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Thats all you need Lou! One thing a day at a time!

Very soon! Making my shoulder bell strap as requested by my GML i built to centeruion so EIB won't be too difficult. I think it will just be small adjustments. Work is killing me this week.

Welcome Chris! Your on the right path by coming here and asking questions. As I can see already above my post you have gotten a lot of information right of the bat. We will help you and guide you to what you need. I myself was in your shoes about a year ago, not sure which kit maker to go with, than I found here and a few other groups on facebook that helped me a lot. We will get you in with the cool kids!

Enjoy the day! Post lots of pictures during your build. Not only will it help us hell you it will help future TKs as well! Happy BBB day!

Love the hand painted look! Sharp and crisp!

Yay excited to see another WTF TK build! Also great that your is goal centurion same as mine. Cricket has done a short WTF TK build, not sure if anyone has pointed you her way yet. I just completed my basic approval on my WTF TK and I can say your doing great. I personally prefer the ear gaps gives your TK character and makes it uniquely yours

As long as there is over time involved. I need the credits for my next build

Doing great work so far! Keep it up!

Newly approved and excited to help any and all TKs

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oops first faux pau, do not post on social media an ID until you get the official email stating your ID

Yea I had to ask for more clarification on it at first, and mention why they were not covering since I moved the bicep down to just be covered by the bell edges. No biggie and easy fix.

Basic Approval completed with a request for one minor fix, have my strapping in my shoulder bells cover the biceps more. I originally removed the hook as I dropped the biceps down to allow for more even black undersuit to be showing between the handguard/forearm and forearm/bicep. I looked over the part and I cannot move the strapping itself down more inside the bell so I will be putting a ABS hook back in the bicep to pull the strap down over the bicep more Thought I would get to it this morning but its such an easy thing to do I'll tackle it later. Soo happy to join up with all the other great members that makes up "The Bad Guys doing good!". Basic Approval complete, and soon will be enlisting for EIB certification

Funny you mention that....I ordered the undersuit for a biker scout, and found some sewing patterns for officer uniforms as well.

Thank you! I went into the build planning for centurion so definitely put in the sweat equity up front

I finally am at that point in my build where I decided to just submit for basic approval. In my mind there are little things to do and touch up but maybe I am just overthinking it. So I pulled the trigger and sent in my pics. Time to see what happens

After hot water bath I had much better luck shaping my shins this time. Almost no gap and using the elastic calf closures that Ukswrath sells. Now some people will ask why the elastic and why not go the easy way. I wanted to mimic the screen used suits as close as possible. The elastic also has some give to it. So while walking during test fits this moves with the leg as it expands. Velcro acts differently as it will hold and prevent no gap but will not stretch, it's either holding or it's not. But is very easy to assemble. Both options have pros and cons I just wanted to touch base on them. Below are the new rear of my shins Right shin Left shin

Mounted in the bucket using velcro for everything. Now to see if I can get another battery pack and the ROM/FX in there with my head. If not battery packs will be moved down to the chest with the ROM/FX as well.

Fans are wired up. I took some scrap ABS and created a mount for the potentiometer and picked up a power switch for my setup as well. Simply heated the ends and bent the ABS into the shape I wanted and drilled holes for the switches. After soldering all the wires I added some electrical tape to hold it all together and keep it looking clean. I used a 9volt battery connector to enable removal of the battery pack out of the bucket. Only reason I used this connection is I had it readily available at home. Tomorrow I'll get this mounted in the bucket.

Played with some fan setups today. First demo was all on the breadboard. Two 3.6V batteries wired in series connected to two 5V fans wired in series. This allows each fan to run on 3.6V well under what they are rated for. Close up of the wiring. Red wires are positive from the battery and black is negative. For the fans to be wired in series (each taking 3.6V) the negative from the first fan is wired to the positive of the second fan. Next I wired in a potentiometer to give me some control over the fan. Rather than just on and off I can have a low speed and high speed with a turn off a dial I also hooked up 3 batteries together in series and was able to power my ROM/FX easily. I'll be ordering two more batteries so I can run the fans and the ROM/FX and mounting it all I the bucket, as I find space for it.

What was the rivet issue?

Going to start playing with electronics soon! Currently I got my batteries that I will be using charging These are Lithium Ion 18650 Rechargeable batteries with 3.6V and 3350mAh of capacity. My plan is to use 3 of them wired in series to give me a total voltage of 10.8V to power my ROM/FX and thinking of using another 2 wired in series to power my fans. I will be experimenting this weekend My goal is to have all the batteries/electronics in the helmet and not have to worry about extra wires running in/out of it. Batteries located here: http://www.batteryspace.com/lithium18650-rechargeable-cell-3-6v-3350mah-12wh-button-top-pcb-protected-ncr18650b---un38-3-passed.aspx Charger located here: http://www.batteryspace.com/nitecore-d4-digicharger-4-bay-universal-battery-charger-for-li-ion-imr-lifepo4-and-ni-mh-ni-cd-batteries---ce-listed.aspx

Shins are mostly assembled. I still need to remove excess on the top inside and take care of the long edge. Calf closures are glued in, now I just have to fix this gap on the bottom. I know whats getting a hot water bath this weekend! I have put my black elastic in between the bicep and the forearm and got my screws painted on the thermal detonator Do people paint both sets of screws or just the one that will be most visible?

Check out Walt's Trooper Factory. That is where I got my TK from. I'm about your size 6' 175 lbs and his armor fits me just fine.