Timmer Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Hi everyone, I finished my armor last week and did some Halloween parades and such. These pics are from Halloween night, trick or treating with my 4 year old clone trooper nephew. I realize that you can see my suspender clips, it's due to a thigh mod pulling my ab down too much. I'm fixing that this weekend. I'm a heavyset guy, so I'm concerned about my side pieces. Any suggestions to improving the armor would be greatly appreciated. I was aiming for an ANH stunt trooper. I've got Smitty's green lenses, VaderDave's buttons, Bernard's belt, and I'm working on installing Stomper's Hovi's. It's an FX kit with an AP bucket. Thank you to all who helped with this!!! Hopefully the pics will load Thank you, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealexbeast Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 this is just my 2 cents, but it looks like your thighs may be a little low. Adding just a little space between the shin and thigh pieces i think would improve the image. Im no expert though, my armor aint even complete yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmer Posted November 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Thanks for the advice, there are more pics in the gallery section under "Tim's FX/AP" this is just my 2 cents, but it looks like your thighs may be a little low. Adding just a little space between the shin and thigh pieces i think would improve the image. Im no expert though, my armor aint even complete yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray1134[501st] Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 The only issues I could see are in your mid section. It looks like your belt needs to come down just a bit, you are covering one of your buttons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTrooper Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 If you add an elastic strap from the bottom of the chest plate to the bottom of the back plate, it will force the chest piece to lay flatter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmer Posted November 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 My "dressing assistant" for that day didn't know the finer points of the armor so things I am picky about (like the belt) squeak by. I do have elastic going from the lower chest to the lower back but I believe it's Jabba-esque physique which makes it stick out. I've actually lost about 8-10 pounds in the past 3 weeks, so I'm trying to keep that pace and eventually I will fit into the armor a lot better. Thank you all for the pointers. Tim If you add an elastic strap from the bottom of the chest plate to the bottom of the back plate, it will force the chest piece to lay flatter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhraveArtist Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Overall very nice. Just a few things tho...its seems like the thigh pieces could be a bit higher. Also the codpiece may be sitting a bit to low. To fix this you may want to split the codpiece and front abdomin pieces, trim a bit off the top of the codpiece, then reattach it to the front abdominal piece using nylon webbing or something. But overall it looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Bring the chest plate down a bit and do something to keep the chest plate from riding up above the abdomen plate. I'd say your almost there tho! It looks like you did a great job on the thighs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmer Posted November 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Thanks for the tips everyone. I have beefy thighs, so I've been trying trying to find a happy medium between getting them high enough, but also having them look tight enough to avoid that nasty flare at the bottom of the thigh, especially on the left leg. I think the reason for the low ab/ high chest issue was that I recently put snaps on the elastic going from thigh to lower ab. It was pulling down too much which affected everything else. Well today I'll be in the dungeon trimming and adjusting!!! Thanks again, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman[TK] Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 If you add an elastic strap from the bottom of the chest plate to the bottom of the back plate, it will force the chest piece to lay flatter. I agree, I had the same problem with mine, but instead of adding a strap to the chest and back I added two thick peices of velcro to the chest and Ab plait to linked them together, I've got a bit of a beer belly and I wanted to ensure that the chest plate did ride up above the AB during trooping. Other than that it looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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