Curvature issues

[Gsaps]

Hi guys (I hope this is the right place to post this)

 

ive recently started a stormtrooper build, not going for screen accuracy, just a nice looking suit for mannequin display

 

Question 1 of no doubt many
The kidney plate is a different curvature to the back plate.. probably to allow for to bigger guys.
I want it the same as the back plate as that fits well

 

 I was thinking hair dryer/gentle heat gun and then eyeball it and then trim to fit
Anyone got any better ideas ?
Thanks 

 

[giskard8[Staff]]

Definitely not heat gun unless you are skilled using one, it will be hard to control.

 

Hair dryer will do but very time consuming. The other common practice is a “hot water bath”, but do test it with a piece of scrap plastic first from your kit to see how the plastic will react.

[Gsaps]

thanks  for the reply, I had thought about hot water.. might try that first as I definitely wouldn’t say I was skilled with a heat gun :)

[ukswrath[Staff]]

1 hour ago, Gsaps said:

Question 1 of no doubt many

The kidney plate is a different curvature to the back plate.. probably to allow for to bigger guys.
I want it the same as the back plate as that fits well

 

Once you connect the two sections they generally pull each other in alignment. 

[Gsaps]

I’m thinking I might try this

dont want to wreck it but the mannequin I’m using is a pretty slim dude... might have to fatten him up a little 

[Gsaps]

I’ve been trawling through screenshots from the movie to get an idea of how the parts orient with one another and jeez, upon close inspection, that screen armour was pretty shaky 

[MaskedVengeance[Staff]]

Shaky, cracked, duct taped, misaligned. It’s true. All of it.


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