Comfy Turtle

do those get heavy? or is it just hollow plastic or wood?

trooperbay is back up, it says they are having a cyber monday sale but everything seems the same, guess i actually have to wait til Monday to place my order

well unless i can ever get these caps off i'll try screws since i couldnt put a nut on. i have a small army of various screws in the basement so i'll check if i have anything that matches

looks amazing, i'm just waiting on gloves and clips and then i think i'm ready too. we are going to make it just in time for the premiere! i like the weathering, not overly done

definitely can do that, i'll report back on it once its done. or this reminds me from what i'm seeing Evilboys clips dont come with the screws is just regular black screws prefered? i dont anything about the sizing

thanks Scott and Sly for your help. i'm going to give it a good clean later today, i plan on giving the entire set a good polish once its all done as a victory reward. yeah i dont know if there is a guide to or how to handle removing the return edges overall just cut through the entire bit? like just a centimeter or two?

while i'm probly going to buy the decals anyway i had my sister whos the real artist in the family try to expand the tears. the black is probly to thick but i still think its a improvement hopfully trooperbays cyber monday sale will have his dave m's on sale

a mix of fixes and disasters again. first off even though i'm so short no one will notice anyway but i knew the right side shoulder strap off off a bit where it slid after gluing, i readjusted it and have a strong clamp to keep it in place this time. second before i move on my disaster i had a question about the biceps, are they ment to have these shapes? I know most people have them both in a style like the left side but the way the other one came its like it was ment to be cut this way, i can try and angle it but i wouldnt be surpised if it turns out wrong. Last the mix of Success and failure I tested the ABS paste i made and it worked great for when it was ment for and got rid of that small split my left thigh had i was going back and forth though the armor patching up the various splits/cuts i messed up on thoughout my build. hoping to sand and polish these soon. But in my ignorance i thought this stuff could do no wrong and would help with the gap on my control panel, and technically it did. but i was stupid and forgot about the acetone part and was horrifyed by the following image Is there any possible way to fix this? i'm hoping i can sand it and use Novus polish to try and atleast help the damage.

ah i'm only 5'4 but close enough, probly just a few trim difference. yeah i think i'll try and do something like this but i need to get some more elastic and snaps. shame i dont want to risk driving on black friday. i've seen most people only do the front but i'd think the added back side support would make it even better. i could try to do something like that but so on velcro. dunno how well it will hold up though

Ok minor work done today due to thanksgiving but honestly i'm surprised i did anything today I tried fixing up the control panel but even after sanding it still had a small gap on one side or another, i think its due to the curve in the center but i have heavy tape down to try and keep the pressure on this time second i took josephs advice and removed the return edge, except where you see in the pic, after trying all my parts on again i noticed the entire lower cod pokes into me, and hangs off anyway due to my height. i'm wondering if it would be ok to cut where i have marked with penciel last before i give in to sleep was i tried to redo one of the shins to be closed the proper way for Centurion. i'll do the other tomorrow if all goes well. Please let me know what you think. also is there any kind of guide to this goop? i have it all melted but it seems really light i think i need to add more to make it like a paste? i'm worried i'd try to fill the gaps in my armor and end up making a mess

ok i'll check then, i could use the tears on this helmet and my second helmet had a disaster with the back markings but its still a good helmet and i want to save it if i can

Hey i was did trooperbay down for anyone else i've been trying to look into getting tear decals and rivets for my TK but his site seems to have been down for the greater part of a week for me. Also the reason might need the decals is i bought a fully finished helmet from the talented prop maker Darth Voorhees. and while i love his work i'm curious if this tear paint is enough since its not filling out the entire area every other helmet i've seen has them more filled out but i dont know if this will bass everything up to centurion. thanks for any help or advice.

Unfortunately the caps are about a inch each, there was no real info on this on the databank besides that it the total length should be 7.50 inches and the clips are 1 inch but now this and i saw another EIB where they wanted it to be 7 1/4th. whats up with that? sorry if i sound rude just kinda panicing i do plan to fix that button plate i wasnt sure about it until i saw. thanks joseph, your pics from the other thread helped me plan my snap layout. i also plan to do that since while i was trying to fit my thighs to a holding belt something around the cod bit me good. i might do it tonight but i dont know how long i expect to be over with the family.

