Forearms - First Order Stormtrooper

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These photos and text have been placed here with permission from the original posters.

 

Many thanks to Krista (kme1682/IG-1682) for compiling all this information.

 

All the photos in the FISD gallery:

 

 

From TK6682 (Bender): 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cut line from TK-14799 (niugnep):

 

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From TK-6682 (Bender) 
 
Inside Forearm
 
 

Keep these together for the ease of glueing. 
you can see that the only pieces that are going to be used are the strips.
I have already scored them but will glue this to the back side of the forearm before i do the final snap

 


 
 
Forearm Outside

 
 
Forearm Top

 
 
Inside Glue Strip of Seamless Joint

 

 
 
Seamless Joint

 

 

 

 
 

​Make sure to sand the top piece flat on both sides (Take off all the lip as seen in the top photo.

 

 

 
 

The 2 dots on the "railroad' piece for the forearm detail get positioned toward the wrist. Make sure you sand both ethe pack of the resin piece as well as the opposite gluing surface.
 
Notice that the forearm boxes have a left and a right.
 
THEY DO NO GET GLUED ON STRAIGHT! 
There is a slight angle to them.
Follow the line there the box and the railroad meet.

 


 

 

 

Forearm Box Placement

 

 

Forearms open from Velcro tab at wrist up the seam 1/4 way up the forearm. Rest of the 3/4 of seam was glued.

 

 

 

Inside of Forearm

 

 

Forearm Opening to Allow Hand To Pass Through

 

 

 

 

 

Greeblies

 

 

 

 

Metal

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TK6882 Forearm Cut Lines

 

 

TK6682 Forearm Box

 

 

 

 

 

TB-45601 (Plushie) Forearm Box

 

 

 

 

 

TK-8453 Forearms

 

 

 

TK-Echo Right Forearm

 

 

 

 

 

TK-Echo Left Forearm

 

 

 

 

TK-Echo Inside Forearm

 

 

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TK-71281 (camprandall) Forearms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

kme1682 (Krista) Removable Forearm Boxes for Storage

 

 

 

 

[camprandall]

A couple things to note with the forearms.

 

1) Definitely remove as much return edge on the wrists as you can because they're a bit long and dig into the wrists.

 

2) I would back the seam with either very thick ABS or else use JB Weld plastic weld or something to do the inside seam because it's so hard to get your hands through the holes at the end that the pressure puts a lot of torque on the bondo. It probably depends on your hand size, but mine has been tricky.

 

3) Make sure your seams are perfect before gluing on the greeblies. It's a major pain to fix/cleanup once those are on there.

 

What a great resource! Thanks for all the work everyone.