Bobbyns Build Thread - Anovos - ANH Stunt

[pmatherne]

So I got my BBB a while back and have been working on it off and on as I have the time. I am also more on the Gamorean Guard side  being 5'10 and 275 lbs

I have most of the stuff rough trimmed out

I started working on the forearms and noticed they feel kind of long on me. When I get home I will get some photographs

Also the biceps feel small, then fit but very snugly. Is there a way to open them up a little. The person I was working with told me to trim them up to the lines and to fit the armor to me I would probably have to pull off most of the return edges

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

You can add slightly bigger cover strips, usually these try to keep stand sizes on the front and make the backs bigger. Really you are better putting pieces together with tape and trying them on before you trim.

 

Good luck with the build, looking forward to the progress

[pmatherne]

Yeah I discovered that too late. 

I have not trimmed anything else down that much yet

I was thinking of ordering a sheet of 3mm abs plastic to use when I need to make adjustments, or is there somethign better to order

[pmatherne]

 

This is my right forearm fits pretty good but there is a gap on each side. Hoping the strip will cover it

 

Little tight up top return edge might need to go

Lots of space around the wrist

Does the fit across the arm look good

 

 

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[pmatherne]

Left forearm

Has a better seal

 

Little tighter around the arms

 

Does seem a little long on my arm

I have a limited range of motion when compared with the right arm

 

 

 

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[pmatherne]

Here are both of my biceps

 

I tried opening the gap on the right side bicep but it's still pretty much get stuck on my arm

The problem seems to be the width of the owner piece is not large enough to accommodate my arm

 

The right on appears to be the worse and I've actually managed to get it stuck on my arm several times

I've even tried using tape to let there be a larger gap between the two armor pieces but still really has not helped it looks like the pieces are just too narrow one way so I'm wondering if there is a way to basically round out the armor little bit more

 

 

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[tkrestonva[TK]]

Yes, you can reshape them by giving them a hot water bath. Basically, you immerse the piece in near-boiling water long enough for it to soften a bit (with the thin Anovos plastic I suggest no more than 10 seconds), gently pull them apart, and lock in the shape by quenching them in cool water.

[pmatherne]

Would a heat gun work I was thinking of sticking something roughly the size of my arm in the armor that giving it some passes with the heat gun to see if I can reshape it

[pmatherne]

So I made a little more progress on my armor

 

It still seems tight on for the biceps under the arms right now

Do you think I can go ahead and cut those pieces off our trim them down so I'm not getting stuck every time all of my arms up

 

 

 

 

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[bobafret[TK]]

Couple things for you brother:

 

First on your forearms. There is a molded section on each forearm that the cover strip on one side should sit on top of. I believe it's the left forearm where this is VERY distinct on the anovos kit, and the right arm just has a flat section instead of the raised ridge. That ridge should be just wide enough for your cover strip to cover. The arms should be 15mm cover strips so you're basically looking at trimming all but 7.5mm from each side so that the total width of that ridge (or flat area) is about a 15mm width. Then when you glue on your cover strip, it will lay perfectly over that ridge. You can then size as necessary by trimming on the opposite side.

 

With your biceps, you can remove ALL of the return edge at top and bottom of the bicep. That will give you more room. You can also cheat a bit if you need to by shimming under the cover strips (also 15mm) so you could get some extra room that way.

 

Finally, make sure when you are fitting and trimming you are WEARING YOUR UNDERSUIT. Don't fit to bare skin. When you trim armor you should ideally have undersuit and shoes/gloves as appropriate. You want the wrist side of forearm to ideally have no return edge but then just barely fit over a gloved hand. This ensures you can get them on over your gloves, but also that you don't look like Popeye with huge disproportionate forearms on the other end of the spectrum. Anovos trim lines are WAY wide of where you ultimately will end up trimming to.

 

Also if you haven't, check out ukswrath Anovos build thread. It is SO detailed, has pictures and measurements and everything. It was invaluable when building my daughter's Anovos kit. You can find that here:

 

http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/35086-ukswraths-anovos-tk-build/

[pmatherne]

Thanks for the info

 

For the biceps, I have to split the halves apart to get them to fit on me, is it better to keep the outer edge in the normal placement so the 15mm strap covers it and try to shim the other side, I would be looking at about 1.5" worth of shimming

 

One of the forearms fit pretty tight when I put my hand through, will have to do a tape fitting on them and see how they fit with the gloves, or do you put the gloves on after

 

I do have Ukswrath's guide printed out and use it for assistance, it is the first place I usually look for

[pmatherne]

For the shins. There is a 20mm cover strap, so I should trim the front of the shins down to 10 mm on each side. I can find one with return edge pretty easy (Part 28), but the return edge on part 25 is hard to find. I found that taking a mechanical pencil and going over the edges you can see what is where pretty easy sometimes

I am hoping that the penciled in line I made roughly around the turn is where the edge of the return edge is
On part 28 actually appears a lot clearer and it looks like it's about 20 mm away from the cut line they show, which is the line on the right



So judging by the distance that there is away from teh outer edge of the return edge you can get a quick estimate by overlapping the pieces
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Edited May 3, 2017 by pmatherne

[pmatherne]

Now for some fitting fun

This is the right shin piece 25/28

I did my best to approximate how far roughly 10 mm per return edge side it was away in, marked it on the inside of the shin pieces

On the back side it was a little too big a gap

I could probably force it shut but I'm not sure it would be very comfortable to wear long term

 

Now I went back and open up the gap between the return edges to roughly 30mm

 

The fit on the back was a little bit better

 

I was able to close the back with a piece of tap and it fit rather comfy

 

Once I get the edge of the shin halves to line up better I will put on the under armor to get the final fittings. I find the under armor seems to keep my size a little bit down

 

 

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[bobafret[TK]]

Good job on finding those cover strip spots on the shins. Anovos is a challenging mold with that but I found the same as you, when you get it in the light it's pretty good.

 

Back of the shins look pretty close. 30mm might be stretching, but there is allowance on the cover strips for larger troopers. Have you been in contact with your local Garrison during this build and reached out to your local GML? The GML makes the call basically on suitability and some are stricter than others. That guidance during your build will be helpful. I am GML in Mountain Garrison and I love to work with any new applicants as they are going through their builds. That way you ensure whatever solution you implement doesn't impede any approval.

[pmatherne]

I am waiting to hear back from my GML, we have several future troopers that are in the same predicament

 

 

 

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[pmatherne]

Just found out from the past XO, (The GML is on vacation) they recommend trying ot keep the front area the nominal width and shim the backside