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I figure if we're debating this much about the shins, then it probably doesn't make a visual difference, so I vote for just assembling them in a way that fits. For me, this is what Christine recommends - the long sides on the outside. TBH, though, looking at my shins, I feel as if the WTF shins are made up of mixed up pieces - although the right shin fits me much better with the longer side on the outside, I also feel the shape of that longer piece (with the curve higher up) makes it looks like a left inside shin. Here's a pic of my shins to illustrate. I've now trimmed the longer sides but they are on the outside.

The bicep and forearm ridges gave me hell, too, but I did like you did and just cut them off. I believe ATA armor also has those ridges but I couldn't find any ATA builds by smaller people to see how they handled it. I particularly had some struggles with the forearms because taking off so much material meant that the swoop on the inner forearms would have gotten really uneven. Are you planning on recutting it? Or perhaps you don't have the same issue. In general, so far I feel that WTF armor is friendly for smaller people in length, but not as much in width.

Welcome! Glad to see more WTF kits popping up here. I'll be following your build!

Ooh. I have a WTF kit and also got one big and one small cap. Didn't think about contacting him for a replacement...

I'm in love with this thread! So am I correct in reading that your ab/kidney does taper in slightly? ie the top circumference is smaller than the bottom?

Glad to see you updating this thread! I'm interested to see what you do with the forearms, because they were just MASSIVE on me, especially the right. WTF forearms seem very similar to ATA from what I can tell from ATA build threads, and they have an interesting flare out shape that made it really hard for me to size down. I actually ended up cutting off the ridges on the front *and *back and doing a ton of hot water reshaping. I don't know if I just had too high expectations of how small the forearms pieces should be compared to my own forearms, but I couldn't think of another way to make them fit. If I had to do it again I don't think I'd remove the front ridges (like you said, they should be fixed) and just deal with the forearms being large. I think it'll look OK once I install the cover strips, but I realize now that what I did is highly unusual.

Nice work, Rob! Did you get two sets of ears? Some folks who ordered wtf got two sets but I only got one. Better not mess it up! Also I noticed that the cover strip abs is twice and thick - a nice detail.

Nice work! I'll be following this build as I'm 5' 3" and have a WTF kit that should be arriving any day now.

This thread has convinced me I never want to build a FOTK.

After reading tons of build threads and taking a good look at the state of my FX armor, I realized that 20 year old me really had no idea what she was doing, and I think it's going to take nearly as much time and effort (and possibly money) to get it into a good state as it would building a new kit from scratch. So I just put in an order with WTF for a new TK kit, and I'm going to use my old FX kit for practice on resizing/reshaping/etc. I'll keep the massive helmet as a display piece. Walt has a 6-8 week wait after the influx of orders from celebration, so hopefully that should give me time to gather up supplies, boots, belt, etc. and gain some confidence that I'm not going to mangle this new kit.

Yeah, definitely agree. I know FX is considered the largest armor out there, but it seems like any kit is going to take tons of work on my frame. (eg Cricket's amazing recent RS build <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/38416-crickets-rs-stunt-build-for-the-vertically-challenged/?fromsearch=1)'>http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/38416-crickets-rs-stunt-build-for-the-vertically-challenged/?fromsearch=1)</a>

Thanks everyone! I used Google search and found a number of FX and AM build threads which have been really helpful. I also reached out to the GGG to double check that FX is still approveable. Assuming it is, my big dilemma now is whether to put in the time/money/effort to make it approveable, or if it makes more sense to buy a newer kit that will be easier to get approved. I'm not interested in getting Centurion approval, but if the FX armor is going to be a huge pain, I might not want to do it.

Yup! You're correct that it has the black buttons, plastic belt, and silver detonator strips. I'm in the Bay Area so it would be the Golden Gate Garrison.

Hi, <br><br> I bought an ArmorFX kit about 15 years ago but never even came close to finishing it. I don't know 100% if I want to try for approval, but since I'm going to have to do heavy modifications to it anyway (I'm 5'3") I thought maybe I'd see if it's even possible to get approval with an FX kit if I do decide I want to try. I saw the CRL says ArmorFX helmets are no longer allowed, but I thought I read somewhere else that the entire kit might not be allowed anymore. Any advice? Are there any threads that someone can link about the modifications needed for an FX kit for approval? All forum search terms need to be 3 characters or longer so it's hard to search for. <br><br> If the consensus is that it's difficult/impossible to get approval with an FX kit, I might just get an Anovos or WTF kit.<br><br> Thanks!