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Yes!! Definitely going to be using padding to help keep my parts from knocking around. My shins were always twisting to the side and both leg pieces would lock together so it was hard to walk. Can't wait to test out the fixes on the next troop. I'm also getting lessons on how to stand and walk like everyone else so that my poses don't always scream: girl. haha. My knees and toes point inwards so I'm trying very hard to take a wider stance and puff my chest out.

I did my first troop in Ottawa's PopExpo! I have lots of pieces I need to shorten if I want to have better mobility and I still need to make my holster, but it was fun to troop with everyone. Looking forward to being able to send in approval pictures!

At 120, I would suggest AP or ATA. I'm 125 and 5'5 and only had to cut off a little bit from the AP armour and another girl my size did the same with her ATA armour. There's certainly room to take off more for yourself. Very doable! But harder to find detailed tutorials. You'll want to look more into those armours to decide how long you want to wait, how much you want to pay, and which style you like better. To shorten the arms and legs you'll want to cut material off of the top and bottom of your arms and legs (near the armpit, wrist, ankles and near the crotch on the limbs) because the joint areas of the limbs have a more special shape that's harder to replicate. Lots of people will suggest making things thinner, but I might suggest using padding to make yourself look more bulky. Having one piece smaller makes it necessary to make every other piece smaller so that it looks in proportion. Keeping the width of the armour will also make you match other tks in your troop a little more closely. Good luck! And don't be discouraged!

Yay!! Thank you!

Now I do! Right ear:

Ears are on and shoes are painted! Slowly but surely... The arms and legs are on their way.

Gluing my first pieces! Starting with the upper arms. Will be working on my ears as I glue pieces together. Forearms are next on the glue list!

So helpful!!! I just took off my return edges yesterday, so I'll try your adjustment method out tonight for sure.

I ended up switching over to the helmet for a bit! Am hoping to make more progress on the arms by the end of this week. I've cut out the cover strips and made the arms a little smaller so we'll see how those look when i get them taped up!

Thank you for the suggestions! No luck on finding Cre8tiv's thread, but there is a female tk who's kindly offered to work with me in my garrison. Since I won't have her help all the time though, I'm hoping to get as much done on my own as I can. Posting pictures and working slowly seems like the best option. The torso seems like the toughest part. Maybe I can start with the forearms though! Just to be sure, there is a return edge near the elbow, but not near the wrist?? I've been quite generous with my return edge sizes because i'm not entirely sure how big I should be making them haha. Side view without alterations: And the hilarious view from underneath: I might need to make it an inch shorter and take 3inches off the width. I haven't sanded or cleaned up my edges yet because I predicted I'd need to make lots of changes. If I were to take any length off I'd assume it'd be from the wrist's side?

I just got my armour in this week!! I've cut out all of the parts except for the helmet, but I'm nervous for the next step: resizing. I'm 5'5" and around 125lbs, so I've bookmarked 'modifying armor for women', 'diana's rs props build' and 'pandatrooper's am build thread' as well as tried to read anything that I could find. Things I'm confused about: How much space should be between my undersuit and my armour? How much space should be between joints and the armour to have good mobility? Which parts of the armour should or shouldn't have a return edge? Knowing these things would probably make me feel a little more relaxed moving forward, but it's always scary knowing that if I cut too much then I might ruin a piece. I've tried testing the armour out. For the most part everything appears too long and too wide so I foresee many alterations. How would you go about finding out how much smaller something needs to be? Would love to hear your thoughts!

!!!!! CLAY! I LOVE YOU!! haha Thank you so much!

Ian: I'm worried that paint made for leather doesn't stick to rubber in the same way, so I'm nervous to try a paint that doesn't list rubber specifically. Thank you for the suggestion though! Steve: I'm making a costume of a character from a new show at our studio! I'm hoping my co-workers will get a kick out of it. http://www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/disney-tries-something-new-with-star-vs-the-forces-of-evil-a-woman-creator-102477.html ^That article unfortunately focuses on who's making it and not what it's about, but I'm extremely excited for the first episode to air. I need the paint to make the rhino face on the boots haha. (they're on the main character with long blond hair) My friend suggested I try asking the fine folks here because everyone is really talented and works with a lot of different materials.

Thank you for the reply! I would've been making a horrible mistake. Do you know of any rubber based paint brands or where people sell them? I've gone to home depot and Michael's and they both told me they don't sell paints that work on rubber. So I'm hoping to get a name that I can look for on the shelves myself or one that I can order in if it's not in my city. I only need white and black so they don't need to have a great selection of colours or anything.

Hi! I'm still not sure if I've picked the right place to ask this question haha. I really want to paint rain boots that are made of natural rubber. I'm thinking about using Krylon Fusion plastic spray paint and putting a clear glaze on top. I don't feel confident in this decision though. Do any of you have experience in painting rubber? I would like to use them as regular rain boots, so I'm hoping to find a way to paint them so that they won't crack and peel.