TM 2010 Armour Build

Hi All,

Thought i would post up the build progress of my new Troopermaster 2010 Armour and Helmet 8)

... so the big Box arrived and this is what ya get people ....

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The Armour arrives rough trimmed so out with the snips, files and sandpaper ...

... after a lot of snipping and sanding i have now finished the 'Shoulder Bells', 'Chest' and 'AB Section' ...

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... 'Back', 'Kidney' and 'Butt' sections now finished ...

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I see you have a minimum return edge in the torso, why is that?

Looks nice

are the hand guards abs aswell?

firebladejedi wrote:

I see you have a minimum return edge in the torso, why is that?

Because im only 5ft 7 and quite slim, with a smaller return edge it allows me to heat and reshape the parts better without them cracking or buckling up

... and yes MonkeyPaw the handplates are ABS with this build

looking good

just wondered if you have descided on a strapping system yet? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Well i used Webbing and poppers on my AP Suit but gonna speak to Mark and maybe look at poppers and elastic on this one i think?

Elastic, always use elastic with strapping as webbing has no give - and *cough*, its screen accurate [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Loved seeing the armour tonight mate- glad you tried mine on and I hope it convinced you not to rush into cutting too much too soon ( didn't the Specials ..oh never mind). I loved the Helmet it looked perfect mate, why are there no pictures here yet???

Sorry people i've been a bit rubbish at posting progress as been busy on other stuff, .... as some of you know i have a few projects on the go at the mo including a Movie version of the Green Goblin and a Custom Lambretta too! Lol [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

... anyway, i have now fully trimmed, resized and finished off the Shoulders, Biceps, Forearms and Handplates ready for glueing together ..

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and also the Sholulder Straps and Knee Plate ...

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more to follow soon ..

Calf Armour now trimmed and sanded ....

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Nice clean work there Graham

Are you going to need to trim these down at all to be able to walk comfortably in these?

I'm 5'9" and have the old short legs, long body thing. The length of TK legs always get me, I end up walking like 3PO.

After trying Garys legs on the other weekend i rekon i'll get away with leaving the thighs uncut (can hear Billy's sigh of relief!! Lol ) .. and just trim off the bottom of the calfs. Although i will take out the back of the knee on the thigh parts and some of the depth just for personal looks and comfort

G4Tyrant wrote:

i rekon i'll get away with leaving the thighs uncut (can hear Billy's sigh of relief!! Lol ) ..

not just Billy mate. Good to see this all comming together.I trimmed the back of the thighs and the shins.

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you can see at the back of this screen suit that the thighs and the shins are trimmed.I would add that they look more smashed than trimmed but this arrangement will really help your mobility.

They do look smashed! That left calf-top could give you a nasty stab! Ouch!

Finished trimming and sanding the Thighs tonight ...

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Glue,glue we want glue.

stukatrooper wrote:

Glue,glue we want glue.

Yerrh Gray, stop fannying about and get that Bad Boy put together [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

REEEEEEEEELLY glad that you finally come to your senses and you're going to leave those beautiful thigh tops alone.
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Well had a good day with the Armour building today, so thought i would post up my progress ....

Thanks to Pete for the tip of making up a template strip for cutting the Armour pieces to size to take the cover strips!

However, after several injurys ... im not too sure about his tip for the mental Neyodium Magnets!!

Anyway ..... first off i cut some lengths of ABS for the cover strips. I cut them at 15mm as i guessed by the time i had sanded them nicely they would be roughly 13mm. I then cut to length the pieces i needed for the Forearms and Biceps and marked them accordingly ...

I had already resized the Forearms and Biceps as i am quite small, so didnt want them to be too big for me ... i think i took approx 5cm out of the diameter of both ...

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I put the Biceps together first by running some Plastic Weld down the seems to hold the Biceps together, before glueing the Cover strips with E6000 ...

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Then did the Forearms the same way ...

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Now we are getting somewhere

They still need a bit of clean up work, and some more strips inside for strength ... but here are the finished Forearms and Biceps ...

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