TheBlooperTrooper

Update on progress on December 10: Today we worked on better trimming the left forearm, finished getting cover strips and inner support strips for both forearms, trimmed and fit the right forearm, trimmed and fit the right bicep, marked the left bicep for trimming at a later date, and glued inner support strips to the outer chunk of the left forearm. Also recently acquired 12 18 x 3 mm magnets and broke one before it got near the armor - Going to wrap these up heavily in blue painter's tape before using them again, but looking to get more, possibly up to 30 in total overall. Pics updated at http://imgur.com/a/Ibs5Fwith highlights below. Showing the outer, bumpy side of the left forearm with a cover strip on each end, held down by clamps at the moment. Shown is the trimmed right forearm, the lightly trimmed bicep (trimmed much more after this photo to near perfection), and the shoulder bell, mainly to see how it would all sit together.

Severly apologize for the lack of posting recently. College applications and school got in the way, but now it's toned down a bit, and I can resume working on this on a weekly basis. Tonight I made a fair bit of progress, trimming off the return edges on all 4 forearm pieces, cutting 5 cover strips (Would've done more but time ran short.), and sized up the forearms. Will be posting all images in this imgur album: http://imgur.com/a/Ibs5F Major points of tonight: Return edges gone and some of the cover strips shown. Sizing of the forearm along with the test fit of how much the latex hand guards I've picked up from a FISD member (Definitely worth the buy!) and a random pair of gloves to just see how it works out.

Haven't checked out Harbor Freight yet, will try and go there today or tomorrow!

Still trying to get an answer for a question I posted in his rivets thread, but hopefully that'll be resolved. I hope that the clamps I have will work, but I'll definitely grab the suggested ones if they don't.

Appreciate the speedy reply! My dad was wondering how we were gonna use the spare foam so I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask.

Appreciate the link, getting this once I figure it out and also getting the Centurion latex gloves he had. Wouldn't be too shabby for a high school kid to get Centurion status eh?

I might have a few for you soon, but for now I dunno really. Will definitely use this once my scissors arrive, had no clue my kit was gonna shoe up nearly as early as it did. Question for completed kit people: Does the armor rattle / shake when moving? If so, does adding foam padding do anything to change the acoustics? I have quite a bit spare even after making a second whole helmet of foam, and wanna know if that would really change the volume of moving in the stuff.

Will definitely use this, thanks! Will be sure to HEAVILY use all the photos I can to make this easy on me, using Navajo Bro's build to get mine set up for the first few cuts, REALLY hoping to not have to replace any kit.

Already done! Just gotta wait for it to ship Then I think I'll finally have everything I need and start the horrifying yet glorifying process of cutting!

I was talking about this on the phone with my dad JUST as I saw this link, gonna take you up on this, thanks! Maybe for some of the other bits, the guy above you beat ya You heard me saying a prayer for... Just too late

Thanks! Looking to get the scissors somewhere, any ideas to a possible alternative? Had a VERY hard time finding Lexan Scissors anywhere :/

So are the ones I got alright? And definitely gonna grab more clamps the ones that I have kinda suck :/

Working on getting more clamps and magnets, but is the rest workable? Was rather unsure about the snaps, as they didn't have the Tandy label. I have plenty of bandaids to be ready for accidents. Hopefully I don't bleed ALL over my kit, I'd wanna void that

I'm jealous! No beta on PC

Alrighty! Just got a buncha supplies, although from a random store so I need someone to double check validity My 24 x 24 x 1 in. foam to use on the padding (Primarily for helmet) 9 feet of 1 inch Nylon and 4 feet of 2 inch Nylon Varying pieces of elastic E6000 glue - Both white and clear, not sure if that mattered 8 mm rivets Magnets (Not sure if they're up to the task and I just need more or what?) Velcro: And last but not least, some line 24 snaps I got, not quite sure about these but they were all I could find that wasn't Dritz

Thanks! Gonna double check to see how much I'd have to trim, going to grab a bunch of supplies at some local hardware stores today. Going to follow your advice and do the biceps next. Hopefully no reshaping needed, as I've kept the armor safe and in a moderately temped environment. Also hate to ask about the acronym, what'd TD stand for in your last line? Good to know about the painting! Hoping to shoot for at least the level 2 qualification, as I saw on the CRL that ANH Stunt and Hero cannot use AM kits in the Centurion level

After reading along with Navajo Bro's guide, I got a few questions for any knowledgeable people out there! How do you go about making the forearms large enough to fit your hand through? When I set them to line up (Not overlapping) I have just enough room to squeeze my hand through the little inward lip around the wrist end. After the forearms, what should I do next? Been seeing varying builds with people doing the torso or legs next. At what point does the painting come in? I think this is towards the end, but I have and IRL friend who wants to know because they're considering the kit as well. Is there anyone here who's built this / has a lot of time free to possibly PM more about it or even use Skype? My local garrison doesn't have many members in the city I live in, and I just wanna be double sure before I make any irreversible mistakes. Thanks!

Nice! Considering making use of my school's robotics lab's tools to get this all done, as they have almost every single part I'd need for assembly. Gonna spend the next week or so trying to plan it out and going over guides to figure out how to size myself for each of the parts before I make any cuts or anything.

Good memories I hope! How'd you get the Thermal Detonator clips? Did your kit come with?

You're telling me! I just laid about the vast majority of the parts (Kept the really small pieces separate to not get lost in the confusion)

Just took a look at his and holy cow it's extensive! Probably gonna just lay it all out, figure out how long it wqould take to get certain supplies in that I'm missing, and then go from there. Will definitely check this out ASAP! Video references are great, thanks!

Holy cow this thread took off! Loving all the suggestions, majorly into Battlefield 1 (Cannot wait!), Fallout 4, and a little Battlefront here and there =)

So the BBB arrived and I'm moving over to an official build through to get down to business over here: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/39091-bloopers-am-20-anh-build/ Appreciate all the support guys!

EDIT: Build photos start on page 2! EDIT 2: Completed kit on page 7! So the infamous Big Brown Box day occurred yesterday, and I had no time to upload pics due to a marching band game. But here it is now in full glory! And the first thing I did before I had to leave it alone was mess around with the helmet a bit When I finally got home after the game I messed around with the kit in the living room a bit, opening a few things (But keeping all the like parts together) Next step is to lay it all out thie afternoon and figure out what to do! I have no real clue where to look for a video guide on what to do, been crawling through the various threads trying to find the appropriate AM 2.0 one to see what I would still need compared to what the rivets / screws that come with the kit amount to. If anyone's got any tips on those, I'd appreciate it! Gonna be a long and fun road ahead

Excited to say that both my boots and my kit arrive today! Can't wait! Edit: Just found out they both originated in the same city and rode the same truck all the way across the country!