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Great build ! I only have one question : I have the feeling that your TD is a bit more than 7.5", is it possible ? Your clips don't go under the central piece.

I just realized that the only thing stopping me from getting to Expert Infantry is the gun ... I was waiting to do my "electronic gun" but since it seems it will take me a lot of time (getting missing pieces from China) I think I'll just get a "normal gun" for the approbation and when my other gun is ready I'll switch it (and give the old one to my son). And for Centurion, what is needed : - Inner drop boxes : shipped - Handguards : it seems it's not the best season for them, so I'll wait a bit - Painted helmet : I think I'll simply get another helmet to do that. I HATE painted helmets, I prefer the look of the "clean" stickers, sorry guys This way I'll be able to switch between helmets. - And of course the gun, but that will be covered by EIB

For the eyes it is what I bought : eBay Link It is thicker, just have to bend it with a heat gun. It gives enough to make at least 3 set of lenses

I forgot to mention it but that's exactly what I did just after I wrote my post, and now it works fine for the firing :-) For the led my power source is usb. I just have the 10-led and a switch for firing.

Personally I rounded the corners a little bit, just enough so they are not "sharp", not sure how to say it in english. J'ai arrondi les coins juste assez pour ne pas que ca soit "piquant", ca ne pique pas si je passe le doigt dessus, et le linge n'accroche pas dessus.

I'm advancing ... But I'm having a problem ... I don't know why, but it seems that the "firing" switch event is firing to often ... When I click on the switch it sometimes fires 2-3 times, and also when releasing the switch. Does someone have an idea ? Besides the firing switch, I have the 10-led "battery charge" that works well, I added flashing when the bars disappear. Very nice :-) But It seems one of the led is not working correctly, it lighted up only one second. All the solders seem correct.

It's cool to see another person following that road, I'll follow your progress very closely.

The eternal debate : accurate vs realistic ;-)

Good build ! Here are my comments, even if I'm a bit late : Maybe I'm a bit picky, but it seems that the edges of many of your armor pieces could be sanded, it's a bit uneven, like in your 5th picture. If you sand the edges it will not look like it was cut with an x-acto, it will look smoother. What I did was to sand with 120 (or 200 ?) to even the edge and after I used 400 (and sometimes more than that) to smooth the edge and give it a more rounded feeling. If you pass your finger on the edge and it's completely smooth, you're good :-) I would fill the small holes (bubbles from the molding) on your blaster, it seems to have a lot of them. Did you use E6000 to glue your thermal detonator ? If yes you could rub the excess of glue around the central white part.

Congratulations, a very good build ! The only thing I would change is to put the S-trim junction under the vocoder to hide it, it looks better when you look at the back of the helmet.

I can't count the number of times that I painted a part of the helmet, turn it to paint another part and putting my hand on fresh paint ... I said a lot of very very bad words. I also tried to glue parts without using green tape to maintain them together while gluing. It was a mess ,,, Again a lot of bad words ... The trick is to tape tightly the parts together so my hands are free to put the glue and holding.

When you see all the possibilities with arduino kits, it's like ***WOW*** !!!

I began ordering pieces for the electronics part ... My arduino board works well and I am able to play with LED lights, it's a good start

That's what I did, and I gave the "practice" helmet to my son after.

I know AP would fit you well if you are slim, you have the correct shape. I'm at 180cm and 180-185 lb, and I had to shim the sides a bit. Oh, and welcome !

What I can suggest is to make a build thread for you and ask all your questions. You can ask questions in other threads, but if you concentrate on your own it will be easier for you to have a global view on your build and don't lose important informations (sometimes it's hard to find something when you don't know where to search), and it will be another example of build that other new members can consult in the future. All of your questions and answers will be at one place. In the same way, take the time to read the build threads of other members, so you will find A LOT of good advices and useful pictures. It's just a suggestion, but of course you can do something different

Tolo referred me to someone in our garrison that did one, so I'll check with him. I will wash the fabric, it woud be very sad to make a costume that no one could wear :-( Thanks !

I subscribed to the Krayt Clan forum, but it seems that new members can't write new subjects (!). So I'll ask the question here : is this fabric / colour ok for a Jawa robe ? It's maybe a bit too orange, but I saw many robes who looks like that. It's monk cloth, the fabric seems ok.

Go to Home Depot and ask for snaps. They only have one kind, you can't miss it. That's what I used, and it's perfect.

It was a great gun, but too heavy for my taste :-)

NICE ! I hope to make something like that one day.

Ohhh thanks, I'll try that. I should have thought about that !

After the trooping, I saw that my side rivets all lost their paint !!! It was dry for at least 2 weeks, I don't understand why... Is there a way to strengthen the paint ?

Thanks !

There's a good chance you won't need to shim the sides, lucky guy ;-)