ukswrath[Staff] Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 12 minutes ago, toxication said: Thats how they come.from rs. I am as.puzzled but there are several pieces that are like that. My right arm has a similar thing. I've seen a few RS suits being built and I don;t recall the thigh offset being that great. Maybe it's a photo angle issue. Do you have a photo of the section from the front with no clamps . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxication[501st] Posted June 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 Not my photo but from a fellow DG member with an RS kit: You can see the front of the upper legs has fairly sizable offset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukswrath[Staff] Posted June 26, 2018 Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 Interesting, well keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxication[501st] Posted June 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Progress report: Front coverstrip of the left thigh has been glued, started cleaning out the sniperplate and getting it ready for attachment. Trial fitting it on the leg looks like this: This line I will still straighten a bit more to better match the other side; Here the bottom line underneath the boxes is straigt: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxication[501st] Posted June 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 13 hours ago, ukswrath said: Interesting, well keep up the good work If you look at the photos of my right lower arm you will notice a similar difference, It is really curious to see how big the difference is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxication[501st] Posted June 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Going to have to mod the upper legs a bit, make them a tiny bit shorter, cause right now I cannot really walk properly. ASsuming the butt-plate will come lower in the end. Should I remove 1centimeter all around ? Or just on the outside? This is the part where I get a bit hesitant in putting the knife in the armour In the meantime I will put coverstrips on the back of my lower legs and start working on bending the ammo boxes for the thigh and attaching the sniperplate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollowbodies[TK] Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, toxication said: Going to have to mod the upper legs a bit, make them a tiny bit shorter, cause right now I cannot really walk properly. Is it because of the top of the thigh, or is it because of the part around your knee that you cannot walk properly? If it's more because of the knee, you could just remove some of the return edge from the back of your knee and it should already help you, instead of trying to remove from the top. Edited June 27, 2018 by hollowbodies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CableGuy[Admin] Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Hi Martijn, Making good progress. Before you finish measuring and gluing the backs of your thighs, personally, I would recommend that you attempt to level out the top of the thighs a little more. I know you referenced a fellow trooper with that offset, however that might be adding to your discomfort. Evening out the top would also add to the screen accuracy of your suit. (See ref pics). FISD gallery Here is a link to a fellow trooper here: you can see how the bottom of the right thigh is purposefully misaligned. This will help to even out the top and the discrepancy at the bottom will be covered by the thigh ammo pack. Doing this might allow you to move the whole thigh up by an inch or so (the amount that the outer part of the thigh currently site above the inner part of the thigh). Hope that helps. Dan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretzel[TK] Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Going to have to agree with Dan on this one. Evening everything out will add mobility and comfort. Well, as comfortable it can get for us troopers Keep at it! You are making great progress. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwede[TK] Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, CableGuy said: I would recommend that you attempt to level out the top of the thighs a little more. I agree with Dan on this and as I´m the "fellow trooper" with the RS kit (Shins are TM though) he referenced to I´ll chime in and saying that RS has an offset but that mostly takes place at the knee and the consesus is that that`s what the ammo pack is for (to hide it) and on that subject: 3 hours ago, toxication said: start working on bending the ammo boxes for the thigh If you got the 1.5 ABS there`s no need to pre-bend it, it flexes enough so when it comes to putting it in place (measuring and drilling the holes are done) just secure one end and then bend it by hand - done Back to the thighs…..I´m stealing the pic Dan provided showing how to alligne the thighs (lower detail), this way reduces the offset att the top. And finally: Mobility will never be great and my advice would be to be careful not to remove to much, the original armor has minimal gaps between armor parts and in my opinion that`s the look everyone should strive fo - simply looks the best I can barely manage stairs but never considered cutting away more but everyone is free to decide for themselves, atleast to a point (can`t just cut`n slice) To give you an idea I´m 5.10 and kept leg pieces to original lenght and by clicking the "sandtrooper-video WIP" link you can see how it looks when walking Edited June 27, 2018 by TheSwede 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukswrath[Staff] Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 After seeing your photos this is what I was after, something was off I just couldn't tell with the other photos. As Dan mentioned try shifting the inner thigh side up. this should help resolve some of the upper alignment also. If you look at the following canon reference photo take note of the lower edge offset. