WheatStateSandy

Awesome! Thanks, Thomas!

Is this the bra hook system used for Centurion approval? If so, can you go into brief detail on how to go about it? I'm only somewhat familiar with original TK/TD costume construction.

Firstly, I'd like to thank the staff for accepting me into this forum. It'll be great to get to know all of you and learn many things here! This is my first post here, and albeit this topic in particular would be more appropriate for the FISD forum, I figured I would sign up and ask questions here first, since all (for the time being) will be pertaining to my sandtrooper kit. I have a complete kit, but now I am working to optimize certain sections for a more practical and comfortable costuming experience. I'm currently working on a way to close up the calves better. For now, I have a basic Velcro setup in place, which gets by, but not as comfortably as I want, especially with the right calf. As you can see in the photos, the ends are greatly angled away from each other, so much so that the Velcro has to make a great effort to keep them together. To make matters worse, one end on the right calf has a distinct S-curve, while the other doesn't, which makes for even less contact. This brought me to my first possible solution: clamp the ends down together and use heat to shape the entire piece such that the ends are more parallel and will bond easier. I tried this to no avail. Since then, I have considered two more ideas that may work: A.) Use rare earth magnets/metal strips (I've heard N52s would be best) B.) Create some sort of hook system How should I go about this? Should I persist with the heat method, or should I implement a new system altogether? Let me know your thoughts, thanks!