I think it does Scott i'll double check tomorrow and if they do need to be redone i'll have to get more snaps as i'm out again. going through some EIB threads i notice i probly wont pass with this TD and i forgot i used pop rivets thoughout my build. so thats a setback, anyone know how to remove rivets? the ones in the thighs are stuck good and i know they'll need to be replaced. i dont even know how i can trim down the TD caps now, i didnt even use E6000 its just a tight fit

really tempted to make my anovos kit like this, but i'm terrible with paint, i could spray paint the solid bits but it would be noticeable on the parts to individually paint anyone know a good way to do this kind of paint? even if its not approved i'd like to atleast try plus they are fun as hell to protect the Emperor with in battlefront

A busy day and yet not many pictures i decided to add the snaps to the abdomen based off a picture i saw from Wingnut65s thread. From the belt side much more secure, though in one of the tests the right side snap unsnaped. i might try and seal it better, though i dont know how. maybe E6000. I also went down to Lowes to get the pipe for the TD, sadly they had no free scraps so i had to buy a ten foot pipe to only use 7.5 inches. atleast i have backups right? I plan to replace my phone before the year ends due to pictures like this. but i checked to see if it hit the 7.5 i hope the gaps between the center and caps are ok enough to pass EIB Other things done today but dont have pictures are i worked on the straps to hold the thighs a little, need to raise them up but find a balance because wearing them is one thing, wearing them with the abdomen and kidney/butt is another. I hated that i had to do it but since i'm only 5'4 i trimmed my Shins down by a inch, but i can tell that if i can get the thighs the way i like them now i can actually see black between all that white. Last i bought some Acetone while i was at lowes and working on some more Goop, i think this batch will work better since it was already white before i left the room. With the Thermal done technically i'm done building, i have the clips ordered from Evilboy so between that and the gloves i'm just going to spend from now til Yamacon working on mobility and painting the inside of my helmet black. scary since it came fully built, so i really dont want the paint to leak on into the front I feel i'm almost there.

interesting, shame everything i can think of is already taken

thanks for that pic, i was just about to do this on my own set, i'm surprised some people dont do it after trying it on today i couldn't keep it up with the holster added

mind if i ask your height? you seem around mine so it gives me a idea if i should make my spare anovos kit Sandy. also what do you use to hold up the thighs? they seem stable i do agree with Airborne though either make the helmet dirtier or lighten the rest. looks like you've walked out of Mad Max.

Congrats, any idea on a TK id? most people seem to use there birthdays, but i'm guessing only so many of those are still up for grabs.

Another busy day as i made some adjustments and made some progress and a mistake. I attached the cover squares over the snaps and attached the holster according to the picture used for centurion. let me know if its right. Front I figured my build is relying to much on E6000 so i riveted the drop boxes and used velcro strips to attach them to the belt, i know the Centurion requirement is to have minimal gap between them so its adjustable Back so the big issue so far is i put the male snap on the right side abdomen but i forget there was a miscut i did earlier when i trimmed it down for my size. i'm hoping if i can ever make that goop stuff i can fix it. but i dont know exactly how to make it, my trial jar the plastic got soft and mushy but not really a paste to use. Its just not a armor day for me if i dont try on what i have done at the end. i think i'm getting close. I'm still waiting on the gloves and hand plates from Sonnenschein, she said they'll be here soon. think the only thing besides that is the TD which i have the clips on order from Evilboy, i'll try and head to Lowes tomorrow and hope to get a pipe. no close up pictures but i also trimmed another inch off the top of my thighs since it kept hitting the cod piece. i still dont have anything holding the thighs up right now so hopfully it will be better once i do. since the right thigh seems to keep sucking in the shin and locking my leg in place. Definitively going to put "add snaps to attach the belt to the armor" to my improvement list as after adding the holster the belt keeps sliding on me. Please let me know what you think and any ways to improve myself.

Ah your right, honestly i keep forgetting about every single thing required for Centurion, i'll do that tomorrow. also didnt know about the front cod rivet and the white elastic for the shoulder straps. i'll do the rivets whenver i get some, trooperbay is still down for me. and for the strings thinest while elastic i have on hand is 1inch, most seem to be 1/4th or 1/8th i guess.

looks straight out of the movies, i hope my armor is half as good as yours one day!

Some how i managed to spend 5 hours working on my armor yet feel i didnt get 5 hours worth of stuff done, alot of trail and error. and damn snaps today Here is my completed front side, minus that missing snap on the bottom right i'll replace tomorrow. Heres my back, i remembered to put the male snaps on the butt, i probly will use one of them to close the gap between the crotch, i also did the 22mm square cuts on the side, i didnt have a metric ruler but i was told 22mm is 2.2 centimeter so i think its close. The biggest time waster of the night was the belt i started, i drilled the holes but one of the snaps didnt go in all the way and the middle one was the first i had to do manually since my puncher wouldn't reach, i swear i spent 30mins trying to pull one base snap out because it was to short to hold the other half but was stuck in good. i think the side snaps are farther then they are meant to be but i'm hoping i can just move the cover plastic over a little and call it good. and i dont have a picture but another thing i spent time on was trying to make some elastic to hold the thighs on a spare belt i have. kinda crap right now but i some E6000 drying on some velcro to make it stronger. Shout out to russellr2d2's thread for saving me some positioning issues on the belt Airborne: i tryed checking his site but it says its down for me, i'll try again later.

picked up two more packs that says 8 each, its its really 4 male and 4 female i'll be sad but it might be enough, biggest issue is i cant find split rivets anywhere except on amazon, thats selling them for $16 for a unknown amount of them