ComradeDave

Now I don't know if I should laugh or feel bad that I'm so bad at armour building

Is there a purple heart equivalent in the 501st? at the end of this build I hope I can get a FISD kudos for most injured trooper in the line of duty... LMAO

yeah I blew it... I should have bought those no cut gloves... As for the tabs should be ok the only thing is that its a rather oval fit. I'd like to bend it ever so slightly to get more of a circular fit on the ab an kidneythe

Shoulder straps and ab buttons being glued. no pics at this time because I had to stop abruptly. while being over zealous on my thigh armour I had a bit of a miss again with my razor and almost completely took off the pad of my thumb. All bandaged up now, but this time I almost fainted from all of the blood. Same thumb as last time lol.

Yes from all the resources you can clip off the the big tab in the back but get your second opinions from the DO's and upper levels with pics first

thats in Aarons thread Hugh lol

how we doin? I hope this is remotely correct...

Right on bro!

Thats over a metric tonne! lol

You should check out my build thread... I destroyed a helmet already with a heat gun lol

Awww. Darn, well keep us posted about the resin kit I know they can be heavy. Another trooper from Australia was telling me about his and said it weights like 7 kgs!

man Lorenzo if you sold these things it would be a hit!

lol totally brother I feel your pain

Where can I get one? lol

I did the same thing, I have an over trimmed one if you want lol

right I got another ab plate too here's the pictures from last night

Oh man I love Invader Zim lol. And I agree Ange, I should have designed my own, but I am way to critical of my art and could never decide on anything... I've been an artist all of my life but something went sour around the end of Highschool and beginning of university that made me give up on myself artistically. Slowly trying to retake that back.

Totally agree Jason, I should have saved that money for something I could be proud of... But hey, I was 18 year old punk full of p*ss and vinegar lol.

Apparently it is screen accurate to trim the excess to fit, If you ever want to Aaron. Tony, Mark and Paul (trooper master) all pointed that out.

If I'm ever in Barrie again, you've got to hook me up! I am ashamed of all of my tattooes now... I was obsessed with Soviet history in highschool and marred my body with a bunch of soviet graffiti that looks terrible and is embarrassing. I thought I was so badass with a hammer and sickle on my shoulder and bunch of words in cyrillic on my back and forearm. It holds no meaning to me anymore as I'm not a Bolshevik or even Russian for that matter! I'd like to get a sweet SW themed sleeve to cover up the mess I made, or maybe something more in line with my current interests... I still think Russian History is fascinating but marking you body with political symbols of an oppressive regime (though totally not as bad as a swastika or some awful crap like that) is stupid and I wholly regret it. My sister's boyfriend is also a pretty amazing tattoo artist, but even though he's pretty much family he runs a bit expensive (jerk lol). Anyway, I hope I can finish most of my armour by the time you get yours so I don't feel like a complete fool and we can be suited up at the same time! Godspeed Bratt-wurst! lol

LOL 6 it is! No I'm built like an elongated child XD

Will do Tony I think at this point they are being left alone. I'm going to clean up the sides a bit with fine grit sand paper and glue them on. Now another quick question. I see by the pictures and research that the straps are glued roughly 4-5 ridges deep on the chest plate is this correct?

From the screen cap it looks like 4-5 ridge deep onto the chestplate is this correct?

rear and 2 small tabs gotcha I'll leave it for now but. later on that'll have to go!

you're right Mark, sorry about the panic thanks again brother!