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Originally Posted by gashatfreak

How'd you connect the shoulder pads to the torso?

Sorry, I didn't take pics of the actual attachment process, but I can go into it in detail!

While you *can* do this without taking the figure apart, I prefer to since I hollow out the torso armor supports, as this turns the chest into a floating piece that rises and lowers closer to the way the suit does. Example here!

Afterwards, I check that it actually does move unrestricted and then get to attaching the shoulderpads:

I use a combination of nippers and a dremel to cut away and smooth the balljoint socket if I need space (you can also now cut the hinges off the biceps where the shoulderpad used to connect since they're unneeded now. No going back!), then glue a short strip of elastic fabric (or rubber sheet, it's preference but I prefer the elastic) to each shoulder pad, then glue the other end of the strip to the inside-top of front half of the torso armor.

Then I reassemble and hope that everything works lmao

Attached are photos of the torso armor disassembly (Kuuga is a pain in the ass -- a lot of these are just a front and back half, but Kuuga has his gold collar in his Mighty and variants of Mighty Form so that's something you gotta be careful with!), then two examples of Zenkaizer where you can see more clearly how the shoulderpad movement has changed. Last image is the official Zenkaizer promo pose for comparison. (I also painted the insides of his shoulderpads black to match the suit. Down the line I'd like to hit his chest emblem with a chrome gold somehow, or maybe a chrome pen with clear yellow on top?)