Osothebear's ANH AP build [*AP]

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Looking good, just watch how your armor sits as your right forearm is rotated slightly, and you belt had the excess sticking upwards, also I would look at adding some strapping to the butt piece ends to keep them from flaring out, I also use a little heat on mine and curled them in more

[OsotheBear]

Yeahh the bicep came undone from the hook on the shoulder, and the belt too wasn't properly aligned, the but plate is a pain in the a s s lol

Edited September 5, 2013 by OsotheBear

[The5thHorseman[501st]]

The overall looking is really good ! Congrats ! 

 

Some points which could improve though:

- Obviously your biceps strapping need to be reviewed 

- Closing the belt in the back without a mirror is difficult, but it's just a matter of habit. You'll managed to do it soon 

- Maybe you just forgot to put them on, but the white elastics wrapped around the shoulder bridges are missing on your pics.

- And there's maybe a bit too much room at the bottom of your thighs

 

Wonderful armor ! You did a great job !

[OsotheBear]

Ok, I worked on the few last details and I'm pretty happy with the result.

 

I hope it meet standards, and if it does I'm a bit lost in terms of the next step, should I send the photos to the 501 first or request EIB?

Edited October 21, 2013 by OsotheBear

[Jancelot[TK]]

Well done. Contact your garrison GWL for steps on 501st approval. Once you are approved then you can apply for EIB.

[OsotheBear]

Sounds good,, I'm looking forward to finally get my tk number and EIB 

[OsotheBear]

I got asked about the sniper plate , so here's a few photos 

Yeah the sniper plate is  a bit problematic, but not impossible. What I did first is I took a long time to kind of ''present it '' like  with your hands and a bit of tape, to try to place it where you think it looks right, now , the sides aren't going to fit, so try to see how far from ''ideal' you have to move, the less the better, then I said, ok the sides I can bend a bit, so I took a scale modeling iron and slowly started to heat and bend , it really softens the plastic so you can shape it for it to fit the sides of the shin, I even sanded the shin sides a bit, It's ok the plate is going to cover it , also I made marks on pencil so I could erase them, and I think I cut a bit of the side ends too, Also I added a couple of plastic squares of the same abs because I found that if you place the plate directly over the shin, the two sides end up too far behind.I hope this makes sense, So it's just a matter of patience and slowly heat and bend, here are some photos that I just took for you to see , I hope it helps

[Kadows]

Love this thread. I just hope my AP will look half as good one day. Even though I basically have given up...