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After the day I've had today with a driver pulling over into the next lane right in front of me for the second time in my work vehicle I thought this post might cheer me up. I bought a set of ammo pouches from @justjoseph63 a while ago in hopes of building a HWT. . I must say, these are lovely. With a troop coming up this weekend I decided to start this journey and start with the TK Captian. So I ordered an orange pauldron from Trooperbay, bound it with twine and sprayed it with water to help it naturally lay down over my shoulders. I'm super excited to sport this tomorrow! Can you believe my wife asked me if I was doing this because the other TK I troop with had a white pauldron? I've wanted to be this guy forever! The styrofoam I laid it over was a store-bought item that is used to roll under your back when you're lying on the ground. The next thing I did was add snaps with leather thread and velcro to the pauldron and back side of the ammo packs. I hope this goes well tomorrow. This is the reason I used Chicago screws on my drop boxes and did not glue them together . I feel honored that I get to add these to my belt because they have been used. I'll add pictures tomorrow after the troop. Don't tell my wife, but next up is the backpack!

You can get different rivet post lengths, I don't worry about a washer as the ABS does that job. I do however once finished I apply some silicon on the exposed rivet split post just so they don't catch on my undersuit or me, might be overkill to some but works for me.

Let's try this again. Trying to 3D print a suit didn't work out so I made use of the May 4th sale this year and got a DN kit. Helmet: Denuo Novo TLJ Standard Helmet Armour: Denuo Novo TLJ Neck Seal: Denuo Novo Gloves: Imperial Boots Boots: Imperial Boots The fact I have IB boots and gloves, shows how long I have had them as they rebranded and then stopped selling the gloves! I picked the standard helmet over the premier, partly due to cost but also to save the weight one my neck. I know the premier is slightly ,more accurate but I also want to be able to wear it all day. I still have some decisions to make. I am definitely aiming for EIB, but centurion means a rubber gaskets so that will need to be looked into. Glory to the First Order!

Merci de m'accueillir

Awesome to see another HWT in the works! My own HWT has been derailed over three years, but I have everything in-hand to finish it. I just want to take take my ESB and Hero conversions to L3 first. I may or may not have Joseph’s HWT pack in my possession, in addition to the one I was building myself. =) Good luck on your conversion! I went all out on product sourcing for my pack, so if you want to purchase links, check out my HWT build thread. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You are officially further ahead on HWT than I am on mine. Still need to acquire 3 pouches and Tupperware boxes. Best of luck with your build.

Looks like you are off to a great start!

My pauldrons all hang in my closet on hangers. After a while, they get a really nice fold in them that looks natural when worn. Doesn't poke up in the back either. Good luck with your HWT journey!!! I love wearing mine. The pack isn't light but it looks so dang awesome.

Off to a good start, we'll after the bungle that is

This is fantastic feedback and will get me over the last hump. Greatly appreciated.

Screen suit reference and placement

Chests definitely twists and can rip. Good example of the thighs and chest bending

If not you can still use a washer and don't use the ABS strip, it's only added support, which again is overkill for some.

Awesome. I think the main areas of concern for flex on a given R1TK/FOTK/Remnant would be the thighs, shins, and cod. This is why leather pieces would be great substitutes (even allow sitting) If a chest piece was made, that'd be even better. Will report back with pics once I get a good test piece

It is certainly a curious idea. I'm intrigued. And would 2nd Glen's comment. Maybe try making one if the smaller pieces as a test and see what it looks like. Maybe hand guards or the cod pieces. Looking forward to what you come up with. Sent from my SM-N981U1 using Tapatalk

That would be a question for your GML as he/she/they/them look after base legion approval, for higher levels the @Deployment Officer Team may chime in, but it would be hard to comment on something that they can't see, a test piece may be a good option to move forward. I guess it all comes down to the finish and how much work would go into making these pieces. Problem I find with painting anything that may have some flex is cracking of the paint, I also wonder how it would look if damaged, scratched or chipped. Love to see a test piece.

I would not attempt heating armor without a lot of practice on other plastic, you can go from pliable to molten mess in the blink of an eye, you should be fine with approval, your belt will help to hold in and also cover some of the area. Like your picture but glue between the elastic and ABS strip, try to use a soldering iron to make the holes in the elastic as it leaves a nice edge around the post and prevents pulling, OR if no soldering iron heat a screwdriver or similar tool on the stove, it will pay in the long run. Also if you make the distance between the holes 5mm shorter than is needed it will give a bit of tension once worm.

Yes, those two when brightened it's gold. The older images it looked white. I'll adjust the colour.

My belt has arrived (I ended up switching vendors due to delays with my original vendor). Time to wrap this thing up (pun partially intended).

Bonsoir Frédéric et bienvenu au FISD.