stasz Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 It's time to get a proper WIP together, as I'm buttoning up my soft parts, and my SC armor is ordered! First up, my Redkap flight suit collar mod per Griffin-X's suggestion: I also took in the legs and waist, added stirrups to keep the legs from looking like bloomers, and of course removed all external pockets. Still have to stitch the "regular"pockets and slits closed. Gloves, XL, from WampaWear: Bund and pouches courtesy of Marcel: Boots I built using the excellent tutorial: Putting it all together: Detail of my riding patch and thigh bands. I used ultra bond on the faux suede and it worked out well. Might throw a single stitch line around the border to dress it up/add strength: I've got a snout coming from DVH and a blaster kit from Hole in the Ground. Haven't seen anything about HITG on the boards, but had a great chat with Eric over there, and the piece looks good and was decently priced. Fingers crossed. Mudflap and vest will get done this week to keep me from going bananas waiting for my armor. Then another payday and I'll be ordering my KS lid unless someone has an extra LW laying around Any and all thoughts/suggestions are most welcome. Wouldn't have made it this far without everybody. Thanks! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SulacoBoy Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Looking great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theisaac Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Looking great brother! Can you share the tip about the collar? Did you use the material from a pocket to make the collar? I'm doing the same thing this week so any advice would be helpful! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasz Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Thanks guys! I'm really having a blast working on this. Isaac, I just took one of the butt pockets, measured it out to the same height as the collar x 2, folded it in half and did a hem all the way around to make it look tidy, and tagged it to the end of the existing collar. That's kind of how I figured it out by looking at Griffin's pics. The exact method of his might be different. I'm not really sure why I did 2 strips of Velcro honestly, one would be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasz Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Here's a bit better pic: I slipped the new flap over the actual collar maybe 1/8". Just enough to stitch it to. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theisaac Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 thats a spot on description and the close up really helps! Thanks for the pro tip brother. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleeverob Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Looking good! I would stitch around your suede patches. After a few troops or a nice real long parade you might wish you had. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gato Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Wow. You did an awesome job on the suit. I might try to get a Redkap suit and try it out now too. You made it look easy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasz Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Wow. You did an awesome job on the suit. I might try to get a Redkap suit and try it out now too. You made it look easy. Thanks a lot, Josh! I'm pretty happy with it. Just took my time, asked questions, and scoured the boards I want to make another one now that I have some idea what the heck I'm doing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasz Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Looking good! I would stitch around your suede patches. After a few troops or a nice real long parade you might wish you had. Good call, Steve. Just got done stitching her up. You're right, I don't think the iron on would've held up for a very long time. But it did make the hand stitching a LOT easier! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleeverob Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Oh no doubt, I am sure it did. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasz Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Armor has shipped. Lid has shipped. Another week on the blaster. I'll have a pic of my mudflap up tomorrow, and maybe the vest if I'm feeling industrious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasz Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Received my KS lid from Darth. It's most excellent! My son Bob approves 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mikhailov Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Dude, your jumpsuit is looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasz Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 Here we go! Of course it comes while I'm on second shift... Be ready, belt. You're getting put together tonight. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscstaylor Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Good Luck and have fun with it. I did! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasz Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 I thought my chest/back plates were too close together, but with everything underneath, the distance looks pretty good I think. I want to round the corners where the straps go through, but wanted to make sure I didn't have to cut these back any first. Thoughts? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasz Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 Granted, it's not cinched up, but even with the straps pulling a bit more snug, I think the separation looks ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Voorhees Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 looks good to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasz Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 Knocked out a couple more things before I leave for work. I wanted the biceps to have more of a "C" shape rather than a "U", so I went slow and low with the heat gun. I was hesitant and may have under done it. We'll see if the shape held tonight. Better safe than sorry. After that, I glued in the TBits (which were already scuff sanded - nice!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasz Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 I made inserts for my pouches from some foam board I had laying around. Measured it out, scored through the backing paper and origamied it into a box shape It's super light, holds the shape well, and the pouches are still functional. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SulacoBoy Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Love that! I have foam inside my pouches. Need to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscstaylor Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasz Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Did a quick test fit of the chest/back straps. I'm Gonna have to practice getting suited up. What a contortionist act! It was a pretty awesome feeling having even just this much on And now a little bit of shoulder bell shaping Panda-Style. I used THXboy's play-doh tub trick for the curve. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SulacoBoy Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Looking great dude! Can't wait till we troop together! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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