Getting close to finishing the Nova

[Collector2[501st]]

Well - I'm getting close to finishing my Nova Elite Armour, even though I havnt had much time to work on it lately. Still have to finish off the helmet, do a bit more of the strapping for the shoulders and give it all a coat of polish. Also have to figure out how to do the belt. Too bad they dont do canvass like the white meat cans. It would be easy to sew that up. I think it looks pretty decent though (no clue if its up to stardards but I like it) See what you guys think.

 

So here are the Armour and Backpack

 

Doug

[Darth Agnon[501st]]

Lookin good! Not much further to go!

[ELP[501st]]

Doug - Well done sir!

 

Drop me an e-mail and let me know your schedual for your drive to BC when you get a chance.

 

matt.

[crazas[TX]]

Look really good

[Collector2[501st]]

Look really good

 

Thanks everyone. I'm heading out for two weeks holidays Wed but hopefully it wont take long to finish it once I get back.

 

Doug

[ACJay[501st]]

Kit looks great man. By the way those Ammo Pouches look pretty sweet

[Collector2[501st]]

Kit looks great man. By the way those Ammo Pouches look pretty sweet

 

Thanks Art. A little leather dye and they turned out pretty good. Thanks for the help.

[bscheff[501st]]

Nice work. Won't be much longer now. What kind of gloves are you using?

[Collector2[501st]]

I bought the gloves, body suit and neck piece from Extreme Racing in England. Apparently they are designed for the 501st.

[Collector2[501st]]

Well I think I have it done as far as my skills will allow. I'm still not totally happy with it but..........

 

I spent all afternoon yesterday trying to figure out how to get photobucket to work so I hope this works right.

 

These are the pictures of the individual parts of the outfit. If you see anything amiss please let me know.

 

I have a friend coming over later today to take pictures of me in it so I'll post them later on.

 

I'd appreciate any feedback you guys could give me before I submit it. Better to fix the mistakes (if possible) now than just tie up a submission.

 

Thanks for the help

 

Doug

 

First the helmet

 

 

 

 

 

[Collector2[501st]]

next the armour itself

 

 

 

 

[Collector2[501st]]

More Pieces - sorry to make so many postings but photobucket has locked up my computer 4 times now and I've lost it every time

 

 

 

 

 

[Collector2[501st]]

And the last of it

 

 

 

 

 

[Collector2[501st]]

And, finally, the back pack

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Darth Agnon[501st]]

Everything's looking good except the under suit needs to be like a spandex material. Search for compression gear or under armor , although I don't prefer the name brand because their logos show everywhere and have to be covered. It is ok to have a separate top and bottom. Some troopers even use dive suits. But the cloth suit you have there won't get approved.

 

 

You might also need to put some actual buttons on the ab plate. I'm not 100% sure on that though. The TK buttons that you can buy from various suppliers are too small to cover those. You can find snaps with gloss black that will work. You wouldn't need to actually clamp them, just drill a smaller hole and push the top glossy piece in. You might need to get these anyway as it looks like you'll need them for the 3 buttons on the belt front. Refer to the Elite Nova Trooper CRL here http://forum.501stsp...ovatrooper-crl/ .

 

 

 

Just some pointers so you don't get held up when you submit it for approval.

[Collector2[501st]]

Thanks - I had no idea that there were buttons on the belt. Havnt come across that anywhere.

 

The undersuit should be ok as I bought it from the place recommended on the tutorials as being "501st approved" - http://www.extremeracing.co.uk/Stormtrooper/Stormtrooper/prod_10.html

 

Great idea with the snaps. I have them here already so it wont take much to add them.

 

Here's what it looks like assembled. I've already found alot of stuff I want to change or modify though. Hopefully its good enough to get approved then I can start rebuilding one piece at a time. Most notably I need to find a better way of attaching the pieces together. Even with both velcro and snaps all it takes is a slight turn the wrong way and something is falling off. Not impressive.

 

First without the backpack:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then with the backpack on

 

 

 

 

 

And just to prove it is me

 

[Darth Agnon[501st]]

The under suit looks fine in those pics. Looks like it's a cotton mechanic jumper in the first one, lol. My bad.

[Darth Agnon[501st]]

You might want to email AM and ask them if you can get a set of belt buttons from them. If you notice the buttons are on top of a square, and you can see them here in the new AM kit. PM sent about contact info.

 

[ELP[501st]]

Doug ... Looks like you're almost there. I sent an e-mail with some info and ideas ... it was a bit long to post.

 

Let me know if you have any questions ... Looking Good!

[izzi[TX]]

Looks pretty good. you need to rig something so your belt sits up higher. It needs to pretty much be just up the ab buttons.

 

-iz

[LongShot-X]

Greeting Doug!

 

I just had to pop in to "see" what your Nova Trooper looks like. That way I'll know what to look for when we meetup at the next Con.

 

WOW! I had no idea how awesome it looks. It's even my favorite color!

 

Cheers!

 

Kevin (Spartan LongShot-X)