BAM POP!

Thanks so much, Thomas and Peter! You're the best!!! The whole thing is much clearer now. Thank you!

Sorry, I may be making this more complicated than it should be, but I could use some help with this mod. I'm building an AP and all the ABS scraps I try this on turn out like rubbish. I'm using the monokote iron with the cloth accessory. The area that I'm trying to bend is looking more warped than bent and the finish on the surface in that area is looking like its contracted leprosy! I have some questions... - What temp setting do you use and do you ever change it throughout the process? - What areas of the iron surface actually makes contact with the armor? Just toward the tip? - How wide of an area of ABS should be in contact with the iron at a time? - Do you point the tip of the iron toward the outer edge of the armor piece or toward the center? - How much pressure do you apply during heat up and bending and is it constant pressure or do you apply more/less once the ABS is hot? - Do you constantly keep the iron moving or does it ever rest in one place at any time? - What direction do you move the iron? Up and down against the edge or side to side with the edge? - Should the ABS surface in the bent area have the same smooth finish as it did before or is it expected to have some melty/rough/leprosy type stuff going on that requires sanding afterward? Any advice would be so greatly appreciated! And if you have photos or can point me to some that depict iron placement on the ABS and angles and all that it would also be super rad. Thank you!

Thanks for asking this, Derek, and for answering, Paul! I was coming here today to research this very subject

Amazing!

D'oh! I guess they are a little bulby, huh Billy?

Yeah, underoos were rad! I took some better photos of the mens briefs I printed! ----------

haha you guys are funny! I was just going to use the screens to make up a few more for myself and maybe some friends, but I could probably make extras. I checked with the manufacturer of the briefs (american apparel) and although they say this model is "unisex," they do have a more feminine cut for the ladies. I took a minute to photoshop a mock-up on their catalog photo ------------- I might have to make new screens for the girl version, but that's no biggie. besides, I think mrs. bam pop wants some for herself anyway! oh, and after these turned out so well I started work on a vader bum, too. I'll post pics when that's finished.

it's funny the things you will do when you're waiting around for your armor kit to arrive. I give you tk undies (for grown-ups)... ----------- I'm a novice at silkscreening, but they turned out pretty nice! what do you think, standard imperial issue?