Echostatic
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5 hours ago, ukswrath said:
You may have a naturally louder voice. Nothing wrong with that but coupled with the helmet interior that echoes, what can you do. There may be some a solution not tried yet, what system do you have?
What system? Aker 10w amp and TrooperTalk, if that's what you're asking. I'm wondering if lining my helmet with something like this would make a difference.
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10 hours ago, ukswrath said:
A 10w amp is pretty powerful, most Aker amps are that with nobody concerned about loudness. Sounds like there may be an issue with the volume to the amp or maybe the mic placement.
The mic is just about brushing my lips, I've got the direction right too. I'm using the recommended ALZO splitter cable. The amp is pretty loud, my voice is just easily heard for some reason.
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With the basic build finished, I'm struggling with the voice. I'm using the 10w Aker amp/mic and TrooperTalk. It sounds good, but even with my phone and amp volumes nearly maxed, my natural voice can still be heard over the amp somewhat. If anyone has any ideas for what to do to dampen my voice, possibly some sort of helmet insulation or something, I'm all ears.
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So I'm really bad at updating... >.> How bad you ask? I basically finished it.
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I tried the hot water bath treatment on the butt and kidney plate and bent them in a bit. It was tricky as they were both far too large to fully submerge in the large pot I was using. I ended up taking some rope and tying it around the pieces, pulling it tight to hold the pieces bent inwards. I dipped one end in at a time. I had some success with it, they're curved in a bit more than before. The butt plate might need to go a little bit further maybe.
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It's progress, at any rate. In other news, I got an email from RS Propmasters, they tried to ship my missing helmet pieces but apparently the package came back with a "return to sender" sticker on it. It was shipped to the same address as the last one, so no idea what that's all about. Looks like my helmet will be delayed further. I did get a lot of other pieces like an undersuit, neck seal, holster, cloth belt, and gloves. I've got boots on order... Still need to order snaps, rivets, rivet installer tool thingy, and elastic. And I think I need to learn how to sew. Oh and a blaster. I'll be needing one of those at some point. This is not a cheap hobby!
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Are there any guides on ABS bending with a hot water bath? I can see plenty of posts talking about baths, but no guides on actually doing it. I'd hate to wing it and screw this up.
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34 minutes ago, lucnak said:
Yes, I would heat bend (using a hot water bath) the kidney and butt plate inwards a bit. There are several options for joining the ab and kidney. I used a sort of tab system which lcoks the pieces together and keeps them aligned and prevent any overlap. Would also suggest that you may want to bend the but plate a bit where it goes between your legs as it's pointing down a lot on you.
Do you have any photos of the tab system you used? I’m concerned that without any trimming, the torso will still be too big on me and look wrong. As for the butt plate, I’m thinking it might look better once it’s strapped into place, it’s just hanging loose right now.
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Alright folks, I made a hardware store run today. Got metal wire, screws and nuts for making torso brackets, and although I didn't find gaffer tape, I did pick up a roll of 3m no residue tape and I'm pretty impressed with it. I taped the chest plate, ab plate, back plate, kidney plate and butt plate together and took some photos.
The thing that was immediately obvious to me was that, given my toothpick-like build, the butt plate and kidney plate are too wide. (The ab plate seems to fit me fine in the front though.) I thought I could either trim it down, or use heat to curve it in more. The problem with using heat, though, is that I'm already getting overlap at the kidney plate and ab plate. If I bend it in, the overlap will get worse. I've never done this before so I may be wrong, but I'm thinking it's going to have to trim down (along with some heat bending as well?) That's going to cost me my kidney plate notches, though.
I also later noticed that the tape on my back spells "tit". That was a fun coincidence.
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Thanks for all the feedback everyone, I'll get some gaffer's tape (the painters tape isn't holding very well) and stick it together and see what I've got.
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So I'm a thin dude. 5'9" and 120lbs. I don't expect my height to be much of an issue but my weight might. I'm very thin and the limbs might need some mods. I haven't even got to that point though. Just trying to get the torso to fit first. I don't know how to strap this with things appearing to misalign so much right off the bat.
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So I'm trying to figure out how the torso pieces go together, and the back plate and kidney plate look really funky.
