Help for total jerk with Stormtrooper armor.

I have the a pre-assembled set of the Anovos stormtrooper armor. It looked great out of the box. I assembled it on a mannequin for display and had plans on wearing it for Halloween. Now unfortunately (or fortunately) I live in Hawaii. The heat is not kind to collectibles here and for the life of me I can't get the adhesive that attaches the velcro to the armor to hold. The whole system of velcro is shaky at best but trying to keep the torso/cod piece connected to the chest piece is the worst. I guess its the weight with the legs attached. I was thinking some kind of suspenders attached to the torso might be a solution.
Does anyone here have any recommendations on a better method to connect the armor together. There are snaps that attach the thigh pieces to the torso/cod piece. Something like that would be ideal but I'd have no idea on how to attach such a rigging.
Any help would be appreciated, just keep in mind I have no experience building or modifying my own costumes or props. After all, I did buy the assembled ensemble.

Try this: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/35086-ukswraths-anovos-tk-build/

master builder from the 501st board who built a set of armor with notes on how to get it centurion level (if you're into that). Goes to great lengths about different construction methods, snaps, etc.

I used that tutorial for mine. Great stuff.


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Clean the ABS really well before you attach the Velcro to remove any oil residue and toss the Anovos Velcro and buy some 3M industrial Velcro with better/fresh adhesive.

cboath said:

Try this: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/35086-ukswraths-anovos-tk-build/

master builder from the 501st board who built a set of armor with notes on how to get it centurion level (if you're into that). Goes to great lengths about different construction methods, snaps, etc.

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What he said.^^^^
You'll be very happy you did.
Robert

It's been a while since I read it but i believe they toss the velcro that came with it in favor of 3M industrial as well. Lots of other stuff is in there as well for better/stronger/more proper attaching of pieces.

What adhesive are you using. I've heard E6000 works well.

2 part epoxy adhesive and industrial velcro will do the trick.


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skip velcro and go with nylon webbing and snaps with a decent amount of E6000 to adhere it to the armor

I had the same issue 20 years ago when I wore a suit, I found most Velcro is crap ! it gums up and looses it sticky strength when it get to warm.
you need a Velcro that is able to take the heat, I found industrial strength Velcro and never had an issue....ever !