TK2103 Posted June 4, 2018 Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 Hey Guys!!! I’m Carter, I’m 15 and not quite able to join the 501st but own an Anovos ANH TK stunt costume and it’s my pride and joy :) I’m interested in a shadow trooper costume but want to tackle it myself. I’d like to vacuum form my current kit but I have some obstacles. Vacuuming ABS armor would cause it to crack correct? If so what other options do I have? Can I make a mold of my current set? A response would be appreciated. Thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starsaber25[Admin] Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Hi Carter. So you have a very interesting idea. However, do you have access to vacuum forming setups? If you don’t, unfortunately you will find that trying to tackle a project like this will be too cost prohibitive. It will cost much less to just buy a shadow trooper kit from a vetted source then to spend the thousands of dollars to make a vacuum forming machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themaninthesuitcase[Admin] Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 What your proposing is also known as recasting. In general this is frowned upon, though if it's genuinely for personal use then it's not really that big a deal. Trouble is that 1-2 kits for you often becomes more for your friends and so on. As Glen has said vacuum forming also quite a costly endeavour but something many have done before so with some reading around you can get a lot of help. Though there is an amount of art to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly11[Admin] Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 I would like to add on to what Chris has stated above, or expand on the art of Vac forming. There are so many variables to consider like material costs and always a degree of trial and error from plastic to plastic. This equates to a lot of wastage so when you start adding up the overall cost of building a vac table, materials to vac form, making the bucks to pull over, wastage, not to mention a huge amount of time building everything you most definitely could have purchased yourself several sets of armour all the tools required to assemble those kits with and built them for you and your mates. Honestly, this is not an attempt to put you off, but rather to let you know what you are in for. I vac form, I make bucks, molds for resin casting etc and trust me,if not for the group of guys I do this with all sinking a fair chunk of cash time and talent into it, it's not something I could have undertaken myself. Best of luck with which ever path you chose and remember FISD is here to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK2103 Posted June 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Thank you all for your advice!!! I’ll stick to buying my own kit. I’ve been looking into ATA and WTF kits 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starsaber25[Admin] Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 12 hours ago, TK2103 said: Thank you all for your advice!!! I’ll stick to buying my own kit. I’ve been looking into ATA and WTF kits There ya go. Either of those two kits are fine choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK2103 Posted June 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 How can I get ahold of Rocky at WTF? He hasn’t been responding and I’m wondering if he’s the right person to talk to. He’s the sales rep Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedwelle94[TK] Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Last I heard, Rocky has been having some issues with his Messenger app. You can PM Ericia or Matt - either of them can help you out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK2103 Posted June 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Thank you so much!! Where do I find their contacts? I can’t seem to find them Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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