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I nearly spit out my tea. lol But really... when I walk into the garage and it smells of curing E6000, it reminds me of the time that @Scimitar and I built my armor in a week long sprint. Happy memories.

DEPLOY THE CLAMPS!!! And you really get used to E6000 fumes. They sorta become comforting.

I am not at all trying to lawyer or argue here, I want to make sure that's clear. I will likely do this soon anyway as I very much agree that it would bring the bucket up another small notch. HOWEVER. This isn't listed in the Centurion Requirements section, right? It's just a suggestion? I ask because I noticed it was specifically not added to the HWT CRL. The latest update to it included the bit about 3D print lines being removed on the pack, but that was the only change. The ear/screw alignment is not present in the CRL nor is the rear thigh/knee gap update. Sooo.... do I have to relocate ear screws for Centurion? This is embarrassing and the fault of the camera angle. I'll shoot an updated shot. I worked kinda hard on this and have no head angle restriction with my chest box mounting. No problem!!! I'll get these painted up.

Big day for approvals Thanks so much!!!!

It's ANIMATED!!!

Congratulations Centurion!!!!

Congratulations Centurion Cupcake!!!

I do love me some good counter obsession. Beautiful work!

Alright... I've now had three (3!!!) heavy weapons troops. I did two troops on the first day for a total of about 5 hours with the pack. Five hours. These little straps were TORTURE DEVICES. There are no words for how much pain my shoulders were in with these little 1" guys. And as a bonus I had the buckles right up on the front of my chest. It's four days later and I still have bruises. I skipped a morning troop and redid my straps. This is a 50oz Camelbak hydration pack. It's the smallest Camelbak I could find. I bought it with the idea of wearing it under my actual TK armor on extremely hot troops. I did a test fitting and with the bottle full, I can't get my armor to strap shut. It's honestly a very small hydration pack. I thought it could fit inside the OII, but it's still just too big, so it has been sitting in my closet for about 3 months now. Then I had the death march with those terrible 1" straps. Then I started eying all the backpacks and padded laptop straps laying around my house. I noticed this guy just waiting to go into service. SCORE. The camelbak came with this sort of strap connection. Not at all a quick release. I sliced the old buckle free and installed my own. It was quite easy with an X-acto knife. Held together with pop rivets like most of my pack. I'm not sure if the DOs will be happy with this for EIB and Centurion, but I can always paint them black. I liked the little pop of metal on the strap. The new straps are 1.5" wide vs 1". Not a whole lot wider, but it's honestly enough. I strapped the empty hydration pack on and had my daughter climb on it to see how the straps felt with weight. Uncomfortable due to the bruising but not at all painful. So... I hacked the holes up a bit more in my oil can. And there it is installed. It's a thing of beauty. Note that the chest strap extensions (loose 1" webbing) are still there if, for some reason, I figure out how to have a chest strap on this rig. The buckles are also nice and low near the bottom edge of the pack. This makes it much more comfortable and much easier to strap myself into. I actually did a full solo suit-up on my third HWT troop. The little plastic buckles are also still present. Their purpose is to hold the hydration pack hose in place on a shoulder. They hide under my armor and are completely invisible when worn, so I'm leaving them in place for now. My wife sewed some hook-side velcro onto the webbing at the shoulder rub zone after some test fitting. I've got cheap paintball helmet padding velcro'd in place to give my shoulders a bit of extra padding. And it's WONDERFUL! I can dance, run, jump around, and troop happily for hours even with previously bruised shoulders. The hydration pack storage pouch is still accessible if I want to try having water in my HWT pack. It would be a bit of a chore to wedge in there, but I think it could be done. And there's a hole in the side of the oil can to let the hydration hose come out of and into my bucket. All closed up under the velcro & jersey liner.

Curved lexan scissors can really save your sanity. I believe this is the set I bought ages back. https://www.amazon.com/Hobbypark-Puncher-Scissors-Straight-Trimming/dp/B088X1M5VM/ Long straight sections can be scored with a razor blade and snapped off, but curved fiddly bits like the biceps really benefit from those little curved shears. They make quick work of things.

