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Dang that's an old thread Just goes to show how long we've been working on these

Though there are many similarities there are just as many differences.

Looking good Joe, you can do it. Yes this particular armor build is a bit daunting however you armor is build is coming along nicely and it's looking awesome so far

Very cool

The corners of the plates should also be squared, not rounded. Keep up the great work Dave

Great to hear, knew you could do it

Looking good Dave

Looking good Lindsey. Regarding the blaster "D" ring. Though it may be acceptable at basic for the higher levels of approval I highly recommend you swap it out for something more accurate. Trooperbay sells them if you're interested. https://trooperbay.com/e-11-blaster-d-ring

I've never had a bad experience with them either after many years of use (knock on wood). Weird!

Wear and tear and maintenance is a never ending task. Any suggestions for your fellow troopers goes a long way.

Nice work so far Tyler, keep it up.

Nice work on your build

Congratulation Candido, welcome to Centurion

Hey Luis sorry for the late congrats. Great job and welcome to Centurion

Congratulations Miguel, beautiful job. Welcome to Centurion

Hey Lou, great job and congratulations. Welcome to Centurion

Congrats Zylo, welcome to EI trooper

Congratulations Trina, welcome to EI

Congratulation David welcome to EI

I agree with you Sean, take off more of the lower return edge and let's see where this take them John. John regarding the vercro, I would hold off on it for the time being. Also, you still may have to extend the lower elastic. I'm suspecting once the bell clears the bicep the elastic may still suck the sides in, something we're trying to avoid.

It's hard to tell in your photos but are you using elastic at the lower edge of the bells? If so it's possible they're too tight, they maybe causing the bells to callapse instead of expand. You want them to go around your muscles.WTF bells is generally shaped correctly out of the box, in other words they shouldn't need to be reshaped. I'm suspecting something is else is the cause. Also, if need be remove any lower return edge preventing them from laying flat against your biceps.

So there should be little gap between the bells and chest/back plates, as in almost 0 under suit showing. I see you have a pretty decent gap, draw them in closer and then see what they look like against the biceps.

Though not 100% movie accurate I use 3/8" #6 pan head/slotted sheet metal screws. Close enough for government work.

Hey Sean welcome back lol