chiefbonan Posted January 24, 2020 Report Posted January 24, 2020 Hello, I am a new member of the FISD fourms. I just got my firest ANH Stunt armour kit. I have been doing lots of research before I begin building, and my Local Garrison pointed me here for a wealth of knowledge. I am relatively on the skinny side, so the armour needs to be cut down a bit. Pictured below is one of the Forearms for my TK. I was wondering if I could cut dow the sides of each pieces to fit more on to my arm, but on one of the sides it has a raised bit near the edge which I am pointing to. Would I be able to cut this off, or would it need to remain? In other words what would be the optimal way to make them fit without looking silly, thank you. Quote
Junos Posted January 24, 2020 Report Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) Welcome to the forums! Do you have pictures of what it looks like on your arm, to show how much overlapping the armor does? You could use some tape just to hold it together to show Edited January 24, 2020 by Junos Quote
chiefbonan Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Posted January 24, 2020 10 minutes ago, Junos said: Welcome to the forums! Do you have pictures of what it looks like on your arm, to show how much overlapping the armor does? You could use some tape just to hold it together to show Hello, I taped it with some pics on my arm, it doesn't look too bad, it has around 1 cm overlap. Doesn't have any strapping to keep it sliding down my arm though. Quote
TheSwede[TK] Posted January 24, 2020 Report Posted January 24, 2020 Hey You are supposed to keep the ridges on the front and by the sounds of it you can use the screen sized cover strips of 20mm to cover it, they varied on the movie suits but they were all roughly around that size. You size them in the back and what to aim for is to just bearly be able to get your hand through the wrist end with some looser fit at the elbow, I recommend size them up with the biceps as they work together. Bicep should fit snug and be smaller than the elbow end of the forearms. The armor is meant to fit snug so a good test is to just be able to put on/take the helmet off. However, don’t trim to much as is should look proportional. If beeing a smaller Trooper some strategic foam might be in order. I’ll include some pics to illustrate when I get home Quote
chiefbonan Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Posted January 24, 2020 awesome! thank you very much, I new to all of this, gonna do some major work on it tomorrow! Quote
TheSwede[TK] Posted January 24, 2020 Report Posted January 24, 2020 No worries, here they are Just to be clear this is at the test stage but the general fit is what to aim for. Quote
wook1138[TK] Posted January 24, 2020 Report Posted January 24, 2020 Like what Daniel said - but the strip can/should be 15mm (20mm for the front of your leg pieces). Also, for sizing it is a good idea to wear your undersuit as well. Good luck with the build! Quote
TheSwede[TK] Posted January 24, 2020 Report Posted January 24, 2020 O my goodness!!!!!!! I totally had a brain-melt! Yes 15mm for arms! Quote
chiefbonan Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Posted January 24, 2020 those pictures really help, everyone is so helpful here! Thank you Quote
chiefbonan Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Posted January 24, 2020 Oh one more thing, where is the best place to put the strap connecting the bicep and the forearm? thanks! Quote
TheSwede[TK] Posted January 24, 2020 Report Posted January 24, 2020 10 minutes ago, WawusTheWalrus said: Oh one more thing, where is the best place to put the strap connecting the bicep and the forearm? thanks! Like this (showing right arm). Quote
TKSpartan[Staff] Posted January 25, 2020 Report Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) On 1/24/2020 at 8:06 PM, WawusTheWalrus said: Oh one more thing, where is the best place to put the strap connecting the bicep and the forearm? thanks! Hi Thomas, this chart may help with the shoulder bells to forearms connection when need it . cheers ----------- Edited April 28, 2022 by gmrhodes13 link removed no longer working 1 Quote
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