Infernau

The left boot will look great but I want to wait until we figure something on the off chance that I have to re-expand both sides, I have enough vinyl to do it but I'm not gluing anything down until we have a definite route to go by. 2020-07-08_05-04-18 by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr 2020-07-08_05-03-58 by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr

I took the slop out of the upper but now my boots looks like crap! Heating the pistol holster for a better curving fit isn't possible I've already toasted one trying to fine tune things. Makes for a very sharp front of the upper, trimming the holster is out of the question because the rivets are already at their furthest positions. The problem is the inner elastic is that my calves are not large and the holster rear plate is which makes everything out of proportion bring in so close, I trimmed over 2" off the upper to bring it it closer...I'm thinking, would wearing a foam support inside the boot to give the holster a bit of distance between it and my leg be an option. Have other scouts with skinny legs hit this roadblock as well? 20200708_142615 by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr 20200708_142655 by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr 20200708_142657 by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr

Now I have to wait until Monday for boot vinyl! The rivet holes will show on the surface of the fabric due to the 11/2" that I had to take in on the upper and I can't have that.

stitching lowered on cod piece. Stitching lowered on cod. by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr

I've added the 1/2" straps to the bells. Bells with 1/2" elastic straps versus the 3/8" that was on previously. by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr

Here's the sizing on the armor (front and back) connection. Armor attachment sizing by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr

I made a new cummerbund, the old one was tucked under the belt at 12", the new one is 8" and sits above the belt. The cod piece is also new, wider with pelvic stiffener, attaches to cummerbund at rear and to coveralls at front under the cummerbund please note the pictures are flipped, the velcro isn't backward, it is right over left. New cod piece and cummerbund by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr New cod piece and cummerbund by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr New cod piece and cummerbund by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr New cod piece and cummerbund by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr

Will get on it, thanks.

Congrats, I'm waiting on mine!

Armor is from studio creations, holster from Cast from Original out of the UK (holster has the vents cut out), knee armor have both elastics and upper rivets showing. Overalls from marks work wearhouse, modified by removing pockets, adding 2" thigh elastic, velcro on knee and bicep areas to prevent armor from shifting, mandarin velcro collar, velcro on mid section for cod piece attachment, real suede inner thighs as well as butt flap. Boots from KINGSHOW Men's 1366 Water Resistant Premium Work Boots, modified myself with marine white vinyl, boots soles notched out myself. installed the holster and rivets myself, added a magnet to inside of holster to keep pistol in place. pistol from darth voorhees, I added a clear acrylic lens on the inside of the scope. I modified the stock visor bolts with a dremel and sandpaper to achieve the concave look, painted and clear coated. added black cloth to inside of helmet (ear sections), cut out the ear holes. gloves from wampa wear made the cummerbund (added straps to keep if from sliding down), side pouches (made to spec shown in pictures with ruler), cod piece (added a kydex curved piece to eliminate crotch bunching, elastic connects to rear of cummerbund) flak vest by myself with raglan sleeves with batting quilted look , all fabrics from Len's Mill. I replaced the vacuum tubing of the detonator box with a vinyl 1 1/2" tube wrapped in 3mm Hollow PVC Tubular Rubber Cords, glued, recapped and installed new rivets for the metal clips. I filled in the rear seam of the bucket with jb weld plastic bonder, wet sanded and repainted bucket, added new stickers courtesy of studio creations, bucket has the chin cup. All armor was repainted to match the bucket. Belt by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Belt by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Belt by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Belt by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Belt by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Vest by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Vest by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Torso by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Torso by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Torso by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Torso by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Torso by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Torso by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Torso by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Overalls by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Overalls by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Overalls by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Overalls by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Overalls by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Overalls by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Overalls by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Boots by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Boots by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Boots by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Boots by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Boots by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Pistol by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Pistol by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Shoulder bells by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Shoulder bells by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Shoulder bells by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Forearm by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Forearm by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Forearm by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Gloves by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Gloves by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Gloves by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Bicep by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Bicep by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Bicep by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Knee by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Knee by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Knee by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Knee by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Cod by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Cod by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Cummerbund by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Cummerbund by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Cummerbund by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Cummerbund by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Cummerbund by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Cummerbund by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Cummerbund by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Cummerbund by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Helmet by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Helmet by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Helmet by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Scout by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Helmet by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Helmet by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Helmet by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Scout by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Scout by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Scout by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Scout by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Scout by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Scout by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Scout by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Scout by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr Scout by Sebastien Cote, on Flickr

I have a darth voorhees pistol and a sc holster, didn't like the sloppy fit so I tired heating up the "L" piece on the holster to bring it in tighter for a better fit. I ruined it, any advice as to whom makes a holster that fits darthvoorhees pistol better than sc creations?

Yes, I want to avoid painting the whole bucket since it'll set me back weeks since I'd have to order new stickers and reapply, bought it assembled, didn't account for the rear seam. I'm hoping a bit of weathering will help bring it all together without drawing attention to the rear seam. Plus I don't want the bucket being a different color from the rest of the armor.

I bought a sc bucket, due to lancer requirements the rear seam needed to be sealed, I did that, I hoped that home depot spray paint in white would work but was way off, sanded 98% of it off. What do you guys use to paint your bucket? I can't be the only one who's had to seal the rear seam and blend paint!

I have high res pictures but can't post them on here other than tiny pics! I really like the weathering of the scouts portrayed in The Mandalorian but it's so new that a crl isn't even in the works to my knowledge. I want to make one but it's made as a level 1 only, the boot soles are plain (no aggressive lugs like in rotj) and the rest of the suit seemed sloppy, the knee pads upside down, the cummerbund sat way low. It's as though these scouts were just lazy with no pride of uniform but maybe that how things are now. I'm happy to share pictures to clarify but the sizes allowed in posting is just too tiny.

Thanks for the tip, I picked up jb weld plastic bonder, easy to work with consistency!

Since sc helmet isn't a two half helmet, what did you guys use to fill the gap at the rear of the helmet? I bought a finished helmet from sc but I was reading the crl for lancer specs and it states that the seam must be filled, I'm figuring bondo then paint, high gloss white I'm thinking would work and wet sanding to blend?

Nope, bought new boots with the right color of sole. Going Lancer is serious business lol.

Don't like it too much, sole is the wrong color, had to scrap those boots.

still new to this forum thing, where should the pm notification show up?

my last ditch effort was emailing x acto direct and finding out who in ontario sells the 5 blade packs because I sure as hell can't seem to find them around here and I'm usually pretty resourceful for stuff like that.

I also find the japanese blades to be 3/8" and not 1/4"!

Hey Dart, I'll happily buy some blades off of you, I looked everywhere, hobby store, micheals, home depot, rona, len's mill, staples, amazon! the only people that stock them is wal mart 100pcs for $50, it's a good buy but I surely don't need 100pcs! I ordered my new kingway 1966 boots (or whatever the model is), should arrive mid next week. I bought the fake palladium boots because I was told palladium was the closest to the original scout boots, apparently the color means alot! so had to buy the other boots, I'm just happy to not have sunk $125 into real palladium boots!

those blades turn out to be $15 plus shipped to Canada (it's not like the U.S. no flat rate, free shipping is $35 +, thanks anyway.

trust me I spent a whole day looking online and calling places for x-acto blades, I'm sol for a small pack unless I want to order 100 pcs off amazon for $50! My first thought was "a 1/4 chisel x-acto blade would be perfect....argggg"

Do you have pics of your boots Chopper?