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukswrath[Staff] Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 More canon shots 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxication[501st] Posted June 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Wow, thanks guys that is an overload of information! Based on your suggestions I will be taking the leg apart again and moving the outer thigh down a bit. I technically have enough space around my knee to allow for the misaslignment at the bottom. I'd rather do that than trimming the top Not sure it will fully resolve the offset the two halves have though, but will see! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwede[TK] Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 27 minutes ago, toxication said: Not sure it will fully resolve the offset the two halves have though, but will see! It won’t resolve it but definitely make it less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxication[501st] Posted June 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Mainly curious how it will workout with the back of the leg though. Don't want to have too much stress on the ABS to get it aligned at the back. Pondering whether it makes sense to first put the coverstrip on the back and then on the front? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wook1138[TK] Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, toxication said: Mainly curious how it will workout with the back of the leg though. Don't want to have too much stress on the ABS to get it aligned at the back. Pondering whether it makes sense to first put the coverstrip on the back and then on the front? I just did this same thing with 2mm ABS - no issues. If you want, you could give the thighs a quick hot bath and try to shape them a little, but I think ample E6000 will work just fine. Good job on your build! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwede[TK] Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 1 hour ago, toxication said: Mainly curious how it will workout with the back of the leg though. Don't want to have too much stress on the ABS to get it aligned at the back. Pondering whether it makes sense to first put the coverstrip on the back and then on the front? Just Like Greg said - no need to worry, the glue holds just fine just make sure you aligne those lower details, front and back 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxication[501st] Posted June 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 Sorry, no photos today on the progress. Will try to add some tomorrow. Did some useful things today, Closed the left upper leg, opened the right leg again, removed glue and glued it closed again. Indeed looks a lot better now, even with clamps, magnets and tape it still looks better than it did. Thanks again for the help!! Also put the thermal detonator together. Still need to replace the silver screws with black ones though. But that I can do after initial approval as well Plan for tomorrow is to finish the belt, close the right upper leg on the back so I can put the ammo pouch around it on Sunday. Hopefully I will have time this weekend for the shoulder straps/bridges as well. Once that is done I can full on go for the strapping on everything! Exciting!! Really looking forward to it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwede[TK] Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 1 hour ago, toxication said: Once that is done I can full on go for the strapping on everything! Exciting!! Really looking forward to it! So are we!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxication[501st] Posted June 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 Photo's! I removed (most of) the tape and magnets and clamps and other things keeping the pieces together while drying and remembered to make some photos: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CableGuy[Admin] Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 Photo's! I removed (most of) the tape and magnets and clamps and other things keeping the pieces together while drying and remembered to make some photos: Yeah baby!! :-)Much less of an offset now. Nicely done. :-)Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxication[501st] Posted June 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 7 minutes ago, CableGuy said: Yeah baby!! :-) Much less of an offset now. Nicely done. :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk yeah, quite happy how it came out. The tips rigt now are still very pointy and sharp, so I will still trim that down a bit. But indeed it is looking excellent now. Hopefully tonight I will get to put the ammoboxes on the upper leg and be (mostly) done with the legs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwede[TK] Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 There you go 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxication[501st] Posted June 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 Totally forgot, also made a blue thing Well ok, a Thermal Detonator... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukswrath[Staff] Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 3 hours ago, toxication said: I removed (most of) the tape and magnets and clamps and other things keeping the pieces together while drying and remembered to make some photos: Looking great Martijn, my only suggestion at this point would be to trim the length of the cover strip on the right shin, specifically the upper side. It should not extend past the edge of the armor but stop at the highest point. Also there should be no return edge on the bottom edge on both shins. Keep up the great work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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