do it. Unfortunately that didn't work as planned, because the sticky velcro doesn't stick to the rubber straps very well. At least the velcro holds tighter than the glue and rips it right off the strap. So I need a different solution, or a better way to attach the velcro to the strap

Alright, I tried on the upper body parts as well. Unfortunately I can't put on chest + back on myself, mostly because the neck collar is making it hard to put on the chest. I really wonder if people can put it on themselves with printed armor. I guess it's possible if the neck collar is seperate, but I didn't want to make it seperate because the original has it in one piece and I don't like a seam there. I also need to lower the abs, the back plate of the abs has magnets at the bottom to hold it close to the rest, however it doesn't really do a whole lot. Luckily the belt will hold it together

Working on the strapping of the shins. It's working pretty well so far, velcro is pretty strong. I increased the size of the shins to fit my height, as well as the size of my calves. Because of that they look quite big over the shoes. We will see how it ends up looking like when I'm wearing the rest of the costume. Right now the shins are resting on top of the shoes. In some references the STs have it like this as well, in others they sit higher. I think it looks better if they are higher. Did you guys put padding in yours to have them higher?