[Painting Thigh Armor]

After trial and error, I think I got the thigh armor pieces to blend with the rest of the armor. 

Before picture below

 

[Thigh Armor Reconstruct]

Ok, I did the ammo pack on the right thigh and looking at the thighs, the shade of white is not really matching the shins. It is probably hard to view the last picture of the comparison in color but had to try and get a picture. 

[Thigh Armor Reconstruct]

Hey all, sorry I been out of the loop for a while but had a hospital stay and waiting for the thigh pieces to come in from Ross. I needed to add a few inches to the armor, so I just had him make me a new set. I still have to attach the ammo pack to the right side and paint to match my full set. I attached some pics to see if I missed anything and for some feedback. 

[AP Armor Size Help]

glad everyone is doing good considering the storm. 

[AP Armor Size Help]

Well, I hopefully got all of the bugs fixed, (Return Edges, Mobility Cuts, etc., etc;) and laid out everything. I did a pre-fit and I had to round out some edges on the chest and abdominal pieces because they needed to be rounded a bit to prevent cracking. I also used my heat gun to shape the cod and posterior a bit because it kind of drooped a bit when fastened. Full kit up will be done hopefully this week. Just waiting for some black under suit bottoms.

[TK Helmet Mods]

Well finally after more moving stuff around and adding padding for hiding the wires, I completed the bucket. Moving one step closer to full kit up soon. 

 

 

[TK Helmet Mods]

I moved some stuff around and trimmed the padding to about a half inch and it fits better. 

 

[AP Armor Size Help]

Nice, my legs are big enough to give the thighs a snug fit. I did not want to cut too much off them, or they would not be comfortable because of the awkwardness of the shape. My legs gained about a half inch since I sent Mark the measurements during the build.

[AP Armor Size Help]

Yes, I have the hovi mic speakers. I can hardly believe it to squeeze my noggin in there. 

[TK Helmet Mods]

The Hovy tips seem to be white inside and they are speakers for the comm/mic set up but looks like a stunt-build helmet from AP. Oh and I got Xmas early cause my E11 came in today from Brett at Quest in Canada. 

[TK Helmet Mods]

Yeah, I had to do a few mods here and there. Mark at AP did a great job but being nick picky, I had to adjust some parts. I finally finished putting in the audio pick ups and mic, to include the fans. I also got darker lens material and installed it also. 

[AP Armor Size Help]

Nice, I put the fans, the mic/audio pickups and power in there. It was a pain to get that stuff in, trial and error but managed to get it and almost drill a hole in my finger in the process. 

 

[TK Helmet Mods]

Ok, well took some time from my thigh polishing to install the helmet audio/mic/fan system. Took a little time, moving connector boxes to a good position so my head will fit and seem to got the right set up. Oh, if drilling a hole for the audio pickups, move your finger out of the way or the drill bit will bite you nasty. 

 

[Trimmed Thigh Pieces]

Well I think I saved the Thigh pieces. Got them to a full strip down and wet-sanded them. Used a cutting compound per suggestion and seemed to do the trick. I mean I am no auto detailer but I think they look pretty good. 

[Trimmed Thigh Pieces]

 

Well hopefully these pictures are good to see. I finished the thighs, after a lot of trial and error. Thighs were spray painted and clear coat but there is still a little color variation from the not painted shins. 

 

[Trimmed Thigh Pieces]

Yup. I will probably use some clear coat to help protect the paint and give it a little more luster to better match the rest of the armor but still do not know yet.

[Trimmed Thigh Pieces]

By next time, I will be able to build it now that I know pretty much how the process works. 

[Trimmed Thigh Pieces]

Well, here us the end result of my right thigh redone sanded and painted. Used ABS paste on the larger gap along with the backing for the paste to adhere and for the small areas I used Apoxie Sculpt and Gloss White paint and primer. I had to paint the whole thigh piece and now in the process of polishing. 

[Trimmed Thigh Pieces]

Ok, finished one thigh, sanded and painted. Tomorrow the next one. Slow but easy process. Thoughts?

[Trimmed Thigh Pieces]

Yeah, I am just waiting to get it cleaned up and to make sure I do not have any small discrepancies and I will get all that corrected.

[Trimmed Thigh Pieces]

Been out of the Loop for a bit but here are my thigh pieces that I re-did about a few times cause of some glue and cover strip alignment. I am still not done yet with the tidying up on them and gap fills, but any thoughts? 

[Trimmed Thigh Pieces]

From what I can see, the extensions look cream color so I will see once they are dry so I will see. 

[Trimmed Thigh Pieces]

My len's and extension strips arrived today so starting the regluing. I also got in the Apoxie Sculpt to too and just need to go and get spray paint. I think Gloss White should blend it in. 

[Trimmed Thigh Pieces]

Well my extension strips should be here tomorrow or Wednesday so I went ahead and prepared the thigh armor and added a little reinforcement strip on my right thigh. As noted by the yellow, I placed a strip on the top, middle and near the bottom of the inside seam. This should add some sturdiness and will do the same to the left thigh as well. 

[Trimmed Thigh Pieces]

Well, I hope I got it right this time. I know, the gap is going to be filled with some putty and will straighten the outlines when I am finally finished adjusting the fit. I hate being short and having large thighs though it's all good.  I am still learning here and will get this right. LOL.