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[Simmy_82]

Ha ha. Lengthy response. I'll do as advised on the knees tonight before test fitting.

Regards the back plate I'm omitting that fit the time being and going for a cloak. Purely because I have no one to help mould it. I'll get Foamex cut up and ready for shaping at another armour party (should one occur)

EDIT: Reshaped and test fitted. Are they a suitable size??

[Jorad Werde]

Looks about right.  The curved under side on a knee isn't a necessity, but it's a cannon embellishment

[Kitala-Enby]

not necessary but adds a nice bit of extra detail, and I feel like we should always encourage members to try and go that little bit further with their efforts. especially when it is entirely within their abilities. it also just looks good. i mean no mando armour piece is entirely without compound curves in the movies except maybe Jango's shoulders. but even then all of his plate seem to taper inward towards the edges so they actually might have a bit of a dish to them.

Simmy. those look great, size is spot on too.

[Simmy_82]

Thanks vode. I'll go ahead and make the other and get them sprayed. Is the elastic ok on these?  I've gone for as close a grey as I can. I know elastic isn't permitted on some parts of the armour?

[Kitala-Enby]

elastic is fine as long as it is colour matched and I didn't even notice that until you mentioned it so I'd say it's good. just make sure to weather the elastic alongside your flight suit. also there's a wee bit of velcro sticking out of the top, jut make sure that's a temp flaw and not something that happens every time.

[ConDar Ward]

elastic is fine as long as it is colour matched and I didn't even notice that until you mentioned it so I'd say it's good. just make sure to weather the elastic alongside your flight suit. also there's a wee bit of velcro sticking out of the top, jut make sure that's a temp flaw and not something that happens every time.

 I agree ....  the shape looks Really Good ... 

  However I don't Trust Velcro on my knees anymore ... I like to kneel down With kids Too much ...


I look Forward to seeing more ..... keep up the Good Work  8)
 

[Simmy_82]

Thanks again. I may change from velcro. I'll see how they go.

Yeah kitala, it's a fairly close match buy not perfect. I'll be sure to weather it too.

[Simmy_82]

Knee one done.

Before weathering :



After:

[ConDar Ward]

I really like that ... Very nicely done ...  8)

[Kitala-Enby]

Looking good vod my first knee paint up was terrible. far to much battle weathering. you've got a nice balance. One thing you could do with elastic is just epoxy it in place on the knee, then slip it on. that's what I've done with every kit I've built. Though when i upgrade my knees and flight suit I'm going for internal strapping.

[Simmy_82]

Thanks. I remember reading less is more when comes to damage.

Epoxy hold pretty well then??

[Kitala-Enby]

Yeah. I'd suggest cutting a cross hatch with a scalpel into the underside of the plate before hand though, if you hold the blade at a 45 degree angle (ish) then it opens up the foamex a bit and provides a great grip, just don't cut more than 1mm or so into it or you'll cut too far.

[Simmy_82]

Thanks kitala I'll give it a whirl.

EDIT: first knee strapped and fitted. And second painted and weathered.

[Simmy_82]

Both knees strapped and fitted. Taken a pic with cod piece on too.

[Kitala-Enby]

Taken a osik with cod piece on too.

erm... That might be an accidental type. or it's way too much information I'm guessing it was ment to be pic instead of the mandoa word for poop.

Lol joking aside, Everything looks good. Knees came out well. I'd advise you try and get working on the backplate asap. a good way to go about this is to tackle the awful jobs first like the cods knees and dreaded back plate. the last thing you want is to have everything bar your back plate finished only to struggle with it and lose motivation to continue working. I know a lot of people who get like that where all that is left are tedious jobs that you can't be bothered doing cause you got all the fun pieces made first. Also tackling the hard bits first means that the build only gets easier as you go.