78bird85 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Hi, first of all, thank you all for this wonderful forum. I like how others share ideas, comments, and pictures. This is my first attempt to get some feedback on my Biker Scout armor. I am not sure who the maker is, I bought this on Ebay. I did make some mods to the armor like replacing the top of the back tank to be accurate and re-did the utility belt and thermal detonator. Also, the helmet is a Don Post in which I did the following mods: sanded the back logo down, drilled out the ear holes and placed black mesh in them, replaced the snout, the side bolts to be more accurate, replaced the helmet liner w/baseballhelmet foam, the visor is replaced and that middle thing in the visor was cut off, i also used a dremel to make the face slimmer (my goal was to have the ear holes to be visible from looking at me from the front. I will post pics of the helmet in detail soon. I hope to get 501st approved before my wife and I held down from San Antonio, TX to SDCC. any feedback, comments, or questions would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chex Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Hi Carlos, first off welcome to BS.N. Second, you should formally introduce yourself in the member intro section. Ok, your armor. Helmet: Visor still looks a little wonky to me, but overall not a bad job with the mods. Your decals have to be fixed though on the back of the helmet as they're not accurate. Armor: Your left shoulder bell looks way bigger then your right. Did you trim them at all? Your rank stripes on the tank are on the wrong side and are too thick. Looks like SC armor, though I don't know why you would have needed to replace the tank topper, unless the armor was a recast. Soft armor: Pouches are on the wrong side. You have a wee bit too much of a camel toe, and your ribs are barely visible. I can't tell how many you have. You should have 7 vertical stitches, giving you 6 ribs on your bund. They could just use some more batting to make them pop a little more Boots: Are those Caboots? If so I hope you didn't pay too much for them, as there are members here who can make you more accurate boots for a better price. Other then the shoulder bell, I don't see much that wouldn't get you approved. Should you ever decide to go for Lancer status however, there are a bunch of things you would need to get fixed. Any questions, ask away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78bird85 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Hi Carlos, first off welcome to BS.N. Second, you should formally introduce yourself in the member intro section. Ok, your armor. Helmet: Visor still looks a little wonky to me, but overall not a bad job with the mods. Your decals have to be fixed though on the back of the helmet as they're not accurate. Armor: Your left shoulder bell looks way bigger then your right. Did you trim them at all? Your rank stripes on the tank are on the wrong side and are too thick. Looks like SC armor, though I don't know why you would have needed to replace the tank topper, unless the armor was a recast. Soft armor: Pouches are on the wrong side. You have a wee bit too much of a camel toe, and your ribs are barely visible. I can't tell how many you have. You should have 7 vertical stitches, giving you 6 ribs on your bund. They could just use some more batting to make them pop a little more Boots: Are those Caboots? If so I hope you didn't pay too much for them, as there are members here who can make you more accurate boots for a better price. Other then the shoulder bell, I don't see much that wouldn't get you approved. Should you ever decide to go for Lancer status however, there are a bunch of things you would need to get fixed. Any questions, ask away. Awesome! thanks for the feedback! i will also introduce myself in the correct forum as well. Helmet: i am new to this and the Dremel tool.. so i tried my best, but yeah, it is a little wanky. i have the replacement decals for the back of the helmet which i will change immediately! Armor: i never noticed the shoulder bells being different sizes, i will check and trim where necessary. The rank stripes on the tank will be corrected to the right size/side of tank. The top of the tank details was some sorry ugly little black blob of a tank topper that had no details, it just looked like someone just dropped some black gunk on it.. so i replaced it with a correct one. Soft Armor: i'll switch the pouches, they are just velcroed on... and the camel toe.. lol.. i'll add a longer strip of black so it doesn't fit me that tight! there are 7 vertical stitches there, but they had to be added since the ones before from the costume i bought had 7 horizontal stitches! lol.. horizontal!!! Boots: the boots came with the costume and i plan on making some more accurate ones... plus they are 2 sizes bigger than my size... anyone you can refer me to for more accurate boots, that fit me! i need size 10's thanks again! look forward to making those changes soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chex Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Get with Witness or Marcel on boots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78bird85 Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 ok.. with the advice i was given, i corrected some items including: -replacing the decals on the back of the helmet -the shoulder bells were same size so i re-took the pic w/the shoulder bells adjusted -i removed the rank stripes on the tank that were on wrong size/side, will be replaced soon w/correct stripes -i had my mother in law do a brand new cumberbund w/instructions i found on this forum. -boots i am not sure if what brand they are, i will have to eventually replace them but i thought they were fine. ok... let me know once i put the rank stripes, what else i need before i submit for 501st? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chex Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Much better. Get those rank strips on. Once you do, you're good to go. One thing you might want to do is move your pouches up to right under the chest plate. Also, your bund flap should go down a little more so the stitching for the elastic webbing can't be seen. Can see the sewn square plain as day and it looks odd. Oh, did she sew the upside down chevron on the bund flap? Can't really tell if it's there or not. E_mail your GML and show him your photos. He might just tell you to submit them knowing that you will fix things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78bird85 Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 Thanks! i used electrical tape and a razor to attach 6 rank stripes (which i'm not sure what is the minimum or maximum). i will move the pouches up a bit so they are right under the chest plate. that sewn square for the velcro should have been done before we did the bund flap... i will adjust it accordingly where the stiching is not seen . and yes, the upside down chevron is on the bund flap as well. i just don't think the photo showed it. i will make the last modifications so this way i can be comfortable when i submit. this is really awesome that you been so helpful in making me presentable. I'd hate to go to Comic Con and look like some dork! lol here are the corrections: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rogue Fett Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 I can't tell from your photos, but do you have suede on the inside leg (both legs) of your flight suit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4505Marcel Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 I see you are already getting good advice, couple of things I would say is you could narrow down the bottom of the bund cod a little to help with the camel toe, you will always get some though. Also Id say the flaps on the pouches could have been narrowed a little also at the bottom as the flap is nearly as wide as the pouch itself, neither of which really should stop 501st access though, and brought in and up as already noted. Getting there though trooper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78bird85 Posted May 3, 2011 Author Share Posted May 3, 2011 I will narrow down the bund flap so it eliminates that camel toe... and good point about the pouch flaps.. i'll make them narrower at the bottom to match closer to other scout troopers. thanks for the advice! this is my first time and never modified anything before but this forum definately gives great advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiandoood Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Thanks! i used electrical tape and a razor to attach 6 rank stripes (which i'm not sure what is the minimum or maximum). i will move the pouches up a bit so they are right under the chest plate. that sewn square for the velcro should have been done before we did the bund flap... i will adjust it accordingly where the stiching is not seen . and yes, the upside down chevron is on the bund flap as well. i just don't think the photo showed it. i will make the last modifications so this way i can be comfortable when i submit. this is really awesome that you been so helpful in making me presentable. I'd hate to go to Comic Con and look like some dork! lol awesome, heading to SDCC? If so, hopefully I'll get my armor in time to join you there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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