Tusken RTT

Great thread- looks awesome!

Congrats!!

I saw it on the tutorials here; superglue the endcaps with a single piece of elastic to hold the caps on. You have a compartment now for a little cash and your keys!

Thanks guys! Great eyes; I have ordered some softies I am waiting to come in still and just glued these guys together with one strap- my bad on the wrist vs hand, thanks. Crazy I goofed on the wrong sides also!

I think I just about have everything ready; first troop is next Saturday! I appreciate any tips or suggestions to make the application process a smooth one. Thanks everyone for your help! Things I see- the sniper plate fell under my knee for the AP pic, the rt drop box swung to the side a bit.

I filed down the pvc some on both sides to get the caps to fit better; AP kit and I had the same problem. Also took a few mm off of the overall length of the tube. I did the connection of the caps with elastic to allow me to store some things in the TD tube.

Nothing cooler than the first full suit test! I keep showing off my pic to everyone. Looks great, it wont be long now!

Those clips look great- nice job!

Got you covered on straw storage, the TD flexi cap! This will have my keys and credit card as well.

Disaster averted for now; took everyone's advise and fixed the shin/shoe situation to get by for now. Walked around a bunch in the house and they stayed in place! I do make a small velcro crunch sound when I walk so I may change out to elastic and snaps for the connection later. Did the elastic strap around the feet, velcroed the shoes to the shin bottoms and tightened up the tops of the shoes with some more velcro. Very happy the shins come now and stay over the shoes! I have just everything done except gluing the ab buttons in place! Heading to the Ren Fest now but will do a fitting and pics tomorrow!

Great job! Looks perfect.

I love it! If you get a build/run going I will take one for sure. Great idea.

Thanks guys- great suggestions for sure. I like both of them, may need both the elastic and velcro! Walking upstairs was pretty hairy to say the least! Definitely going need to trim a bit of the bottom thighs. Still hurts.

Thanks Andrew; good call, I thought they looked super funny. That sure will be a tight fit, I see why a lot of folks use either the velcro or snap running from the shoes!

Did a fuller dry run! Nearing the end with the fine tuning still to come of fixing some bites and making it a bit easier to walk. I made the arm straps between the biceps and forearms shorter but looks like I need to go some more. The trick to run elastic from the but sides to the ab worked like a charm!! After taking the TD off I noticed it scratched the back all up! Hope this normal; hidden by the belt I guess. Please hit with me with any critiques! Still have the ab buttons and shoulder strap covers to glue down.

Looking good on the shim! Really try to match the bend of the kidney by bending and shaping it before gluing, made a big difference for me in getting the seam to smooth out.

Thanks a lot everyone- great advice! I shortened up the forearm straps this morning and added the snaps across the butt to abdomen to keep this tighter. Waiting on the glue now so I will try a dry run again in the morning; Germain, Alex and Eric, really appreciate it!

Great job! Belt came out fantastic. I think I may have put my belt snaps a little to close to the rise in the ab plate, one snapped apart a couple of times. Yours look much better.

Thanks a lot guys! The little secret I must share which will save you a lot of mental anguish, is to dust the seam with some spray paint lightly. I probably could have done this after the first round and gotten close to the same result, but it does make the difference if your seam is smooth after the ab paste sanding and not still a physical gap for the paint dusting to help hide it if still showing in spots. It took trying out the third can on some scrap of different brands of white gloss before I found a match, but it sure helped finish it off. Just do not get in a hurry, lots of coats, a couple of dustings at a time, a couple of times of day, and the seam got lighter and lighter. You can then polish around the outside edges of the areas where the paint and natural plastic meet to blend it in, but it matches so well you hardly have to do this at all. Good luck everyone! This is the brand that matches AP-

Awesome job!

Lot's of progress! Finished up the arms and suspension- Got the legs done (small crack in the sniper plate while clamping!! Will have to be a later fix)- Finally the kidney plates/shims are done enough to get to snapping and strapping! Felt so good to put everything on for a sneak peek! I've got problems though- the butt! Any ideas how to fix this? I have hardly no butt in real life, but in TK land it's really bad. See the flaring? Do I cut this or try to bend it in more? It seems the belt is riding too high to keep it in place?

Not 100% when you get up close to it, but I had to get on with the suspension so I am going with this right now. Pretty happy with it, just frustrating that it seems the more I sanded the more I then started to see the seam again! It's finding that happy medium where you are OK with the contour of the paste vs wanting to get it sanded back completely down. Added the rivets- no gap!!!

Belt looks great! I know what you mean about the sniper plate. After wrestling with it and then gluing it up, I walked around in the leg armor. It pointed too far inwards and it was poking me. So off with the plate for re-gluing. It actually went on better the second time, I think the clamps and glue helped bend it a bit into the shape I need, but just make sure it does not point too far in towards your knee. My shims are coming along; I will be out of town for a few days so my project will be on hold, but you will be able to get them done and can hide the seam for sure.

Started with the 220; now time to move to the finer stuff. A couple of divets need attention to, but the gap is slowly vanishing. I have been slowed down a bit by work so only get a few minutes here and there to scrub on this baby.

Good deal! I have not even looked at the belt yet! I did curl it and the ammo pack in a circle and am holding them together with clamps; hoping they will retain some of the bend when I am ready to start on those. I bet with the belt the costume is really coming together!