Stormtrooper

Stormtroopers may have bad aim (see Stormtrooper Effect) but they look cool! I met my goal of completing my uniform by Celebration III and have posted how I assembled my armor below. In my instructions, I will be addressing the ANH style armor.

Movie Stills

Stormtrooper Suit Assembly

Additional Resources Sites

Reference Sites
SW Helmet Archive
Ooh Yeah Zone
Prop Replica Forum
Dewback Wing
Replica Prop Board
Stormtrooper to Sandtrooper Comparison
Sandtrooper Pauldron Ranks

Stormtrooper armor kits
Vader Painter AFX/FX Kit (Best Price)
Jedi Academy (FX Armor) (Responsive and friendly. Was my second choice.)
Got Armor (AP Armor)
Costume Junkie
Trooper Decals
Studio Creations (Vaccum forming your own armor.)

Stormtrooper Undersuitt
123 Scuba One piece Lycra Dive Skin
Renaissance Dance Wear
Under Armor

Stormtrooper Voice Amp
ROM F/X (Best Value)
Hyperdyne Labs
Skull Worx

Stormtrooper Gloves: HG-BNG190 Hatch Nomex Flight Gloves - Black
One Stop Knife Shop (Best Price but took nearly 4 months to arrive.)
Cop Quest

Stormtrooper Ankle Boots
Champion Attitude Boots (Best Price)
Motor Cowboy

Assembly Tips
Tony Barrett
TK-1536.com
TK-0409 (Makes Excellent Neckseals and has Sandtrooper tips)
Jedi Academy (Good Source for modifcations away from the kit instructions.)
TK-899's White Armor Chronicles
TK-0560
Creating Sandtrooper armor
SC Garrison
TK-0769

Blasters
Sci-fire Excellent rubber molded weapons (Best Value). Contact David Young
Nyght Craft (Leather holsters for E-11)

How to make your own Blaster
Imperial Fleet
R2R0
Heaven Games
Jedi 5150
Empire Props
Apocprod.com

How to make your own Blaster Holster
Generation V

How to make your own Neckseal
Muftak

How to make your own Stormtrooper boots
Tony Barnett

Accurate paint cross references
Melting Pot

Sites for MP38-Mp40 Sandtrooper pouches
Marstar
TK-0409 (how to dye your patches)

Making your own armor and vacuum forming
Imperial-Armor.com
Studio Creations
TK-0560

Brow/neck trim sites
iBoats
Classi Car
McMaster (Product #8507K41)
Seals Direct (Product #US161 or US52 for the brow and SWR150 for the neck )

Wiring fans and equipment in helmets
Old Sarge (links to a variety armor building "how to" and "where to buy".

Mini speakers for aerators
Little Choo Choo Shop
Miniture Locamotive Backshop

Radio Shack black voice amp
The Source

Forums
501st
Rookie Trooper (Armor Assembly Tips and tricks)
Prop Forum


Disclaimer: The listing of these vendors is not a guarantee of service.