Cyren446 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Hey everyone! Just starting to plan assembling a Shoretrooper build, and I've been looking at 850 Armorworks due to their price point and proximity to me geographically. Their kits look decent to me, but opinion seems to be split 50/50 amongst the community. Has anyone purchased from them recently that could offer me any input or guidance? Eager to get started but don't want to sign up for a nightmare. I do not have ready access to a 3d printer, so ideally ABS armor/resin helmet is what I'm looking at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hingoosi Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I bought a kit late last year. Just after they added the depart collar, but before they added resin ab greeblies. The abs pulls are not as crisp as a 3D printer would be. The kit I got is a later one and they have fixed some of the issues people were complaining about (and rightly so). Their resin work usually has a number of air bubbles and needs to be sanded to get smooth. Easy fixes that just require some work. If you keep that in mind you should be ok. It’ll definitely pass for basic approval. I already had an anovos helmet, and didn’t order one from 850. So I can’t speak to that.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenuprime Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Did you end up getting your armor from 850? I' also curious how they've improved and how much correcting needs to be done on it. If they are as accurate as Imperial Surplus now, I don't mind a little extra work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyren446 Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 I did get the 850 kit. The helmet definitely looks much better than the older versions (I think it's basically just a modified fields now), and the armor itself seems pretty good. The lower angle of the front and center chest is ever so slightly off square, but I'm not sure that will be noticeable after assembly/weathering. 850 itself it starting to post build videos on YouTube that are somewhat helpful, as well. I will say that knowing what I know now, I honestly would have spent the money on a 3d printer and printed either the fields or Prentice files. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownEyes Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 On 5/6/2020 at 4:22 PM, Xenuprime said: Did you end up getting your armor from 850? I' also curious how they've improved and how much correcting needs to be done on it. If they are as accurate as Imperial Surplus now, I don't mind a little extra work. I ended up getting my kit from Kevin/IS. Their kit is a lot more detailed and I feel that their pulls are a lot cleaner and nicely defined. Keep in mind the 850 kit will do fine for basic approval as long as you build it to fit you properly. IS did recently add upgraded resin boxes for the belt and I got everything within maybe 2 weeks after ordering (I think I just got lucky there). Personally, I think the extra money is well worth it for Kevin's kits as they have been probably the best around. Do what's within your budget and remember it'll ultimately come down to making it fit you. (For the helmets I recommend either finding a 2nd hand Anovos, Nico Henderson files, or Sean Fields MKV). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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