Daryl's Snowtrooper build [TM]

[daryldoak]

A small victory today.

After a couple of attempts I got the hand guards sewn onto the gloves:

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I greatly underestimated how difficult it would be to sew these on!  Getting the needle thru the holes near the knuckles, from the inside of the glove, was really hard.

[Pixelito]

That sounds like a nightmare! I would have stabbed myself repeatedly while doing it.

[daryldoak]

Very small update today.  I added the chicago screw to the top of the helmet.

Measured for center:

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And after drilled and installed:

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I'm still trying to decide if I want to use pads or a hardhat suspension system in the helmet.

[Rat]

I would think the pads would be more comfortable.

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[daryldoak]

I got several little things done today.

I drill the holes for the chicago screws to attach the shoulder straps:

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Then I did some fitting to determine how long to make the nylon shoulder straps for the backpack.  Once I had that figured out I decided to attach the nylon straps to the chest using some snaps. I made a couple snap plates, and then added the snaps to the actual straps:

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Then I attached the shoulder straps to the chest and glued the snap plates:

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Then I drilled the holes in the shoulder bells and sewed them to the duster:

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Then I sewed the belt loops to the duster:

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#selfiefail

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Finally, I weathered the helmet.  Looking for feedback on how it looks:

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Time to straighten up the shop:

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[CadBane3]

Looking good! I think the weathering looks pretty good but will let some snowies opine as they would know better.

[Rat]

Looking good and very nice weathering.

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[daryldoak]

I had a few spare minutes, so I added the helmet pads and chin strap:

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[daryldoak]

I'm in the home stretch...

I thought this label would be hidden by the cod:

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but it's not, so I removed it while wearing the pants.

Then I added the lense to the helmet.  This is just a temporary installation:

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And finally, the first time I have put this entire thing on.  The duster, pants, boots, and pouches still need to be weathered.

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Please, please leave feedback.  Thanks!

[CadBane3]

Wow! That looks fantastic! So close to submitting! Get 'er done!!!

[Rat]

Definitely looking awesome Daryl.

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[CJ49er]

looks great Daryl, but you look wayyyy to serious

[daryldoak]

looks great Daryl, but you look wayyyy to serious

LOL

[Rat]

looks great Daryl, but you look wayyyy to serious

Troopers are always serious you should know this Chris. LOL!

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[daryldoak]

More progress.

I trimmed some excess off of the side of the cowl.

before:

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after:

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I wanted to raise the backpack a bit, so I added additional snaps to the shoulder straps.  Raised it about 1".

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Bought some foam to fill out the pouches.

before:

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after:

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TrooperMaster pointed out to my, on my Blizzard Force build WIP, that I put the lower backpack strap on backwards, so the velcro fold-over ended up on the outside, which is not accurate.  Bummer: 

wrong side:

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So I decided to remove the velcro and sew it on the proper side.

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Now it's on the right side:

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I decided to make the duster close tighter, so I moved the snaps out.

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After I changed how the duster closed in the front, the belt loops were no longer in the proper spots.  So I moved them also:

New position on left in photo, old on right:

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And here it how it looks:

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