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On 8/2/2021 at 6:36 AM, justjoseph63 said:
"Of course, there will always be the one trooper who is totally anal (that would be me, lol) and will nit pick it, but I generally ignore them..."
Get ready for some nit-picking and ready to roll your eyes, Ron...
I know many (if not most) paint the butt-stock in black, but the ones in ANH were natural wood (brown) as seen in the main detention block room and in the screen used one below. (It sold at auction for around $85.000.00).
For my 3D version, I painted the stock brown and striated it with some lighter brown/tan to emulate a wood grain. Not nearly as shiny as the originals but I am happy with it. Either color is fine for all levels of approval.
Hey Joseph how deep are those grooves in the butt stock? I've been slowly scratch building one and need to figure that out.
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Coming along nicely Garrett. I'm making headway on that pike you delivered to me as well.
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Nothing wrong with painting the whole thing, but keep in mind you'll have to paint the bucket also. Now I've heard that WTF! is pretty a close color match.
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I won't try to say which armor is the best choice for anyone. But there are many good kits out there I have an Anovos stunt kit and a WTF Crimson kit both are decent enough for me and I've had no issues with either so far. When I built my Anovos kit I literally only had access to sandpaper, utility knife, dremel and some kitchen shears. So you can manage with minimal tools. Don't think or feel you need a lot of tools basic tools like a hammer, screwdriver, utility knife, x-acto knife and sandpaper and a snap setting tool is all you really need everything else is just to make it easier.
Good luck with whatever armor you choose and I look forward to your build.
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No matter if you made it or not Garrett. It looks good. Also you know where to find me if you have questions.
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On 6/26/2020 at 7:13 AM, gmrhodes13 said:
A great tutorial on pouches can be found here------------
Lots of broken photos and no text at all. But it does have measurements.
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Can someone post the measurements for these?
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Looks better Garrett and glad I could help. Shoot me a message through FB if you have any questions.
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Hit up the folks at WTF they do them as well.
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Hey Dan I'm not familiar with printed armor or processes of it. I can tell you that if you're in TK armor it is typical to lose some of your mobility and sitting is not an easy task if you can manage it.
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Welcome Paige! It's always nice to see a partner step up to be a spotter for their trooper and be involved in the actual build process. Remember pictures are your best friend and no question is dumb or stupid.
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Just now, gmrhodes13 said:
For current members but not new members
Oh that's what I meant Glen.
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Somehow I just realized that adding costumes was exempt from the election lock out.
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Yeah from the photos I'm pretty sure you'll be okay once you get some mock strapping and your belt on.
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How much overlap is there? You could always add a bit of padding in there or try to shape it a bit. Even a little of both maybe? This is where we say photos are helpful as we can get a better idea of the issue.
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Yes always test fit everything prior to changing anything. Even a test fitting using painters tape holding the whole kit together. This way you get a feel of how it will actually fit on you.
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Yeah I forget you have to edit something to edit any part of the post.You have to edit your first post each time you want to change the totals, at the bottom of the page you will find an EDIT tab
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So it seems I'm now up to 21.
Current Year Troops: 16
Troops Since we started Tracking: 21
Recent Tour of Duty
2019-12-22: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker movie premiere - Sunday
2019-12-21: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker movie premiere - Saturday
2019-12-20: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker movie premiere - Friday
2019-11-30: Star Wars Holiday Special
2019-09-15: Rose City Comic Con RCCC 2019 - Sunday
2019-09-14: Private Event
2019-09-13: Rose City Comic Con RCCC 2019 - Friday
2019-09-07: Daniel's Celebration of Life
2019-08-14: Weird Al - Troutdale
2019-07-13: DonorFest 2019
2019-06-28: Doernbecher Children's Hospital Visit - SW Portland
2019-06-23: Private Event
2019-06-16: Portland Pride Parade
2019-05-16: Private Event
2019-05-11: Vancouver 2019 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation�s Great Strides
2019-02-16: Private Event
2018-12-15: Bridge the Gap fundariser
2018-12-08: Star Wars Holiday Special
2018-09-09: Rose City Comic Con 2018 - Day 3 - Sunday
2018-09-08: Rose City Comic Con 2018 - Day 2 - Saturday
2018-09-07: Rose City Comic Con 2018 - Day 1 - Friday
And again I'm not seeing where I can edit the title. However I added all of them to date.
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For the straps heat gun, if you're comfortable with it, or hot water bath and that should work. As for how much to bend them it should depend on how your armor I fitting.
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I would suggest shortening the shoulder elastic. That would pull the body up a bit. It also looks like you could adjust the chest snaps that would raise the ab up.
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I also noticed that you have not shaped the should strap yet. That would also help with the fitting.
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One thing you could do is straighten the tabs on the back plate that could help the shoulder straps reach. Wearing your undersuit always helps. The shorts make it hard to tell where the cod is setting to really be able to gauge how much room you have. What type of strapping are you using?
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I will second Joseph's sentiments. Very simple fixes for all of the issues stated and I would add that two more that are really just helpful tips. On the left shin add a bit of foam inside to keep it from rotating and a little behind the knee plate to help it from getting under the thigh. The other is to add a little something under the right thigh ammo belt to help keep it from slipping down. As Joseph said the boots will depend slightly, but painting them is screen accurate as they were painted white.
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@TheEagle I'm centurion approved with that bit of wonkiness.
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Like Glen I have converted to snaps. My TK will eventually pull double duty as a HWT and so I made the decision to switch to snaps. They work out pretty good.