dereferenced Posted August 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 I'm dreading the helmet part of my build... but I'll have to get over that soon enough. Yours turned out very nice. Yeah it was definitely the most time consuming piece so far. Those ears took me forever to trim. I did not post much on the building of the helmet here but I have lots of pictures here http://www.flickr.com/photos/dereferenced/sets/72157633486516080/ . I know they are different kits but it may help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dereferenced Posted August 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Update: I have been pretty busy with work and other things on the weekend. But I did go to the fabric store to get material for the belt. I also worked on my helmet a bit more, putting in the padding and some screw covers thanks to a tip from Tray. I tried serveral hardware stores for the screw covers and finally found them at lowes. I really like the look they give and keeps you from snagging your ear on them. I also tried placing the fans but broke one of the connectors on the battery pack trying different positions, so I will have to re-solder that connection before I can finish mounting everything. Bonus cat ewok costume my girlfriend made today for my sisters cat. She is less than happy about the ordeal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo[TK] Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Love the expression on the cat.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugbyrat Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Nice work Brian! I imagine the cat hates you now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKheehaw[501st] Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Great job on painting the tube stripes! Will give the white paint trick a try. Thanks for posting that tip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tray[TK] Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Looking great Brian. Good meeting you earlier this month at the armor party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dereferenced Posted August 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Love the expression on the cat.. Nice work Brian! I imagine the cat hates you now. She does really hate the costume, I fear we are to become enemies as ewoks seldom like stormtroopers. Great job on painting the tube stripes! Will give the white paint trick a try. Thanks for posting that tip! Glad it can help, just remember to wait 1 day for the white to dry even if it seems like its dry to the touch when the other paint gets on top it starts to mix. Looking great Brian. Good meeting you earlier this month at the armor party. Thanks. I will be working on this more this week, so hopefully more progress updates soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 Coming along nicely, good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dereferenced Posted August 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Trimmed the shoulder straps tonight and was planning on gluing them on ... but that led to more messing around with the harness lengths for the torso. And eventually I thought it best to just wait to glue the straps on until everything else is sized up properly. I did however come up with a better way to adjust the sizing as I was getting tired of retaping . It works on the same concept of adjustable staps on laptop bags / purses. All you need is some tri-glides, I got them from amazon as an addon item for 5 bucks. In the last picture you can see that when pulled the tension keeps the lengths from changing. The T indicates the top and B would be the bottom of the connections. These would be where your snap plates are, what I did was just tape the triglides to the armor and taped the bottom part of the elastic to the other end see below. So you can adjust everything easily and then get the measurements to make the proper straps later. No one else was around tonight so I was not able to get everything together as its hard to do by yourself. I might actually use these triglides for the actual strapping system that way I can change the lengths later if needed. At least for the chest to ab, the backside connections are all short enough I am not sure it would make sense to use this sort of system. If I did use it I would use binder clips or something to stop the strap was being pulled through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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