SpacesNoTabs

I used some wire cutters to trim those rivets so that worked. Here's my progress. Got all the strapping done on the abs, kidney, and posterior. Though clearly I need to add another strap on the bottom of the right side of the ab and kidney connection. Or something. I created a shoulder strap. The ABS is thick and the posts on the buttons are only just long enough for me to get the female part of the snap attached sometimes, but other times as you see, it just falls off so I gotta work on that. Here's my big question, how do I determine where to attach the other part of the shoulder strap on the chest plate? Any feedback is appreciated! I'm glad I'm finally making progress but it's not super pretty lol Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk

First I tried taking out one of the rivets and stretching the nylon a bit. It took me like 15 minutes or more to get the rivet out and then I stretched the nylon before I hammered the river back on but it didn't seem to make a difference. In a last ditch effort I tried gluing an extra piece of nylon between the two pieces but that still didn't really make a difference and it's ugly! For the one snap on the abdomen (is that the Han snap?) and the one on the cod, the rivets are so tall that I wouldn't be able to set them in the snaps. How do folks get around this? I don't think I have anything that could rivet. Maybe put a piece of webbing on that spot for some extra thickness? There's my first attempt at one of the shoulder straps, reinforced with some abs. I can't seem to make things lined up properly but seems functional. How do I know how long to make those shoulder straps? Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk

I guess I don't understand. The straps aren't glued currently. I think even if I just pull one side off, I don't know if I could create another hole next to the existing hole because there might not be enough room. Oh as I'm typing, maybe I understand. Are you suggesting to not worry about the rivets, just pull the straps in a little bit and glue them, leaving the rivets in place? Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk

Definitely aiming for Centurion! Ok well I didn't glue the straps fortunately. But not gonna be fun removing those rivets! I'll make some new straps. Thanks for the advice! Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk

Hey all, here are a few items. Finally got some elastic to glue to the shoulder bells. I connected the rivets to the ab side. I wrapped it around me just to get an idea of how it felt and looked. As you see in the picture, there is definitely a bit of a gap depending on how I hold it. Tips for how to handle that? I used nylon webbing there. Perhaps elastic would have been better? Secondly, I've seen several variations of attaching the right side of the ab and kidney. One of them being just using the snap on the top of the ab and connecting a strap from there to the kidney side. Others I saw just have two straps from the ab to the kidney and not using that top snap at all. Suggestions? Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk

Good to see you again Gerald! I hope you've been enjoying your trooping

That's a great way to give back! I'll probably do that

Does anyone know a good place to source the split rivets? My armor came with 6 but looks like I'll need a few more. I can buy them on Amazon if I want 100 or so of them Which is fine! But if anyone knows a place to buy a smaller amount, that'd be great!

Wow. That's amazing!

Do these look ok? I assume that the ab side will look the same! After that, how are the other sides of the ab and kidney connected? I can't really tell from the various pictures I've seen but I probably haven't looked in the right places! Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk

I'm attempting to identify all the fabric that I need. Currently, I have an excessively large roll of 2 inch black webbing and another large roll of 2 inch elastic. I bought them before I totally knew what I was doing! So far, all of the straps and snaps I've done use the nylon webbing. But I know there are some other things I need and wanted to get verification. Shoulder straps are 2 inch wide elastic - white. Are there other places where 2 or 1 inch elastic is useful? What about 1 inch wide black nylon? Thanks!

Those are fantastic! Thanks so much @TKSpartan

Thanks so much Caleb! Really appreciate it. So I need to actually sew some snaps on there? Uh-oh Wait, are those where the shoulder bells are supposed to connect?

Thank you for saving my armor

Hey @MaskedVengeance, would you have a moment to address my questions about your straps? If not that's totally cool! Another question for y'all: what's the best way to clean up the paint edges? For example, I need to clean up some of the paint on my helmet, just little bits here and there. I've tried using a toothpick in mineral spirits, but it hasn't worked great for me. I read on the supply list that Goo Gone is an option. Would that work better? Or is paint thinner OK to use? Thanks so much!