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Hand plates fitted, nice n easy...

Yeah I heard some are too tight. I was a little cautious as my neck is quite big, but thankfully both my pauldrons are a great fit even around my neck seal.

Exactly right Derek! Job done....

Preparation complete...

Had another pauldron arrive today after picking it up pretty cheap from Trooper Supplies. Got a can of Dupli-Color Vinyl & Fabric Spray Paint in Gloss Black and will mask it up and give it a few coats soon following the How To put together by mr0072003

Bought a back brace today to attach the thigh elastic up to... and will remove the suspenders to fit to the armour Also picked up some black rivets too

Adding an undercoat to the buttons...

Ok here we go with both shin sides that had those nasty cracks.... followed the tutorial and made them more screen accurate whilst cutting out those cracks at the same time!

Will do. Already done some light sanding with 240 sandpaper, as I did the score and snap process to avoid any jagged edges

Thanks!

Return edges removed from bottom of shins...

Someone should have slapped me in the face with it earlier lol So here are those nasty cracks and an idea of how I will deal with them using that tutorial of cutting away the back of the shins

Glad I just came across this before I went any further.... makes total sense now I'm holding up the pieces in front of me. http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/16608-am-armor-shins-the-proper-way-to-assemble-and-wear/ Also should be able to resolve the cracks in the top of the returns in both back shins as I'll now cut them out at the back as per this tutorial

I seem to have been lucky with most of the armor so far, as I'm 6' tall most of the pieces require little or no mods.... and are meeting together nicely ... apart from the obvious arms .... But I am yet to start gluing and trimming, just holding the pieces against me with tape and working out where to go next

Might have to look at things over the next few days and see what will work better for me then

I looked at doing that, but that would ruin the look of the ridges on the outer piece, so I may just have to put up with a bit of a gap then

Do you think it would be better removed the return edges altogether? Although I guess that would take away the appearance of thickness? Do I also remove the return edges from the undersides when I am overlapping? So that they fit in easier?

That's what I thought, but then the AM was built to overlap seams, and I much prefer that to the cover strips (personal choice). So if there is a gap at the top of the arms after I trim back, does it matter??

Thanks Derek, I did see the t-shirt technique, probably the best way for me to go, the cracks cover the the width of the return edge completely though, so without cutting all of the return edge I can't win there

But my main concern is around a 1cm gap at the top of the arm pieces (see pic)

I've also noticed heavy cracks in the return edges at the top of both outer calf pieces

Hey guys, I'm gonna need a few tips as I start to put my kit together. Can anyone tell me how big a deal it is that the top part of my arm pieces have quite a bit of an overlap between each other? And also, when putting the legs, arms, biceps together, do I remove the return edges at the point where I need to overlap them? (Not going for cover strips here)

I was looking at those boots a couple of weeks back before I got mine.... nice and shiny! Unfortunately for me they only do in a ladies size and not big enough for my boat feet lol

All laid out...

Noooo I wouldn't trust myself with a heat gun haha. I should only need it for the shoulder straps and will use the boiling water method for that one!