My NEW stormtrooper ANH hand guards

[Sonnenschein]

Some of the latex hand guards seen in ANH were thinner cast and thus VERY flexible.

Once glued to the glove, they contort with every move of the hand.

The famous "knuckle indentions" are created by the pressure of the knuckle against the hand guards.

Before glueing, they are comletely flat, appear quite thick, no knuckle indentions visible. The we we all know them.




See what happen AFTER they're glued to rubber gloves:




thanks for looking!

 

[jkno]

Very nice!!

 

[R2Dan]

wow, I remember saying that AGES ago on FISD and nobody wanted to believe me... yet I knew it was like that from my own latex handguards. Oh well, no hard feelings!

 

[Sonnenschein]

Really? That must have been before I joined there. Sorry, Dan!

But it took me over 5 (five) years to come to that conclusion.

 

[R2Dan]

It actually was in a discussion with you, where I said it's just the edges that pooled up in the mould ending up being thin and therefore wavy when worn, while you claimed latex doesn't do that. Just before you started cutting those indents out on your casts. Again, no hard feelings, you just could have arrived at that conclusion much sooner, if you had jumped on my train of thought back then instead of dismissing it as nonsense from a longhaired weirdo

 

[Sonnenschein]

I guess I couldn 't folllow you train of thoughts back then LOL. I still can't understand your explaination above either.

And I never called you a weirdo. But I agree on the long hairs!

 

[R2Dan]

when you simply don't fill up the entire mould and slush the latex around, or brush it into the mould - or you take out some of the latex after it starts to cure on the outer edges, you will end up with thin edges, just like you pictured here. These will obviously not be as sturdy as a "solid" latex cast handguard and therefore distort/get wavy when glued to a glove and/or worn. It also means the pulls will cure a lot quicker, as thinner latex coats dry much quicker than a big pool of it. That's what they probably did, resulting in the "knuckle indents" we see on some (not all, mind you) troopers.

Is that clearer now? I can send you a PM in German otherwise

p.S.: I called myself a weirdo there, and I do think it's quite an accurate description

 

[DeadasaJodo]

I would be interested in a set of latex hand guards from your next run Karen. I have a set of your silicone hand guards from about 4/5 years ago, but I could use more accurate ones (and some new gloves). I had already sent you an e-mail, but it bounced back. I guess the address I have for you is no longer active.

 

[firebladejedi]

p.S.: I called myself a weirdo there, and I do think it's quite an accurate description

Yes you are a weirdo - but you are my kind of weirdo..

 

[cyberpyrot]

when you simply don't fill up the entire mould and slush the latex around, or brush it into the mould - or you take out some of the latex after it starts to cure on the outer edges, you will end up with thin edges, just like you pictured here. These will obviously not be as sturdy as a "solid" latex cast handguard and therefore distort/get wavy when glued to a glove and/or worn. It also means the pulls will cure a lot quicker, as thinner latex coats dry much quicker than a big pool of it. That's what they probably did, resulting in the "knuckle indents" we see on some (not all, mind you) troopers.

Is that clearer now? I can send you a PM in German otherwise

p.S.: I called myself a weirdo there, and I do think it's quite an accurate description

Would ya'll two just get a room