Week 4:
May 31
Just a little glove-work today. I attached a piece of black Velcro (the soft side) to the glove to cover a cap near the wrist where my skin could show. I also spray painted the logo on the gloves black.
June 1
I heard back from Dan B about how he attached the front and back of the shin armor in a way that would allow them to come on and off easily. I call this the Thalizar Method
1. Glue rare earth magnets to the inside of the front shin and the outside of the back shin near the ankle. Line them up so they will connect to each other when you put the shin on.
2. Attach the shin buckles to the shin using velcro. You’ll need to take these on and off each time you suit up.
3. Attach about 3 inches of Velcro to the interior/ top of the shins- front and back. Half of the Velcro on the front shin should hang over the side of the shin- this is what will attach to the Velcro located on the interior of the back shin. It’s kinda like how TK’s attach their shins, but there is no cover strip used here.
June 2-6
Assembling the boot armor was another slow undertaking, but Dan B had sent me several pics of his assembly strategy, so I felt pretty confident about the process. I placed the sides and toe armor around my boot to see how they would fit. Luckily I didn’t need to trim very much armor. Then I used wider pieces of black elastic and E6000 to start hooking them together and cover the gaps between the individual armor pieces so that none of my boot will be visible. I attached a small piece of foam under the toe armor so that it would stay level with everything else, and finished off by running a strap from one side to the other underneath the boot. This will help keep everything in place when I walk around.