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Well, I'm not too sure if I could get Centurion. Just basic approval will do for me! For now, anyway Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Can do! Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Forgot to reply via your message- added the message via the thread instead- oops Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Oh, shoot, yes! I'm sorry I didn't update on here! My armor is finished for the most part! I just gotta trim the legs a little more and add the knee plate [emoji106] my goal really was to just get it wearable enough for Halloween. I was able to get done thanks to the many many armor parties I went to before Halloween Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

70th explorers. I'm going to an armor party tonight, so I'll ask them about the cod Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

I did have to get it tightened at one point, since you could see it before. It was loose, so you could see it hanging when you looked from the side. But, I can see if I can losen it a little bit Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

So should I detach the elastic from underneath? Because that's mainly what's pulling it back. Or keep it there and just secure it to the ab? Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

There's honestly nothing else I can do for trimming the cod. The rounded end part is what's digging into my thighs, but I've already trimmed so much off. Any more trimming and it would deformed, from what I've been able to tell Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Finally some updates on my armor! A lady from my Garrison came over on Saturday to help me size some of my pieces, especially my torso pieces, since they were very large and laid flat on me. Since I'm a female and well, curvy, she heated them with a heat gun and brought the kidney and butt plates in for me. Below you can see before and after stuff. My butt and cod are attached at the sides to make a pair of pants I suppose, haha! And the ab and kidney are connected now too. The chest and back have the shoulder straps attached so my torso is good to go [emoji106] My chest DOES cover a bit of the ab, but hers did too and she is part of the 501st, so she told me not to worry too much about the chest covering most of the ab buttons. Speaking of ab buttons, just got those painted: All I have left to do is: - trim and connect the thighs(almost done trimming) -trim and connect the shins(almost done trimming) -put more padding in my helmet -attach biceps to forearms -attach legs to the ab -get handplates on my gloves -make my belt smaller -construct thermal detonator -attach holster to belt NOTE: I know my butt plate seems up high, though if I bring it down, the cod goes down too, and digs into my thighs. She has hers positioned high and no one had a problem. I have a picture below of when I bought it down a bit. The cod hurt! Ouch! The strap connecting the two below also seemed to hang a bit but... I'll probably have to deal with it. Bringing the butt and cod down DID look better. And that's about it! Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Yeah, I'm just not sure how much more to modify it, since I've already cut quite a bit from the neck to bring it up Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

More progress on the armor [emoji106] So, put together all of the front and most of the back. Things to fix: - connect the ab and kidney on the sides so they close -put padding in my helmet -get shorter elastic and Velcro to connect my kidney and butt plates and kidney and back Other than that, I think it's turning out good! DEFINITELY will need to install my fans once my building is done. It gets stuffy in there! Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Updaaates~ Got to go to another armor party last night, which was once again, a huge help! One of the members helped me finish up my forearms to where they fit me a looot better. Also trimmed a little on the top of the chest plate to bring it up so more of the ab shows. And began strapping! Yay, progress! Torso is nice and fitted. Just have to strap together my arms, finish strapping the torso and begin the legs. (Also, disclaimer, my forearms aren't THAT big. The angle of the photo is just weird.) At least I'll look buffer now, haha! Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

I'll have to try that next time Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

I unfortunately never got a picture, the at one of the wrist ends, the strip shifted to the side so that one of the ends of the forearm was exposed, though I removed the cover strip and shifted it over so it's fixed now Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Finally made some progress! One forearm is done! Putting on cover strips is the WORST! [emoji21] On one side of the finished forearm, the strip kept shifting everytime I put down a clamp, so it ended up a little weird. I'm just...gonna leave it for now. Below is a picture of one forearm that is trimmed, and one that hasn't been trimmed yet. Huge difference! Curse my small forearms! Marked the second Popeye arm to cut length wise, and also marked my chest piece. Just gotta cut the neck a couple centimeters at a time Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Coming along alright; got my biceps done and am starting on my forearms! Pretty slow process Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

