kupertrooper

Are 'Line 24' snaps Centurion approved for the two male snaps on the butt plate? Also, I've been looking at a lot of belts and some of the drop boxes dangle down and some are flush with the belt. Is this a preference thing? - The visible portion strap is very short, about 1/4" to 1/2" in length.

But don't you miss the PEW PEW?

I will definitely be doing this.......once I've built my armor. It is going to be awesome. Totally doable. I really want to make a product to sell here on the forums. Maybe I can make kits to make this available for the FISD masses.

That's a really good idea. I may have to look into that. It would be hard not to trip the other switches but I can account for that in the programming. I'll tell the arduino to only start after a switch has been tripped for 2 seconds etc.

Electronics are kind of a side hobby of mine. I want each button to play a different mp3. This is simple to do with an Arduino and a mp3 shield and buttons. I don't know where the heck you would find buttons that would match or how you would mount them without them looking out of place.

AP armor has been ordered! Current Stage: Gathering building supplies Armor pieces that have not been ordered: TK boots (3 week wait) Hasbro Blaster - still trying to find one at a decent price - decided against this since I want to be a Centurion one day. Doopydoos full resin kit - Ordered Inner drop boxes Mic Tips Rivets - waiting to hear back from seantrooper - ordered I've gotten most of my locally available supplies except my strapping/elastic. I'm still pretty confused on how the pieces go together. It seems like the more pictures I look at the more I get confused lol because there isn't a standard way to do it. I have an interesting way to get the rare earth magnets. I'll post that later.

Has anyone attempted to make the ab buttons funtional as a button?

I'm researching holster location and the CRL says: The holster will be affixed with two fasteners at the bottom of the belt instead of none or four. These may be rivets, snaps, or Chicago screws. The tutroial on this site says: ANH Stunt : The holster should be attached using only two fasteners at the top of the straps. I'm assuming it should be attched on the bottom of the belt from looking at screenshots.

I'm reading the CRL and on the greaves it says:Ideally there should be no visible rivets or brads used to secure the sniper plate to the left greave. How do you attach it then?

How can you convert a Stunt helm to Hero? From what I've read: Stunt helmets have two screws on the ear, Hero only has one. # of teeth are different and brow is different. Brow and screws seem easy to fix but how would you fix the teeth?

3. Not going to use pop rivets now. For the holster I will use screw posts, they look like rivets. This will allow me to take the holster off if I want. 5. I read about "TD-2243's TK Loop". Looked him up in the members section but couldn't find him. Looks like you may have to be a part of the 501st before you can get this??? 7. CRL doesn't state that it has to use Humbrol, just says grey 8. I did some digging and it looks like the helmet that comes with the AP is a Stunt version So I guess I'll have to change to a Stunt setup. From what I've read it won't be a big deal if I convert to a Hero helmet later on.

As I'm reasearching topics I've came up with some questions and was hoping I could get some help. 1. I bought some curved sisscors. Do I need straight ones too? 2. Do you use elastic to hang you armor or do you use straps? 3. I noticed a lot of people use pop rivets on their armor and then paint them. Why not buy the white pop rivets? 4. How tight should my armor by? I don't want to look skinny in it but I don't want it to look big on me. I'm worried that I won't trim it correctly and then be screwed. FYI - I'm a worrier. 5. I'm getting an iComm/Aker and I've read about some mp3 loop you can play through it using an mp3 player. Where would I find these loops/music? 6. If I choose to go with split rivets for Centurion down the road, are these the right kind and how many would I need to order? http://trooperbay.com/accurate-nickle-split-rivets-and-washers/ 7. My armor kit comes with a black pipe for the Thermal Detonator and it should be gray. Should I get a gray pipe or paint it? If I should paint it do I use one of the Humbrol paints? 8. I'm building an ANH Hero suit and I'm using an AP helmet. Is this an acceptable Hero helmet? I know I should change the mic tips out for EIB, S-Trim for Centurion etc. I'm grateful for all the help I can get.

Armor has been ordered! So much work is ahead of me, it's so daunting. As long as the end result looks good I don't care how much work it is.

AP is actually my first choice at the moment. It's kind of expensive compared to the others I've looked at but hopefully you get what you pay for. Is there any major cons known on the forums about AP armor? Any devil's advocates out there lol.

lol, being skinny may finally pay off. "Many options" I think is my problem. Such a big decision. So many different makers.

Thanks for the pic Pfneisl. I've kinda ruled out AM because it's more of a 'one size fits all', not in a bad way but I want a suit that's designed more for my frame. I contacted AP and I really like what they have to offer but they seem kinda high.

Thanks for the info. I'll contact AP to see what they offer. I shy'd away form them since they were in Canada, but I guess that doesn't really matter. Do you have some photos of you in the armor I could look at? Hey you're from the Star Garrison, that's the unit I will be in....eventually.

This is my first post but I've been stalking this forum over the last few days trying to come up with some questions. This is all so overwhelming but from what I've read it seems like you should decide where to buy your armor first. I'm 6', 170lbs, so I'm a little on the slender side. I've contacted ATA and AM since they were on the vetted list. Let me tell you a little about my preferences. I really would like a proportionate looking suit. I don't want the armor to look too big. I've decided to go with ABS since I like the durability aspect and no painting required even though details may be duller. I was in the 'OMG take my money now! phase' but now I'm in the 'Let's take it slow and order what's best phase'. I appreciate any help you guys can offer. Edit: I've also decided that I like the look of the ANH Hero helmet the most. Less teeth and lower brow.