Contrast with that dark pack could certainly be a lot better. Sorry about that Glen.

I think it's the first Denix metal replica to be brought forward for approval, so I wanted it to be as perfect as possible.

Looking SHARP Gerald! Good luck!!! Not that I think you'll need it. I think you hit the bullseye.

Thanks @Doggydoc @MaskedVengeance @justjoseph63 and @Nairy They're always shot in my garage. I bought that big sheet of wool-like material at the fabric store and just magnet it to the back of the garage door after ironing. I have a really well-lit garage.

That's an outstanding repair. Well done!!!

The forum is displaying my portrait-format photos in a rather small view on my screen. Please click for full res. Each is nice and large at 800px wide. Landscape-format pix are 1000px wide and are displaying correctly.

Name: Adam Wolf Height: 5'11" Weight: 146 lbs Armor: AP Helmet: AP Blaster: Denix / Blaster Factory / Self Boots: Imperial Boots Canvas Belt: AP Hand Plates: Rubber (AP) Electronics: Ukswrath (Hovi-tip Speakers, Hearing Assist, & Fans) Neck Seal: Darman's Props Pauldron: Trooperbay Ammo Pouches: Ebay seller Luckyline1945 (full leather) Pack: Garageboss / Self 501st armor link: https://www.501st.com/members/displaymember.php?userID=34307&costumeID=122 Pack Build Thread: Previous Centurion Thread for base armor: Note: beyond weathering, there's no change to the base armor config. All photos re-shot anyway. Full Body Photos: Front Back Right Right Right Detail Left Left Left Detail Action Shot Armor Details: Ab buttons Cod Interior strapping Shoulder/bicep strapping Wrist opening Ab/kidney rivets Shoulder bridges (hidden when suited up, so I did these pix) Other shoulder bridge Shoulder bridge rear (also hidden when suited) Sniper knee front and support Sniper knee sides Ammo pack knee and split rivets Helmet Details: Front Left Back Right Interior and lens color Vocoder and Hovi Tips Accessories: Neck seal and thigh garter Pauldron and chest pouch Pauldron weathering, pouch attachment snaps, and foam filler. Belt and pouch front (New belt created for HWT, still AP sourced) Belt and pouch rear Belt and pouch detail (hopefully) showing alignment. Pouches have foam filler. Rubber gloves Boots Pack Front Base - Garageboss Button box, Vent box, Tombstone box, radio knobs, and drop siphon are all printed in ABS. All lines sanded and smoothed with acetone. Wipe box - Meguiars Radio box - plastic junction box with laser cut acrylic fascia Mortar tube - PVC with AP shoulder strap and TD end caps. Pack Rear: Shoulder straps - Camelbak 50oz hydration pack Galaxy's Edge bottle cap Jersey velcro cover Blaster: Right Left Details. Base - Denix metal replica (18 lbs) T-tracks - Blaster Factory Disk - Blaster Factory Right Side Cover Plate (small): Blaster Factory (printed) Left Side Cover Plate (large): Self fabricated (aluminum U channel) Thank you for your consideration!

Don't be afraid to sand the blob down with your Dremel tool. When you get it closer to flush, switch to sandpaper. But there's no reason to punish yourself with sandpaper before it gets closer to flush. You're doing great with that fix!!!

Congratulations Gerald!!!

I have many feelings about this.

Very cool idea! I struggled to come up with a sig design and did the not-at-your-post thing to fill space in the meantime, but it stuck. Glen's still impresses me.

May as well share my bin in this thread too. Almost a year of service and it's one of the best armor additions I've done.

Tiny update - I modified my rolling bin to allow the pack to strap on. This is a $7 truck bed bungee from Harbor Freight cut way down. I can roll it, I can tip it. I can even open the lid and the pack stays right in place. I'm gonna suit up on Thursday for my first HWT troop. EXCITED!

Congratulations Jonatan!!!

Wow Gerald. WOW. Beautiful armor and submission. And that sniper knee. WOW!!!