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 Post subject: Help Colonial MArine armour
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:57 pm 
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Helo!

I just finished peping out my armour and tomorrow I will starting the fiberglassing the parts.

My problem is I dont know how to assimble the armour afther I finished the parts.
I like to know the mesurements for the buckels ( and how mouch I need )
What kind of cloth materials you use for holding the armour together. ( and how cm-or meters I have to buy of them )


If any one have photos or links how the armour looks like in the inside I would be grateful for it.

And If you have any other usfull tips for painting or assimbleing the armour. Im very noob in this and the only referenc i have is screen photos or cosplay guys and zero info how the parts conect to each other.

Sorry for my bad English.

Thanks David.

A few pics how Im so far.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:00 pm 
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The way you have it now is correct. Also there's loads of pics on the forums here you can look at.


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:15 pm 
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This article about Terry English's armour should help a bit:

http://colonialmarines.co.uk/anatomy-of ... scm-armour

this thread too:

viewtopic.php?p=143551

If you do a search for thread titles with the words armour and armor in it, that should show lots of reference pics too. :)

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:18 pm 
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Thanks for the links! :D Now I see how things are going to connect. jeah your right next time I try searching first! :P


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:53 pm 
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PVB wrote:
If you do a search for thread titles with the words armour and armor in it, that should show lots of reference pics too. :)


But, this is what the topics are for as well, dude. Even if they repeat themselves they are always answered. But into consideration of the Mods. You can pretty much find anything in the Archives. But never hesitate to ask! =]

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:51 pm 
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Not sure what you mean, but quite a lot in the archives are from the old forums, with lost images and links. :|

I wasn't being sarcastic by mentioning searching for armor/armour, I just provided the best links and then suggested that searching in the thread title (instead of the default search in posts) would give lots of other pics. :)

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No, of course not. It was aimed at IRONM4N for assistance. But, i knew that was not sarcasm, i can tell if it is. And as i've said before. It's in consideration for the mods.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:23 pm 
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Afther so mutch hard work the armour fiberglassing has completed.
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But when I taped the paces together for a test I noteiced a few errors I probebly made. I think I can sharp the armour with a heat gun so it could go to the correct shape. I dont know but it feels a bit too large ( maybe it has to be this big. I thought the armour should come more closer to may chest and back. ) My weight is 62kg and Im 172 cm tall.
What do you guys think?

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I had to trim quite a bit off the sides of the back piece for mine.

I think the sides are a bit too long so you can trim them to fit.

I also found the waist to be very tight (I'm not fat!) and I scaled the armour up, trimming the sides has solved that issue though.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:36 pm 
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Looks very big.

All armour sets need adjusting to fit.

Here's my Spat armour, with the main change being the shoulder sections having a much tighter curve, so there's less strain over my narrow shoulders. :)

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:39 pm 
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Thanks for the photos! In the weekend I try to shape and work on the armour.


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Ideally, the sides of the chest/back plates should meet but not overlap.

Ideally. :)

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:52 pm 
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Thanks for the photos! In the weekend I try to shape and work on the armour.


Good luck with that

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:11 am 
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This is looking great! Hope you sort it out to the way you want it

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:35 pm 
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I posted here a long time ago so here it is so far :

I have sorted out the fitting problems and shape it to the correct form. I used Bondo to make it more battle dameged and coarsed the surface. I also have cuted the helmet and Instaled the front armour on it with milliput.
I have sprayed the whole set with a base cote and then with forest green but it looked to bright. So I found some "dark green" regular paint ( no spray )and painted the armour but in the end it looks too shiny and glossy. ( it needs a nother coat of it to cover everything nicely ) Is there a method to make it more matt and less glossy?
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:20 pm 
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Use matt paint? :wink:

As a base, look at olive drab green.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:54 pm 
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I've got the feeling that some one is going to say that:D But yeah your right Next week I re paint the whole armour becouse I stare them more I dont like the current colors on it.


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:18 pm 
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Krylon flat olive green paint is the business. I used it for my armour.


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PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2012 4:01 pm 
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So I Repainted the whole thing with Krylon olive green and Im happy with the result.
Afther that I have started and also finished the camo paint but Its need to be weathered, stressed cut the padding...ect.
Its still a lot of work to go but I can see the light in the end of the tunnel:D

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PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2012 4:16 pm 
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Great work!
Nice camo painting.
Good luck with the weathering and keep posting.

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PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 11:36 am 
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Finally i have finsihed the paint job! Only have to do is assimble the whole thing. I got the feeling its goning to be a tough. I saw a few pics from the forum about the inside part of the armour but I have no idea how is going to come together but I try my best.

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