MrPoopie

I hand wash mine with Woollite or knitting fabric shampoo. I also try to avoid any real scrubbing on the leather parts, my butt flap is removable which helps. Then I roll each part in a towel to squeeze out as much water as possible and hang dry. Seems to do the trick.

After reading through this post I decided to update my holster design and offer one with the cuts and one without. I like the way it looks with the cuts. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2852661

I have a 2 piece and made Lancer without any issues. It's all about how everything is constructed and held together. My pants are higher and go to mid stomach and have suspenders attached to keep them from falling. My jacket also comes all the way down and is held in place and covered correctly by the bund and vest. The original reason for the 2 piece was also because I'm very slender and just under 6 foot. This means the coveralls never fit my size and were either way too baggy or too small. I wasn't even able to get the shoulder on with the overalls that were my size. This led to cutting everything in half and altering it to fit my build. I honestly wouldn't recommend this to anyone who doesn't do their own sewing or have someone personal who will sew it for them. It took a lot of on/off and remeasuring to get everything right.

Thanks for the praise. It's pretty cool to see the interest in this project and hopefully it can be turned into something viable for all Scouts to enjoy. The ultimate goal is to make it so that every Scout is a Lancer and we don't even need to have the second classification since everyone will just aim for the top (wishful think, but that's ok).

It definitely couldn't hurt to check them out in person.

Actually I just had reference photos of Sierras to work with, but luckily I've got a pretty good eye for measurements. I made my models from scratch.

I think this is also why people think Scouts are too obsessed with this costume. Oh well, I think we have an awesome community.

I'll be buying boots and resoling them. The original boot needs to be a certain shape to match up with the new soles. I realized boots sole shapes vary greatly, so I need to stick with a certain boot to make things easier and consistent. Also, attaching the upper to the sole takes a bit of work and proper tools. I don't want any Scouts losing their soles mid troop. Vader would not be happy about barefoot Scouts.

It's a specific Polyurethane that was recommended for just this kind of purpose (shoe soles). I do plan on making different sole sizes once I get everything squared away on my test size. My boot size is 11 so that's where I'm starting. I also plan on making smaller womens sizes too since I need to make a pair of boots for my girlfriend.

Sorry no cost estimates yet, but hopefully real soon. I do know that I won't be offering the vinyl/leather "whites" that make it a Scout boot though. They'll only be the resoled boots which you can then turn into Scout boots. Sorry, I have too many projects to start making full boots.

A while ago I was toying with the idea of making boot soles for resoling boots so that they would have the same look as the original Hi-Sierra boots. Since the original boots are very difficult to come by and getting more rare every day, this project kept swirling around in my head. Today I was finally able to pour my first test sole from a mold I created. Hopefully sometime in the near future these will be good enough that i can start producing soles for the community. I'm still early on in the process but wanted to share with everyone. I feel like this first test was a success. There are obviously things that still need to be sorted out but this turned out better than I expected. I'm always open to suggestions and comments, especially from anyone who has mold making experience.

Would you mind sending me the info about the transistor. That way I can try to get some proper dimensions to correct it. I can then figure out the proper dimensions for the handle too. I don't even bother with direct images through the forum. I just use my Flickr or Dropbox. The image system here is pretty terrible.

Ok. I was hoping to catch you before you started your print, oh well. With the single piece body I was printing mine with the scope side down to minimize the supports. It still wasn't a great method so the 2 part body will probably be better anyway. I have to reprint the blaster in a week or so for my girlfriend so I will be able to see how it works out. I'm always open to suggestions (and criticisms).

Try these and let me know how it goes. I know it's going to weaken the point where the screws for the handle guard go in but that shouldn't be a huge deal because the handle guard doesn't really have any stress on it. Blaster Body Left https://www.dropbox....20v1.1.stl?dl=0 Blaster Body Right https://www.dropbox....20v1.1.stl?dl=0

I adjusted the Holster Guard part (v1.1). Try to print the new part and see if it works better. It should print pretty quickly since there's not much to it. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2852661

I'll double check the blaster tomorrow but I think you may be right about it fitting incorrectly. I think I can just adjust the holster guard part without messing with the holster itself. I'll let you know what I find.

EVeryone loves a good build thread. It might help with any weird issues that arise from putting it all together too. No matter how much thought goes into planning there will always be things that you didn't think of that need a little bit of re-working. I'm almost done printing the rest of the set. I still have to print the chest and back scaled to 85% for my girlfriend though. The only part I have totally finished is the TD, everything else is still just raw prints in a box.

The back of the chest and tank. Yes, the tank is a separate part from the back. https://www.thingive...m/thing:2984022 [/url]

The armor is finally done. Unless I run into any weirdness of parts not fitting correctly and need adjustment. Here's the front of the chest https://www.thingive...m/thing:2984080

It's nearing completion. I only have the front done. I'm currently working on the back and tank but it should be done very soon. I'll get the front uploaded today so you can start working on it. I'll update this post as soon as it's up.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2931836

Snout Greeble. I don't have any plans to model the helmet but the snout is easy enough and useful for many folks. https://www.thingive...m/thing:2967563

Tank Topper https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2931836

Knees finally done. The chest should be finalized this weekend (hopefully) and then all that's left is the back.

These models are based on measurements taken from my SC armor as well as some measurements from the Strider armor. I'm trying to get as close to screen accurate models and dimensions as possible. This way larger/smaller folks can scale accordingly.