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The5thHorseman

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  1. Hi everyone, I just finished my Inner drop boxes and as it might interest some of you I decided to share with you how I did them. The main idea of this, is to only use ABS scraps to save money where it can be saved List of materials: - You’ll need an untrimmed armor kit for this as we need ABS scraps - An X-acto - A pencil - Some glue - Lot of patience Optional stuff: - A hand drill - A paperclip - Some black paint 1st: While trimming the Shoulder bridges take advantage of the four corners already present on the excess of ABS to make things easier. You can also use long stripes of ABS and bend them with a lighter. (You can also find four corners like that on both Ammo belts) Trim them away with your x-acto without cutting the corner. You won’t be able to score & snape them so make as many passage as required to cut a whole side: And then, score & snap the other: Once the four are trimmed we begin to see the shape of the inner drop boxes: 2nd: Now you need to cut the ABS corners to the right length so they can fit inside the outer boxes: Take your time here, you can always cut some more if it’s too long, but adding material is much more difficult! 3rd: Now you need two large and flat pieces of ABS. You can normally find them on the excess of ABS around the handplates. If you can’t find a piece of ABS large enough, check the end of this How to So once you are happy with your corners, take them out and use them as a template to get the right dimension for the back of your Inner boxes: 4th: Now trim the back plate until it fits inside of your outer boxes. I proceeded one corner by one rather than trying to get the right shape from the first attempt. 5th: Here my back plate was a little too high... …so i had to take off some ABS on top of my corners/walls. The idea is to level the corners/walls until their height arrives right under the top of the outer boxes: Now the back plate should fit better: 6th: Now just glue the corners/walls along the edges of your back plate. You can e6000 them but rather, I would advise you to use CA glue for this because it’s impossible to clamp or magnet them. 7th: Use some ABS paste to smooth the junction between the corners/walls and the back plate. Then sand it or not, as you want: Don’t worry if the sides aren’t perfect because they won’t be apparent. 8th: Final result: Annex: If during the 3rd step you weren’t able to find a large enough plate of ABS, this is for you. I will only show you the theory here, but I had to use this technique for my second plate so I can assess it works. 1st: Find 2 pieces of ABS which when assembled together are large enough. The thicker they are, the easier it will be for you. Then cut straight the 2 pieces so they can fit together: 2nd: Score the edge’s middle on one of the piece with the tip of your x-acto: And use this scoring as a guide for hand-drill the piece in its thickness. While doing this keep your thumb and your index pressed tight against the piece faces, this way you can feel if you aren’t drilling straight and approaching the surface of one of the face. 3rd: Once you have your first hole, you need a matching one in the opposite piece. To do so, put some paint around the hole: And while it’s still fresh, align and press the two pieces together: Now you know where to counter drill the second piece: 4th: Repeat those steps all along the edges as much as possible. The more you do it, the stronger the bind will be. I would recommend three as a minimum. (Here the bottom of my pieces were too narrow for me to be able to make a third drill) 5th: Take your paperclip and cut it into several small tabs with a length that matches the depth of your holes: 6th: Then fit them into the holes: If you worked well , you should be able to slide the two pieces together: 7th: You now just need to glue the paperclip tabs inside their holes, and then glue the two ABS pieces together. 8th: Feel free to smooth the transition between the two pieces when you will make some ABS paste And that's it ! Thank you for reading this, I hope it will help some of you
  2. Lot of good informations here for my next try, thank you all ! I'll keep you up-to-date if I manage to have better results.
  3. I definitely didn't leave my ABS enough time in the acetone, so i'll try that And do you have any ratio estimation of abs/acetone for the mix that i may use ?
  4. I melt some ABS scraps with acetone but as I don't know what ratio you should use I counted on my luck But now I'm asking myself: how long do you have to let the ABS in the acetone ? 24h ? Because I used my paste very quickly after the melting began.
  5. Hi everyone, I made some ABS paste few days ago and once dry, I ended up with something very shiny and not really opaque. The shining issue didn't really matter as I sanded it after but the opacity problem is bothering me a little more. Is that normal with abs paste or did I screwed my abs paste ? Some pics: Shining Opacity (here I also tried to apply white paint over the paste) Thanks !
  6. Bonne astuce c'est pas bête ^^, et très bon français au passage
  7. Pour moi, ce qui me semble le plus simple reste le combo iComm + ampli Aker vendu ici sur le FISD: http://www.whitearmo...n-system-icomm/ http://www.whitearmo...?showtopic=8256 A condition, bien sur, que commander depuis les USA ne te dérange pas, parce qu'avec les frais de port le prix gonfle sensiblement :/ Et tu peux aussi acheter juste l'iComm et trouver un autre ampli en France pour alléger le coût. Sinon tu peux tester ça: http://www.plecterla...products_id=137 Le mec est français il me semble, mais le kit à l'air à mon sens un peu plus dur à mettre en place; mais je me trompe peut-être. Et sinon, utiliser son smartphone comme système... Le premier problème qui me vient à l'esprit c'est l'autonomie. Peut-être qu'en le passant en mode Avion ce serait viable mais autrement j'ai peur que la batterie ne tienne pas longtemps. Ensuite je ne sais pas si tu peux utiliser ton propre tel comme un ampli ? Y a surement une appli qui existe mais c'est pas sûr Et si effectivement tu peux, je ne sais pas si le micro du tel serait assez puissant pour te rendre audible ? Dernier problème, les gants sont l'ennemi du tactile ! Et comme les TK sont gantés et que les gants doivent être assez galères à mettre si ton avant-bras est déjà en place je pense que tu aurais du mal à mettre l'appli en route/la couper une fois en costume :s Après, il existe surement d'autre systèmes donc n'hésite pas à attendre d'autres avis !
  8. For all of you troopers who are looking for a last chance to get TKBoots before a while , I think you could try this: -----------
  9. Tu devrais trouver tout ce qu'il te faut ici: http://www.whitearmo...-a-canvas-belt/ Et tu peux aussi regarder ici pour quelques astuces, précision à propos de la largeur de la ceinture, etc... http://www.whitearmo...e-canvas-belts/ Bon courage
  10. I think drilling the PVC pipe will be the most difficult for me too. It's really the step I fear the most ! And when I see all the resin dust that came with the sanding, maybe you should add, in addition of Airways protection, a pretty damn good hoover in your "tools used" list
  11. Thought I had to share that, 'cause I've almost died laughing first time I've seen it !!
  12. Well... I can't believe I've just pressed my bare foot on my screen to see if size 10 fits me ^^ !!! Wish I have a printer
  13. You made some really nice work with your hand painting, it looks very clean, bravo ! And did you use the Humbrol paint or the Testor ?
  14. I remember have already seen someone with a patch "I survived the Rose Parade" and I'm pretty sur it was on the forum ! So yes I think you definitely aren't the only vet here !
  15. I remember that when I saw the Rose Parade's report about the 501st, it kicked my an impolite person so hard that I've became obsess by an idea: make my own Stormtrooper armor. Since then I've found this forum and now I'm really happy to say that I've got my armor on its way ! And most of all, I also managed to involve my brother who have his armor on its way too ^^ And I really hope we could add two new EIB trooper to the Legion for this new year
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