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Great to hear it. Yeah I kind of figured he’d be a bit longer for a commission build, considering I’m not even done building my kit from him and he’s doing that full time on many. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I agree that you should hold up on trimming that just yet. That being said I wouldn’t worry too much about your approval due to your mobility. I’ve a few times made some concessions to physical needs of trooper submissions. Once all suited up then we can return and review if any trimming is needed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Updated abdomen section with cod piece rivet hole and Han snap. Updated posterior section with countersunk holes for snaps. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I agree. Yeah that’s my plan and why I bought butt tons. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Just ordered all the various snaps and items needed to finish the rigging of the armor. Once those arrive I will start breaking out more of the work. I also updated the thigh and shin sections detailing cover strips for thighs and sniper knee for left shin. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Looking good Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m not quite to the connection and strapping bits so I haven’t got things going yet. I figured I’d use nylon or elastic. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Cool. I’m sure he’s very busy still with commissions which is why I’m not pushing anything I just was glad to hear that he’s responsive and something else wasn’t going on. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ahh I just noticed that yeah. So Dave recently responded to you then? Just was asking as I’ve not heard from him yet on my helmet shipping so at least that confirms he’s hasn’t just disappeared. Not that I’m concerned really, just had another asking about things and didn’t have any knowledge. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Was your armor a full commission build or just a kit out of curiousity? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

GLOVES Figured I should have a section for gloves of all varieties I’m going to use. For my centurion aim gloves I’ve got some black rubber gloves off Amazon. I got some flexible hand guards from Justjoseph and used e6000 to glue those to the gloves. I placed a heavy box on top of them for 24 hours so they’d have time to cure with pressure to keep them flat and in place. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Updated progress on the shins in the section for them. I also made some abs slurry to fill in the gaps for the thighs. and I’ve glued my latex hand guards from @justjoseph63 I’m sure I’m only one of many to praise his work.

That’s what I was thinking too. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Dave is doing well. He had a huge wave of orders he’s been working on getting out. A few of us have our or parts of ours and he’s working to still finish things. If you have anything commissioned as a build from him it will take a bit longer for him to put together and get out, not to mention if he needs to source any parts from other vendors too. I’m still waiting on my helmet build to be finished, but I don’t think there’s anything to worry about and he will come through with your armor in due time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

For the sniper knee plate, Do I need to trim anything such as return edges or make the ends vertical? Or would I be good if I attached it as is. I’ve since finished the shins with the rear cover strips. I sized the length of the rear of the strips from under the extruded upper portion and then cut the 25mm width of strips. Then attached with half on the external opening side of each. All that’s left to do at this point is the hook strapping on the inside to hold them closed. My plan here is to reinforce the interior side with a piece of abs plastic and then drill the holes and glue the 3/4 inch wide elastic with the sewn on hook to close them. I will detail that once I get the materials and can use a sewing machine for the straps. I will also most likely add a snap on the inner front part and the boots so I can have them snap and hold the shins more straight forward as I already know they tend to drift. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m taking a guess, is it the Hasbro E-11 toy that is white? That one has been used by troopers before, it does need some mods, but you can find a lot of build threads that can work with that. Here’s a section for blaster builds https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/127-anh-blastech-e11/ Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

For sure, yeah. That’s the biggest reason I haven’t trimmed any of the rear because I knew that would be the uphill battle Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Just don’t use hot water or things set hard. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So make sure the background is a rainbow effect. That way it gets all the colors reflecting off equally. Jk. The progress is fantastic. Saw your posts a while ago and was excited to see more progress! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Leather is great at forming around things for sure. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

SHINS Around the same time I started work on the thighs I started trimming the shins. I knew I’d need to do the trimming of return edges and front before I could accurately size them to my shins/calves so I started there. Bottom return edge removed Top return edge marked More detail on the other shin on the processes Trimming the top (this was a PIA) I would have preferred trimming from the inside out, but some angles were hard to get my exacto in place I had to make some additional length adjustment trimming from the bottom up so it wasn’t so large on me. Then I marked the 10mm on each side from the general return edge of the front on each piece Drew my straight line to cut Scored and snapped, then taped to verify. I forgot to document the next steps of the inner cover strip glue and proceed on to the outer strip on the front, but they are similar to all other methods used. Basically an inner strip of 20mm glued for 24 hours. Then a sized, beveled, and nicey nice outer strip on the front glued for 24 hours at least (I will give at least 48 before finding the back trim lines and the sniper plate) Here they are in their current state. Alright, after probably 72 hours of waiting on the curing I went ahead and tackled the rear cuts for the shins. I wore my boots to make sure there was space for them as well as some jogger pants, this was personally a choice so that I could size them just large enough to handle some pants for colder troops here in Utah. I know that they’ll work fine with the under suit and with something only marginally thicker. I first marked where the outer flap lined up with the inner. This way I could tape and find center to make my cut line. Once I made that cut I lined things up again and marked the inner cut line Then score and snap. I knew how to line up the outer cut edge with a line I drew previously on the inner side of the outside flap. Initial fitting after that shows that I had some space near the ankle I could bring in a bit I angled in the bottom keeping the top the same and marked what I needed to remove After removing the extra length from the bottom I now had straight lines down back I can build my cover strip and closure system around later while also having them fit appropriately. Sniper knee on left shin I sliced some of the upper area along the sides so it didn’t stick up oddly (as noted in a comment in my build thread) and attached e6000 to the spaces under each of the clamps. Now we wait. While the knee plate sets I trimmed the 25mm rear cover strip for the right shin and got it clamped down. Now with both cover strips installed here’s the shins I took some 3/4 inch wide white elastic and cut about 4-5 inch lengths which I then folded over at the half inch mark. I sewed down the ends to prevent fraying and the folded over parts to work on the hook enclosure method. I then started hand sewing the hooks onto the elastic in the doubled up areas. Once this is done I will glue them into place on the shins one .5 inches from the top return edge, one .5 inches from the bottom and one right in the middle. I then used e6000 to glue the straps in place. I measured where to glue as 3.5cm from the top edge and bottom edge and then 17cm from the top (for the center) Once dried I will drill the holes for the hooks to connect to. Alright, finished up the shins. I drilled the holes for the hooks to connect to with a 9/64 drill bit. I then cut the mobility cuts in the shins. I had some armor bite going on when testing them so I figured on cutting that.

POSTERIOR ARMOR I trimmed all the bottom return edge and the extra length of the bottom off the posterior in preparation for adding the snaps and strapping. (Sorry for the garbage in the background) Only things to do from here are the lower snaps and the internal snaps for rigging. I need a few tools for that and then will update on that process. I marked holes from the underside edge at 15mm and 35mm using a 5/32 drill bit I drilled holes for the snaps. Thankfully that mark in the counter was not a blade cut I then used a 3/8 inch drill bit from the outside and BY HAND countersunk the opening for the hole slowly. At this point I’m waiting for the snaps to arrive. Line 24 snaps arrived, so I set the posterior male snaps in place.

Updated the Thigh progress

Awesome that’s what I figured, but confirmation is appreciated Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m fairly sure I know the answer but just to check, should I be removing the return edge and angled extension bit from the posterior armor? I’m pretty sure removing the bit that stabs out between the legs will be necessary, it’s uncomfortable as is. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk