Jump to content

Zugor

501st Stormtrooper[TK]
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    105

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    1

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Zugor

  1. FOTK boot reference photos?

    in TFA Stormtrooper

    Posted

    2 hours ago, TheRascalKing said:

    Unless you're a professional cobbler, I might just give Gio at Crow Props a shout, as he makes custom sized boots regularly.

    While Gio does make amazing shoes, I wasn't happy with mine so I would rather make my own. Thanks for the suggestion tho. Plus from the research I have been doing its not difficult to make a pair of boots and I would like to try it.

  2. FOTK boot reference photos?

    in TFA Stormtrooper

    Posted

    I wear a size 14 shoe and Keep Trooping doesn't make my size so I am making my own boots. I can find reference photos for the front and sides of the boots but not the back of the boot. From the CRL pictures it looks like there is a cover strip in the back for a seam. Can anyone post a few pictures of your boots so I can make a pattern?

     

    Thanks,

    Peter

  13. Magnetic shin closure glue failures

    in ANH (Stunt and Hero)

    Posted

    As for the magnets themselves I believe I have the same type rare earth and sized magnets that Cricket used in her tutorial.

    16 hours ago, Jared said:

    Are you roughening up the glue side of the magnet with a file or coarse sandpaper? Giving it some kind of mechanical bond as well?
    Or what about using a strip of thin plastic over the magnets to hold them on? Something like a for sale sign plastic, to help keep them from ripping off the outside overlap


    Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

    Thanks Jared, I did rough up the glue side of the magnet as well as the plastic to give the glue something to adhere to.

     

    14 hours ago, Scimitar said:

    I am using the same closure system, you'll need to do a handful things to make them work and hold. I've done four pretty long troops so far and have had no failures yet.

    1. Rough up the glue side of the magnet like Jared mentions. I used a very coarse sanding sponge.

    2. Rough up the cover strip area that you're gluing to.

    3. Thoroughly clean the magnet and cover strip surfaces with rubbing alcohol, be sure not to touch the glue side of the magnet with your bare hands after cleaning them (I used powder free latex gloves while cleaning and gluing). The metal particulates from sanding and the oils from your hands will mess up the glue's ability to bond the magnet to plastic.

    4. Glue the closure magnet on with E6000, use a magnet on the opposite side of the cover strip to hold the closure magnet in place, and then let cure for 72 hours.

     

    The sizing shouldn't be a problem unless the holes you have in the shins are pulling or pushing against the cover strip magnets when you're wearing the shins. I did drill the holes a little bit larger than the magnets in my shins just for some wiggle room/flex.

    Great point Eric, I did not clean the surfaces with rubbing alcohol which may be where my problem lies. Its quite possible I contaminated the glue or surface with oil from my fingers weakening the bond. As for sizing, I am pretty sure the holes are pushing against the magnets as I have to push the shins together when I put them on so there is definiately some tension there. The area where the magnets fail is the area where my calf muscle is pushing on the sides of the armor. Not all the magnets fail. There are 2 or 3 on the lower part of the shin that remain intact. Its the upper magnets that fail.

     

    4 hours ago, LTM said:

    Are you using the same magnets as Cricket?

    Lou, I believe I am using the same rare earth type and size magnets as Cricket used in her tutorial. I think I ordered mine after reading about the size magnets she used.

     

    Thanks for the replies, I will start removing the old glue and sanding the glue areas down.

  14. Magnetic shin closure glue failures

    in ANH (Stunt and Hero)

    Posted · Edited by Zugor

    Has anyone had success with a particular glue on the magnetic shin closures? I followed Crickets build here :

    However the issue I am running into is the glue on the outer magnets fails after one or 2 uses. When I say the outer magnets I mean the ones that are not held in the ABS pockets on the inside of the shin. I think the inner magnets hold well because they are basically surrounded by glue whereas the outer magnets just have the one surface to hold them. I have tried Super Glue, E6000, and Gorilla Glue. The Gorilla Glue seemed to hold the longest but ultimately failed after 3 uses. To be fair my calf muscles are big compared to the WTF shins I have and I may be placing a bit more strain on the magnets than I should which may be why the magnet detaches from the cover strip like it does.

    I am not sure of a stronger glue so at this point I am wondering if I should get magnets or steel buttons with a threaded hole in the center and run a flat head screw through the cover strip and then place a very thin cover strip over that to hide the screw heads. Either that or make larger shins (larger in circumference).

     

    Any thoughts?

  19. ANH armor tint question

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

    Posted · Edited by Zugor

    I would like to point out the Dave’s assessment of my intention regarding enforcement of the CRL is incorrect. I simply wanted to know what the requirement is. I did my research and asked polite questions in an attempt to understand the issue which is quite clearly a grey area. 

  22. The 2018 What OT armor are you wearing poll

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

    Posted

    I wonder how many people are like me and don't have a set of armor from a single vendor. I have what I lovingly call a Franken suit. I originally had a complete yet old FX kit, purchased from Ebay (yeah I know cardinal sin). In order to pass muster I had to replace pieces, chief among those the bucket. Also over the years a few pieces have been damaged and replaced, now my kit looks like this:

    Helmet - T/MC

    Chest - Custom made

    Back (011) - FX

    Shoulders - Unknown

    Biceps - FX

    Forearm - FX

    Abdomen - FX

    Kidney and Butt - FX

    Thighs - RT-Mod - previously ATA but donated to help a trooper

    Shins - WTF - previously FX  but also donated to help a trooper

     

    I imagine I am in the extreme minority with a kit like this but would still be interesting data.

×
×
  • Create New...