Reshaped "BM" armor

Cool. Like you said armor is just one of those things that is never going to fit everyone perfectly right out of the box.

I had to do a bit of reshaping on my mlc armor around the ...cod area. It was too steap a curve in ward (that comes to a point rather than a curve) and was a bit uncomfortable for my unmetionables. heat gun and a few min of holding and it was a much better fit.

Originally Posted by NikNak_aka

heat gun and a few min of holding and it was a much better fit.

......i hope you took the cod off first.....

Originally Posted by WhiteWulf

......i hope you took the cod off first.....

Imagine trying to explain that to an ER doctor.

The armor looks great! BM makes great stuff.

I'm glad you're happy with your modifications Any error would have made the armour trash

Just curious, is it possible to reshape fibreglass AFTER it was painted, without breaking the paint or something. I used acryls and figured the chest pieces could use a little reshaping as well.

Originally Posted by Real Scooby

Just curious, is it possible to reshape fibreglass AFTER it was painted, without breaking the paint or something. I used acryls and figured the chest pieces could use a little reshaping as well.

Nope. The heat needed to bend the glass will bubble the paint.

Originally Posted by Real Scooby

Just curious, is it possible to reshape fibreglass AFTER it was painted, without breaking the paint or something. I used acryls and figured the chest pieces could use a little reshaping as well.

Yes it is possible to re-shape the armour without the paint cracking. The heat process also softens the acrylic paint and allows it to bend slightly, don't go made though... carefully does it

DAZ

Also watch where you put your fingers when you heat up your armor, it can leave nasty fingerprints.

Thanks Daz ! Its just a little reshape process, to fit your V.1 Chest plates a little better to my chest.

is it still possible if the fiberglass has a gel coat?

Originally Posted by zombierepellent

is it still possible if the fiberglass has a gel coat?

Well doesn't his have a gel coat anyway?

I have to assume it's possible, as long as the gel coat isn't thick where the form is easily lost


-=QuinN!

Originally Posted by DarthVader1

Sorry to say this and to be honest (and faithful with the original post) and please don't take me wrong and I'm not trying to be a smart butt either....but, unless we have a "before-and-after" pics, I don't see this topic THAT helpful (that's what I do normally, showing the before-and-after pics or COMPARISON pics). Are you upgrading or just got a new BM set, or mixing-and-matching.....I don't get it. Well, that's just me. Just a suggestion to everyone (not just you), and another learning tip, that way other present and future members could learn from here.

At least I understand the part when you said (in a way) that all armor is not for everyone's body shape, and that's the truth. I also understand that you've had to re-shape the chest pieces, because they were too flat...am I right? If so, NICE hint. I will work on mines when they come.

Anyways, I've ordered a full set of BM armor myself since mid-november, then hitting my head to a wall, by just seeing some of the armor being sold on Ebay from other members and previous BM customers. The only one big problem I have is the collar armor (originally vacuuformed from MB) and the back armor do not match correctly (or shaped correctly to match each other, I would say), and they need to be changed, and the back armor is not accurate, specially the back of the neck area.

BTW....are you upgrading, or just got a new set of armor? Let us know.

Robert

Sorry, no before pics. Maybe someone else could post some.

All I did was heat up the TOP of the chest armor, closest to the collar and made it ''Flatter'' across the top so it diden't set so far off of my chest.

Just letting guys out there know that you could change the shape a little if need be, thats all.

-Tim-