Echo

Actually have mine fastened to my fan mount and it positions right in front of my lips

No need for a headset. I have it fastened to the inside of the helmet with a 3.5 cable attaching it to my iComm.

I had one of these with my gaming headset and it works fairly well. http://store.gameshark.net/Tritton_AXPro_AX720_AX51Pro_AXPC_Pro_Mic/4845/272?scid=trittonsite Saw them being sold on eBay too check there

Depending on the size, if they didn't fit well, good chance you could resell them easily. What size are you thinking of buying?

Gloss black for the stripes and outlines. Semi-gloss or flat for the vocorder. (It's up to you)

The screen accurate rivet for the thigh belt are cap rivets. Can't remember the diameter at the moment but will respond later when I look in my tool bins. Some people use split rivets for the thigh belt too. And currently the splits are acceptable for Centurion level. Choice is basically personal. As for where to buy split rivets, a leather craft and supply shop will very likely have them. Are you in the US or Europe? I have a leather shop very close to me where I got mine. I've been thinking of offering to anyone in the US that has trouble finding them to sell them for exactly the cost plus shipping it would be. If I remember correctly they were 40 cents each or less honestly I can't remember. 40x7=2.80 They are light so shipping would be cheap. I might be able to get accurate cap rivets too. If I do then maybe I'll do rivet sets. Again this would be only at the actual cost with no mark up. Basically as a service to the empire. I would offer to mail it anywhere but the shipping would be more than the rivets otherwise and I'm sure there are better options for those across the ponds.

Yes it is acceptable. Many of the suits on film had the backs cut out. I went through my blu rays to be sure.

Remember to exhale, if you haven't passed out yet that is.. Congrats on your first cut. Keep it up!

Ok, here are some pics of my garrison mate's ab plate. His kit was built by RS Propmasters themselves. As you can see, they cut the entire return of the top of the ab plate and fastened the brackets to the face. I don't think you need to match this, but it shows you another way it is done. Comfort and how it fits you are what count in the end.

Hero of a thousand faces.. Myths are powerful

Finish up your seams with silver duct tape and stand on Hollywood blvd working for tips for 48hrs. Then you are a shoe in for approval

I'm near you Adam. My lid is an RS. I've been doing a series of photographs of the RS KIT. Before and after. I would love to photograph your helmet in the same way for comparison. So when you are done with it maybe we could find an afternoon to do side by sides to share with everyone. We could do the same for the armor.

I had the same issue with my RS box. Here is what I did. It's not noticeable when wearing it.

I used this build when measuring brackets. It's for a TM suit, but still applicable. http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/21390-geaux-saints-anh-stunt-build-tm/page-10#entry279006 As for the returns, I was very shy about trimming too much too. In hind sight I should have trimmed a little more. But it seems like there is some subjectivity with this as long as your returns aren't huge. Somewhere between 5-13ish mm seems common from my research. When doing mine, I used the head of the screw as a reference. I set the hole with about one head's width to either side. So that left me with a return that was 3x the width of the head. I should have gone slightly thinner. But of course we're talking about differences of millimeters. So overall it's not that noticeable.

I garrison mate of mine has an RS suit that he had them build for him. The wire brackets were attached to the very top face of the ab not the return. In fact his ab plate also had a very short return. Couldn't have been more than 5mm. And this was a suit RS built themselves. So I think you are ok with how much you trimmed. I'll see if I can get him to send me a pic of it and I'll post it.

If you are interested in resembling screen accuracy, then the rivets should be placed 1cm from the seam between the ab and the kidney on the shim you added. Just look at it as when you add the shim, it is an extension of your plate. So since you added the shim to your kidney, 3 of the rivets would be on the shim. And 3 other rivets would be on the ab plate. All of them 1cm from their respective position to the seam between the ab and the kidney.

I remember reading a thread where someone asked this. The general consensus I recollect was it would be better to have them on the shims. I'll see if I can find the original thread. Edit: As answered below..

Congrats

Salute. Great Job.

The position looks good. One thing to do is trim the sides so the ends are vertical. probably just confused you, but check out some of the centurion or EIB submissions for an example.

Congrats!

Congrats!

Love the list. I made something very similar during my build.

Good progress.

E-6000. Clamp it for at least 24hrs. Or even 2 days.