The Utility Belt, Side Pouches And Back Canninster | 
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The UTILITY BELT has boxes on it. They are about 2.5 cm (1.125 inches) wide , 7 cm (3.0 inches) tall and  2 cm (1 inch) deep.  
 I suggest you pull the mold in TWO halves and riveting them together. It's alot easier than trying to pull ONE master mold.  | 
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The UTILITY BELT is a curved piece with boxes on it so it tends to LOCK DOWN to the mold when vacuumformed. That is why I have made my belt molds like I made my RIGHT kneecap molds... with removable boxes! I suggest making one large curved surface to vacuumform on rather than the THREE individual ones I have. The plastic tends to distort a bit whith the varying surface heights. I hope to make new base molds myself in the future. I have the pictures here just to show you HOW TO pull the UTILITY BELT with REMOVABLE boxes. | |
 SIDE POUCHES | 
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The SIDE POUCHES are about 6 cm wide (3 inches), 10 cm tall (5 inches) and 1.5 cm deep (3/4 inches). 
 I recommend making these molds out of wood, sanding the wood grain smooth with 200 grit sandpaper.  | 
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 BACK CANNISTER | 
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The BACK CANNISTER, a.k.a. Oxygen Cannister, a.k.a. Thermal Detonator,  is a cool item.  I made mine out of a mailing tube and riveting it to a plate that I could CLIP onto the BELT.  
 Here are picts of the mannequin trooper cannister. Notice the detail in the RIDGES. I like the way the endcaps recess into themselves. NICE TOUCH! Be creative with this piece of the costume. I recommend making your mold parts out of PVC pipe and metal bits, this way they will hold up under the vacuumforming temperatures.  | 
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The cannister is 7 cm (3 inches) in diameter and 17.5 cm (7.5 inches) long.
 Image courtesy of the "Magic of the Myth Measurements" section.  | 
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