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Congrats Scott!

South Texas Squad representin!

Looks good Scott! Was kind of hard for me to really evaluate your armor while i was wearing mine last night lol, but should be an easy pass in my eyes!

Good looking armor! Should be an easy pass! No Gandalf here

Check my build for sizing the armor down. Im a tad heavier than you, im 5'10 and 185 lbs. got it to fit me perfectly, with some trimming of course

Congrats! Great job sir!

Congrats trooper!

Looking good Nate! Only thing i could see is that your drop boxes should be a little more towards the edges of your plastic ammo belt. You want the edge of the drop boxes to line up with the edge of the belt. Nice clean build!!

I want one nonetheless. It has to happen. We need better reference materials so armorers can get the ball rolling

Congrats Rick!

Yup! Having a container with pad lock spots is a must. Another tip, get a combination lock. That way you dont have to find a spot to hide your keys etc

I just went to home depot and picked up a husky mobile job box for $50. I think usually they're $60

I ended up buying dickies suspenders from walmart, they were $8 and just hook right onto my thigh garter. I won't have a "field test" until next weekend, but i am sure they will do the job. I would have just made some, but for $8 they should work just fine.

Yeah mine was annoyed too LOL. Sounds like they'd get along! Good luck on your app! Although you won't need it IMHO

ABOUT TIME!!! Lol seriously though, awesome build Rick! Your armor looks great!!

Also, an under armor shirt matches perfectly with the bcg leggings.

I would trim some more on the side flaps of the chest plate. Once you get your arms together, you will get a better feel of how much to trim off of there. I trimmed mine to where my arms were constantly clashing with my chest plate

U go through and sand with various grades of sandpaper, and novus polish? For the rivets, i just use white out. Its less of a pain to worry about, and i always carry a tub in my armor bin to troops. Just make sure u get the one with the cap/brush

Right on! Now if only we could install a car alarm system on our TDs. I have been fortunate enough not to have had a child try to grab mine, but have witnessed it. Perhaps a sound file of "the deathstar plans are not in the main computer"...just to kind of startle someone, or even a r2d2 sound file to where we could quickly turn around(while staying in character) and say "look sir! Droids!"

I wouldn't worry too much about return edges on the thigh tops. I left mine without returns, but it is a personal choice. Most people won't pay too much attention to the tops of your thighs as they are in more of a "private" area if ya catch my drift. And if they do, make sure you tell them the show ain't free! Lol

I use BCG. Can't complain at all, except i need to buy more leggings before they go out of stock

You'll have to find a spot to carry your straw. Unless you get really lucky and people at the event have straws. Thinking about it now, none of the events ive trooped at so far had them available. Maybe double sided tape behind one of the ammo boxes on your belt

So far so good! Yes the thighs do need to be sized down more, i would even take maybe 3/4-1" off the tops as well

Looking MUCH better! Can't wait to see it in person next week! Going to have some fun for sure!