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  3. Ready To Begin... ANH to Commander Conversion

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    Where did you get the firehose?

    Do you have a before and after of you belt?

    I am planning on an Anovos conversion to a TKC.

    Hey there! The firehose I bought them from some local internet stores and they comes in all sizes and the price is quite cheap actually! All I had to do is to cut them up in the right width and sew em. I still got a whole roll of firehose left here lol...

  18. ROTJ CFO build... a thintrooper from Hong Kong

    in ROTJ Build Threads

    Posted · Edited by gmrhodes13
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    On 7/26/2016 at 8:28 PM, troopermaster said:

    You have done with same thing with the thigh ammo strap as Markus did in his thread. The straps should be attached like this: (copied from his thread)

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    Not like this:

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    Also, I see most of the arm and leg armour look very loose on you. If you have enough room, you can totally remove one side of the joining edge to make them narrower. I would trim off the back strip on the inner half of each part if you have enough room. This is just a suggestion but let me know if you need more detailed info.

     

    The back knee joints could be trimmed a bit neater too. Cut them in a long diagonal line and they will look and feel much better. The thigh tops at the back could be trimmed to make them look neater. Check out these guys again for a bit of visual reference on how the movie suits were trimmed (and some of these were trimmed down).

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    Thank you so much for your detailed advice !!! I will definitely cut off more to make the arms fit better! For the thighs, I have added paddings to fit in, it feels ok but dunno will it affect approval or anything..

     

    And the edges of the thighs are currently untouched just yet.. Surely will trim them cleaner!

     

    About the shoulder bells they are floating around so I added elastics to the chest to prevent them from moving around... but looking from the back its kinda weird.. (looks like they are pulled too much to the front) Any suggestions on how to fix them?

  20. ROTJ CFO build... a thintrooper from Hong Kong

    in ROTJ Build Threads

    Posted · Edited by ivantam303

    It looks like you are too short for the armour to cause the chest to overlap the abdomen like that. You can pull the chest up and even trim out the neck curve a bit more to pull the chest even higher. I Have done this for short people many times and it makes a big difference to the overall look of the armour. You will have to replace the trim on the neck and reposition the shoulder straps, but it's worth the effort.

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    Made some adjustment... does it look betta? Or need to trim more?

  21. ROTJ CFO build... a thintrooper from Hong Kong

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    It looks like you are too short for the armour to cause the chest to overlap the abdomen like that. You can pull the chest up and even trim out the neck curve a bit more to pull the chest even higher. I Have done this for short people many times and it makes a big difference to the overall look of the armour. You will have to replace the trim on the neck and reposition the shoulder straps, but it's worth the effort.

    Got it!!! I should do it right away!!

  22. ROTJ CFO build... a thintrooper from Hong Kong

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    Posted · Edited by gmrhodes13
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    On 7/26/2016 at 4:04 AM, troopermaster said:

    Belt position looks fine to me.

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    Thought so too!! But when I fully wore it, it seems like the belt front is hanging too high ... or maybe the chest plate too low? The abs buttons are almost covered up :( Any suggestions about this?

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  25. ROTJ CFO build... a thintrooper from Hong Kong

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    Done quite a lot today as well!! Im going for a speedy and accurate build so hopefully I can get it done within this week!! Many thanks again to Mark from CFO who has been staying with me and giving advice all the time!! And also thanks to build threads like Disco's and K@nne's who gave me a large amount of prep work to do before building!

     

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    Since Im a thin trooper, the ROTJ fits me quite well without too much adjustment :D42e2240e475539051bbe4fd2fbd6cccb.jpg

     

    But the Shoulder straps are giving me headache since the its ribbed in shape the Velcros are having difficulties fixing to the back (even after I gave them a hot bath and bended!) Any advice out there?

     

     

    My girlfriend is having fun with the bucket as well :P (yep thats a SpecOps tee!)

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    Arms trimmed and strapped...86311210940b16abfad4147a698a4e86.jpg

     

    Repaintes the buttons on the Abdomen and yea...Strapped a bit alrdy. The Stelmax is really some hardcore stuff and amazingly helpful!!! d4c35fd2327a7907c7e2a56bac8e1e1c.jpg

     

    Armor so far for today....

     

    The blaster is almost ready as well!!9291cbba00c548009900d56b303428f5.jpg

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    Update soon ;)

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