Here's another update on the build. Everything is pretty much built, with a coat of primary paint. Right now I'm mainly doing details/weathering, doing test runs and fixing some problems. I plan on posting pics of myself in semi-finished armor this weekend. This will give me a week before PAX West to do more weathering.
Here we have the shotgun shells attached to the chest piece and right forearm piece. They are tightly secure with adhesives, so I'm not worried of them falling off.
Next I wanted to have the shotgun have a green light similar to halo 2 shotgun.
Since it's impossible to insert leds into the 3d print without damaging surrounding parts. I went for glow-in-the-dark tape, which turned out well.
May not be noticeable in daylight, but so are leds anyways.
Next up we have an update to the boots. Originally the sole of the boots consisted of wood and alot of duct tape. It looked very messy and decided to use a 0.5" layer of eva foam under the sole. Now the sole of the boot looked much nicer with the treadplate pattern (which provided good traction as well) and added an additional 0.5" to my overall sparten height. That with the helmet, I should add about 4.5" to my height making me 6.2-6.3. Still about 5 inches short of an average sparten 4, but it's good enough lol.
For adjustments, the front of the thighs had a bottem piece that got in the way of the knee pads. The part was an eye sore anyways so I got rid of them.
As for strapping, I had two buckles to attach each thigh piece to the codpiece/mid undersuit to keep them from sliding down. 4 buckles for the chest piece, one for each connection point. Due to weight of the shotgun shells (3d printed) the chest piece will not slide back. It's a cozy fit anyways, so it's not a problem. As for shoulders, I wanted to attach them with straps to the chest piece, but figured a separate strap that connects both shoulders will be better. This will rest on my traps. Sorry for no pics I'm somewhere else at the time of this post. Padding was needed for forearms and shoulders and helmet (still working on it). As for testing, everything worked as intended, nothing wanted break (yet). Despite the shoulders, I should still be able to put on and take off my helmet in costume, though it may be a little difficult. Will post pics of helmet progress when I get the chance. That's all for now.