My Lancer Scout Attempt (finally)

[Frank75139]

I attached my pouches to the inside of my chest. It helps keep the chest weighted downward and doesn’t stress the bund.

Food for thought...


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[PhilBobTheFish]

6 hours ago, Frank75139 said:

I attached my pouches to the inside of my chest. It helps keep the chest weighted downward and doesn’t stress the bund.

Food for thought...


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FRAAAAANK...

 

hi.

[mikemakesmovies]

Been a while since my last update since life caught up with me but I’m back and with a vengeance and I’m gonna finish this scout fast. And by fast I’m hoping for this week so I can go to the diamondbacks Star Wars night in full uniform. So far everything is going smoothly but I was just curious if there is a certain height that the helmet is set at. About where are the eyes supposed to lay in the visor? Closer to the top or bottom? Or is it just personal preference?


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[Chopper]

11 minutes ago, mikemakesmovies said:

I was just curious if there is a certain height that the helmet is set at. About where are the eyes supposed to lay in the visor? Closer to the top or bottom? Or is it just personal preference?

There's no specific guidance on helmet position, aside from the fact that your chin shouldn't be super visible underneath the front of the face plate. 

Generally, i'd say the position of your helmet in your photo in page one was about right. 

[mikemakesmovies]

So I am in need of a pair of donor boots. Would the soles on this work or do these vary too much in color and texture


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[Chopper]

Unfortunately, I think those soles tones differ too much to be useful without needing to paint them one color. 

[mikemakesmovies]

Unfortunately, I think those soles tones differ too much to be useful without needing to paint them one color. 

No worry’s. Next stop is a payless shoes since I believe they have some good options


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[mikemakesmovies]

Well sadly disaster struck and literally as I was going to glue the snout greeblies it fell off the table and the backplate corner shattered. I’m not too worried about fabrication of the backplate but I epoxied the greeblies on it so who knows if I’ll be able to get them off. But progress has been good so far apart from that conundrum


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[Chopper]

Shoot, that sucks man.

If it makes you feel any better, I dropped my tank topper greeblie on the ground back when I was first finishing my scout. It exploded into about a thousand pieces.

Given, this doesn't solve your issue, but hey, we've all been there before

That does look like a fairly clean break. You could always re-glue it, sand the joins, then repaint the grey portion again.

[mikemakesmovies]

Shoot, that sucks man.
If it makes you feel any better, I was finishing everything up back when I first built my scout and I dropped my tank topper greeblie on the ground. It exploded into about a thousand pieces.
Given, this doesn't solve your issue, but hey, we've all been there before
That does look like a fairly clean break. You could always re-glue it, sand the joins, then repaint the grey portion again.

That was my first thought but the peices are so small I’ve only found two so far and I was hit in the ankles by about 7. I’m probably going to just try to either pry off the greeblies or just sand it all off the back very delicate and precisely


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[Chopper]

Fair enough. If worst comes to worst, you can order a replacement nose greeb from Don Jarr: https://www.djdesigns.eu/product/starwars_biker_scout_nose_detail_piece

[mikemakesmovies]

Looks like I will end up doing that. Do you know when they restock since they seem to be out


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[Chopper]

Looks like he has one left via ebay?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-wars-Biker-scout-costume-parts-greeblies/362202948294?hash=item5454fa62c6:m:mymeHnU7YRZccUFLi8fZ2Sw

[mikemakesmovies]

Got it on order. I wouldn’t even have thought to look on eBay for probably another week


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[mikemakesmovies]

How does everyone do connect their chest and back bridges? Is there Velcro on both ends and then some webbing to hold them together but have some bend? One piece of hook velcro between both bridges?


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[mikemakesmovies]

Was able to make a pretty good jump today with a few hours before work. Got the most tedious part of the boot build finished and curing, and I used some 3m foam tacky stuff to hold the snout greeblies on for now. Just had enough surface tension to keep it from falling off for now and I’ll replace it with the new plate when the new greeblies come in. Still somewhat stumped on the chest and backplate join at the shoulders but I’ve got some time to brainstorm.


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[Chopper]

20 hours ago, mikemakesmovies said:

How does everyone do connect their chest and back bridges? Is there Velcro on both ends and then some webbing to hold them together but have some bend? One piece of hook velcro between both bridges?


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I cut and attached some 1" adhesive loop-side velcro the underside of both the front and back shoulder bridges. Then, I attached the front and back by connecting them with a 1" piece of cloth hook-side velcro. This attaches the front and back, but also allows some flexibility. The attachment is then covered up when you add the shoulder bridge covers and zip tie attachments for the shoulder bells.

[mikemakesmovies]

Perfect. Have you had any issues removing the velcro and having the hook side pull off?


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[Chopper]

No, just make sure the surface is cleaned before you adhere the sticky back velcro. To be honest though, I don't take my chest and back armor apart all that often, so they just stay together most of the time.

[mikemakesmovies]

Progress galore today and I am over the moon with how it all looks. Proportions are near dead on and the weathering in my opinion is balanced perfectly. The bund and everything is falling in those photos but one of the last major things to do is the flak best and I’ll attach some velcro to that so everything stays up and I’m on the home stretch


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[mikemakesmovies]

Well I’m nearly there. My to do list consists of
-weathering my boots
-making the flak vest
-getting and making new flight suit
-making a new nose greebie peice since that one is cracked
-finish strapping on chest armor i made one backwards
-building the td
Are there anything anyone can see at this point that would hold me back from lancer?


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[mikemakesmovies]

Alright I’m back again and this time for good. I have a flightsuit and flak vest on the way. I have to get some elastic for the shoulder and bridge cover and do some final work on my boot holster and I should be finished. I’m just doing my TD and I feel like the size of the ends are huge compared to my tube. The tube with cable on it is sitting at 1.5 inches. Any wisdom would be appreciated

 

 

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[Chopper]

The length of the tubing should be proportional to the back of your hips. It does look a bit long, based on the shots above, but it'd help if you could mock it up on the back of your belt webbing -- that'd help us give you a better answer.

[mikemakesmovies]

Does this help? If the sides need trimming about how much am I looking to remove



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[Chopper]

Well, you're instinct was right, it is too long 😁

Going off the photo, I'd say you could bring it down to about where I've marked in the photo below. It's definitely not a hard rule, and there's some leeway, but generally the tube and caps should be just inside the distance between where the plastic ends and the webbing begins.