Bulldog44

Thanks Mark and Mario for tor feedback. Mark, they look good all painted up. Mario, I see what you mean about them being possibly too wide. Maybe Mark can do a test fit to see how they are since he already has them in hand.

I can across these boots at H&M clothing store here in Japan. Interested to know if these are good or not for all levels. They look fairly close but not quite sure. Thoughts?

Nice touch up work on the helmet. I have been working on painting an ATA helmet kit and tried my hand at painting the thin black lines on the traps. After many minor fixes to get the line a bit more consistent, I used very fine black tip oil marker to fill in the tiny line areas that were bothering me. Not exactly movie prop accurate but works well and happy with the results. The marker I used is a ZEBRA マッキー .7mm /.3mm

Hi Mike. Here is the link to my build on that part. https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/28778-bulldog44-dd-e-11build/?do=findComment&comment=368348 Sorry it’s not well documented in detail but I did record saying it was .8mm thin aluminum sheeting. It’s merely a cosmetic faceplate to look like the bolt but it does move back considerably like a real bolt. It’s held in place with the help of the cocking pin & to the parts underneath. It rests against the spring so it has a bit of recoil when pulled back. Not entirely durable but it works as I intended. If you want me to shoot a quick video I can do that for you. it was a a fun mod to do but took a lot of resin carving out and patience. The .8mm aluminum plate was easy to bend over a metal pipe. And easy to cut, sand to shape. Happy to answer mor e questions if you have them. Shoot me a PM or reply here. Cheers Tino! . It’s good to revisit some of these mods as it’s been a long time since I did them and could use a refresher.

Congratulations Robert!!!!!

BTW, Best of luck on your application Robert!

I helped Robert with the photos and the calf halves shifted a bit when I was aligning the thighs and calves for the front photo. Normally they are closed and do not show any opening. A slight twist back in one direction and the halves line up nicely and are fully closed.

I am considering that if he is okay for me to do the work.

Thanks. I will do that.

Thanks for the details on how you helped that trooper. That sounded like a challenge but worked out well. Hoping to help this guy get it right so he is satisfied as well. Luckily he seems optimistic to find a solution and not give up yet on this. It’s the last hurdle he has with his armor.

Thanks everyone for the added advice. I will bring our GML into the chat with the guy I am helping. I personally prefer the armor to look fairly screen accurate and prefer he does the extra work and blend in the abs extensions and have a cover strip more in line with 25mm. The gap is far to wide to get away with a wider cover strip I think but just wanted to get some feedback here if he were to try that way. We are also considering to buy larger fitting thigh armor if the mod option seems to difficult for him.

Does anyone know what is the maximum size cover strip you can get away with on the back side of the thigh seam?

Thanks for the link. This is a cool mod but not sure the guy I am helping can do this. I will pass this on and see what he says. I am near Tokyo and he is in Osaka so we are not close by otherwise I would try and help him with this. really appreciate the help.

I will try to post pics but the gaps is significant. Not sure this guy can do the mod shown in the linked thread. But I will see what we can do. the rear enclosure gap at the moment is roughly 8cm on the top end. And 4.5cm on the bottom.

I am helping a someone here in Japan get their armor built and ready for membership submission. He is now working on his thigh armor and is having trouble with sizing. I helped guide him to fix the front halves so they are lined up properly & look better. Now he is trying to tackle to the rear enclosure but he cannot fit his legs I tot he armor unless he leaves a very wide gap between the two halves. The cover strip he would have to use would be considerably wide, maybe triple the width normally used. Sourcing larger armor parts at the moment is not an option for him so we are trying to see if he can use his present parts. Is it possible to have the rear cover strip extra wide? There is not much he can do to reduce the gap.. I advised removing any return edge on the top and bottom edges to maximize how much room he has inside the thigh armor. Any advice you can give or can verify if there any restrictions for the rear enclose width/cover strip size is deeply appreciated.

Hi Stuart. I have RS PVC armor and have had cracks happen. I never found a way to weld the cracks back together but as Tino and Joseph explained, I used scrap PVC to reinforce the cracked areas from the underside. It works well but sometimes this also directs the stress to other areas along the return edge. In areas that seem highly prone to cracking that seemed uncontrollable I trimmed away the return edge as far back as possible without making it look too obvious. One area I had a huge return edge crack was direct center on the neck return edge of the chest plate. It was alarming enough that I trimmed the chest plate neck return edge away. The thicker the return edge the greater the chance for cracking in certain places. If you want to maintain the return edge then I suggest to reinforce behind the areas you pointed out in your photos. Is it the return edge biting into your skin ? for behind the knee area, you can trim some of that off but just do it a little at a time. Try to identify the exact area and trim it back a bit, test and see.

おめでとうございます！ Congratulations Andrew! Thank you for stepping up. Here to support you!

Congratulations on completing your blaster! It can out amazing and your effort put into it shows. You showed that time and patience and perseverance can result in a blaster that other troopers would be honored to have. Get that armor started so you can compliment that fantastic blaster!

Thank you. It’s been a stalled projected at the moment due to space and life but hoping it will start up again soon so I can offer some kits. The parts will all be pretty much movebale like the real deal but with resin it’s just not sturdy and long lasting so my aim is to make it look nice without the need of kicking up resin dust too much. Thanks. I can’t wait to make a finished blaster from these parts.

Excellent work to get this done. Looking good and almost ready to start taking out rebels for sure. Detailing the bolt and some weathering can take it even further but you can add that as you go along. Well done and can't wait to see it in action this coming week.

Sorry to hear you are still having issues with that Tino. Hope it gets sorted so you don’t have to keep logging in each day .

Thanks for your help!

Member husky68 (TK-77712) recently tried to update his email info and now says he is locked out and cannot access the forum. Can someone on the tech team investigate what might be the problem? Appreciate any help you can lend to get him back in action here.

Congratulations TK-77712! An honor to have you with us among the ranks. Looking forward to trooping with you very soon! Best of luck and happiness in the Legion!

Awesome work on your armor Robert! I have been following your build journey and know the challenges you were faced with. You haven’t give up and pushed on through to get your armor ready for this stage which is really the best part as it gets you into the legion. Wish you the best of luck with your application and can’t wait to troop with you soon! As mentioned above the forearm trimming will help reduce the bite. If you are apprehensive to take a chunk off right away, I suggest doing it in small stages so you can see if it’s the look you want to keep and also the comfort factor. I did this approach with a few parts of mine and felt more at ease than trimming lots off at one time