Oof. It has been a minute! Unfortunately, I don't have much in the way of update. But I do have a little so, let's go!
The thighs look awesome.
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I got the strips glued on and everything covered in plastidip to even out the color. I don't know how to weather it such that it looks like fabric/kevlar type stuff. Get to that later. I have been working on the pants and attaching the thighs so that they stay in place. I am using two snaps per thigh sewed into the pants and "glued" onto the armor AND, bc that wasn't strong enough, I am adding in a strap from the thigh piece to my belt. I initially didn't want to do that bc I didn't want the strap to be visible, but it hides perfectly under the hip plates so, win! Need to do a final fitting with the straps in place to see how it actually all goes together. I will say it's pretty uncomfortable. It's definitely wearable, but I see the allure of foam. By the time I harden and get my pieces testable and realize that they are
just too small, I have sunk a lot of work into them and I don't want to redo them. That's a problem for v 2.0.
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I also tightened up and improved the butt piece so it sits well on my belt.
Let's see... I broke my smg again while smoothing out the barrel and put it back together. It keeps breaking along print lines. I am really seeing how orientation of a print can make it stronger and will absolutely take that into account on future prints. And I haven't started the resin process on the shin bc I still haven't bought a new respirator. I did finish one boot covers too!
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Oh yeah! And my cod piece came disconnected from the straps that were holding it in place. Just need to reglue it. Shouldn't be too much of an ordeal.
I think that's everything from the past 2 months... See you in two more!