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Chopper857

501st Stormtrooper[TK]
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  1. going to show the build on the forearms prior to the biceps just because i missed a couple of photos whilst assembling the biceps and i want to document the technique with out confusing myself OK so initial layout and rough cuts will leave around 5 to 6 mm returns top and bottom of the forearms taking on board the CRL references Exterior (long) edge must be overlapped to represent the vambraces. The cut edge should face the back. have paired up left and right and front facing i have laid out for 25mm wide calling this master and trimmed the other piece to slot in underneath holding it all together with tap what i did next was to layout size and position for the inner butt joint, once done in position then worked out best trim line were the cut line made contact with both halves using a steel rule added magnets to the underside to pull the rule in line with shape of forearm
  2. To finish off the shoulder bells going to add a snap for attaching the bicep and also the 1 inch elastic across the base of the shoulder bell. this is a option with regards to the crl but feel the shoulder bell could be a bit flappy with out it. lay out for bicep snap Now snap glued in place adding the strap across the shoulder bell final piece to glue now have a set of finished shoulder bells
  3. taped the elastic snap made earlier in position (did the center of the snap 25 mm from edge of shoulder bell) giving good alignment shoulder to chest and back plate and now no strapping on show. positioning looks good so have now glued straps in place
  4. Ok so now onto shoulder bells (doing these prior to chest and back cover straps). laid out and trimmed to mould lines
  5. Everything now glued in place OK, second test fit seems ok will blend out chest to back plate in line with layout on both sides if needs must can add some Velcro to aid positioning
  6. snaps glued in place on chest plate chest and back plate clamped into place using alignment markings from earlier fitting then back plate snaps positioned using straps and clamped and glued in place
  7. two stage layout for the chest and back piece initial fit was to get master line on the chest plate down center of body (trimmed using score and snap) then refitted to layout back plate and add alignment lines for positioning of snaps. this was done for both sides. strap for sides were again made out of 2 inch wide elastic did 4 inch's long then folded back over 1 inch either end giving quite a solid strap to keep everything in line, with just a bit of movement if required side snaps and straps ready for fitment
  8. laid out and secured snap plates to the chest and back plate to achieve a 2 inch gap between the plates with the shoulder snap dead center now sits nice across the shoulders
  9. Ok so now onto the chest and plate, both parts were roughed out to the mould lines then sat down and thought about strapping system and have gone for the same link system as a normal TK 2 inch wide white-ribbed elastic with a central snap in the center for the shoulder bell showing 2 inchs between the chest and back plate initial pics storyboard the straps. last pic includes strap for shoulder bell
  10. Right have now finished off butt plate made four elastic straps with snaps fitted one end. then fitted the other half of the snaps to the base of the kidney plate then re-done test fit for positioning and glued in place
  11. Test fit with kidney and abb plates And checked butt plate for positioning, will E6000 elastics to butt plate but thinking about snaps to the kidney just to aid disassembly of amour and transport ??
  12. To hold the ab and kidney plates together have gone down the elastic and snaps route ( there are multiple tutorials for the creation of these RWA do a good one) will be using 50mm (2") elastics and 15 mm prym snaps . elastics were cut to 6 inches and a inch fold back superglued in place giving 3 inches between snaps positioning of snaps was checked a couple of times and then E6000 in placed ab and kidney plates cleaned up and edges smoothed with snaps in position with elastics in position
  13. Ok whilst i am doing just a bit more (make sure) research on the knee caps have carried on working with the abdomen and kidney plates. as i said earlier we have been trimming down in stages and now know have about a 6- 8 mm return edge on the ab plate and 5mm on the kidney is good to go . the pic shows the layout also to achieve clean lines down the body side the ab plate was trimmed 20 mm from and in line with the raised indent then kitted up again for laying out the kidney plate, we have gone 10 mm inside of marked line from the edge of the ab plate to achieve a solid and clean overlap that gives room for movement as well.
  14. Hi ya, we are just working through this stage at the mo got a few ideas will post up shortly. Your chest plate seems to be sitting high though what gap between the chest and back across the shoulders you working with ? And without being inappropriate nice job on the butt plate
  15. I have roughed out the knees and cover bolsters, will be looking to use a snap fitting within the knee cap itself and bond the elastic strap to the inside of the thigh Right first go at placement and alignment of knee caps and cover bolsters ( all in postion with tape) Seems ok but feel the need to check a few more images to make sure I have a consistent positioning on both legs :|
  16. Both shins now glued together and a 12mm white velcor strip added at the rear as a closure system have know done another test fit of the thighs and shins (boots need to be modified to be crl compliant)
  17. Have decided to completely finish the shins prior to fitting the knee caps to the thighs so we can check positioning first to again ensure good placement (now have the right elastic as well) will finish the shins with 12mm velcro strips for closure system.. whilst all that glue is going off, we rough trimmed the abdomen, chest, kidney and back have mainly stuck to the mold lines first. then got creative with the masking tape to see how things stand from this first test fit i now know i can reduce the return on the lower abdomen to again around 8mm ?? this should than allow the abdomen plate to come in more and the raised bar on the plate should come in more and look more vertical in appearance. again this is all being done in many stages to hopefully avoid the need for any spares
  18. Things have progressed on the shins this weekend, as i said have laid out for a 5 mm return on the top and 3 mm around the base, you can probably just see the pencil lines.. once that was done it was much easier align the two halves together, checking alignment pic below from their it was the standard process of lightly sand all contact areas for the E6000 and glue piece by piece ensuring good contact with clamps, magnets and some tape
  19. i would fit the abdomen to the rear kidney plate first, having the join seam running down the center of your side on body shot (photo). once your happy with this you would have a good marker for trimming your butt plate to suit (use the join seam as a marker for the finish point on the butt plate and lay out new sweep line on butt plate trying to replicate the curve that is there). just check you are not removing anything required on the crl with regards to your abdomen plate
  20. As i am waiting on the elastic and some snaps rough trimmed the shins, have asked the question can i flush through the returns at the base just awaiting feedback but will probably go with 5mm at the top and minimal at the base for now. again did a quick taped up test fit to see how things were for positioning and coverage checked with butt plate
  21. so one set of cleaned up thighs now roughing out the knee caps and covers for attachment to the thighs. need to pick up some 1 inch white elastic as well that was forgot on the shopping trip
  22. So we reduced the returns down to 8mm and re tried on to check for the inner join thankfully we left the extra material on the inside as one thigh was slightly larger than the other. so one thigh uses the original cut lines and the other is increased by 20mm. but this has given really good fitment and placement.
  23. Thanks gents just double checking as this is about my wife’s fem trooper I’m building cheers Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  24. Is there any issues with removing the returns on the base of the shins (i.e standard TK centurion build ) with regards to 501st approval ??? Thanks
  25. once trimmed did a quick alignment check, then roughed up the gluing surfaces and stuck in place with E6000. following this we will reduce the returns to between 8 and 10 mm as we now know were ok for material then try on again and layout for the butt joint on the inner side..
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