Recent content by agordon117

Thanks thorn. Last night was a huge success for the release. Everyone wanted pics and it was a great setup in front of the store's halo display. I'll be honest, my back has never been so stiff after such a short (well, 5.5 hours isn't that short i guess) period of time and i am definitely...

One mod i forgot to mention is a new machined pin for the slide of my tactonyx m6d pistol. I made it out of brass since that was the stock i had on hand in .5" and i put a high polish finish on it for smooth operation. Basically, i got lazy and didn't want to sand my original one from tactonyx...

Yeah, that was "better" for me too but that's not good enough. i can't count on having someone with me every time i'm in costume to keep fixing that stuff for me. and anyone who has ever worn one of these suits knows there's not much you can do short of taking half of your costume off to fix...

Well, this is my solution to holding the shoulder straps in place. I don't particularly like it, but since no alternatives were suggested, this is what i did. Last time i'll say it, but i really don't believe that no one has held up their shoulder straps without using a pressure suit. Just...

Thanks and heck yeah!.

More pics. These were taken after the previous issues were solved but still inside so no boots. I still need to figure out how to keep the straps in place without a pressure suit (mainly the shoulder straps sliding backward is an issue) but other than that, i'm ready for h4 release night...

Thanks for that longshot. and i'm not entirely sure how a duel in a chief suit would go. i like to use my whole range of motion when dueling but,my whole range of motion in the chief suit isn't very good. at any rate, we'd have to do it behind closed doors. most people wouldn't be able to...

Well guys, of the 4 issues i was having 3 are fixed. It finally hit me after my hours of working on the suit that if 1 magnet on each side of the chest straps (1 left front, 1 left rear and repeat for the right) connected by a hard drive bracket had strength of "x" that 2 magnets stacked on top...

Had a sucessful public outing at gamestop. Sucessful meaning i snapped the epoxy off of one magnet, one shoulder strap, lost a toe of a boot, and... no that's it actually. Really i couldn't be happier with it because i know all of those things will be perfect by monday. The common factor in...

I'm not worried about it being padded. It's keeping the straps up that i'm worried about. Although, given my findings with the shins (that the foam pads have a super high coefficient of static friction with the under armor) that actually might keep them in place better. At any rate, i'm going...

Thanks guys. I need some opinions on whether to trim the backpiece so it seats down and backward (at the top) a little bit or do i just trim so it goes straight downward? I can't tell exactly how much the chest needs to go down from the angle-distorted pics but it does look like it has to go...

okay, that last question still stands, but I'm posting some pics now of the completed (for the purposes of H4 release) suit. for obvious reasons, I wasn't going to wear the boots that had already been worn outside on my bedroom carpet, but you'll have plenty of pics of them at the release...

Okay so i'm in most of my armor right now and i'm gonna try to get some pics of everything minus the boots, but how in the world am i supposed to make the shoulder and thigh straps stay in place without adding bulk/ using the pressure suit? i'll give it that i walked up two flights of stairs...

Well, the only comfortable parts of the armor are the boots, gloves, forearms, and helmet but as for the straps rubbing, they don't really. Not like the suspenders did anyway. The thighs barely fit so i have to keep tension on them to hold them up. It's not like i have to yank them up and...

alright so on the schedule for today is to add some straps to the shins, grind off the current metal bracket on the right side of the chest and make a new one (it's just not holding and it will be quicker to make a new one and rondo it in place than it will be to fiddle with this one. I did...