bobojuice

Thanks guys. Posts have been updated with some info. I'll be getting to the meat and potatoes later (forearms & ab plate).

Any update on this?

Awesome! Those idols ain't half bad either. Wish I could come up with the scratch for one.

Yep.

Moving my later post up here for better visibility.

We went through 2 sets of Kidney and Butt plates before we got this right. Originally I had figured we would need to cut the kidney down to fit her small frame. This gave us two problems. The first is that the kidney now did not have two return edges which helped line up the but and back plates without overlapping. The second was that in actuality Olga's shape pushed out the butt plate so much that we needed the extra material to fit right. You can see on the pics above at how the armor looks misaligned. Once we put it on, it lines up perfectly. Note that these parts will also probably need to be heated and bent into shape. The butt plate was also trial and error. We found that cutting the but plate to the exact measurements of the kidney plate actually made the butt plate too small and it didn't line up in the end. I would suggest marking and cutting these as you go that way you can avoid having to order more armor pieces like I did. To cut the shape we simply measured out the amount of material we had to trim and I drew a new shape freehand to line up with the original shape. Note that both sides of the butt plate are not the same. Here you got some comparison shots of how much material was taken off.

First part that needed to be modified was the Ab and Kidney and Butt plates. We went through some trial and error on this part, as we really had to trim a lot of material off both sides. Note that just trimming the armor was not enough. With trimming so much the parts become almost flat. This had to be remedied by carefully heating each piece and bending it. This took a LONG time to get it right. I will say that you need to be EXTREMELY careful using heat to bend these parts. If you're impatient you will ruin them and need to order new ones. Take your time and ALWAYS wear safety equipment. For some smaller ladies there may be a need to cut the kidney plate down. Originally we cut the kidney plate but found that as long as we lined everything up it adjusted itself to her size. Note the cut I did to the kidney plate. I did this after seeing some of TM's armors. ATA's kidney plate does not come with this feature.

There's been an influx of ladies wishing to join the ranks of the white armored. Seeing this and offering help a few people suggested I post a bit about how I modified Olga's (TK-9061) armor to her small frame to get her to Centurion status. I don't have very many pics of the during phase of construction as I was keeping it a secret from my squad mates, but I do have some. I will also be posting side by side comparison shots of my armor and hers (I'm 6'0 and she's 5'4). Both sets of armor are ATA. I'll also leave this thread open to any questions that anyone may have. I would like to recommend when doing extensive modifications like this that you take your time and measure, measure, measure! Last thing you want to do is ruin a piece and have to order new armor. The following is a list of what was modified and what was left alone, to give you an idea of what WE did. It might be different for your build. 1. Helmet - Unmodified 2. Biceps - Made a bit smaller by a bit more trimming. Not extensive mods. 3. Shoulders - Unmodified 4. Chest - Unmodified (mounted lower than usual) 5. Kidney - Sides were trimmed to fit smaller waist line then heated to retain curve. 6. Back Plate - Unmodified (this is the one piece I wish I could have fixed. It looks quite large on women) 7. Butt plate - Trimmed size 8. Ab plate - Cut and trimmed then remounted 9. Forearms - Return edge completely taken off and recreated 10. Hand plates - Unmodified 11. Thighs - Slightly smaller but otherwise no mods. 12. Shins - Unmodified 13. Shoulder straps - Unmodified 14. Belt armor - Unmodified Torso Comparison Here you can see just how much smaller the torso is for her. Sides Comparison Here you can see just how much was trimmed off of her sides to get it to fit around her. Ab Plate/Cod Comparison Unfortunately I had to glue my belt snaps since they were off by a hair and kept popping off, but you can still see where I modified this section to make the torso shorter. Forearm Front Comparsion Here you can see how I shortened the forearms for her. They were much too long for her small arms. Forearm Rear Comparison Forearm Top Comparsion Here you can see that Olga's forearms are smaller. I'll try and get another shot of them, but they are MUCH smaller. I cant even get my hands in hers. Forearm Front Comparison Here you can get a better idea of just how much smaller her forearms were. These were probably the hardest things to modify in the entire suit. I'll get to that later.

When can we expect this in kit form?

I LOLed so hard just now! -----------

This is incredible.

Whatever happened to the suggestion of splitting RotJ into two categories, Stunt and Hero?

Looks great!

What's your toon's name?

Hmm, I wonder how well that will go over. XFOR has been a 501st legion guild for years and we've already got well over 100 members with 40-50 active at any given time. I highly doubt any of them would move to a new server and start over. I know I wont.

Damn. I went by what I saw in the first pic. Oh well.

I posted a thread a while ago but nobody really responded. I'm on there as Bobojuice - SW Juggernaut Tank(main), Bobo'juice - SI Assassin Tank, Motorhead - BH Powertech Tank, Ponda'Baba - Trooper Tank, and Oftherings - SI probably healer (can't wait to get Lord title on this one) . What can I say, I like tanking. My main is 38 as of this writing and my Assassin is 18 I think. The rest are lvl 1 alts that will be leveled when I get time. Also, Brian they are still accepting people who are 501st members or friends/family, apps are closed for everyone else.

Happy New Year, everyone!

I have a couple of fans in the mouth which helps IMMENSELY with fogging. In fact it's actually the only place I found to completely prevent fogging at all. I've also got some teeball padding in there.

Hey that holster looks familiar! ----------

Looking really good, Jesse. I just have one question. Are you sure it's going to fit me?

All TE lineage helmets require a turn to get them on. Heck, I'm pretty sure even the original guys had to do it as well. Contrary to popular believe an ATA will fit even the largest of domes if assembled properly. Throwing an FX, or EFX bucket on an ATA kit makes no sense whatsoever. I would say that if you're that concerned with it, see if you can pick up a CAP. Those are slightly larger than the ATA but look very nice.

You really pull this off well, Paul. Very nice!

A Festivus for the rest of us!

Dark theme is good, however it still suffers from the invisible link/email issue.