jcalus

Better than fine.. looks great! Nice work. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Thanks Griffin-X. I'll play around with the TD tomorrow and the flap. Here are the strip pics. I only did one horizontal strip, but will add more after I've got some troops under my scout belt. This is how my belt attaches in the back. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Tried on all the armor today and took some pics. I can see that I need to RE-do the butt flap, figure out how to keep the TD straight, and touch up my tank. Bumped a wall and scraped the paint... Anything else that I'm missing? Any advice is always welcome, thanks. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

The blaster. It's a rubber resin cast from the plastic empire, and after filling in a few holes left from bubbles, pretty happy with how it turned out. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Still need to clean up some of the excess glue and attach the holster, but the boots are getting closer. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Oh, and the plan is to heat/stretch/RE-pin at least one or two more times. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Got started the boots today. It's a bit too cold here in Edmonton to do the car window trick. So I used a halogen light heater to warm up the vinyl before I pinned/stretched it to the boot. The vinyl had a nice stretch to it, and it conformed nicely. Then a few more mins in the heat before leaving it to cool and hopefully hold shape. I've read a few boot build treads, but am still wondering.. is there a best glue for the boots? Any tips or suggestions would be welcome. Thanks! Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

That's good to hear. Thanks. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

After trying on the armour a few times, I had an issue with my sleeves working their way out of the gloves and bunching up. So I shortened them to the wrist, took off an 1" at the cuff, 1 1/2" at the armpit. Then put a thumb loop on. Now the sleeve stays nice n tucked in to my gloves with no excess bunching. Haven't started the boots yet, but I image I'd have the same issue, so I put foot loops in too. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Film pic Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Finished off the bund pouches. I filled them with boxes to hold shape but switched to stuffing instead. From the film pic it looks like something like that was in them. No visual stitching, but I used 1/8 foam and heat bond in the flaps to keep it stiff. When I attached the pouches I left the top in-stitched so I could still use it as a pocket. Some velcro will keep it closed later. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Looking good. I had the same question about the red stripe. Thanks for asking, now I had an answer too. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Thanks. It's 1/4" Eva foam sheet from Michael's craft store. It comes in White as well.. Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Worked on the knees today. But instead of using the pop rivet like normal. I cut them down the centre and used them like split rivets. Still need to paint them. Added some foam padding on the top and bottom edges Should the disk bolts in the helmet be high gloss like the other details, or satin to blend in? Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Awesome. Thanks! Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk