shwarzwald
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If I cut down the front any more it will have a large gap in the back. His guide is using a kit that was given extra material. All I have done is trim the molding off. Apparently a TE kit runs a bit small on shin width.
That being said. Do I cut the front down a bit so the coverstrip covers the flat spot and just make some sort of shim for the rear?
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Ok so pictures are worth a thousand words . As shown below is a mock up for sizing. At most I would need to straighten the cuts out a bit, but otherwise this is what it would look like when I glued down the coverstrip. As you can see on either side of the coverstrip there is a bit more flat area. Now my concern was that is that too much material showing under the coverstrip? If not then I'll clean the lines up and get to gluing.
On a side note I would agree about the glove. Cutting the top of your thumb is very inconvenient. It take forever to type messages out.
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Believe you me when I say ukswrath is whom I've been following for builds. Also what I showed was precutting. I would overlap the pieces until I found a desired width I wanted to cut them to butt them together. Followed by an inside coverstrip. Then an outside coverstrip effectively sandwiching the two parts together.
However my concern was how wide that front flat piece was. I thought it would look weird if the flat surace was 2 inches wide and the coverstrip covering the seam was 20mm wide. Despite searching I can only find someone doing a TE helmet build. Which weirdly enough this kit I bought did not come with a TE helmet.
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The one that I will probably aim to emulate is Roadblock v2 sergeant. The one with the Mg-15.
Otherwise I will just create a unique sandtrooper. I am especially eager to find out if we will be allowed to use the pack #4 that appeared in R1. (The ones with the radio.)(Not the crystal carrying back. Since that is standard tk.)
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That's probably going to be the part that takes the longest. I'm caught wanting to emulate an onscreen trooper, but the weathering is what really makes a sandtrooper unique. And unlike my clonetrooper helmet I'm really going to make it look proper and realistic.
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Velcro would be the go to due to space, but I have seen a magnet method I may look into further.
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Well good news is I also learned that the cover strip opening on the shins opens towards the inside. So thats useful for later. (Bad description...)
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39 minutes ago, Spliedt729 said:
I am going for SWAT with the famous "Move Along" trooper and he has 11 on the left and 12 on the right. I don't know if it matters because I've seen some with just 11 on both. Might depend on the armor.
Took me a secon to realize you were answering a question I had earlier. Yeah from what I can tell everyone is a bit different. Kits vary. I counted them each time I was on a new build thread. So I decided o keep 12, but keep it shorter.
The shins are the current problem.
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This was before trimming. Problem is the flat spot is just gonna be quite wide. Is that a bad thing?
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Ok so the shins are giving me heck. How wide is the front flat spot allowed to be? Pretty much it would be a 25mm coverstrip sitting over a large flat area. And the back side cant connect. ( Curse you bike riding!) Also this is also taking into account the boots. ( Wore them each time I fitted it.)
Edit- Also wear proper ppe while working on projects. Just sliced the top of my thumb with an exacto while scoring a piece. Be safe boys and girls!
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Ok so I bought out all the magnets at the hardware store and got a few more clamps. With that I was able to get the inside coverstrips glued in on the right bicep. Though bad news is I apparently do not have enough coverstrips to even finish the armor off. So kinda in a bind. I messaged wtf to see if I could maybe get some.
Unrelated I forgot to show that I had built a mediocre mannequin that once I adjust it will hopefully hold the armor.
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Yeah my local hardware store ran out of the magnets after I bought the remainder of their stock!( More was on order)
Also I meant measure out and cut the coverstrips at the same time. Like after all pieces have been trimmed and fit correctly. That way I would know if any had to be longer. Also good to see another person does both inside and outside coverstrips.
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3 minutes ago, Strider said:
While we're still in discussions with the FISD, I thought I leave this here...
I like that pack so much more than the others. I really hope we can intergrate them to be used for ANH sandtroopers.
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Ok held off starting the shins, but sanded the helmet again. I really wish the weather was just a biiit warmer so I could get at least a few layers on it each time I prime it. As is....the helmet might take the longest to complete.
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Ok so I'm a bit ahead of my schedule I have the left and right forearms done. (I figure I'll just sit down once all pieces are ready to go and cut ALL the coverstrips in one go.)
Alright so next up is the shins! I have the boots out to make sure they clear the tops and fit correctly. Anything you guys think I should look out for while working on these?
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7 minutes ago, LoveMonkey said:
You're making really fast and good progress. Keep it up!
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkThanks for the encouragement. I'm trying my best to have at least one piece trimmed and ready to glue by the end of each night. (Though waiting for the e-6000 to dry for 24-48 hours is killing my time.)
By the end of tonight I should have the other forearm trimmed up and maybe even a shin started. (Though to be fair I need to sit down and carefully measure out and cut out ALL of the cover strips.)
And on that note I may need to order more abs plastic for the inside coverstrips. (All the Abs I have on hand is far too thick.)
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I hope we get it. Fisd has quite a lot of crls already for a really wide amount of costumes. We have what 13 variations from the captain to the no pauldron sandtrooper?
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Oh I forgot to post these. Had them dyed and finished up before I even had the armor on hand. Just need to find blocks to fill them in and I *should* be good to go.
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Ok so borrowing this from a discussion on fisd. By any chance will this pack be exclusive for R1 sandtroopers or could we also use it for ANH sandtroopers? (Not for swat obviously.)
SlyFox740 said:Thanks.
It's confirmed, after receiving my own copy of the Rogue One Visual Guide for my birthday I have been able to see a complete view of these pages. The "hardpack" that I indicated above is in fact specifically designed for Sandtroopers, this particular sandtrooper pack is a "Type 4 Field Pack" as seen in the image below. (shown on page 134 of the visual guide) -
Ok that's good enough for me to continue doing so. At least two guides I followed had them doing inside ones, so I figured I'd get opinions. Personally I figured it added more strength to the parts overall.
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Ok so started with the easier of the two forearms and got the right one ready for coverstrips. As is I can poke my nose with it and have a pretty decent range of movement, so far as I can tell shouldn't have any issues.
Also was curious on the inside coverstrips do you guys go a bit wider than the outside ones? (For those who use them) Like for the forearms the outside coverstrip is 15mm would you go maybe 20mm for the inside one? Have you noticed any improvements to even having inside coverstrips? Or does just the outside ones provide suffient strength to keep the armor together?
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Ah sorry it's a habit to make sure I'm addressing the correct person. Also thanks for the heads up I'll try my luck there. (Though trooperbay has a lot of useful items too.)
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Just now, Airborne Trooper said:
You can always post a WTB thread on FISD. A lot of TKs have them and don't need them.
Wait I'm allowed to do a wtb thread!? I thought those were frowned upon and deleted?
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9 minutes ago, Airborne Trooper said:
trooperbay.com or reach out the Walt's Trooper Factory on facebook.
I'll check trooper bay, but I went to walt first thing before I even had the kit. It's $30 for the knee plate.
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How much did it cost ya for the am2.0 shins? I may need to have those as a back-up. As is I can make them closed around, but they are catchin on the boots. So I'm slowly removing a bit from the front so it will fit better.