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  1. Yeah I hope this can be help to other new people. You can also check my flickr photostream, as there are probably 5 times the pictures. I am trying to pick and choose what might be helpful to others to insert here. All the pictures might be slowing my build down but I will say it makes me stop and think about what I am trying to do. And onto the update from yesterdays work. Biceps
  2. One nights work Tonight I will be doing initial sizing, some more rough cuts, more sizing and making my cover strips. If all goes well Id like clean up the edges, and glue one side tonight. But if I have questions I will wait.
  3. Outer Biceps Trimming (Rough) I had a much easier time with these. Outer Biceps Outside Uncut Inside Uncut Pencil Lines Rough Cut Comparison Both Trimmed
  4. Inner Biceps Trimming (Rough) This is the part I had the most difficulty with but I think its because I don't know how much of a return edge is expected. Some pictures I have seen have not had much and others a decent bit. Inner Biceps Outside Uncut Inner Biceps Inside Uncut Pencil Lines In hindsight in the inner bend I would draw my top pencil line way higher. It seemed like the correct place to draw the line from looking at it in the inside but not from the outside. Trimmed vs Untrimmed In the top left inset I think I cut the return edge a bit too close. I tried to compensate for this on the second. Here you can see what I am talking about. From the inside it looked alright but on the outside even though Im far off the top pencil line I drew I have scraped it up a bit. I am confident I can sand it out and still unsure if the return edge should be as large as you see it here. Another view from the inside still. Curious for anyones thoughts on how much of a return should be left for that inside bend. Second Inner Bicep Pencil on outside You can see I left a lot more room on the outside for that bend. Second Inner Bicep Trimmed (Rough) Much more plastic to work with for the return edge this time. Both trimmed Comparison of inner bend return edge extra plastic Questions: What are your thoughts on how much of a return edge I need to leave in that inner curve? Looked at many pictures, varies between armor. Added a minimal return edge for mine. See in later post. Lessons Learned: Be mindful of the outside look when dealing with those inner seams left from the vac forming. A dremel cutting plastic with the plastic wheel will set off your smoke detector at 1am, so take the battery out ahead of time.
  5. Shoulder Bell Trimming (Rough) Waiting to try arms on as a set for close trimming and sanding. Though from what I can tell most people do not modify so it might be alright to go ahead and do it now. This was definitely the easiest pieces to trim so far. Uncut Shoulder Pencil lines Inside Inside Trimmed (Rough) Outside Trimmed (Rough) Trimmed vs Untrimmed Both Trimmed (Rough) You can see at tips where the ideal line is still visible.
  6. Trimming Inner Forearms (Rough) Outside Uncut Inside Uncut Pencil Inside Cut to outside pencil with aviation sheers Inside Rough Trimmed Leaving final trimming and sanding until after measurements and rough sizing cuts. Trimmed vs Untrimmed Both Trimmed
  7. Yup! Abs edges are sharp ... Have to run to the gym but I will try to post the rest of my progress pictures tonight. I have the forearms, biceps and shoulder bells roughly trimmed.
