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Congratulations once again trooper and welcome to the ranks

Sorry for the delay everyone, statuses updated

Thanks! I already requested access on Tuesday, so I'm just waiting for the actual access right now

Congratulations and welcome to the ranks trooper. You can request higher access here

So it looks like you are taking a different approach than what I did. What I did was align the tops kidney corners to the top corners of the belly plate. I did not this and made sure my strapping system aligned this way then I worked on the crooked issue. I removed return edges and did not remake them. It is not a requirement and I find it more user friendly to not have return edges on most of my armor. But the choice is yours and look like you got some good advice on how to recreate return edges. This is how my back assembly looks without return edges: Once I fitted the kidney and ab plate to my body, the back plate didnt want to sit properly. It was slightly crooked due to what I assume is the same issue you are addressing now. What I did was a drew a straight line at the top of my kidney plate (the part the goes across my back. Once I created a new edge, my back plate was able to align a lot better was the kidney plate was not make my back plate sit crookedly:

Looking AWESOME, Jacob! Making Fire Team Heavy Hitters proud! I too am terribly curious about the pauldron rivets and strap attachments - I've heard and and seen both ways. Is one style more accurate for a particular costume? Do we have any solid reference shots? I've been a fan of Katara8's pauldrons (and prices) for a while, so I usually go with the 'under' style, but the Trooperbay are popular as well, and were more recently screen used... Not to highjack the thread, but would love more info.

Very nice Jacob. I'm at the end stages of my HWT pouches and pack, so hopefully won't be far behind you. Thanks for the inspiration!

@NoVATie When ya get a minute! Got a few backed up...