Daryl’s Denuo Novo FOTK build

[daryldoak[TK]]

A little more progress on fine-trimming and sanding.

 

Cod before:

 

Cod after:

Torso before:

 

Torso after:

 

Spine plate before:

 

Spine plate after:

 

Edited August 23, 2022 by daryldoak

[daryldoak[TK]]

Trimming/sanding, not a lot of difference visible in the pictures, but making progress.

Butt before:

 

Butt after:

 

Under chest before:

 

Under chest after:

[TKSpartan[Staff]]

nice work Daryl. 

[daryldoak[TK]]

Pouch cover before:

Pouch cover after:

 

Knee before:

 

Knee after:

 

Hand plate before:

 

Hand plate after:

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Coming along nicely 

[Sly11[Admin]]

[daryldoak[TK]]

Chest and back fine-trimming and sanding.

Chest before:

 

Chest after.  I was really unsure about the neckline and sides of the chest.  There were no guidelines.  Hopefully somebody can let me know how it looks, and what the tips should look like.

 

Neckline outside.  It’s really hard to tell, but I left just a bit of return edge:

 

Neckline inside:

 

Chest side:

Back before:

 

Back after:

 

The back, at the shoulder tabs, is by far the thinnest part of this armor kit.  It’s unfortunate since that area is going to carry a lot of stress when the under chest is attached.   I do have Ukswrath’s shoulder brackets, so hopefully that is going to help.  So I left extra at the shoulder tabs, just in case.  You can just barely see the guide lines in this photo:

[TKSpartan[Staff]]

13 hours ago, daryldoak said:

The back, at the shoulder tabs, is by far the thinnest part of this armor kit.  It’s unfortunate since that area is going to carry a lot of stress when the under chest is attached.   I do have Ukswrath’s shoulder brackets, so hopefully that is going to help.  So I left extra at the shoulder tabs, just in case.  You can just barely see the guide lines in this photo:

 

In my case, after the first crack ,  I had to reinforce that area with a piece of ABS . Since that, I have  put on the armor  several times with no problems. (always taking care when attaching that section)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

I added some extra ABS along both the insides, unfortunately it's a part which needs to flex getting it over your arm gaskets it's inevitable cracks will form. 

[David305]

Hi Daryl, I’m following your build as I just got my Denuo Novo kit as well. Great work so far! What is your plan for the top of the shoulders? There is a seam in this kit, but it’s supposed to be seamless. Still deciding how I want to approach that. Looking forward to seeing more!

[daryldoak[TK]]

13 hours ago, David305 said:

Hi Daryl, I’m following your build as I just got my Denuo Novo kit as well. Great work so far! What is your plan for the top of the shoulders? There is a seam in this kit, but it’s supposed to be seamless. Still deciding how I want to approach that. Looking forward to seeing more!

David,

 

Thanks!  I do plan on glueing, filling, and sanding the shoulder seam, as well as the torso side seams, then painting the kit.  Good luck on your build!

[David305]

9 hours ago, daryldoak said:

David,

 

Thanks!  I do plan on glueing, filling, and sanding the shoulder seam, as well as the torso side seams, then painting the kit.  Good luck on your build!

Do you plan on using E6000 or something like Devcon for the glue?

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Hey Daryl run the bell support brackets as deep as they'll go. Once you apply the glue ensure the small tabs are glued as well. The small tabs are there to help give the area that's cracking more support.

[ukswrath[Staff]]

3 hours ago, David305 said:

Do you plan on using E6000 or something like Devcon for the glue?

 

Great question. Glues like plastic weld (Devcon or equivalent) help to prevent flexibility at the seams which will cause paint cracking. 

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Just now, ukswrath said:

 

Great question. Glues like plastic weld (Devcon or equivalent) will help to prevent flexibility at the seams which will cause paint cracking. 

 

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

7 hours ago, David305 said:

Do you plan on using E6000 or something like Devcon for the glue?

Defnitely want to use a glue that will hold, I used JB weld very much like Devcon and could be sanded made things a little easier. With any application of glue make sure you rough up both surfaces before applying glue as it will help the glue to grip to.

[daryldoak[TK]]

10 hours ago, ukswrath said:

 

Great question. Glues like plastic weld (Devcon or equivalent) help to prevent flexibility at the seams which will cause paint cracking. 

 

6 hours ago, gmrhodes13 said:

Defnitely want to use a glue that will hold, I used JB weld very much like Devcon and could be sanded made things a little easier. With any application of glue make sure you rough up both surfaces before applying glue as it will help the glue to grip to.

Thanks guys!  I was about to ask the same glue question since glueing will begin in my not too distant future.

[Sly11[Admin]]

You are powering through this build Daryl, keep up the great work.

[daryldoak[TK]]

So I’m a little confused about joining these biceps.  I’m hoping to get clarification before I glue these. (I apologize in advance, I’m going to try and describe these details as best as I can).

 

The small, inner bicep piece has this indented, trapezoidal, stepped shape, which is a detail people added manually on the prior Anovos kits.  Now this is where you join the pieces.

 

The edge of trap indent (pic 1 red arrow) goes beyond the natural join “line”. 

 

The clip indent (pic 1 blue arrow) is not aligned with the trap indent.

 

When you put the pieces together I’m not sure how much of a gap there should be between the two pieces, which also determines if the outer pieces overlaps the trap indent. So should they be joined at the edge of the trap? Or should it overlap the trap?

 

It also looks like there is a faint line on the outer piece (pic 2 blue arrow), and it’s really thin, so I’m wondering if I need to trim more, which also impact how much gap would be between the two pieces, since the clip still needs to fit.

 

 

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

A couple of references for you

 

 

[Fumanchewie[TK]]

Great build so far. Thanks for sharing 

[daryldoak[TK]]

Helmet arrived today.  I guess that means it’s time to get back to building,  hopefully I’ll get motivated soon.  LOL

 

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Great news, it's been a long wait but very glad to see orders are turning up.

[daryldoak[TK]]

Completed the fine trimming and sanding of the thighs, shins, spats, and forearms.

 

Got my clamps and magnets out and decided to glue my first pieces.  I’m using E6000.

 

Left thigh:

Edited January 14, 2023 by daryldoak

[daryldoak[TK]]

While waiting for the glue to fully set on the thigh (I only have enough magnets and clamps to do one piece at a time), I was feeling brave, so I decided to open up all of the pill holes (shins, biceps, and chest) and the chest indent.

 

I used my dremel with a sanding barrel and went at them from behind, sanding just enough to open the hole.  This worked really great.  Then I hand sanded to get nice openings.

 

Shins and biceps:

 

Inside view of a bicep:

 

Chest:

 

Inside view of the chest.

 

Overall, I’m very happy with how these turned out.  If you do this be very careful, it would be very easy to go too far or even melt the pieces.