flashpoint0214

Are you talking about the bottom of the chest plate?

Thank you sir. I appreciate it.

Hey man, nice build. You may want to consider shortening your thermal detonator a little. You also might want to realign your drop boxes closer to the end of the belt. IMO.

Good looking build. Good luck!

89Batman, I appreciate your praise! I have also received the same by Locitus and alot of others. I just want the best armor I can achieve, and get as close to screen accurate as possible. The requirements are set for that specific reason, ( screen accuracy). Like Locitus stated, the rivets are not an inside requirement, but an outside requirement. It is for uniformity. He had good reason to ask to see the inside to prove that they were indeed split rivets. I have seen some troopers try to use other fasteners that resemble split rivets but they do not cut it! Yes I could have made them practical by actually using them. To be honest I did not add them until I applied for centurion status. I will happily continue to do what it takes to achieve centurion status, and I recommend the same for every other trooper.

Thanks for the input. My forearms actually fit great. The padding is just so they don't turn on me when I pose for pics in different ways. My shoulder bells are free floating for manouver ability. I will make sure my forearms are. Ice and straight for the re post pics. Thanks for the constructive criticism.

nice work, congrats!

Xizor, do not take offense to any remarks you here. These ladies and gentlemen are just trying to help you have the best armor possible. I am sure the comment was not meant to offend, but to state that there are rules and requirements for a reason. The motto is " troopers helping troopers ". just stick with it and take their advise, it will only help you. Good luck!

Pipe is 1-1/4" and 18-1/4" to 18-1/2"

Sniper knee is fixed. A little buffing in the trimmed area to bring back the gloss. just waiting on the drop box inserts. hopefully they get here soon

Locitus, here are the fixes I have done so far. I still have to trim the sniper knee and I am waiting on the drop box inserts to be shipped. Also here are the pics of the split rivets. All my edges were braught down to roughly 6mm. I took a little off the side edges. I hope this is good. I moved the clips over some. These are 8mm head split rivets. I got a set of rubber chemical gloves.

Awsome, thanks for working with me.

I just want to make sure we are on the same page. is this what i need to trim?

Ok, I will take care of those items and post the fix pictures. Thank you sir.

ok, then aside from a little tweak on the detonator ends we should be good to go.

Name: Gary Collins Jr. TKID: 8461 FISD Name: flashpoint0214 Hight: 5' 9" Weight: 210 Garrison: Florida Garrison / Makaze Armor: ATA Helmet: ATA Under suit: Under armor 2 piece Neck seal: Darman TK 6391 Gloves; rubber Boots: black jodhpur dyed white Holster: Trooperbay / ESB Belt: White canvas / Tkittle Hand plates: ATA / ESB Thermal detonator: ATA Blaster: Pipe build /w/ resin parts supplied by TK8354 Electronics: Aker voice amp /w/ Memorex wireless mic. and 9V fan kit

Thank you sir.

I downloaded the template from the builders club and got a 4' piece of 1-1/4" pvc schedule 40 pipe. Next was getting the resin parts. Instead of a Doopy Doos pipe build kit my father had some molds, so he made the parts for me. Assembly started I made a bolt out of some 1" pipe so it would fit nice and snug into the chamber I fit a pin into the cocking lever for support. I also put extra support through the barrel into the clip and housing. The grip has two gripper screws for extra support also. Here is the final assembly. I went to lowes and got a 8' piece of humigrid ceiling tilr track and cut it down for t-track's. Once I cut them down I just dipped the ends in boiling water so they would bend with ease. A little straightening and sanding and they looked ok. Ready for paint. A flat prime coat. The final 3 gloss coats. Ok, any and all criticism welcome. Be gentle

Looks good! good luck.

I have found that puting the amp in your chest armor, having the volume set to a little less then half way and having the mic positioned as close as possible to your mouth helps. The static burst will be way louder then your voice if not.

Good looking build!

Good luck. Make sure to post some pics!

I got a pair of black Jodhpur boot's and acitoned and dyed them, if that helps. They look pretty close to the ones in the movie when they are dyed and scuffed a little. ----------

I could not be more proud to be part of such a great group of people! I am truly honored to help Katie in her quest to become a trooper. May the force be with her! PP sent, not much right now but I hope it help's.