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Here is a quick demo of the BlastFX in action... Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

CENTURION ACHIEVED!!!! Seriously over the moon right now.

WOW!!!!! Thank you Joseph and everyone else!!! I'm blown away. Here I was tinkering with my new 25 gal armor transporter whilst all this was going on. Now to plan my next build?

Hi Adam, and thank you for your submission for ANH Stunt Centurion! CRL and CENTURION Application Requirements: All required photos have been submitted, and on behalf of the entire D.O. staff we are pleased to welcome you to the rank of Centurion # 508. Congratulations! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly; In this area we review observations made by your fellow troopers and the DO team. Some observations may lead to suggestions to improve the overall look of your armor. Note that we consider both text (CRL) and pictures (screen caps/reference images) when reviewing submissions. Fantastic job on fixing those tube stripes, Adam, and we are pleased to welcome you to the ranks as the newest Centurion. WAY TO GO, BROTHER!!

This was my original mic mounting plan. This thread convinced me to not do this. But I had the hole pre-drilled and wanted to show how nice the mics fit in there. They also fit THROUGH a hole that size very nicely. A quick test with the mics taped into place here and the fans turned on discouraged me from doing anything with this mounting solution. I made some pencil marks at my approximate ear hole locations and test fitted the ears back on to see how much room there was for the SHA mics. And there was room! Plenty in fact. And the wires allow this sort of mounting. They bend nicely and there's space behind the ears in my AP bucket for this kind of mounting. This is a small rectangle of closed cell foam. It's high-impact seat foam I used to use in a racing bucket for Autocross. You do not need to use something this exotic. It was simply what I had laying around. A few layers of EVA foam would likely work, or even some open cell couch foam. Just something to isolate the mics from the helmet and confine them to inside the ears. My rectangles are about 32mm by 16mm. Full height of the material at about 25mm. They wedge into the ears quite nicely. I then hollowed out a recess for each mic. The foam is just there to isolate the mics, not to rigidly mount them. This type of cushion/foam has a canvas backing. I left that in place to hold the mics in as securely as possible. The mic and foam is gaffer taped in place. This seemed like a ghetto solution at the time, but it has the benefit of being accessible for service if needed. The mics are held in place securely, and it has performed very well for the past several weeks. I think the gaffer tape is a good mounting solution for this. The blue foam helped with mic alignment. If I saw blue foam while shoving the mic around, that meant it wasn't aligned right with the holes. Black = good alignment. I finished off the ear packet with some open cell packing foam that was laying around the garage. It's rather thick, but it compressed nicely. It further isolates the mics from inner bucket sounds. After being installed a few days I opened things back up to check on them. The packing foam compressed beautifully and there's not much stress on anything. Everything fits extremely well and there's no gap that wasn't there before. Fan noise with the helmet on and SHA running is precisely as loud as it is inside the helmet without the SHA running. So, while I can still hear the fans, the mics aren't picking them up at all. It's just what I hear inside the helmet anyway. I don't have words for how much I love the SHA and my hacked up headphones. Best bucket upgrade ever. Thanks again to @ukswrath, @fishgoh0nk and everyone else who has contributed to this thread.

Hi Ardeshir, and thank you for your EIB application! CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All required photos have been submitted, and on behalf of the entire D.O. staff we are pleased to welcome you to the rank of Expert Infantry. Congratulations! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly; In this area we review observations made by your fellow troopers and the DO team. Some observations may lead to suggestions to improve the overall look of your armor. Note that we consider both text (CRL) and pictures (screen caps/reference images) when reviewing submissions. Starting from top, your neck seal looks great and it has the requested number of ribs . As we are referring to the TLJ accuracy , ideally the zipper should be in the front section. Reference Images We have and easy dressing adjustment to look the very best on your armor, and is that your shoulder bells looks riding a little over the shoulders line and looking at the back section they could be turned a bit to cover a bit more the gasket. The biceps could be a little higher as you can see in the reference images. I know you can deal with this in a great manner due to your TFA ( you told it's the same) looks is in great shape. Reference Images Reference Images Looking at your forearms, they looks more like Finn's on EP VII TFA. This is just a suggestion for you to take in consideration. Finn's TLJ TLJE Moving down, we noted that your butt plate could be trimmed a little more straight lines to get that TLJ look, also, your left thigh is overlapping your butt plate a little so you may want to lower it down and by the way avoid some armor bite. Reference Images Another small detail noted is the shorts are bunching up around the cod piece. Not a big deal but you may want to consider it. Reference Images *************************************************** Centurion Requirements; In this section we prepare you for Centurion. Because Centurion photos show more detail than EIB, items pertaining to Centurion might be seen there and not here and additional photos may be required. We try to point out all that we can from what we see, but the final accuracy is the responsibility of the trooper. Lets start from the TD. Even though your TD mount and TD plate shows a thin line and it's not specifically mentioned in the CRLs (not yet) they must be clearly 2 separate components. Reference Images And That's all Ardeshir. Welcome to your #7 EIB , and we'll be waiting for your Centurion app soon !!

Costumes are an addiction.. sort of like Cheez-its. It's hard to stop after just one.

Congratulations Trooper, well done!!!

Congratulations Adam, and welcome to centurion rank

Hi Adam, Well done on flying through for Centurion . Armour looks great on you.

Congratulations #508 !!!

Fantastic job with the install Adam, clean! Thanks for sharing

Congratulations and welcome to the centurion ranks trooper

Welcome back Trooper.

It is with a heavy heart that I mourn the passing of Terrell Reber, who was my XO for many of the early years of FISD and later became DL in his own right. In that time, he contributed his insight and wisdom in many areas most particular in the areas of armor, molds, and armor making. He was the first person to find a legitimate, conflict free path to selling TE derived armor when he founded ATA. It may be hard to believe, but there was a time those years back when a decent set of FX armor was $1200 and TE type armor was hard to acquire from a reputable person. ATA changed much of that, and ATA set the bar for providing quality armor at an affordable price. Hence ATA: affordable trooper armor. He was very picky about quality and hunted for plastic suppliers who would provide virgin material with the right shade of white. He could have charged more and had a long wait list, however felt that would be against his principles. These days there are many options for people to procure quality TE type armor at an affordable price, and we have a solid list of reputable makers. It can be hard to believe that it wasn’t always this way, or that even having a public list of vetted armor makers was considered taboo. With a glance at a picture, he could tell you the make of the armor or helmet and could spot all the “tells” that was uncanny. He gave selflessly his experience and advice to FISD members time and again. However, most of all I will remember him as someone who was always there to take a phone call when needed. Who gave selflessly to this hobby that he loved. 43 is just too young. Buckets off, as I drain it of my tears.

Welcome back

Welcome back! Excited to see some build pictures.

Decided to trim the return edge off the bottoms of my bells today. Also, I attached @justjoseph63's awesome looking flexible hand guards onto the set of rubber gloves that came with my kit. I may have went a little overboard. Instead of using a “Heavy Book” like he tells us to do, I used a table instead. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Welcome back to the FISD. Look forward to following your build.

Welcome back to FISD Adriel.

Welcome back to FISD!

Hello and welcome back, looking forward to seeing your build, good luck