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DoggyDoc

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  1. I have the opposite problem, I have to expand mine by an inch or so. There is one area where only the groove cuts across the thigh and at one point it is almost horizontal, so it should match up well when I expand. I am not sure if it will line up perfectly though if you are reducing it as I will need to join the 2 cut ends with a new groove. ‘Maybe for reducing, along the edge of the ribbed area might work?
  2. The SE-14R is almost done. I used a water slide decal to do the circuit pattern on the back of the gun. The trick was that when you try to print silver on a clear surface, it is just very light grey because the white paper adds colour. This caused it to not be visible on the black background. To fix this, I painted the area silver and made the decal the reverse pattern with the black, so it shows up well. I also very lightly weathered the blaster. Ready for the matte clear coat and it’s done.
  3. Working on the brackets for the shoulders. I wanted to try and prevent the chest piece from dropping down with respect to the back piece at the shoulder, so I cut brackets from 3mm aluminum plates and slightly curved them to follow the arc of the shoulder. I will set them into the back plate shoulder area with plastic weld and then run a nylon strap with snaps under it to join the front and back pieces. I just have to show this next piece off a bit. I picked up a mini sabre from Hacksmith Industries when I was trooping at a recent con. I use it to seal my nylon and elastic cut edges and it makes my wife happy because I don’t steal her kitchen torch anymore.
  4. With respect to the buckles on the shoulder and side straps; what is the correct colouring for them. It seems that for most of the photos I find, the buckle on the shoulder strap is black with some silver weathering and the d-ring is more silver with some black weathering. For the side straps, the d ring looks to be silver with some black weathering. is this correct?
  5. Thanks for letting me know that they were just uploaded. I couldn’t figure out how I had missed it before as they are such good photos.
  6. Found these photos of a screen used E-11D blaster from Rogue One on Hero Props. Figured that they would be good for reference. Then I found them in the death trooper reference photos but I will keep them here for my reference.
  7. Hey Kyle. @nanotek has a good guide for these. Here is a link for the holster Here is the link for the Pouch. The dimensions are listed on the CRL. Progress update: Leather leather leather! Warning I am a first timer with leather! So I went to Leffler Leather last Friday on my day off to spend $$$ on leather and leather crafting tools. I picked up some leather, hole punch, dye, conditioner, rivets, snaps, and various tools to begin the works. I had to create a woodblock mould for one of the belt pouches. Was a fairly simple exercise except I got my measurements wrong the first time. However. I progressed with my second mould and with a little love and attention I got my first pouch. First you thoroughly soak the leather in water and then basically stretch and mould to the block. You need to trim excess gathering and it's a bit random but it works. Once you have the leather shaped you clamp it or tack it. I chose clamping. Then it's just wait for it to dry. I also had a crack at the speed strap for the SE-14r. Testing out skills... Last night I cut out the back/front flap and tried my hand at dyeing the leather: I have plenty of leather left over so will continue making these until I have none left. If they're good enough I will sell some to recoup costs I happy to post more detailed pics of the build later if anyone is interested.
  8. Leather arrived today for the belt pouch and SE-14R holster. Also picked up some canvas but could not find black, so I bought off white and dyed it. Worried it may not be black enough as it is really dark charcoal grey.
  9. Just ordered my bubble lenses from OPLE props and EL panels from EL Wirecraft.
  10. Magnets would hold them well, but I am having a hard time figuring out how you will rig them up. The magnet would either need to be embedded in the strap and still be small enough to fit through the slot on the back piece. Alternatively, you could glue a thin piece of metal onto the back of the strap and then mount the magnet inside of the back piece. Another option would be a piece of elastic attached to the end of the strap with a snap on it that can be snapped into the inside of the shoulder.
  11. Hey @TookBreaker, I used copper knurled embedment nuts. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B087N4LVD1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 you predrill slightly , so the sleeve sits in the hole, then use a soldering iron to heat and push the nut into the plastic. It essentially melts itself into place. For the shoulder straps, I am planning on plastic welding the buckles onto the chest piece, so they are secure when attaching the specialist rig. For the straps, I am going to use E6000 to glue the front portion in place under the back end of the buckle and along the top of the chest piece. The back portion will stay loose, then can simply be tucked into the openings in the shoulder portion of the back plate once the front and back pieces are connected together.
  12. Did a bit more work today on the torso parts. I opened up the slots on the shoulder for the shoulder straps and attached the thermal detonator to the back piece. The thermal detonator is attached to the 2 supports with plastic weld and the entire assembly is held onto the back piece with 2 screws. I embedded threaded metal sleeves into the supports to allow them to be easily removed if necessary.
  13. Spent the day today reworking the 3D render files for the shoulder straps. Here is the new one printed and compared to the old one in the background. I think these look much better. Thanks @Chaos for sending me your original files so I could get a better idea of dimensions.
  14. Let me just print the updated version of the shoulder strap to make sure it works ok, then I will get you a copy of the file (no cost). The side straps are from @Chaos. I am sure he will help you out with them as well.
  15. Found some time to do a bit more work on the kit today. I have been fiddling with my resin printer settings as the shoulder straps did not turn out properly. I reduced the exposure time dramatically and they came out much better. do you think the shape of the one on the right or the shape of the test print on the left looks better? Ignore the blemishes on the surface and the print lines, they will be removed.
  16. I don’t see what you are referring to. Here is a photo of my helmet head on
  17. These strap portion is in 2 pieces with a cutout on each one to make a tube around the buckle.
  18. Update on recent build progress: I wasn’t happy with the look of the resin printed shoulder bridges as the printer seemed to squish the raised notches and thicken the base portion causing it to look out of proportion. I went to the filament printer and printed them in TPU and sanded the print lines out. I think these turned out much better. Likely will hit it with a coat of plastidip to get it shiny again after the sanding. new bridge is on the bottom new bridge is on the left Photos of the shoulder bridges and side straps I also primed the SE-14R blaster parts. Ready for black now
  19. Welcome Jared. Looking forward to seeing your build.
  20. Printed some supports to attach the thermal detonator to the back plate. Do these look ok?
  21. @Chaos thanks for the side strap files. They turned out awesome.
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