TKNick8350

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Hello, after a long hiatus waiting for my parts to come in from Imperial Boots, I finally gotten my Strapping kit and TK boots. Gorgeous! Then I officially went back to work on my suit! I have done a test fitting. Didn’t do any trimming at the front because it might fit to tightly if I trimmed? But here are the pictures from the mirror. As you see, my calves are big due to cycling and being on my feet for 8 hours a day for work. Went ahead and assembled. love those earth magnets! Finised product. The only thing last will be the back cover strips that where not glued on. I am going to do that after placing the bra straps when it’s time to do all the straps on the armor. I took off the the return edge of the sniper knee plate, lined it up the center as best as I can glued and clamped it, left alone for 48 hours. Now to start strapping the torso. My plan, is to completely strap the torso snap everything in, and to get a good measure in how much I need to shim my kidney to my Ab plate so, I have started the brackets, thank to UKSWRATH tutorial, they came out great! I have a lot of people saying this is bad due to how thin the armor is, for me I love it! Plastic is easy to repair. Keep tuning in....we have 393 days left to Star Wars Celebration!

Hey guys! I’m still alive from this triple degree weather. I’ll update ASAP. I have Tuesday and Wednesday off from work. So much to show you all! Hope to hear from you all soon!

Thanks bud sorry it has taken along time to respond back, I’ll post on the Anovos Facebook page today!

Hopefully its great weather, not triple degree temperatures...lol I might need to rig a camelback to fit in place of the back armor for hydration.

Friday will be my first troop day at Celebration. I’m “gitty!”

Now I have more inspiration to getting all done, we have a long ways to go until Celebration, but I’m happy I gotten my 1st and Second day pass! Hope to meet you all!

I saw a page where somebody shimmed but kept the second seam line. People say the Anovos is built for skinny people and I have some gap showing (thanks to all the cooking I like doing) But I am also getting back in shape. I’m wanting to not mod mine radically, as seen on some Anovos builds, so when i start shedding the pounds, I can trim off the shim, and when I no longer need that shim so that kidney can touch the Ab plate. With the scrap, while moving all my scrap was trashed (thanks hun) but I got some plate from Trooperbay for the meantime. It’s looks bright white, but won’t be noticeable only to me and builders.

up next... kidney mod. Will have to widen it. Saw this post this week. Do they still allow this build on the kidney plate? Mind I do want to loose more weight, but I don’t want to heavily mod with a shim, and paste. Can anyone chim in? Also, whom do I ask for a commission on making my belt in to an ESB belt?

Been a long week, with a family member having a heart attack and not having a day off since last Wednesday and yesterday being my day off, I gotten some stuff done. Minor stuff. I was going to go to my first armor party, but with my future mother in law having a heart attack and my fiancé dad having a triple degree temperature, there’s very little I can do. But here’s the minor things I did on my day off. Did some repairs on my biceps. I took some material off by mistake a long time ago, so I fixed it. (Somebody recommended what grits to use while sanding down ABS paste to a smooth touch?) Also rounded the coverstrips, didn’t like my angle cuts, looked like crap. Heres what they looked like before... I plan to dismantle the left arm, add the new cover strips, and repair my bicep. Yesterday purchased my boots and accurate straps from “Imperial Boots.” That will take four weeks to come in. That gives me time to get all the arms and thighs done minus shins, will wait when boots come in. In the meantime. Back to it before seeing Avengers today! One more to add, the clamshell handguards, tutorial how to cut them properly?

It’s all good no worries!

If anyone is following my build? Does anyone, anyone have a comparison of the Rustoleum Painters Touch Semi gloss white next to raw white plastic?

This Friday, getting my boots and accurate straps from Imperial boots. Saturday, will be my first armor party, so I don’t want to drag around a bbb In my truck and to a party and back. Was looking at one of these. Anybody have this one and where can I get foam to get it insulated? I have redone my back thighs tonight, and will be leaving them alone until Tuesday (48 hours). One question?....Magnets, what size earth magnets do you recommend and how many?

Thank you, I was having sit over night, for 12 hours, I’ll do it again, let it sit more than just 8-12 hours. Since you’ve talked about trimming the edges, I was going to go and add a reinforced strip in the inner thighs as pictured. This might help keep the parts in place while I have to remove the cover strip. Hoping inside mods are accepted to keep leg and thigh armors sturdy during a troop.

Any suggestions on how to fix this? The E6k is having issues with the lower butt side of the thigh. butt it’s starting to shape up. Will round the bottom coverstrips later.

Thank you! I’m all great when it comes to forums. I make a mental note.

Good morning everyone! Finished up my thighs this week. I’m having one issue. The left thigh. This is Anovos armor. I have cyclists thighs and really can’t do anything about trimming. The right looks better.

Good morning everyone! Finished up my thighs this week. I’m having one issue. The left thigh. This is Anovos armor. I have cyclists thighs and really can’t do anything about trimming. The right looks better.

Theirs always trial and error, last post was an error. So strip the parts off, and did it all over again. Refit the the thighs again. Great thing I have a lot of material to work with, except I keep loosing my earth magnets...and I am learning a lot about myself through this process. I have both thighs clamped up and bondage with blue tape. I will need to adjust the back left thigh, I’m noticing that the bottom is not leveled. With the other thigh. I fixed an area that had a gash, paste and letting it be over night. Will fill in gaps when I have more matching material left over. I was thinking white e6000, but I think it would not look right. I swear my kitchen stovetop has been better to work at instead of my model room. More light to work with..

Made new cover strips, with rib-style shims. The shims are 1x5 inches. Placed ribs in boiling water. Placed first rib on thigh. Once cured, will move up with the middle. How the strip will look like. Feel free for any advice for me! Can’t wait to work on the shins soon....

Ok, what’s the best ratio to make the paste?

All thighs glued together, I have a gap on the left thigh, but this assembly was a pain. I did the best I could. Trooperbay sheets are coming in today. So I’ll start working on shims and coverstrips. The top cover will need to be trimmed and rounded. I see some left thighs on some troopers, with a gap. Should I leave? Or fix it? Or is it my preference? I do have a slip with the blade that will need to be pasted and sanded.

I’ll tell you what, the left thigh is a royal pain. So slowly gluing at both ends, then slowly working my way to the middle of the thigh, Hope it pays off. bottom upper The lip that is not glued in yet. Now glued. Onward.... Solved the issues with the ATA pieces. Don’t use the forearms, use the hand guards only! Anyone who needs them, pm me. I did not like how my cover strips looked like when installing my Anovos forearms, I took a lot off at the corners. Since the Ata sheets are too white, I can use strip 39 (D) to make new ones. The reason why, is because the back thigh armor covers are not wide enough. So if best, recycle those strips that came with the kit and use as new cover strips, keeping the armor looking uniform and matching in color. This strip will also give me more to also fix the bicep cover strips. This way, the only things to me that will look off, but will be corrected with paint, lightly feathered, is the handguards, extended kidney plate, and the widen back cover strip of the rear thigh armor. Youtube is a great source for those who are in need of tips..sh*t I learned a lot about airbrushing Star Wars and Gundam kits and they have become amazing display pieces. But thanks to TK-11697 this was a better way for me to work on my thighs. I know it’s a WTF armor, but it’s going to be best for me to get these assembled. I am either need to be a 2 inch wide or 3 inch wide in the back, I am still awaiting my ABS sheets from Trooperbay.....except. USPS in Fresno shipped it to Oakland? Why does USPS in Fresno hate me so much? Every time! Really? In the meantime! Hope all is well! Until then!

What’s the size of that cover strip?

This weekend I didn’t get a chance to work on my armor. With the San Jose Sharks looking hot and I working in retail (full time grocery clerk) this weekend was the busiest week. Today I had to work 10 hours due to not having the right labor to cover me, so I had to close. UGH. So while my fiancé was was watching “Worst cooks in America,” I thought I get the thigh put together. More to come when I have the time!