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I had looked at the belly issue, but when I measured the armor from crotch to top, it is roughly 36 inches, on me that same measurement is 39 inches with sucking in the tummy, or 42 inches with the tummy On the sides I think I need about 6 inches to cover it

How do I contact Jim, have not been able to find anything

How rugged is his armor when compared to Anovos

I did some looking, where do I find him at

Which armor is best for people with longer torso's and wider shoulders? I have gotten some Anovos, and the issue is that my torso is longer than the average person leaving a 3 to 4 inch gap between the chest and abdomen plate. I know I can cut the abdomen and hide the gap behind the belt, this was recommended by my GML Right now I am about 5'10 and about 270 lbs, about a 46 belly, and 44 chest My idea was to give my anovos kit to my wife (who wants one as well) and look for a better fitting kit that does not require as much modifications. Bonus points for Rogue One style armor so I can sit

I do not have anything glued. All I have done was remove the return edged on the sides and top I have the front side shoulder straps at the correct length, just not sure on the back. I might be able to take a heat gun to the back and have the back strap fit my back a little bit better Also just noticed my thigh armor is way too big. If I place it right above the knee the points are higher than my belly button

I am in the process of fitting the armor when we found out I will have about a 2.5" gap between the ab part and the chest plate. Any ideas on how to fix this Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

For wider cover strips is there any specific thing I should use.

Would a heat gun work as well I did a measurement and my arms are roughly 15 cm round, will have to see how big the biceps are to see if they will fit that diameter

Here are a few I could find on my phone I had to basically widen the gap between each one by about an inch to roughly get it to fit decent I would rather have a little more room for maneuverability in the biceps The 2nd picture shows the part that is sticking up. 3rd photo shows how off round it is in order for it to fit me Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have having trouble with fitting my bicep pieces. I have actually had them get stuck on me once. Does anyone have a good tutorial on how to resize them or add some shims to widen them Also on the inside there is that piece that sticks straight up, is that ok to shorten, it poke me sometimes in the under arm Also when test fitting the armor is there any piece I should start with and go from there

I am curious is there any guide to modifying the Anovos armor for our larger troopers

Just found out from the past XO, (The GML is on vacation) they recommend trying ot keep the front area the nominal width and shim the backside

I am waiting to hear back from my GML, we have several future troopers that are in the same predicament Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Now for some fitting fun This is the right shin piece 25/28 I did my best to approximate how far roughly 10 mm per return edge side it was away in, marked it on the inside of the shin pieces On the back side it was a little too big a gap I could probably force it shut but I'm not sure it would be very comfortable to wear long term Now I went back and open up the gap between the return edges to roughly 30mm The fit on the back was a little bit better I was able to close the back with a piece of tap and it fit rather comfy Once I get the edge of the shin halves to line up better I will put on the under armor to get the final fittings. I find the under armor seems to keep my size a little bit down Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

For the shins. There is a 20mm cover strap, so I should trim the front of the shins down to 10 mm on each side. I can find one with return edge pretty easy (Part 28), but the return edge on part 25 is hard to find. I found that taking a mechanical pencil and going over the edges you can see what is where pretty easy sometimes I am hoping that the penciled in line I made roughly around the turn is where the edge of the return edge is On part 28 actually appears a lot clearer and it looks like it's about 20 mm away from the cut line they show, which is the line on the right So judging by the distance that there is away from teh outer edge of the return edge you can get a quick estimate by overlapping the pieces Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for the info For the biceps, I have to split the halves apart to get them to fit on me, is it better to keep the outer edge in the normal placement so the 15mm strap covers it and try to shim the other side, I would be looking at about 1.5" worth of shimming One of the forearms fit pretty tight when I put my hand through, will have to do a tape fitting on them and see how they fit with the gloves, or do you put the gloves on after I do have Ukswrath's guide printed out and use it for assistance, it is the first place I usually look for

So I made a little more progress on my armor It still seems tight on for the biceps under the arms right now Do you think I can go ahead and cut those pieces off our trim them down so I'm not getting stuck every time all of my arms up Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Would a heat gun work I was thinking of sticking something roughly the size of my arm in the armor that giving it some passes with the heat gun to see if I can reshape it

Here are both of my biceps I tried opening the gap on the right side bicep but it's still pretty much get stuck on my arm The problem seems to be the width of the owner piece is not large enough to accommodate my arm The right on appears to be the worse and I've actually managed to get it stuck on my arm several times I've even tried using tape to let there be a larger gap between the two armor pieces but still really has not helped it looks like the pieces are just too narrow one way so I'm wondering if there is a way to basically round out the armor little bit more Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Left forearm Has a better seal Little tighter around the arms Does seem a little long on my arm I have a limited range of motion when compared with the right arm Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is my right forearm fits pretty good but there is a gap on each side. Hoping the strip will cover it Little tight up top return edge might need to go Lots of space around the wrist Does the fit across the arm look good Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah I discovered that too late. I have not trimmed anything else down that much yet I was thinking of ordering a sheet of 3mm abs plastic to use when I need to make adjustments, or is there somethign better to order

So I got my BBB a while back and have been working on it off and on as I have the time. I am also more on the Gamorean Guard side being 5'10 and 275 lbs I have most of the stuff rough trimmed out I started working on the forearms and noticed they feel kind of long on me. When I get home I will get some photographs Also the biceps feel small, then fit but very snugly. Is there a way to open them up a little. The person I was working with told me to trim them up to the lines and to fit the armor to me I would probably have to pull off most of the return edges

Same one I got hoping to get it modded up for my Anovos kit