AM kit bicep thumbprint modification?

[chaosticbunny]

I have followed a few threads and noticed like myself not everyone prefers the thumbprints on both biceps as they have been done in Tupperware's new AM kit.

 

My question is has anybody or does anyone have advice if this can be slowly heated with a heatgun and pressed to be less severe?

[pandatrooper[TK]]

I don't think a heat gun will do the trick, but a heat sealing iron (to press it flat), followed up by some sanding, then polishing would probably do the trick.

 

I know the AM thumbprint is a bit over the top, but it doesn't bother me much. Hardly anyone notices it.

[chaosticbunny]

Thanks Panda, that's a great answer. I think I want to only lessen the severity of it, and potentially only on my right bicep. Would you recommend a block or some kind of form underneath it to prevent it from inverting?

 

I don't think a heat gun will do the trick, but a heat sealing iron (to press it flat), followed up by some sanding, then polishing would probably do the trick.

 

I know the AM thumbprint is a bit over the top, but it doesn't bother me much. Hardly anyone notices it.

[Ramblin Trooper[TK]]

On 6/10/2010 at 12:17 PM, chaosticbunny said:

Thanks Panda, that's a great answer. I think I want to only lessen the severity of it, and potentially only on my right bicep. Would you recommend a block or some kind of form underneath it to prevent it from inverting?

 

 

I really doubt you would be able to get rid of the thumbprint bit, at least not totally. You might... *might* be able to make it a little less pronounced, but it would be a lot of work. A heat gun *will* take it out with enough exposure, but you'd probably have a nice big warped looking spot where it used to be... which probably wouldn't be any better. I guess technically the thumbprint on the "canon" TKs was a warped place... hehe.

 

As far as something underneath it to keep it from inverting... When I used a heat gun on my armor, I just had some leather work gloves on (fabric tends to leave the pattern of the weave on the armor) and bent a small area at a time just by hand. I'm sure there are plenty of other folks here who know more about it than me, but that seemed to work about as well, if not better, than anything else I tried. Just have to take it slow...

 

A couple of shots of mine before assembly, one with my thumb on it for scale:

 

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