That's it !! Until tomorrow !!

Sleeping Mode ??

I was pretty surprised; R2-T4 moved by itself to a freshly painted area in my bureau!

And i thought he was in sleeping mode??

Body protection

i had built the two body parts a while ago.  to get them fixed to each other, i put on some velcro on the two ends of the parts.

due to the smooth surface and the actual cold temperatures, the double sided glued tape under it falls off! this is of course not good!!

pic will follow

another problem that has to be fixed!!

Shoe issues

the ali covering parts of the shoes are making big trouble! when walking with them, the velcro (or better the double sided glued tape) gets off the shoes after a while and the ali parts are falling off!

pic will follow

i have to find another solution to get this problem fixed!

Progress on the new costume

the new costume is getting closer and closer to the finish line!

the last days were unfortunately without any progress, thanx to the xmas days. family first, you know?!

but now, the enterprise is still closed for vacation, i take a day off  (instead of cleaning, repairing, maintaining rooms and machines, etc.) to get some more work done on the chrometrooper costume!

i glued the first leg part after cutting it into the right shape for my leg/knee area.

therfore i used the german pattex kraftkleber. applying the glue onto both surfaces of the foam, waiting approximately 10 minutes and the press the two surfaces on each other.

wearing a black sport suit under the costume, i quickly found out, that some of the measurements i made in the past, weren´t that good as expected. two lower leg parts have to be rebuilt. so making a new template for them is on the agenda too!!

Nurse Droid

just making a deal with my brother about printing the head of a nurse droid (and maybe later the body when the files are available as download).

X-mas

Happy Xmas to everyone!!

Here are (some of) my presents...

This little fellow has been handmade by my daughter:

The right thing is a "Solo" calendar for 2019.

More Armor Progress

Here are the latest Pics to my Ali Armor build for the chrometrooper costume:
The modified front template for my body:

 ans the finished result:

Next the rear part of it:

Thigh

the upper leg parts have to be created too!

therefore i customized the templates to fit my legs.

pic will follow!

more ali metal work maybe tomorrow!

The butt thing

And again i had to enlarge the dimensions of the template. This time the butt sheet. Here you can see the flat ali sheet, cut out:

And the rounded part:

Great !!

the material is here!!

foam, ribbed optic, black. as i wanted it!

very light and soft. exactly what i needed!

here on the first leg:

The postman rings twice...

i hope so!

the announced delivery for this noon will bring the two yoga mats... hopefully!

more later today!

300 Blog entries

yeah! i made it! 300 blog entries.

i am working on getting the 500 mark !

Smaller

in the rear and with another diameter...

i think after looking at the picture you know what i mean...

depending on the viewing angle it doesn´t look that bad at all!

Next part

the lower leg / foot cover part in progress;

first attempt. i am not that lucky with it...

Second Shoe Cover

here it is; the second shoe cover:

Armor progress

the armor parts aren´t finished yet. there are so many parts still to build...

now i am waiting for the foam yoga mats. i hope to get them sliced into half, to get a 5 mm sheet instead of a 10 mm version, which would be far to thick for the costume. i think with a 10 mm thickness, i can´t move me legs and arms anymore. LOL

when i get everything done at work today as planned, there will be a time window of 1,5 hours this evening... time to build the second set of foot covers and maybe more.

and one more thing; my oldest daughter doens´t know a thing about it; she has the right height to wear a storm trooper armor... so i will build another set of parts for her size... the helmet is already here! it´s an anovos version from ep7:

picture will follow

Yoga mats

Yes, you saw right. Yoga Mats.
I try to use the material for the Stormtrooper / Chrometrooper costume.

Bizeps

the parts for the bizeps are done now too. here you can see the template and the finished product, which i had to lengthen for 2 inches!

Shoe Cover Parts

im comparison to the standard stormtrooper, the chrometrooper has different parts on his armor.
looking on the foot/shoe, the chromy has three additional parts:

here are two of them in the process of building.

the front part:

the sheets for the center part:

before and after:

and on the shoe:

Leg parts Part 2

the second template for the leg is ready too:

Jockstrap

here you can see the new wider template:

and pressed (using woodden parts i fabricated) in square areas without scratchy, hammered or marked areas!

First Leg part

A little more difficult was the first leg part.
Paper template and Aluminium template (Cut out raw)...

And the almost finished product:

Protection

On the Stormtrooper costume there are several changes in comparison to the Chrometrooper. So i had to make changes to the paper template. Left Chromy, right Stormy:

The final position of the square sections is another as the one paper.

Here is the first attempt, which i probably won't use:

There are too many imperfections...  :

Knee Pads

yeah!
big news!
i found some spare time to get the first parts done. the wheelie works on the knee pads were quickly done...
here is the first part aside to the flat sheet:

and here are both parts ready to be polished: