ferra Posted July 4, 2015 Posted July 4, 2015 Hi guys, Just washed all the armor pieces with dish soap to get the oily residue out and started cleaning some of the pieces:
ferra Posted July 6, 2015 Author Posted July 6, 2015 Hola Leticia! Take pics of your brown box!! Got some more work done in the form of my knee protections, one of my favorite parts of this armor: But now i got another question, my legs are very short so I gotta trim the leg armor, how do I go about this? Trimm from the top part? or from below?
Grumpy Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 The shins look good. Just make sure that you have enough room to slide your foot in, and that it can slide over your knee, when you have to put your boots on. (Since it has to be seamless.) If you have a lot of room in the calf area after you have it all on, (Which you might.), Add a piece of dark colored foam to the inside of the shin, to keep the shin from moving around as you walk. It's hard to get the right size for the top of the shin. It was never as easy part to put together.
ferra Posted August 2, 2015 Author Posted August 2, 2015 I tried it on with tape before glueing both halves and i can slide it up and put the boot afterwards, so i´m confident it will work as it is now. I have noticed in one of your pics i may have the wrong shape on the back of the toe armor, but it´s ok as it´s still too big and i can still trim it to size as I wear and EU size 40/41... ...my new Dremel died yesterday and it´s off to warranty, so this is a good time to advance in sanding the seams till they are perfect. Hope to get some more pics up the end of the day...
Imrageth Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 good luck brother! btw, I have replied to your PM on the UKG forum.
ferra Posted August 3, 2015 Author Posted August 3, 2015 good luck brother! btw, I have replied to your PM on the UKG forum. Thanks bro! I replied back BTW.
HERB Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 Just make sure that you have enough room to slide your foot in, and that it can slide over your knee, when you have to put your boots on. It's hard to get the right size for the top of the shin. It was never as easy part to put together. I forgot about that the first time so I had to restart my shins, thanks for the foam tip though!
ferra Posted August 11, 2015 Author Posted August 11, 2015 With my Dremel back from warranty here's some progress(fully done by now but I was too dirty to pick up the phone for more pics): Also got a question, at my local hardware shop I got two types of tan straps one is finer than the other both are slightly wider than the greebs: What do you guys think? Usable? If so which one? (personally I´d rather use finer one, think it looks better)
HERB Posted August 13, 2015 Posted August 13, 2015 i would go with the finer one, you cant really tell unless your up close but still
ferra Posted August 17, 2015 Author Posted August 17, 2015 ..some more work done during the weekend: Made some progress on the back armor(and ordered rare earth magnets to help keep everything in place while drying): Some advance in my arms:
ferra Posted August 18, 2015 Author Posted August 18, 2015 Some more work done and my arms are now glued and reinforced:
ferra Posted August 27, 2015 Author Posted August 27, 2015 Got some work done with the help of some of the rare earth magnets i got from ebay: ...and the "damn it I still got so much to do I gotta see how it looks on me" selfie:
bwattsup Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 ...and the "damn it I still got so much to do I gotta see how it looks on me" selfie: Gotta keep your sanity on a project like this somehow. Keep it up Luis. Looks great so far
Bally Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 Continuing to watch with interest mate. What are you using for those strips to attach the backplate?
ferra Posted August 28, 2015 Author Posted August 28, 2015 Thanks guys! Sac I'm using leftover bits of armor. From trimming the legs and such. Then I'll reinforce with fiberglass and then smooth it with car putty... Enviado do meu GT-I9301I através de Tapatalk
ferra Posted September 10, 2015 Author Posted September 10, 2015 ...got some very nice updates to my WIP(Courtesy of Mr. Chris Hale): 1
Bally Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Have you decided on the colours for your paints yet?
ferra Posted September 11, 2015 Author Posted September 11, 2015 I´m gonna go with Games Workshop´s Citadel Paints for Green and Brown (Castellan Green and Baneblade Brown) over a base of Krylon Tan, If I can find it I´ll also apply Tamyia Weathering Powder: I then use tamiya weathering powder in green and brown to create a blurred edgeFinally to finish I applied White Tamiya weathering powder to the whole thing to blend it all together
ferra Posted September 11, 2015 Author Posted September 11, 2015 I hope to get something similar to the bucket on the left:
lukesoytuhermana Posted September 11, 2015 Posted September 11, 2015 I love it! Enviado desde mi SM-G900F mediante Tapatalk
HERB Posted September 11, 2015 Posted September 11, 2015 leather straps on the dropboxes? never thought about that but everything looks great so far!
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