The bottom corners of the back plate are touching the kidney plate. They curve down so the back plate doesn't have a flat bottom. Am I correct in thinking I need to cut the corners off completely so the bottom of the back plate is flat? I don't see how it'll ever sit flat against the kidney plate if I don't, but it seems odd that they would be designed this way if those corners weren't meant to be there.
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My armor kit showed up today, I laid it all out on a pool table and, unsurprisingly, felt quite overwhelmed with it. There's so many pieces!
https://i.imgur.com/Uvon9t5.jpg
I'm excited to get started on it, though. It looks good. Unfortunately I appear to be missing quite a bit from the helmet kit. I've got the face mask, and helmet part, as well as the two ears, but that was all I got. I reached out to RS Prop Masters to inquire about all the missing bits, hopefully they won't take too long to reply.
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Really? I thought sweat would still be an issue. Obviously this is one of many things I’ll need to look into more
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Thanks for the kind words and info fellas. So I passed of RS’s strapping kit because $130 for some straps seemed silly. Turns out that also includes the canvas belt, hand guards and gloves, which seems an odd thing to make part of the strapping kit but now the price makes more sense. I’ll have to source those elsewhere, which is fine as I’d like something a little friendlier than the solid rubber gloves. I’m still a ways off from having to worry too much about that yet.
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I thought I'd go ahead and get this thread started. I ordered my stormtrooper kit last night from RS Prop Masters. I went with ABS for the material, ultimately because it's apparently easier to repair. I didn't stress too much over it as I read over and over that you couldn't go wrong with either ABS or PVC. I wanted to build this suit as I love the thought of walking around a convention with it, I don't really know much about the 501st right now. I still want to try and build it to centurion specs should I decide to join in the future, and because I like the thought of having something very close to what was seen when the very first troopers burst into that corridor and shredded the rebel defense. I've never tried to build anything like this before, so I'm nervous but I think I can pull this off. Thankfully, there's a lot of information and helpful people here
I got an email from RS this morning saying that they were waiting on an order of ABS to arrive, so I really have no idea when I'll get my box, but I'm looking forward to that day. I should have most of the tools I need already, though a belt sander is on my list.
Watch this space!
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Well, I pulled the trigger on an RS Prop Master stormtrooper kit. (I believe the abbreviated name for an OT stormtrooper armor suit is a "TK"?) I went with the ABS and I'm getting the helmet from them too. The price for the strapping kit was $129 sooo I'm just gonna figure that bit out on my own lol.
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15 hours ago, Hoda said:
Should join this group if you are on Facebook, we have armor parties from time to time, would be awesome to see you there!
https://m.facebook.com/groups/296336407050926I don’t use Facebook much, but I sent a request in.
Ive been watching this video series to get an idea of what I’m gettkng myself into. Looks like there’s a lot to it, but everything seems manageable.
RS Prop Masters offers a strapping kit with their armor. Is it worth getting?
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I appreciate all the replies and info, I’ve got some research to do tonite.
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31 minutes ago, Commander Gree said:
one other question I have as of right now, where in Texas are you?
I’m in Dallas.
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Oh I totally forgot to mention that. At 5’9” and 130lbs, I’m very slim. Are there any other measurements I should mention?
Ive been looking through the getting started subsection and the vetted vendors. I was initially looking at the “TK UK” armor, the price and B1G1 deal was alluring but given the issues people have had in the past with quality and shipping, I decided to stick with the vendors with a solid reputation. I have a tendency to want to hurry up and buy something when I take interest in a hobby, so I’m trying to fight that temptation and do it right
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Hello all, I’m glad I can finally use the forum, I found it recently and was getting “website offline” errors all over the place before today.
I’ve wanted a set of stormtrooper armor for years, I always thought it looked amazing when I would see people wearing it at the movie premiers. Well yesterday I went to an anime convention and seeing everyone in their costumes just pushed me over the edge, so I’m planning to take the plunge.
Ive been reading and watching videos, trying to see what all goes into building something like this. It definitely looks like a big project and I’ve never done anything like it before. We’ve got a garage full of tools though, so I should have a lot of what I need. I’m just looking at different vendors now, currently leaning towards RS Propmasters.
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Listening to myself recorded on my GoPro, and asking my brother to listen to me as well. He said he could make out my voice over the amp from across his bedroom.