Biker Scout knee armour

[lonewolf]

This is my sculpt for the Biker Scout knees, I have made plenty of return edge for the rivets, test pulls,

 

 

 

 

 

It still needs a few tweaks, I am at the crazy stage of looking at knees.

[Boba Leo]

Amazing John!!!!!!!!

 

Leo

[lonewolf]

Thanks Leonardo, I am still tweaking the sculpt, mainly just the lines and deepening the u section.

[Pandatrooper]

Looks great!!

[sir david]

AWESOME WORK, AS ALWAYS JOHN !!!!!!! :0)

[Griffin-X]

Nice, sharp pull John. Very well done sir!

[Evil-Inc]

Sweet!! Great job mate!

[Chex]

You know I need a pair of those when you're done.

[Dart]

I'd like to see how your pull compares to some of the other knee armour out there.

 

Looks really good!

[lonewolf]

Thanks guys, I am at a point where I am happy with the mold,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Pandatrooper]

Really nice work there! Looks spot on!

[Boba Leo]

Again, AMAZING John!!!!!!!!

 

Leo

[lonewolf]

Thanks guys, I still see some minor things but I think it is pretty close to the originals now.

[StudioCreations]

Looks awesome! I am envious of that return edge.

[automaton]

One issue I have with the knee armor (all kinds not yours) is that it seems to be designed for bent legs, such as when riding a speeder bike. But it isn't that great to wear when you're standing up, which is what I mostly do in my costume. I'm just wondering if the extra return edge on your knee armor makes this even worse?

[Guest Penn Chemist]

Have you actually wore them yet John? Alex makes a good point, return edge is major and makes and overall great look, but is it practical for actually wearing? Anything to say of that regard?

 

One word is SHARP! Man, they look great. Really nice sharp edges, just great definition. Really quite amazing I think. Look great!

[Dart]

One issue I have with the knee armor (all kinds not yours) is that it seems to be designed for bent legs, such as when riding a speeder bike. But it isn't that great to wear when you're standing up, which is what I mostly do in my costume. I'm just wondering if the extra return edge on your knee armor makes this even worse?

 

If you pad the inside of the knee, the return edges won't make a difference. If you check out my thread HERE, I've found some cool padding to use that's comfy and looks good.

 

Also, if you sew some velcro to the front of your knee and stick some in the kneepad, you don't need the elastic to be so tight. That also makes it more comfortable to wear.

[lonewolf]

They just sit on the top and botton curved edges, the rest of the knee plate "floats" over my knee, it is comfortable and there is a bit of air around my knee.

The extra space actually helps with bending my knee as it is not dragging over the suit, which will hopefully stop any costume fixes whilst trooping. I don't want to add velcro just yet.

 

I thought about padding but don't think the original guys had any so I can't add it.