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OK So here's the hard work that's been happening this last week. Cape!

I got the following pattern from the Captain Phasma Builders FB Group. Super helpful, if a little difficult to figure out without a legend. The measurements were originally in mm, I converted to cm and reduced by ~10%, since i'm not 6' tall.

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I used a white charcoal pencil to map out the placement of my panels - doing this I was able to triple-check my measurements and min-max my panels/fabric.

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With only slight adjustment, I managed to fit all 4 panels on 4 yards of fabric, in this orientation.

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I sewed the panels together, keeping a bit of length on them just in case. This is after extensive steaming/ironing.

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I used my pencil and roughed out my curve, this really helped a lot.

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The cats also helped a lot.

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I ironed & pinned the hems, following the CRL to make sure my sides were 1.25-1.5 inches, the bottom hem was double folded and roughly 3/4". 

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I seamed all the pockets/straps (missing one in this pic). Then I sewed them down, doubling up the top stitches.

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Pinned the pockets down, ensured placement matched references as best I could. Yes, i'm adding a 2nd strap.

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Painted the long hem using cheap red gloss acrylic paint. I know some people use fabric paint, but I felt the acrylic looks better/more screen accurate. It took two coats.

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I then used Liquitex clear gloss gesso to give the shiny/waterproof look. This pic was after a first coat using 8oz jar.

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I should have just gotten the larger jar, I ended up going back and getting a 2nd for full coverage. On the second coating I mixed in some black acrylic paint, so I didn't get the hazy look - it's now full dark. 

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Took the cape to a small build party, and had some garrison guys help pleat and clip some folds in to the neck area.

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Next i'm going to iron the pleats a bit more, clip my cape a bit more, and start to whip-stitch the pleats together to make sure they stay in place.

 

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Much work continues, now that's crunch time! I completed all these last week!

 

First, I focused on getting the gaskets completed. I started with the elbows, as they were the easiest.

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Afterwards, I created shoulder gaskets x2, which I ended up needing to shorten by about an inch after the fact (as you can tell these were pretty long). I also took in the armpits for a better fit.

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once complete, I mapped out where I needed to add strapping/harness for the shoulder gaskets

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And then make a separate harness that i'll attach the thighs and whatnot to.

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here's the finished product!

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Next, I decided to combine the shiny shorts into the knee gaskets. This seemed to work really well, except I was warned about deterioration of the plastic material. In that case, I can always reinforce the inside of the thighs if needs be.

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Once that was complete, I strapped up both the shiney shorts/gaskets and the thighs, so I can attach them all to the harness. Much Success! 

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Next up: Gloves!
 

After MUCH research, we decided upon these Carhartt work gloves. The reference photos we went off of show the fingers were full 'leather' (or pleather)

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but the thumbs were fabric (except for the thumb pads)

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They also have stitching/fabric on the palms, which were a level 3 CRL requirement.

 

Hot Glue really fit the bill for attaching the finger plates, and we used velcro for the hand plate.

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This allowed for greater flexibility.

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The velcro closure was then reinforced with a snap, for a better fit and secure closure.

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Heads down and getting a lot of completion done on Phasma with less than a week to go!

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I started by getting connections attached to my back abs, following the same method I've seen FOTKs do theirs.

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We started by velcroing the yolk/chest pieces, as this was important to get a good fit down the sides. I also put a small (barely noticeable) piece of velcro on the abs, so my yolk was sure to stay in place.

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Then I added snaps to the side of the breastplate and yolk, which will sandwich all together to form a nice tight form.

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Additional finishing touches completed include the thigh harness, got all the gaps filled and sanded down for final acrylic paint

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Shaped and added additional length to the spatz. These were not fitting well, so i'm going to cut them down and further shape them today

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We finished filling all the small joins on the TD and I added a bracket that will slide onto the abs

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And finished spraying gloss black onto the belt boxes, which will FINALLY be chicago screw attached while we silver the Top part of it

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Getting close now, just remember the better the base the better the finish, the more time you put into prep will make for a better outcome ;) 

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Lots of work done in the last 24 hours! 

 

I tackled my white whale... finally. Sewed the bib! 

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We attached the top and heel foot armor, thanks industrial-strength velcro

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I re-shaped the spatz... I know they won't fit this low in-cosume, but good for photo-op. Something I"m kicking myself over with this build was that I had my shin armor close facing the front, so you can kind of see a gap with the velcro. I might tighten it up with another strip that's closer to the edge.

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After getting feedback from some folks, I cut down the cod piece. This is about as small as I can reasonably make it, so I attached it the abs using snaps. Here it is with. the in-progress belt... nearly finished being chicago-screwed down.

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I also finished attaching snaps to the shoulder bells, just need to punch out the webbing that comes from the yolks, and that'll be done

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I also found the most permanent way I could think to attach the knees, so they are now snaps. 

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Finally, we Finished re-painting the TD after filling all the gaps, I think it turned out really good.

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All that we have left to do... will we finish in time?!

  • Silver everything
  • Bell fastener snaps
  • repurpose Helmet liner, add Helmet padding
  • Attach beak to helmet
  • Attach belt box backing plates
  • Glue box tops to belt
  • Helmet electronics
  • Back Pills
  • Armor/Detonator Decals
  • Butt / cod fastener
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Motoring along.

 

You may want to add either another snap or some velcro at your knees, just one snap will possibly allow the knee armor to twist, I went with velcro just so I could adjust for best positioning.

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  • 2 weeks later...

SO this update is a bit belated, but we've been busy! I'm going to start with the finished chroming first, as that was the last big step! Ultimately I believe she came out beautiful, and Celebration was a great Debut!

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Close-ups in the garage - Pre-Decals!

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A huge should-out and Thank you to all you amazing FISD folks, whom I couldn't have possibly have finished this without help and support.

Speaking of, I was surprised (and honored) to be invited to join in the group photo, unfortunately i'm not a fully-fledged member yet but here is a pic my amazing husband/handler took for me

 

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Helmets off! 

 

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here's the last few pictures I took of the con

 

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If you can't tell, I was a bit exhausted

 

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Speaking of handler, here's a few shots with me and the. husband!

 

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And with a droid friend!

 

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8 minutes ago, revlimiter said:

Congrats!!! I was wondering if you'd finished in time.

 

No doubt that beautiful armor will sail through basic approval. :dancing-trooper:

 

Thanks for your vote of confidence! I'm going to have husband touch up some of the chroming that was dinged and get those sweet close-ups I might need for basic approval! 

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  • 1 month later...

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TK42442 officially reporting for Duty to the Central California Garrison!

Been looking forward to this for 2 years. Very excited. Since I last posted, I’ve been Training for the Air Force, so I haven’t been able to even socialize or hang with my local members. Counting down the days to my return - 95 days!

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This is wonderful news Brit, congratulations, you look fantastic.

 

Don't forget to request 501st access to the forums so you can see our members only areas.

Here is the link

 

 

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