Almost finished with new ATA Armor

[TK-7980]

 

I know I'm missing the drop boxes and the bicep is a bit rotated, But how does it look so far?

[darksideemt]

This is what a newbie sees so take it as you will:

1. Ammo on inside of right knee does not appear to be on good (could be the pic)

2. The left shoulder is not sitting right. Could be temporary for the pic or your strapping might need to be adjusted.

3. Your sniper plate is under your thigh armor. If this happens a lot you might need to tighten your thigh armor.

 

Again this is just my observations from a total newb from looking at others'.

(BTW my big brown box from ATA came today. Can't wait til I get mine built and people can correct me too, I know I will need it.)

Edited October 20, 2011 by darksideemt

[DudeSidious]

and the Belt does'nt seem to be on properly.Awsome though, you look like a Stormtrooper.

Edited October 20, 2011 by DudeSidious

[jnnfr72[TK]]

Wooo Hooo, ALEX! Yea!!! I think it's lookin' awesome, but Stormtrooper ALWAYS look awesome to me! :leia:

 

I think your build all depends on you. I'm sure you've seen this site, but here it is again: http://www.whitearmor.net/fisd/Crl

I'm too new to be able to spot which style you are going for, or if you need to have a style. Right now, I'm concentrated

on the ANH - Stunt style, so that's about all I can make guesses on...

 

I did notice your ammo belt might be more comfortable with a heat bend. You can use a hair dryer, or hot water, but -

once again, it's toltally up to you. I like that part about the FISD. You cvan go nuts and fret and worry - not that THAT is

bad, or you can build it and then go TROOPING!!! I strayed again... here's one of several good sites for the belt:

http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?showtopic=8757

 

For me, I like this site because it tells you what you need for each level you want to achieve:

http://www.501st.com/databank/Costuming:TK_anh_stunt This is for A New Hope Stunt, but if you

are looking for ROTJ or ESB, look on the forums main page, on the left under Film Canon CRL's.

 

Anyway, CONGRATS! Looks good!!!

[SCTrooper[TK]]

Lookin Good! The ammo belt needs more of a bend to it. Armor fits you very well!

Edited October 20, 2011 by SCTrooper

[troopermaster]

You are missing the black elastic straps on the bottom of your shoulder bells!

[darksideemt]

You are missing the black elastic straps on the bottom of your shoulder bells!

that would explain it!

[BananoPower22[TK]]

the belt could use a little heat bend so it looks just right

[TK-7980]

The belt is on correctly, it just doesn't have the heat bend to it. I'm honestly a little nervous to bend anything. The ammo pack on the thigh just looks weird in the pictures. It's also on correctly.

 

Any ideas on how to secure the elastic thats supposed to go around the bicep from the shoulder bell? I ran out of snaps. :c

Edited October 21, 2011 by TK-7980

[troopermaster]

Just glue the straps inside your shoulder bell, no need for snaps there.

 

I can see your knee ammo strap is mounted in the wrong position. The very top end corners should be flush with the raised trim on the lower thigh and it looks like yours are sticking up.

[troopermaster]

Have a look at this troopers ammo pack to give you an idea of where to fix it.

[TK-7980]

Ah I see what you're talking about now. I have the rivet on the bottom of the thigh pack through the raised edge. I guess I just didn't want the thigh pack to interfere with my shin like the sniper plate affects the thigh.

Edited October 21, 2011 by TK-7980

[TK-7980]

Would e6000 be suitable for the shoulder bell strap or is there a fabric glue or something that would be better suited for it?

[troopermaster]

E6000 is perfect

[TK-7980]

Thanks for the advice everyone

[darksideemt]

 

I will try to find a pic of a build but you use a about a one inch wide and a couple of inches long piece of ABS of type plastic to glue down the end of the straps to the bell. Here it is!

Edited October 21, 2011 by darksideemt

[troopermaster]

Here are a pair of original shoulder bells (the only reference you should be looking at ) and you can see all the straps are 1" black elastic and simply glued in place with white ABS adhesive.

Edited October 21, 2011 by troopermaster

[NoVATie[Admin]]

I had to have E6000 under the end of the elastic as well as over the top sealing it to the plastic. This was on the end cap on my TD so YMMV. Didn't look like just putting the glue under the end of the strap would hold it over the long term though.

[troopermaster]

I have used E6000 in the past to hold elastic straps and only glued to mating side. I can't say how it would hold up to long term trooping as I don't troop, but I have had to remove old straps in the past and they took some pulling to get off. Covering both sides of the straps (like the original above) can only make a stronger bond.

 

Just out of interest - why did you have elastic on your TD end cap?

[NoVATie[Admin]]

In case I ever needed to put anything in it. It's secure with elastic holding it on from the outside but I can pop it off if I needed to. Haven't used it yet but who knows.