Sha Sha's (Slow) KB FOTK Build for Short Troopers

[shashachu[TK]]

I had a bit of an epiphany, which is that I could place some foam on the inside of the bicep piece to keep it pushed out and away from the chest. I tried it out and it feels a lot better:

 

 

 

 

I'll always need to hold my arms out a little, but I no longer feel like I'm in a T-Pose.

 

 

Edited June 2 by shashachu

[shashachu[TK]]

Onto more fitting. I knew that the thighs and butt armor overlapped pretty heavily, but it wasn't until recently that I realized how much:

 

 

 

 

The green tape was a way for me to sort of indicate where I might need to trim. There are actually 3 strips of tape, and you can see the upper one is completely covered. On the photo from the right side, you can also see that one of the belt boxes is even overlapping the holster. Additionally, if I trimmed the right thigh far enough to not overlap the butt, there wouldn't be any room to install the clip greeblie. I started to panic that maybe I'd need to move the entire holster down, but then I had the very obvious realization that there was no reason I needed to trim from the top - I could simply drop the thighs low enough to not overlap the butt, then trim the thighs from the bottom. In fact, in looking at reference photos I've collected from other people's builds, my holster is sitting pretty high compared to the bottom of the thigh armor:

 

 

So I went ahead and dropped the thighs, and trimmed them from the bottom. It turns out I had to trim a significant portion off:

 

 

After trying everything on, no more overlap!

 

 

 

 

 

My build does show more black above the thighs from the front than some other builds, but I think it looks ok, and actually if they were higher it would significantly impact my mobility.

 

It's partly a dressing issue, but it also looks like my knee armor is a bit on the large side so I'll likely trim it down. I didn't document it, but I also decided to switch to the 850 cod piece because I'd slightly overtrimmed the KB one and it bothered me.

 

Once I re-add strapping to the biceps, I should be ready for another full suit-up to see if I'm happy with how everything is sitting before moving on to painting!