Psych007

Hi there, have been doing alot of mods on my Rubies the last month. Unfortunately I work away from home between the weekends so my only time to work on the armor is friday-sunday. This is the progress so far tho, really appreciate some advice to get it better. First of all a crappy pic straight from the box. The gloves didnt work to well with my smartphone which shows in the blurry picture. The fit was just awful and I almost lost my hope straight away. Could hardly move. I know I need to replace the boots which is in progress and a helmet from CFO is due about next week along with some white stripes for the bigger pieces of the armor. Since I didn't have any spare abs-plastic i used a thicker fabric for the snap-plates. The snaps in the bottom didn't need to be used since I fixed the long elastic over the shoulders. The belt didn't feel good at all so I did a new one after a tutorial here. As you can see I replaced the elastics for the dropboxes and made an inner one for em. Theyr'e not pretty but they work for their purpose.. Raw assembly. Some abs-paste and sanding later. Tada! The AB-buttons aren't right for the ROTJ-armor so that need to be flipped. Easier said than done! Before a bit of sanding. It doesn't look to bad on this photo but in close-up at the joint you can easily see that something has been made to it. I'm having some problem with bubbles. I've painted the buttons twice with different colors but it seems i have to do it once again because the last time alot of the paint got peeled of when i removed the tape I had making the circles. Any tips on how to do it better and any 'correct' colors to use? Beside alot of trimming and cutting and sanding that is most of the mods that have been made. I have alot more to work on but I'm starting to see the light in the tunnel.. Here's some picture on the armor in it's current state. The shoulder straps are off so I can abs-paste the holes from the rivets and put it in the right position after getting the chest and back right. Sorry for the quality of the pictures, not easy when your'e alone.. I'm having problem with the fit between ab/kidney and back, any solutions, padding foam in the top-back or cutting some off? Should I try to lower the back a bit to be closer to the bottomplate? The straps from the bells are going to be replaced underneath the shoulder-snap-straps. Is the height of the chest/back ok? Shins. There you go, the progress so far.. Now I need to run, got an car-inspection in 20 min! Yikes! Take care all!