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  2. Batting helmet padding

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

    Posted

    Hey guys,

     

    I know those Wilson helmet got real cheap and most of you guys found

    them at WalMart for around 8$ .. here, they are more like 30$ each .. so

    I was wondering if any of you has some close to you and could pick me 3

    of em? I'd pay for the helmets, shipping and some more $$ for the

    trouble!

     

    I'd also just get the padding shipped, you could keep or throw away the helmet.

     

    Thanks .. Oh, and hopefully, get these before Halloween would be real

    cool!

     

    Keeping my fingers closed now!

     

    Al

  3. cant see much

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

    Posted

    I have Nath's (Runrriott) grade 3 and they're awesome .. can see real good.

     

    Actually, because I'm 6'3" and have a long neck, I'm one of those lucky guy show can have a pretty big field of view with the helmet on.

     

    I met a Vermont trooper at my last event here in Montreal .. and he said: "You know, you're the first guy I ever met that can turn his head all the way left and right and up and down .. that had us have a laugh!!!"

     

    :D

  4. Value of finished assembled suits?

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

    Posted

    I can't convert my time building my armor in $$$ .. BUT, I would never pay for a finished kit myself as there's no chance it's ever gonna be built to par with my own standards and no armors will fit perfectly on 2 different persons.

     

    So as Gary said, no point in buying extra for pre-built/fit armor when you're gonna spend more time anyway fitting it to you ..

     

    My 0.02$

  8. My AP helmet

    in Build Threads Requireing Maintenance

    Posted

    Hey everyone ..

    These are great lids .. but!

     

    I think you need to remove much more material in the eyes .. that lip that we see is not supposed to be there. Also, Liz, make sure to remove much more from the ears also .. I know it seems weird since you already have a gap but you'll need to take off more in the upper corner so that the concave curve gets on your lid tubes.

     

    Trim more little by little and you'll get the results!!!

     

    Here's some pics:

    http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?auto...=si&img=504

    http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?auto...=si&img=840

  9. Calf troubles

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

    Posted

    I have an AP, and the same problem on my left (or is it right) boot always coming out under my calf. I know others have the same problem too .. it's not THAT problematic though, but what you could do is glue(snap) an elastic (read strap) in the calf, let's say 6" from the bottom that would go under your feet in the boot keeping them down .. just like those thumb handle coming out of the sleeves of snowboarding coats that goes inside the gloves to keep the snow from getting in.

     

    Not sure if that would work, but it is a suggestion ... I might try it! Mmm

  11. size questions

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

    Posted · Edited by gmrhodes13
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    Dude, seriously, just go AP or TE2

    You just WON'T regret it!! I'm at 6'3" 185lbs and AP fits just fine on me. I'm sure the fitting would be pretty much the same on TE2 .. I just never tried one!

     

    Check out my pictures here:

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    Don't go FX as you will eventually want more. I can PM you the AP info only if you'll seriously consider it :P

  13. Master Replica's Collector's Edition Stormtrooper Helmet

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

    Posted

    If you put enought work into it, a lot can be done. On the other hand, the amount of tome and money you put into doing something like that would probably get you an AP... :6:

     

    That's exactly it .. people will put tons and tons of time on their MRCE to make it looks more accurate .. plus the material .. in the end, you can have "flawed" AP kit for around 160$ IIRC, and that one, you'll pretty much have nothing to do on it ..

     

    For me, time is money, and unless you evaluate your own time at 4$ an hour, my maths tell me that buying a MRCE for mod is not worth it.

     

    But again, this is a good practice and a great experience to begin with. Then, you end up catching the screen accurate disease and then you're fraked! :S Oh the time when I was ignorant and had a bank account!!! :D

  18. ND time putting ALL armor on

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

    Posted

    To Nathan you listen.

     

    I have exactly the same thing on my AP .. Since I'm 6'3", my chest piece runs really high on the ab plate and the first few test I've done, the ab plate was coming out from under my chest so I simply put some velcro inside both the chest and ab plate, and an elastic band keeps them one tight over the other.

     

    Never had any problems since then!

  21. IMPORTANT! Photo Gallery is Going Away

    in Announcements

    Posted

    Thanks for the response Terrell! Yeah, I figured it was a question of paying the extra $$$ and is fully understandable.

     

    Great, I'm the biggest gallery user .. lol .. that doesn't surprise me at all .. man, have I posted pics here or not!!! I'll see what I'll do about all the pics .. I figured it would take me a whole week to go through all my posts and replace the pictures with external links .. argg. Not sure if I'll have the courage to do so!

     

    Cheers.

  25. Ear bolts

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

    Posted

    Mmm .. my guess is you didn't trim enough of your ear!

     

    Did you check Mike's excellent built tutorial? Or check any of the AP build tutorial? Check my helmet build thread too ..

    Unless AP changed the length of his screws, I have at least a 3/8" extra inside the bucket.

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