Alright. I disarmed Frank and pulled the torso plate off. Maybe these shots will better explain what I did with the shirt:
The chest and back which you saw previously made from pep models were attached to the shirt. Any areas of the shirt which were visible between the two were resined along with the chest and back plates so that when I trimmed away the non-resined parts of the shirt I was left with a one-piece upper where the chest and back were connected together. On the inside you can see where the shirt is still pristine white, those parts currently lay under the pep parts; any yellowed areas that you can see from the inside is tshirt that has been resined and hardened.
The concept worked exactly as I had hoped with one
weeeeeeeeee exception.
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I forgot to account for my head. I moulded the opening in the collar to fit my neck, not my head. So I'll have to shave a bit off my cheeks, and my ears will have to go. 8) Or I could cut eye slits in the chest plate, mount the helmet to the top and walk around as a 7' tall mando....
I'll get on reinforcing the inside with fiberglass cloth tomorrow and gt the neck/head opening widened a bit after that. oops
There's always something I didn't think about beforehand... LOL At least this one is a pretty easy fix; a little time with a dremel and it'll be right as rain.
Heading to the gym tonight so i likely won't get much work done, but back to the grindstone [or the Dremel, as the case may be] tomorrow.
Also, I've got the blaster almost to the point where I can show it off. I still haven't figured out what separates a "modern" blaster style from a "crusader" style, but hopefully this time around will be a success. then again.. maybe it will still be too "modern". I want to get that sanded a bit more and all primed before I post it though, so hopefully tomorrow night.
