Back plate to short for 501st approval?

[n0c00lgamertag]

Hey.

Moving right along with my build (making a run for an ESB TK), and in reviewing the requirements I see that the back plate is supposed to sit flush with the top of the kidney plate. Well I can't do this without letting it sit much farther down on my back, which then leaves a good deal of black showing in the neck and shoulder blades area. If I position it just right and comfortable, I have about 2-3 inches between the top of the kidney plate and bottom of the back plate. The kidney plate is flush with the butt plate.

I would not consider myself overly tall at 5-11, and it is an ATA suit. Other than the fact that you can see (maybe only because I know they are there) a couple inches of my black elastic suspender system against my Under Armour suit, is this a problem for final legion approval?

I will try and post some pix sometime tomorrow, but in the meantime hopefully I have been descriptive enough for some help.

Thanks in advance.

[kevster[TK]]

Best advice people could give you is when you get the pictures up. It doesn't need to be a perfect fit around your neck. Usually they are up in the front and kinda low in the back. Take a look at this one and see if its about the same.-

Edited December 4, 2020 by gmrhodes13
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[n0c00lgamertag]

Similar, but not exact. Sorry for lack of pix. I will get some up tomorrow for sure.

[n0c00lgamertag]

Ok all.

Here are the pix I said would be up yesterday. My question was on the space between the back and kidney sections. I can't figure out how to close it without the back plate sitting way too low.

 

[troopermaster]

I would space the butt, kidney and back out with an equal gap so it doesn't look as big of a gap between the back and kidney plate. Maybe try pulling your kidney and butt plate higher too (it looks like it might be a bit low) if you can.

[n0c00lgamertag]

I can space the kidney higher and try and pull the butt up a bit. That is why I built the harness system with velcro, for just such an occasion! Is it ok if some of the black elastic shows? That will happen if I space anything out...

[TK-2126_MD[TK]]

Ito me it seems that the back plate is actually too high, are the shoulder straps actually glued on to the back plate? if so i think they are to high.

[troopermaster]

I think it would be fine to show the elastic strapping (as long as it's black ) The main thing you have to do is get it to fit you right and space the parts out as best you can.

[n0c00lgamertag]

The straps are not glued in back. Only in the front so I can move the back plate a bit and then reshape the straps. Looks like I have some work to do resizing. Thanks for the help and comments.

[TrooperVenger]

Yeah lower that backplate a tad. Heat up the shoulder part and it'll sit lower. I did that with mine.

[Ripcode[501st]]

He doesn't have a pic of the chest armor, which I saw on our Garrison boards. The straps are attached too low on the chest. If he moves them up, he should be able to drop the chest and back a bit.

[n0c00lgamertag]

I was able to get everything rearranged so that there is very little space between backside plates. Moved the chest and back down a bit and now everything is fitting great. The straps have to stay put on the chest plate since they are glued down. I just have less overlap onto the back plate now. Thanks for all the input. It helped quite a bit.