Republic Commando - TZA Armor

Hi,

today I want to start a build thread of a Republic Commando.
The raw parts of the armor were manufactured by the TZA team.

The TZA-Armor looks like this:




The TZA-Armor is better than the PA-armor, but they still have a few teething problems.
One of these problem is the back plate. The details are not so nice.
Here should be improved the thermoforming process.
Therefore I built a new back plate. Here's a comparison.

Before:


After:



In the next step I built new the shoulder inleys. A comparison:



Order: Original - New mold - Alu / Resin-cast

You could say: The original is a bad copy of the copy.

hc8719 said:

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I am also interested in how much this cost if you don't mind

Round about 950 USD included shipping to Germany.


Before I start with the assembling of the armor, I will correct the various parts by and by.

First, I took the hand armor:



Both got additional ABS plates. In the left hand armor a front notch was cut out and glued, and the guideway for the melee blade was shortened. With both I had to correct some big thermoforming errors (*sigh*).
So I would say that the TZA-armor is not for beginners.

Have anybody one tip for me how do I control the blade automatically? Because there is not much space under the plate.

Next, the elbow armor:



The sloping front end was removed and replaced with a new right-angled front. On the sides I had to remove false marks from the thermoforming. The mold from the TZA team is made of successive glued wood panels that were not enough ground after milling. Mmmm.

Currently, I am waiting of the gauntlets and holds of the backpack.

Geniepants said:

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That looks good, and that plastic looks pretty thick. It didn't come with a helmet, did it?

Yes, it did. But it is not so great and I will make my own accurate helmet. I have two possibilities: 3D Printer or Rotocast.


Well, a small update.
For me the back pack is a little bit too wide, so I cut out a 3/4 inch wide strip.



After that I connected the both half parts. In the backplate and in the back pack eight magnets were glued.





Well, you need really power to remove the backpack.

Reported.

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The front part of the backpack needed two changes.
At first I cut out a 3/4 inch wide strip again.



After that I connected the both half parts and a new back-plate together.
Second, I cut out the both cavities and used the the game data to build news cavities.



Similar like shoulder inlays, I made new the gauntlets.



For this work I used the TZA and PA gauntlets as original. My gauntlets have very sharp edges now, fits perfectly and you can look down through to see (like in the game).

Very slowly it continues.

In the shoulder bells new boxes were added to get more space for the inlays.

The contour lines on the sides were a little broadened and deepened, and the usual thermoforming errors were repaired. Easily recognized by the grayish stains.

A small update.

After endless patching and sanding I have completed the forearms. The corrections are seen at the gray color. The gauntlets are bonded with a 2-component adhesive.



Like in the game, you can look between the gauntlet and the armor.