  8. Trimming Forearms (Rough) The goal here is to trim them to a point where I can tape them on and see what kind of extra space I am working when its on my arm. I also want to hopefully not make a hasty cut I regret later. So I will probably make 10 cuts more than someone experienced. Outside Uncut Inside Uncut Inside Pencil Lines there are more on my flickr if you are interested. Notice the pencil lines on the top and bottom. I did this because I felt safer cutting with the larger scissors if I had a top and lower bounds. I usually cut the top line with the big sheers and to the second with the lexan. Outside Pencil Lines Dealing with the bottom edges Since the plastic is so thick it was very hard to cut the bottoms for me in one pass. Instead I cut little strips that allow the piece being cut off to foldup / break off as you go across. Rough Cuts To PenciI I did not cut very close on the lines on purpose, just want to be able to tape to see how it looks. Search tags: forearm trimming
  9. Hand Plate Trimming and Sanding I started with the handplates since I have a set of Sonnenschein gloves, I just wanted to get a feel for the plastic cutting it and trying my dremel out. Left Outside Left Inside Right Outside Right Inside Started by penciling the lower line where I would like to get to eventually. Later I decided I liked penciling the top and bottom of the cut lines. Initial cuts to get a feel for the plastic. I used those aluminum cutters which worked really well. This stuff is thick! All the cutting tools I was using. Featured are Lexan Scissors and Aviation Snips I will say the lexan scissors did not behave how I was expecting but in a good way. I was thinking it would make you cut to the right so you would not get a straight line. But actually it pulls to the right and lets you go straight as it sheers and forces the extra plastic the other way. Because of this I bought some right aviation snips to get the same effect with the stronger cutters. Example of what I am saying below Second pass this time with the lexan scissors After some sanding with sanding blocks and the dremel Dremel Sanding blocks: coarse, medium, fine, extra fine Right outside after sanding Right inside after sanding Compare with uncut left Both cleaned up and "done?" ... not sure they look ok to me. Again probably not using them. Search tags: handplates hand plates trim trimming sand hands
  10. Started my build this weekend after I setup my workspace in the basement. As stated in the title this is TM/C build from Tray on the forums. It will be a stunt build and I am also working on optional HWT addon pieces. I will be documenting my process after the fact with a webpage of some sort so I am erroring on the side of too many pictures. Feel free to peruse the pictures on my Flickr, they will get comments eventually. Still working through how I want to tackle this but my general plan is as follows. Rough trimming all the parts, and by rough I mean leaving (or trying to) several mm of space around the standard trim lines. Initial size checks with tape / magnets Trim to fit a bit tighter this time use coverstrips Check sizing again with tape (repeat 2-3-4) Sand / clean up trim lines properly ( add return edge if necessary Glue together and then repeat 3-6 Cleanup piece / get ready for snap / harness system This is of course more for legs, arms mostly I really dont know what to expect for modifications to the chest ab backplate. But from browsing build threads I know biceps,forearms, shins, thighs will need a lot of work. Build priority thoughts Arms Legs Chest/back Kidney/ butt Helmet Belt, TD, dropbox But maybe I will switch and leave legs until later and go top half bottom half sort of deal. On to the pictures. Kit Pictures: Workbench setup:
  11. Check here http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/19041-fs-accurate-rivets-for-your-tktd/ he may be able to send you rivets just for the thigh ammo pack.
  12. Thanks for posting, its interesting to see what goes into making these molds / parts.
  13. Hmm a bit late to this but I have a few. 1) Build first TK (TM/C) 2) E11 Blastercore PVC Build 3) EIB status for TK 4) Lose 24 lbs / get to 170 Status: 1,2,3) Buying lots of stuff and a ton of forum reading. This community has a wealth of information so I have been sorting through and bookmarking posts for when my armor gets here. 4) 10.6 lbs down in january
  14. Impressive work, cant wait to see how this turns out.
  15. I have size 11, I will do this when I get home and scan it at work tomorrow.
  16. Ordered a set the 2 for 30 sale is still going plus free shipping in the US.
  17. Hey Bill, I am in your garrison I believe it took 2-3 days for the application to be processed. Once approved you get access to the forums, you are given an adviser and a thread to post your status updates on your build.
  18. I have a question on everyone's thoughts on the Stormtrooper lightsaber. It is officially listed under the hero in the CLR however its already only for informal events. Given it was only ever in concept art would you think you could troop informal events with the saber under stunt? Its more of a preference in helm brow for me but there seems to not be any point in wasting money on a lightsaber you can not troop with ever. Well less of a point as they are still damn cool.
  19. Great thread, thanks for taking the time to take and annotate all the photos this will be immensely helpful!
  20. Thanks for posting this awesome thread. Congrats on a sick blaster, looks like tons of hard work but I would say it paid off.
  21. Interesting read clears a couple things up for us new folks. Thanks for the info.
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