TheSwede

Yes! YES!! HECK YEAH!!

That’s the one! And you should

Thanks - much appreciated

Don’t want to be the barer of bad news but you will most likely need to shorten those cover strips, they should end at the start of the ridges.

Not to worry, the best is yet to come - and thanks, hoping to have this approved and ready for a convention-troop come mid november

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Put the thighs aside for a moment and started on the ab boxes. Here`s all the pieces laid ot and I managed to put the second from the left (as looking at it) upside down. The boxes need shaping so I´m using a contour tool for that. I eye-balled the thicknes of the boxes by looking att screen shots and the Crl and used the first box (when I was happy with it) as a guide for the others so they are consistent, had started the shaping when I remebered to take a pic so that`s way the biggest box is already finished. Here`s how they will be installed. Using a plastic screw and you drill a hole, insert the screw, put some glue on the head, put the box in place and then from the inside push the screw up to the box, I´m using super glue so hold for a few seconds and that`s it. Just in case I´ll be mixing some epoxy to cover the screw heads but not untill all boxes are done. And..some time later all boxes are trimmed, holes drilled and the screws in place. Using the method described one box at a time got done. Extra glue added, ready to install. Installed: Screws are obiously cut down on the inside unless you want to test your pain threshold

So...The RS suit is cast from an original suit so it can`t get any closer to the Movie Troopers than that and as it may look a bit wierd when laying or holding it, it will fall in line when you wear it. As we all are a bit different in tearms of body composition, at the same height one can have longer legs and the other has a longer torso so the fit of the suit will also differ as the modifications one needs. Those corners however are not something anyone should cut. Pic shows the RS suit (screen used) and the corners are intact. I´ll include some more and you will also see how they should go together. Back plate centers to the kidney and kidney and butt alligns with that resessed molding that goes full lenght on the kidney and transfers onto the butt plate. The strapping was repaired during filming so that`s way they go straight threw the face of the armor - although one can argue it`s screen accurate it`s not something to replicate for approval. On the following pics you can also see were the brackets was originally installed (in the return edge) and that is what you replicate Pis below is from the Lucas archives and here one can see that when strapped together the back (top) will tilt backwards making the edges alligne. This is how awesome you will look when you wear it Back to fitting: when you put the back pieces together you can test how it sits on your body, backplate up nice and high on your shoulders (as seen on pics provided) and posterior plate (butt)...well….on your butt and not hanging to low, it beeing to high is unlikely beeing 5`9 but we`ll see. Or you can go ahead and tape the ab plate to the kidney to one side, you line the top of the ab with the top of the kidney. Then you put it on and tape it shut butting the sides together with no overlap. this will help you see how much room there will be. If going with the ab plate on the get go you use that to help get things were it should be and the ab or more the cod (lower part of ab) should sit close to your privates, basicly as high as you can get it. This should get you started, post some pics when you have it on your body and everyone will be happy to assist

Start by taping the back pieces together by using gaffa tape (holds better than painters tape) and using white gives you a ”finished-look” to help you see just how awesome it will be Tape from the inside ( color dosen’t matter here obviously) with pretty much zero gap (butt-kidney-back) DO NOT CUT THE CORNERS of the back plate, that is as it should, I have an RS kit myself. I’m currently walking the dog so I will get back to you when there’s less risk if me stumbling onto traffic with my face burried in the phone

Forearm: good to go For a cleaner look and higher levels, fill the gap at the elbow or trim the return down Shins: they might need some heat-persuasion. Alot of Troopers use a hot water-bath toget pieces to fall in line

Based on your last pic it looks like some tighter strapping would do the trick so I would try that first

