theisaac

I spent the day cutting the return edge off of the biceps on all 4 halves. Cut the forearms and glued one edge of 1 of them. Then I cut the return edge off of the bottom of my shins. I have seen people use velcro for the opposite side of the forearm and I have seen what looks like the glue both sides and slide your arm in method. Any opinions? Isaac

Is it ok to trim the return edges off of the bicep parts as well? I've got the return edges trimmed off the wrist openings now as well. The biceps are pretty snug if I leave them on is why I ask

Jason, I was in the same boat. I read posts and watched youtube videos... I have a bookmarks folder thats literally got 43 bookmarked posts and sites and folders on my desktop with hundreds of saved pics. Then you order and its a whirlwind! I emailed TupperwareTK on Monday, and Thursday the box came. I thought I would just tear in and start cutting and trimming because my confidence level was pretty high... until it got here. Then the butterflies kicked in. I sat in the garage placing parts in order and taped a few parts thinking I would just follow the plan I had in my head. Then I ran inside and jumped back in the forums and didnt want to touch anything lol. Everyone has been super helpful and once you feel that support from the FISD community (and you will) your confidence comes back. The best way to describe it is its like being a freshman in highschool and your first day of school you are nervous about everything until you get to there and all the Seniors are your friends and they are showing you around. In the end and at the root of it all we are Star Wars fans. When I was a kid growing up that was the basis for being friends with someone. You could meet a new kid anywhere and the first question, the icebreaker was "hey do you like StarWars..."? If they said yes, you had a friend for life. Its the same thing here.

Thanks for the info Brian, Just to make sure I know what you mean. Cut out the area I have circled here? I know its not completely even but trying to draw with a mouse isnt easy lol.

Thanks for the input. I guess the next question is should I trim and start fitting the the two pieces together before I trim out the slot where my bicep and forarm meet? Or should I shave off that part first then do another test fit before i cut?

Hi all, Thanks to your insight I went and ordered an AM Lite kit and it arrived today. Its my first build ever so I will have a ton of newbie questions. I've tried to read as many build posts as possible and will try to just ask questions that are unique to my situation but please be patient if I ask something thats probably obvious to everyone else First I got the box and my twin boys were as excited as I was to get it. They saw their first "real life stormtroopers" at the recent 3D re-release here in Arizona and they were in awe of seeing them. This sealed the deal for me. The box came and they were as excited as I was.. ------ My forarms are an odd shape so trying to fit them right. Im posting some pics of a really rough fitting as well as some pencil marks I made to show where I was considering trimming to make the forarms fit better so I can touch my ears as other posts have suggested. I also wanted to make sure I was doing the test fitting correctly. Can you let me know if Im on the right track here?