So far, all I've done is trim the return edge off of the top of the neck. Feels a LOT better. Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Yeah, my friend and I had a rough time getting everything to stay and such. I'll definitely have to do a hot water bath for most of these pieces. My main concerns for the chest is I just hope I don't trim TOO much, since I heard it needs to be a certain size or something Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Actually got some work done today! A friend of mine came over and helped me test fit some pieces and I helped her so some measurements for her Zarya cosplay, so it's a win-win! Test fitted the torso pieces. Here's some things we noticed that we did a bit wrong while fitting and will adjust next time: - The butt plate was put too high, we thought - the chest plate was off the the side a bit. Couldn't really tell though, since I couldn't look down very well -couldn't really connect the underneath of the butt and crotch plates. Someone at an armor party helped me trim the crotch plate though the two pieces have a hard time connecting now. I'll ask her about connecting them I also noticed parts I needed to trim: - the return edge on the top of my chest piece was digging into my neck, so I got rid of it - The chest seems a bit big on me, considering it almost goes over the ab button area. Might have to trim the bottom of the chest? Maybe? -may have to trim a little more of the sides of the kidney plate I also (finally) got a piece glued: the outer section of my right bicep. Tried to work on the forearms but just...ugh. So much work to be done on those darn forearms. Also, I know the wrong shoulder bell was used for the right side Do keep in mind, my friend never worked with stormtrooper armor before. Neither of us really knew how to do the test fitting, haha! And considering I couldn't look down and hardly at all to the side thanks to my chest plate, it was a bit hard to guide her. Though, what are tests for, right? Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

At the moment I have already removed one ridge from the wrist side, though I'm afraid that trimming another ridge would make it too short? But I'm not sure. I still have SOOO much space inside. Though I probably will remove that return edge, yes. I just wish there was a way I knew of of how to taper the wrist in again, because the space is HUGE Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Trimmed a tiny bit on my forearms and they are still, no surprise here, gigantic. As you can see before, they're very wobbly, have lots of space, and can easily twist and shift around. Not too mention since I cut a bit length wise, the wrist is big, but was always big, to be honest. I know I need to cut a tad on the sides, though I'm not sure where to cut everywhere else. My forearms are so small! Right now it digs into the top of my hand if I bend my hand upward and digs into my inner elbow if I bend my elbow at all [emoji55] Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Not too much to update on, since I've been working at my job a lot the last couple days. I have today off, so I wanted to do some measurements. I gotta wait to try on my torso pieces when I have someone to help me, since I can't hold all the pieces together and reach behind me well and such. So, I decided to take a break on the bottom half and focus on the arms. I measured my arms today, and saw that the circumference for my bicep is about 11.5 inches and the circumference for my forearm is about 7.5 inches, where my wrist is 5.5-6 inches. Currently, without trimming, the circumference for my forearm pieces are slightly over 13.5 inches and the circumference for my bicep pieces are 15 inches. So, I have a bit of trimming to do. Based on the reference photo I found below that I got from a Facebook group, for the biceps, I'll probably have to trim about 1.5 inches or so from each side, possibly more, though I need some moving room. And for the forearms, length wise I'll have to cut off a few inches and a few inches total for the circumference. So far, I just have the half inch point marked on the bicep side, where I should cut length wise and where I should cut length wise for the forearms. I don't wanna cut anything until I know that it looks fine Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Got a lot of progress done last night, since I got to attend my first armor party! About 5 different people from the 501st were there helping me out, including a female just a tad larger than me height wise. She told me what all she had to do with her armor, and helped me trim everything I brought! It fits me a LOT better now, since I don't have a bunch of space. I do think I'll have to do a hot water bath or something to curve the pieces, since right now they lay pretty flat. I had to press against them to get them to curve. I made sure to ask if the cuts they were making were 501st approved, and was very relieved to hear they were. Gotta have someone help me so I can tape everything together to see how it all fits together. Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Oh, okay, good thing I didn't trim much, then. So, I should split the ab and cod first, correct? And would I trim just the cod after that? Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Trimmed the thighs 1/2 an inch, and will definitely have to trim more, since they still go over the back of my knee, and part of my front. The ab/cod plate is massive, and will probably have to split and ab from the cod, since I have to push it pretty high to get the bottom part where it's supposed to be. All three pieces fall down if I am not holding on to them, hence why one of my knees is bent, so i can actually keep one of my thighs up. Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk