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As far as snapping and straps go, just go to your local arts and crafts store. Jo-Anns is closest to me and they had the industrial strength velcro I needed, along with snap tool and snaps. I found Plastic Weld at Autozone, but later found E-6000 at Jo-Anns. Since E6000 dries clear, that would be my choice for my next suit of armor. The Plastic welder dries yellow. I got sandpaper at Home Depot, just a little 3M block, and I also got a bag of clamps there for about $11. Hope that gets you started

Thanks, I'll try some foam maybe just below the knee.

My left shin piece seems to rotate outward now that I have the sniper plate attached. I thought I remember seeing a thread on this but I couldn't find it. Do people put velcro or elastic somewhere to keep this piece from rotating around? The shin stays properly on my boots which is nice I guess, but it just rotates instead of staying put.

Looking good. Reminds me I need to add on my drop boxes

Almost there...

Man, looks like I need to go to this next year! We'll have to ask Tom how well lipstick comes off the ABS haha.

Looks great

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Congrats! Suit looks great.

Well, I picked up a $10 pack of clamps at Lowes, roll of blue painter's tape, industrial strength velcro, glue, all that was probably in the $30-$40 range. $20 snap tool from Total Crafts, which I thought was a total rip off and packs of snaps. The elastic/webbing is $1.50 or $2 per yard? Of course if you make mistakes measuring that webbing you have to buy more!

If you trim the back correctly, you can glue the thighs with the taper you're looking for

Cool stuff

I think we can all vouch for Tupperware TK being "legit" . I bought my FX kit from him a few months ago.

Great craftmanship

Well if I had trooped in it/finished the rest of my armor I'd tell you, but I haven't . I could slide my arm into the forearm piece but I have big hands and couldn't slide my arm back out, so velcroing at least one side was my only option. I didn't want to shim it just to be able to glue both sides.

I glued the "top" of the forearm, what people will see, and I velcro'd the bottom joint, that faces the ground when your arms are extended. This is from the "Dave's Garage" tutorials on YouTube. Definitely check them out if you haven't already.

Nice setup, very close to how I'm doing mine.

Looks good Tom

Fascinating stuff here.

Great job

Nice find!

Great job!

Looking forward to watching the rest of this build

That's a great find. I don't know how I feel about the calf snaps, but the rest of the straps and snaps will really help when I start putting my kit together.

Can someone pm me the info for AP?