Thighs was next and like the shins I wanted to try and get the curve on the seams. Well tape is in the way you mor.... yes that’s true but kind of hard to tape up from the inside when sizing, I could have taped from the inside after but it’s not that hard to trace the missing bits when you remove the tape Was going to glue the outer seam with a butt-joint but did an overlap instead, sanded the edges to smooth it out and will sand more later. After the front piece was cut I transfered the lines to the back. Same method as with the shins. Glued the left thigh and then used the cut-outs to trace out the right. As I had a piece to place as a guide I didn’t need the tape to Keep things together, I could also have taken the pieces apart but felt it would be easier to draw and see how it would look when put together so that’s why I did what I did. Compared to CRL - the overall shape of the thigh need shaping to look a bit more like the movie so for now I only looked att the curve. Not perfect but atleast not just a straight line Both thighs glued awaiting trimming

There are a few things I can suggest and you can choose one or the other or a combination Thightening the strapping/belt, if using elastic-change to webbing, shim the sides or hit the Imperial training facility

Looking great and like stated approval is a given For a cleaner look I would take a look at the cover strips on biceps, they seem a bit long and to take this build to higher levels then closing the gap between ab-kidney would be next

Yes Almost having a minor heart-attack just by reading about all you got going on And not liking how quickly you are doing this build - I´m having a very hard time keeping up on your progress But great work That Halloween stuff is mad

I would start at the blue line leaving atleast some lip, RS suit for reference.

You don’t need an entervention - I’m proud of you, Keep the builds coming

Hey Patrick I have a few suggestions to improve the overall look of your armor and take you closer to approval. I can see you don`t have alot to work with but try and bend those shoulderbridges so they curve from the chest onto the back plate. (see ref pic below) At the knee the cover strips should stop at the ridge as indicated by the blue lines. However as you mentioned triming for mobility we`ll get to that. Here`s how you can trim the backs and still be approvable and at all levels, I know your going for basic but in case any one else is reading. You can trim from both the thighs and the shins or choose one or the other, since you have a gap on the left thigh I would start with the thighs. And, if you decide to trim on all pieces then you will at the same time fix the coverstrips as you cut it down. Looking at the shins I noticed they open from the outside when it should be the other way around And I don`t see any elastic that goes around the biceps? You can also remove some more of the lower return edge on the shoulder bells and that will help them come closer. Good luck on approval

Looking great Darrell Basic is given - great work! I can see Centurion beeing well within your reach as well and just a few things to improve the overall look would be to try and reducing the size of the smaller ab plate (se ref pic) You can reduce the size of the buttons and it will still look proprtional. Did some drawing just to give you an idea. Like Arthur said I also recommend to get the bells closer to the chest and it looks like the bells could come closer to the biceps, perhaps shortening the strapping around the bicep will fix that, could also be a simple dressing issue. Only a few small things, you did great on the build fitting the armor to your body

Hey Manda Does the bicep move freely on your arms? Reason I ask is because they don’t look to long, you should be able to lift them up some based on the right side, on the left the shoulder bell popped off. If the bicep are snug then removing some return on the top part will help Overall you look great, besides missing the thighs and helmet I would look into shortening the strap for the shoulders, bringing them closer to the shoulder bridge

Great work - easy approval

looks great

Was sizing up the spats (boy they are ugly) when I realized I forgot the greeble on the right shin...so dremmel away and glue. wasn’t finished with painting so that’s why I just glued it on. And the spats I planned for

The left shin has a clip greeble and two boxes on the outside and using the CRL pic I eye-balled the locations, the clip greeble also rest in a little indention (on the ANOVOS armor anyway) and I wanted to give that a go - probably won`t make any difference but I like to have it Used the greeble to trace out the space and then used the dremmel and some sandpaper….was I worried about cutting to deep? naaah...that was my first thought, to cut all the way through and glue a backing piece and even the edges out with abs paste so just went for it. Not cutting all the way though. The two boxes are fixed just below and I shaped them to follow the contur of the armor and layed it in place to check against CRL. Works for me and I opted to simply weld them on, glued extra abs on the inside to ad the contact surface. Also marked them to avoid confusion. And welded on and I did some shaping with a hairdryer to get the clip to bend just a tad, abs pasted the boxes to be seamless as per CRL. Sanded and ready for paint. Some painted stuff

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